Spyke
lemmynsfw.com

I have to head off to work, can you give me a quick lowdown on this scientific meme definition?

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lemmy.world

Meme : Gene :: Culture : Species

A Dawkinsian "meme" is like an idea-unit that can take hold and thrive in the landscape of imagination, developing into culture or philosophy if it spreads widely enough.

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Good definition! I'll often say it is a "primary unit of cultural exchange." I consider a lot of things memes: internet memes of course, songs, scenes from movies, plot tropes, characters, basically any bit of culture that can be encapsulated and identified as a distinct entity.

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feddit.org

So what humans have done for millenia in the form of furs, leather and bone?

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Sylvartasreply
lemmy.world

Yeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don't make the rules

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Hunting giant insects back in the day would be terrifying, but exoskeleton armor would be bad ass.

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Yes but they are insects so it's pretty cool

Just imagine if I told you that the cookbug cooks it's prey by throwing it into fire. You would find it cool despite also doing it.

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Bone maybe, but leather and first have practical reasons related to temperature. Any camo benefits are incidental.

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lemm.ee

So they’re the Reavers of the insect world.

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Q: How does a reaver clean his blade?

A:

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler He runs it through the Wash. :::

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Yeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don't make the rules

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lemmynsfw.com

Great camouflage. Carrying a sack of dozens dead ants on your back does not draw attention at all.

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SkyezOpenreply
lemmy.world

Camouflage through intimidation. If you saw a dude sneaking around covered in human skulls, no you didn't.

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Ants "see" mostly by smells. This would probably smell like another ant and thus wouldn't be bothered.

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lemmy.world

We already had an Ocean Soulslike (Another Crab's Treasure). Now we need a Bug Soulslike.

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links.hackliberty.org

Too easy, frankly, and the awesome ways you can modify yourself don't match with Dark Souls. Actually having significant, meaningful differences in your combat isn't Dark Souls.

Half /s

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Sylvartasreply
lemmy.world

I'm a dark souls enjoyer who thinks that hollow knight is a gorgeous game with mediocre platforming and decent combat. I'm pretty sure you made my blood pressure jump to unsafe levels

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Lol, I do what I can. Let me try harder. I love hollow, and play back through dark souls when I can. Hollow knight's world doesn't quite have the same replay value for me. Dark souls doesn't quite have enough of a game play loop difference to make me even care about the different weapons.

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I mean... Yeah? But I was referring to a Full Soulslike game in 3D, and I see Hollow knight more like a Metroidvania with some Soulslike features.

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Litter bugs (green lacewing larvae) do this as well. Great bug to have in your garden as they feed on aphids, scale, mealy bugs - pretty much all the pests you don't want on your plants.

Also they are metal af.

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