Deceptichum@quokk.au to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEvery mosquito you kill with your hands makes them evolve to be better at avoiding you.message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareEvery mosquito you kill with your hands makes them evolve to be better at avoiding you.Deceptichum@quokk.au to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareOmegaMouse@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow exactly are they evolving if you kill them? Surely the ones you don’t kill evolve 🤔
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.auOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoExactly, I kill the slowest, leaving the fastest to breed.
minus-squarefartsparkles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCounter: you’re killing the ones that like the taste of a human and thus they’ll evolve to avoid humans.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWe need this system institutionalized for humans. Except instead of slowest, we just kill the assholes. reads news about UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson Oh, I see we’ve already started! Pardon me! I was a tad behind the news.
How exactly are they evolving if you kill them? Surely the ones you don’t kill evolve 🤔
Exactly, I kill the slowest, leaving the fastest to breed.
Counter: you’re killing the ones that like the taste of a human and thus they’ll evolve to avoid humans.
We need this system institutionalized for humans. Except instead of slowest, we just kill the assholes.
reads news about UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson
Oh, I see we’ve already started! Pardon me! I was a tad behind the news.