That’s a great joke. The millipede’s enthusiasm is oddly endearing
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AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 2 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 2 months ago
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Neither centipedes nor millipedes are insects.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You have them backwards. Centipedes are the ones with more legs
btr_fan87@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Some quick googling tells me you’re the one who has them backwards.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 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 2 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 2 months ago
#kilopede
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 months ago
“Centipede” means 100 legs.
“Millipede” means 1000 legs.
lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Pede means feet. So does the pie in piedmont.
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You’re right, I meant feet. Fixed!
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I am aware of how prefixes work
samus12345@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In this case it’s what the prefixes mean that’s relevant.
Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Millipedes speced all their stat points into beauty
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Same with pill bugs but smol