That’s a great joke. The millipede’s enthusiasm is oddly endearing
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AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Creepy. And I learned something. Reminds me of another comic strip that cracked me up. The gist:
God said to the insects “you may each pick three traits.” The millipede said, “I want legs!” The centipede agreed. God nodded. “And for your second trait?” The millipede smiled brightly and said “More legs!” The centipede request the same. God asked for their final request. “More legs!” The millipede shouted smiling even brighter The centipede gave a sinister grin and growled. “Teeth.”
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Neither centipedes nor millipedes are insects.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
You have them backwards. Centipedes are the ones with more legs
btr_fan87@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Some quick googling tells me you’re the one who has them backwards.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
it’s extremely obvious that you’re incorrect if you simply look at the words, “centi” means “hundred” and is smaller than “milli” which means “thousand”.
centipedes look like they have a hundred legs, millipedes look like they have a thousand legs.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Ah, but millimeters are 1/1000 of a meter, which means millipedes actually have 1/1000 of a leg /s
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
#kilopede
samus12345@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“Centipede” means 100 legs.
“Millipede” means 1000 legs.
lars@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
Pede means feet. So does the pie in piedmont.
samus12345@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’re right, I meant feet. Fixed!
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I am aware of how prefixes work
samus12345@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In this case it’s what the prefixes mean that’s relevant.
Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Millipedes speced all their stat points into beauty
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Same with pill bugs but smol