lay a while and listen
from Deceptichum@quokk.au to science_memes@mander.xyz on 04 Oct 10:30
https://quokk.au/post/321515

lay around a while and listen

#science_memes

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Winter_Oven@piefed.social on 04 Oct 12:23 next collapse

Is the living food storage part from like those honey or sap ants, where they have guys with those giant sacs of honey or sap to feed to whoever wants it?

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works on 04 Oct 13:32 next collapse

I’m living food storage to myself.

fascicle@leminal.space on 04 Oct 15:03 collapse

You feed yourself off your large sac?

0ops@piefed.zip on 04 Oct 14:40 next collapse

Well that’s pretty cool if that’s it, my brain went straight to cannibalism

AbsolutelyClawless@piefed.social on 04 Oct 15:01 collapse

It’s called “social stomach”.

shroomato@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 15:54 collapse

OUR food, comrade

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 04:09 collapse

i chewed this for the village who wants some

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 04 Oct 17:02 collapse

Sounds like a trait from Rimworld

Zerush@lemmy.ml on 04 Oct 12:34 next collapse

Too much activity prevents thinking

jaybone@lemmy.zip on 04 Oct 16:24 collapse

Maybe that’s what they want.

wander1236@sh.itjust.works on 04 Oct 12:42 next collapse

I thought that said “anti biologist” at first

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works on 04 Oct 15:01 next collapse

We’re called chemists, and it’s more of a friendly rivalry

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works on 04 Oct 17:14 collapse

Which makes biochemistry what you get when you combine something with its anti particle, organized chaos.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 04 Oct 17:04 collapse

AKA “intelligent design”

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip on 04 Oct 12:54 next collapse

But what about adipose tissue?

reverendz@hexbear.net on 04 Oct 13:26 next collapse

Hunter-gatherer groups had significantly more chill time.

Once you find enough food, it’s chill time.

abfarid@startrek.website on 04 Oct 13:58 next collapse

Shouldn’t it be “lie around”?

Deceptichum@quokk.au on 04 Oct 14:02 collapse

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/lay-or-lie

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/how-to-use-lay-and-lie

TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works on 04 Oct 14:30 collapse

Both of these confirm that yes, it is lie down

CrispyFern@hexbear.net on 04 Oct 14:31 next collapse

Way ahead of you <img alt="sit-back-and-enjoy" src="https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/e956e972-d343-49a1-8a6f-0236c8feaac8.png">

the_q@lemmy.zip on 04 Oct 14:32 next collapse

It’s sinister that all of life’s necessities are locked behind paywalls.

leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Oct 15:00 next collapse

Monstrous is what it is.

The very concept of earning one’s living, as if we didn’t deserve to be alive without sacrificing said life for the privilege.

emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works on 05 Oct 04:30 collapse

There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.

Upton Sinclair

whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Oct 15:20 next collapse

Reminds me of one of my favorite articles

harpers.org/archive/…/in-praise-of-idleness/

hedge_lord@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 15:45 collapse

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing

stray@pawb.social on 04 Oct 15:50 next collapse

I’m a little too good at acting as living food storage.

jaybone@lemmy.zip on 04 Oct 16:21 collapse

I think living food storage might be a requirement for multicellular life on earth. Who is acting? What am I James Lipton?

bluebadoo@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 16:07 next collapse

The title is a gem. Decard Cain, you beautiful bastard.

wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Oct 16:11 next collapse

So you’re saying we have an evolutionary example of “eat the rich”? I say we get started - the ants gave us a blueprint.

Quexotic@infosec.pub on 04 Oct 16:16 next collapse

“it helps you deal with emergencies”

Exactly why we are kept busy.

ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 23:53 next collapse

If we are supposed to lie around then why is it bad for our health

Deceptichum@quokk.au on 04 Oct 23:55 next collapse

Because we’re also meant to move around.

We’re not meant to do either all the time.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 05 Oct 00:02 collapse

Not moving at all: Muscle atrophy.

Moving too much: RSI.

psud@aussie.zone on 05 Oct 09:40 collapse

It seems relaxing punctuated by sprinting is good for you

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 05 Oct 00:00 next collapse

me, a big fat guy

I’m like an ant storing all this food. 😃

prex@aussie.zone on 05 Oct 04:35 collapse

<img alt="" src="https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/2edf2442-0043-4f29-946e-3f80870d48e4.jpeg">

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 05 Oct 06:37 collapse

How to Serve Man Ants

sunbytes@lemmy.world on 05 Oct 11:55 collapse

Yeah, it’s something that’s super useful about humans.

They’re very durable, and can follow instructions effectively.

They make excellent slaves, compared to other forms of life.

For me, that’s the resource aliens would invade us for.

It’s us.