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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fun killer bee fact: back in the '70s everybody (in the US) was worried about "killer bees" (aka Africanized bees) migrating northwards from Central America and killing tons of people because of their higher levels of aggression as compared to European bees. Turns out that if you take an Africanized queen and raise it in a temperate climate, the bees she produces are no more aggressive than European bees; likewise a European queen raised in a tropical climate will produce bees every bit as aggressive as Africanized bees. So the whole thing was just stupid bee racism all along.

So the bad news is that anthropomorphic global overheating (don't give me that weak "climate change" formulation) is going to give us killer bees even without the migration of Africanized stock. The good news is that we're completely fucked anyway and won't give a shit about a few bee stings.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 25 points 1 year ago

That was not very fun. I want my money back.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Bee racism.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The good news is that we're completely fucked anyway and won't give a shit about a few bee stings

I desperately want to post this good news on both the uplifting news and the "only hopeful/helpful/productive comments" climate subs.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My Girl (1991). Sorry for the sad reminder, but it's the 1st thing that popped into my head. Also heads up for 15MB gif.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow, a real GIF! I thought they were replaced with HTML5 capable videos years ago!

[–] moody@lemmings.world 16 points 1 year ago

If it was a video instead of a gif, it would be less than a quarter of the size

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They're still out there, Koala knows why. It'd be nice if Lemmy and it's associated apps were all on the same page with regards to hosting capabilities.

Edit: Accidentally placed my response as it's own comment.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's funny to see it again. It was so traumatic at the time.

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The ending of that movie scared me as a kid.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is definitely a fairly large subset of problems that are rather effectively solved by running away from them.

The issue appears when the problems are of your own creation but you simply run away instead of solving the underlying issue. So if you keep kicking beehives, you should stop doing that.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago

Thanks for turning the bad advice into good advice.

[–] numberfour002@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Back when I was a kid they used to teach us stop drop and roll but one time I was walking my dearest shit zoo Misty at Laney Creek Park and ended up stepping in a fire ant nest tried to stop drop and roll but I think it only made the ants sting more.

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

My dog is a mutt with some shih tzu mixed in and sometimes he really does act like a "shit zoo" lol.

[–] henfredemars 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some problems, if you run, become someone else’s problem.

See: bears, bees, out of control semi, explosives…

[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't have to outrun the bear, you have to outrun the other people running from the bear. Unless you're by yourself.

[–] henfredemars 2 points 1 year ago

The philosopher can choose not attempting to run at all as he ponders whether or not he can outrun himself, but I’m going to run anyway.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Since then, he's always running away from his problem.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

"Remember, son, never metaphorically run away from your problems."

[–] lugal@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That totally BS. No parents take the stuff they tell their kids serious

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

Good parents do.

[–] Lizardking27@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That cop definitely shot him.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago

Calm down with your conspiracy theories

[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

actually, its not possible to run from bees