This little monster wants all the women for itself...
arq
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I just found out about this little monster :wtf:
Imagine for a moment a world in which men became obsolete, where every birth was an immaculate conception and the only babies born were girls. Additionally in this world, the few men who are around start turning into women or dying of a deadly disease. The prospect is horrifying.
All those unopened jars, just sitting there.
Now imagine it happening to cockroaches and join me in a long, hearty laugh at their collective misfortune. The Wolbachia is a parasitic bacteria that attacks cockroaches, wasps, moths and even other parasites, turning all the males into females and ruining all sexual encounters. Unlike most other parasites, the Wolbachia infects the sex organs of arthropods in two primary ways: 1) It causes males to develop into females 2) All the females, including the transsexuals, start producing offspring asexually. What's more, the offspring are all guaranteed to be female as well. The reason for all this emasculation and forced celibacy is that the parasite can successfully infect the next generation from the point of conception by passing through the arthropod's eggs, but it can only achieve it through females. As a result, it's cut males out of the equation entirely. The bacteria will even kill any males during larval development or force them to develop as females, and destroy the immune systems of infected adult males so they die off.
"Girls night!"
The Wolbachia is the number one parasite on this list because it doesn't just kill a few hosts, it destroys the sexual mechanics of entire species, forever. And it's not isolated to one continent or habitat either, the parasite can infect around 60% of arthropod species around the world, ruining the lives of shitty insects, flat worms and spiders everywhere, and just generally playing God. I would offer the Wolbachia a figurative handshake if I wasn't so terrified of what it would do once it knew I existed.
"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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from now on we just should eat fruits and vegetables... :( but that in a way will turn us into women so there's no chance to win
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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P.S. I couldn't live in a world without men
but my hormones sure do like their hairy legs.
so i guess they can stay.
lol.
:wave:
you coming to PJ20 :?: you can crash in my tent, but i don't think my legs are hairy enough for you. :P
your telling me there are transsexual cockroaches?
where, i wonder, does a cockroach go to have a sex change performed?
ha!
they are doing DC right? horror i don't know but even DC is too far for a fest. i'll do DC for pj but it's got to be just them and a guest.
pj20 is rumored to be in wisconsin at alpine valley.
DC is like 4.5 hours away. and 81 i'm sure you know my situation but to all others that's too far for me so lay off.
tootles! kat says not a chat room.
if you can surf, you can go to wisconsin. :P
don't worry about kat, we have her under control
you just want the butter
'little one eyed monster wants all the women for itself'
Which one eyed monster doesn't want that? oh wait we know that... the fabulous ones
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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