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