▲ 648 ▼ Ultimate Evolution (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] Tyfud@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) How do they keep doing this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 19 points 2 years ago They don't have their finger on the pulse of the nerd zeitgeist, they are the zeitgeist. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That's the second time in ten minutes that I bumped into a relevant xkcd this morning! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (3 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation tl;dr: Crabs are the perfect life form and we all yearn to evolve into them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago ... a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan Applies to crustaceans only. :( So it'd be like talking about lifes "many attempts at making a cow" and showing a bunch of bull like animals with horns. Similar lifeforms, once put in a similar environment for a long period of time, tend to develop similar features. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Oh, Charmander is a Pokémon from the videogame Pokémon. In the video the titular animals evolve into different, stronger animals. They fight battles and after winning enough of them it triggers their evolution. The joke is that instead of evolving as they do in the videogame, they instead follow the meme concept of carcinisation and all evolved into a crab shaped Pokémon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Why are they all attacking the kid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* It's a bit of a horror movie trope, where the protagonist is an 'other' and slowly swarmed by a group of identical or similar enough beings. The implication being that their difference is not wanted and/or that they know too much about the situation which could be a threat, this further ties into the carcinisation joke because everything else has become a crab except for this one child. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You seriously never in any way came into contact with the pokemon series? It’s been huge with kids in the late 90s / 2000s and is still a massive franchise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* I love the joke, but technically carcinisation is only about non-crab crustaceans and their divergent evolution into crab-like forms, and it’s not referring to the evolution of other organisms at all permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Carcinisation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, it's a reference from the original generation of the Pokemon games. Charmander is one of three pokemon the player can choose between at the start of the gameto take on the adventure. Pokemon "evolve" after winning enough battles against other pokemon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Crassus@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) This feels like an other XKCD comic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Tyfud@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) How do they keep doing this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 19 points 2 years ago They don't have their finger on the pulse of the nerd zeitgeist, they are the zeitgeist. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That's the second time in ten minutes that I bumped into a relevant xkcd this morning! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) How do they keep doing this permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 19 points 2 years ago They don't have their finger on the pulse of the nerd zeitgeist, they are the zeitgeist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 19 points 2 years ago They don't have their finger on the pulse of the nerd zeitgeist, they are the zeitgeist. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That's the second time in ten minutes that I bumped into a relevant xkcd this morning! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (3 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation tl;dr: Crabs are the perfect life form and we all yearn to evolve into them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago ... a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan Applies to crustaceans only. :( So it'd be like talking about lifes "many attempts at making a cow" and showing a bunch of bull like animals with horns. Similar lifeforms, once put in a similar environment for a long period of time, tend to develop similar features. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Oh, Charmander is a Pokémon from the videogame Pokémon. In the video the titular animals evolve into different, stronger animals. They fight battles and after winning enough of them it triggers their evolution. The joke is that instead of evolving as they do in the videogame, they instead follow the meme concept of carcinisation and all evolved into a crab shaped Pokémon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Why are they all attacking the kid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* It's a bit of a horror movie trope, where the protagonist is an 'other' and slowly swarmed by a group of identical or similar enough beings. The implication being that their difference is not wanted and/or that they know too much about the situation which could be a threat, this further ties into the carcinisation joke because everything else has become a crab except for this one child. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You seriously never in any way came into contact with the pokemon series? It’s been huge with kids in the late 90s / 2000s and is still a massive franchise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* I love the joke, but technically carcinisation is only about non-crab crustaceans and their divergent evolution into crab-like forms, and it’s not referring to the evolution of other organisms at all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago ... a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan Applies to crustaceans only. :( So it'd be like talking about lifes "many attempts at making a cow" and showing a bunch of bull like animals with horns. Similar lifeforms, once put in a similar environment for a long period of time, tend to develop similar features. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Oh, Charmander is a Pokémon from the videogame Pokémon. In the video the titular animals evolve into different, stronger animals. They fight battles and after winning enough of them it triggers their evolution. The joke is that instead of evolving as they do in the videogame, they instead follow the meme concept of carcinisation and all evolved into a crab shaped Pokémon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Why are they all attacking the kid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* It's a bit of a horror movie trope, where the protagonist is an 'other' and slowly swarmed by a group of identical or similar enough beings. The implication being that their difference is not wanted and/or that they know too much about the situation which could be a threat, this further ties into the carcinisation joke because everything else has become a crab except for this one child. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You seriously never in any way came into contact with the pokemon series? It’s been huge with kids in the late 90s / 2000s and is still a massive franchise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Oh, Charmander is a Pokémon from the videogame Pokémon. In the video the titular animals evolve into different, stronger animals. They fight battles and after winning enough of them it triggers their evolution. The joke is that instead of evolving as they do in the videogame, they instead follow the meme concept of carcinisation and all evolved into a crab shaped Pokémon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Why are they all attacking the kid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* It's a bit of a horror movie trope, where the protagonist is an 'other' and slowly swarmed by a group of identical or similar enough beings. The implication being that their difference is not wanted and/or that they know too much about the situation which could be a threat, this further ties into the carcinisation joke because everything else has become a crab except for this one child. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You seriously never in any way came into contact with the pokemon series? It’s been huge with kids in the late 90s / 2000s and is still a massive franchise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Why are they all attacking the kid? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* It's a bit of a horror movie trope, where the protagonist is an 'other' and slowly swarmed by a group of identical or similar enough beings. The implication being that their difference is not wanted and/or that they know too much about the situation which could be a threat, this further ties into the carcinisation joke because everything else has become a crab except for this one child. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago* It's a bit of a horror movie trope, where the protagonist is an 'other' and slowly swarmed by a group of identical or similar enough beings. The implication being that their difference is not wanted and/or that they know too much about the situation which could be a threat, this further ties into the carcinisation joke because everything else has become a crab except for this one child. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You seriously never in any way came into contact with the pokemon series? It’s been huge with kids in the late 90s / 2000s and is still a massive franchise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You seriously never in any way came into contact with the pokemon series? It’s been huge with kids in the late 90s / 2000s and is still a massive franchise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* I love the joke, but technically carcinisation is only about non-crab crustaceans and their divergent evolution into crab-like forms, and it’s not referring to the evolution of other organisms at all permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Carcinisation permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, it's a reference from the original generation of the Pokemon games. Charmander is one of three pokemon the player can choose between at the start of the gameto take on the adventure. Pokemon "evolve" after winning enough battles against other pokemon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Crassus@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) This feels like an other XKCD comic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, it's a reference from the original generation of the Pokemon games. Charmander is one of three pokemon the player can choose between at the start of the gameto take on the adventure. Pokemon "evolve" after winning enough battles against other pokemon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Crassus@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) This feels like an other XKCD comic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Oh, it's a reference from the original generation of the Pokemon games. Charmander is one of three pokemon the player can choose between at the start of the gameto take on the adventure. Pokemon "evolve" after winning enough battles against other pokemon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Crassus@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) This feels like an other XKCD comic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
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