this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2023
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[–] Zink@programming.dev 18 points 2 years ago

Look at that face. That penguin STARTED with disdain for the poor.

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This phenomenon is called convergent evolution and while it's astonishing for the layperson, it's a quite common thing in nature

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Crabs evolved like 5 times or something

[–] lugal@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Even turtles developed more than once

[–] Quereller@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Monocles, pfft, the German name of the African Penguin is Brillenpinguin, literally eyeglasses penguin.

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

Disdain for the poor didn't come from nothing, that's the evolution of racism.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Disdain for the poor shows first in those types. Also what about top hats?

[–] Sordid@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This had me in the first half, but the last sentence makes it clear it's a complete fabrication with no basis in fact. Business tycoons have always had a disdain for the poor.