• ALQ
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    Meme fact: hummingbirds are actually just Australian mosquitos that have become invasive species around the world.

    • @not_that_guy05
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      1612 days ago

      Too friendly to be anything related to Australia.

        • @slampisko
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          1211 days ago

          Are they?! Well I better keep mine safe

          • @ByteJunk
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            511 days ago

            Some chances only come up once in a lifetime, and I’m not squandering mine!

            Unzips

            • ALQ
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              411 days ago

              reads comment

              looks at username

              reads comment again

              ಠ_ಠ

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)
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    4212 days ago

    Pretty much … source, I live here. The mosquitoes near the airport require landing clearance.

  • @[email protected]
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    3012 days ago

    That’s probably a male mosquito and it thinks that’s a flower. Just trying to be a pollinator pally.

  • HexesofVexes
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    1912 days ago

    That is the most Australian image I have ever seen.

  • @owatnext
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    812 days ago

    The mozzies and flies are insane.

  • @[email protected]
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    712 days ago

    Mozzies hate me for some reason, they avoid me all the time, like I could be the last choice for a starving mozzie and he’d still have to think about it.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)
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      -611 days ago

      Male mosquitoes don’t bite. The blood is used to grow eggs by females. The females use she/it pronouns.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 days ago

        The females use she/it pronouns.

        Correct me if I’m wrong here, but to the best of my knowledge I don’t think mosquitos have the concept of language.

          • @[email protected]
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            09 days ago

            That’s very innovative of her, however, has she considered that preserving the biodiversity of mosquitoes makes her a species traitor?

        • Dragon Rider (drag)
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          011 days ago

          Humans do. And according to human rules on language, it’s she and it. She if you’re under the illusion that mosquitoes have gender identities. It if you want to be scientifically accurate. Certainly he would be misleading.

        • @[email protected]
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          Like you’ve never corrected someone that misgendered an animal?

          Though missexed is probably the more appropriate term I think.

          • @[email protected]
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            29 days ago

            I’ve never told anyone “hey my cat prefers they/them”, because my cat much like the mosquitos doesn’t have any such concept.

            • @[email protected]
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              she/it

              Because you, as an English speaking human, apply the default gender rules to their sex as a language norm.

              It’s not complicated. It’s almost like you’re being deliberately dense for some reason.

              • @[email protected]
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                19 days ago

                My original half joking comment was about mosquitos not having any concept of language. Somehow you’ve made that into an issue about people misgendering my cat, something which my cat does not care or even know about. If someone refers to my cat as the “wrong” pronouns, I don’t bother correcting them because, again, it’s a cat who has no interest in such things.