this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2024
751 points (99.1% liked)

Science Memes

19747 readers
3314 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 37 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that when you try to eliminate everyone named Gwen via mass murder, nominal cleansing, and lexical apartheid?

[–] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

🎶 Run forrr your liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiife! 🎶

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

🎶 Epic Guitar Solo 🎸 🎶

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

🎶 Drumroll Using 5 Drumsets at Once 🎶
🛢️🪘🪘🪘🥁🛢️

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Technically, Nicko McBrain uses ONE drum set the SIZE of five or more separate sets! Anything else would just be silly! 😁

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Don't worry, the UN will protect you!

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a Butcherbird

Sincerely,

An Australian

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 24 points 2 years ago

North American version is in the picture: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_shrike :)

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 102 points 2 years ago (3 children)

some shrikes are also known as butcherbirds because of the habit, particularly of males, of impaling prey onto plant spines within their territories. These larders have multiple functions, attracting females and serving as food stores.

Wikipedia

[–] inbeesee@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The god in Hyperion is named after that bird. Great scifi classic.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(Simmons_novel)

[–] dorron@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Endymion / Rise of Endymion was a great sequel too

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Highly underrated.
And I get why: it's just totally and completely different but it was still enjoyable on merit.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I thought it was even better than the first series. There's so many neat and unique concepts going on in that book. From the ultra-fast ship that decimates its passengers and then rebuilds them, to the concepts related to the philosophy of Pierre Tielhard DeChardin, it's a wonderfully thought provoking series all around. The AI and their machinations in that series is the best AI storyline I've ever read.

One of the serial killers in Hannibal as well.

[–] HaleHirsute 2 points 2 years ago

Among the best sci-fi I ever read, incredible.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Also the name of the guy who ran the gang that Han Solo was in as a kid.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 17 points 2 years ago
[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Netflix and dismembering the prey I fucking impaled earlier?

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

Netflix?

Edit: nvm, I got it.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 25 points 2 years ago

Unspeakable horrors.

[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks to its strong beak, it can tear even the strongest 3-ply toilet paper to shreds if it has been moistened beforehand.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Hide your paper!

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Oh damn! I thought they only did it with bugs. How TF did that tiny little bird capture and kill a rodent as big as it is? The bird doesn't even have any talons!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love how you just casually used SCP wiki as a reference.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I was curious if people would notice, and it seems not everyone did. ;) Maybe someone got to be the daily 5,000 for SCP.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Hey orcas are cute too

[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

“Oi, cunt!”

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Songbirds in general can be unexpectedly vicious

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

That's the face of a stone cold killer