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minus-squareCar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoPedantry is always important! I would argue that ants would be selected over humans by both mass and population
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoAh, I was thinking of this xkcd but it’s land mammals only!
minus-squareCar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoI did some low-effort Googling and now I’m seeing that maybe some sea critters like krill have the highest non-bacteria biomass. Either way, none of these are beetles!
minus-squarebazus1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThe world truly belongs to bacteria, and we’re just along for the ride.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI’m considering the hovertext and I consider the pounds of bacteria in me to be Me. How are we dividing this out?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 months agoDo the bacteria in you consider you to be one of them (so to speak), or are you just a cruise ship?
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI do have a few swimming pools
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYou’ll have to have a referendum, consulting each bacterium and asking if they identify as part of the collective known as “you” or as an independent organism
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI am no anarcho-syndicalist commune a watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me
Pedantry is always important! I would argue that ants would be selected over humans by both mass and population
Ah, I was thinking of this xkcd but it’s land mammals only!
I did some low-effort Googling and now I’m seeing that maybe some sea critters like krill have the highest non-bacteria biomass.
Either way, none of these are beetles!
The world truly belongs to bacteria, and we’re just along for the ride.
I’m considering the hovertext and I consider the pounds of bacteria in me to be Me. How are we dividing this out?
Do the bacteria in you consider you to be one of them (so to speak), or are you just a cruise ship?
I do have a few swimming pools
You’ll have to have a referendum, consulting each bacterium and asking if they identify as part of the collective known as “you” or as an independent organism
I am no anarcho-syndicalist commune a watery bint lobbed a scimitar at me