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[–] [email protected] 49 points 15 hours ago (8 children)

Earthlings don't eat Earth either. They're still Earthlings.

Sperm whales don't eat sperm.

Mayflies don't eat May or any other month.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

Speak for yourself, I rather like potatoes, or as the French call them 'pomme de terre' which if I recall would literally translate as 'apple of earth'.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Dobsonflies don't even eat Dobson!

What a world

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

THE POWER!

[–] [email protected] 64 points 15 hours ago (8 children)

What other lies have we been told? Does time not fly like an arrow?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Someone tell this guy about Jeremy bearimy and timey wimey space stuff

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

A man in a very tight suit with a blue box once told me it's more wibbly-wobbly.

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (7 children)

Emperor penguins and king penguins are not descendants of any royal bloodlines and do not have an understanding of monarchical governments.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Gray Knights have been dispatched to your location, please stand by.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

Ha! That's a good one. You almost had me for a second.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Don't even mention macaroni penguins...so disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting they're not good with cheese?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago

Not only that, they are completely and entirely noodleless.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I always felt bad for em, we either drowned them in alcohol or froze them. I also felt guilt boiling the ecoli I spent time genetically engineering (in a genetics uni lab)

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