Deceptichum@quokk.au to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoEvery mosquito you kill with your hands makes them evolve to be better at avoiding you.message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareEvery mosquito you kill with your hands makes them evolve to be better at avoiding you.Deceptichum@quokk.au to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareOmegaMouse@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoHow exactly are they evolving if you kill them? Surely the ones you don’t kill evolve 🤔
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.auOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoExactly, I kill the slowest, leaving the fastest to breed.
minus-squarefartsparkles@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days 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-up1·18 days 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.