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[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 105 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Humans are just exceptionally weak to cute. If aliens ever show up and try to conquer us, we're going to be so screwed if they happen to be adorable.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 48 points 5 days ago (6 children)

Speak for yourself, I hope the furry aliens make me their pet.

[–] spechter@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, I guess you're getting screwed anyways

[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 days ago

Maybe he likes getting screwed.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I would love the life of a house pet as long as I can play video games instead of sleeping all the time.

We just collectively need to convince our new overlords that it’s enrichment and just let me keep it I already have it, and I’ll be totally friendly and compliant whenever you want, I can pause, it’s cool.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Would it change your mind if the aliens are responsible owners and neuter their pets?

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Got my tubes tied when I was 27 (no kids no interest).

So nope, not in the slightest.

We're on lemmy, none of us are having kids anyway.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I mean I can multitask licking their tentacles while I game.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It's all fun and games until de-worming time.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

How many people have worms? I thought that was rare... Am I missing something and Kennedy is actually not an odd-ball?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not many people have them, but the aliens don't know which ones - and they already have the anal probe equipment handy.

Shit, here I thought we were all going to just take heart guard haha. Your way doesn't sound as fun.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

almost all animals and a lot of people too have worms, most of them aren't really dangerous though, so no worries.

but it's less prevalent in humans than in other animals due to hygiene or sth

source: i read it somewhere

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

What's great is when they show up and become furry because they decide that furries have devised the best possible social system in the cosmos

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Even if they were horrors beyond our comprehension, a whole lot of people would be still be very sexually aggressive towards them.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Honestly that may be what saves us. They try to manipulate us by being cute, we weird them out by being horny.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It would be so funny if they left bc of kink shaming.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"KINK SHAMING IS MY KINK"

ACK ACK ACK ACK splat

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

War of the Worlds got absolutely the wrong reason for the aliens to leave.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

There's a Philip K Dick short story about this, "The war with the Fnools"

If aliens turn up and they're like "Give me snacks. And a fluffy bed." I think we'd be like "...aight."

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 11 points 5 days ago
[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

"ca wi go see de wokets humie? wi wana see de big ones fly hiiiiigh"

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Too Cute crisis is about aliens coming to destroy earth but learn there are cats.