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A tiny, weeny WTF_Nature wank...
I was unsure whether to post this here or iwank, but I posted twice, once to LOL and once to say, "Dude, you're being really annoying", so I figure it might go better here. Right.

WTF_Nature is a super fun community on LJ devoted to the crazy shit nature comes up with. Freak storms. Animals we didn't know existed. Animals that do exist but mutate. If it's in nature, and it makes you go "WTF", it's in the comm.

Yesterday, writerspleasure decided to post about a species of goby in South African waters that has turned on its natural predator, the jellyfish, and made those squishy suckers into their dinner. A really interesting subject, full of fascinating ramifications for the local ecosystem in that area. For some reason, he brought in an Ayn Rand reference.

markslj is tired of this political bullshit.

Wank is soon in the waters once the first blood is shed.

pazi_ashfeather makes a comment on writerspleasure's behaviour.

Thing degenerate and get mighty personal after that, all while the both of them argue about Ayn Rand. I don't know why, but people arguing about Ayn Rand always makes me laugh.

So anyway, one minute you think it's over, but those crazy kids start up the argument again in another thread. Are the Bearded Gobys Libertarians or Bolsheviks? A question for the ages!

Ahhh... Ayn Rand. *chuckle* Tiny, to be sure, but like the Bearded Goby, kind of cute as well.

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Re: Save the endangered malaria!

re_weird
2010-07-21 09:52 am UTC (link)

It's interesting to see how many people in here seem to seriously believe that humans are some sort of "crown of creation". I have to say that I wonder on what grounds you can take away the right to destroy lives from one species, while encouraging another one to not only destroy many lives but to eradicate other species entirely. It doesn't strike me as particularily intelligent. And, it's exactly that kind of thinking which has put us in the mess we are today environmentally.

Just to be clear, he's referring to viruses. another choice quote, this time about smallpox:

Do you seriously believe we in - what, 30 years time, is it? - actually can know all the effects eradication of an entire species that has been with us for at least 10 000 years will have? I think that is incredibly naive - and dangerously scientistic.

Those damn scientists, with their logic and testing and peer review. *shakes fist*

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	Re: Save the endangered malaria! napalmnacey 2010-07-21 09:56 am UTC (link)
	Well, I'm sure all that eradication was frowned upon by the smallpox, but no doubt some other little bug will step in and take over the little ecological niche left behind. Nature's crafty like that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! lilitu93 2010-07-21 10:46 am UTC (link)
	Viruses and protists. Poor endangered protists! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! puipui 2010-07-21 11:09 am UTC (link)
	And now I kind of want an icon that says "dangerously scientistic". Because dangerous science is the best science! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! napalmnacey 2010-07-21 12:01 pm UTC (link)
	Sounds like a slogan for a new breakfast cereal. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! theladyfeylene 2010-07-21 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	Like something Rusty Venture ate as a child... (uh, if you're familiar with Venture Bros, of course.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! sistercoyote 2010-07-21 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	Would you like that on a Mythbusters base, or something else? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! puipui 2010-07-21 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	Mythbusters would work well! :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! artimusdin 2010-07-21 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	Mythbusters works for anything! ♥ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! sistercoyote 2010-07-21 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	Here you go: I'm not entirely happy with it, but I don't have any more time to play right now, sigh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! napalmnacey 2010-07-22 12:46 am UTC (link)
	I thought the line was "dangerously scientISTic". /nitpick. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! sistercoyote 2010-07-22 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, well, I was rushing. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! napalmnacey 2010-07-22 01:38 am UTC (link)
	It doesn't matter, it's still an awesome icon. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sistercoyote 2010-07-22 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks -- but I fixed it anyway: Because, you know. Purist that way. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sandglass 2010-07-22 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	Awesome! Although the Abby one is too big for LJ. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sistercoyote 2010-07-22 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Darn it! I'll fix it, I swear. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sistercoyote 2010-07-23 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	Try this one: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! sandglass 2010-07-21 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Abbie from NCIS maybe? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! sistercoyote 2010-07-22 06:50 pm UTC (link)
	Points upward. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! zyna_kat 2010-07-21 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	I was going to make a sarcastic comment about saving the poor smallpox virus, but damn... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! khym_chanur 2010-07-21 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	Damn you, Pasteur! A pox on you! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! barankhy 2010-07-21 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	...that's the best pun (or just regular word play?) I saw in a while. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Save the endangered malaria! dragonfangirl 2010-07-22 06:45 am UTC (link)
	And you, Fleming! A plague on BOTH your houses! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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