▲ 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
[–] 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
