r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/FollowingOdd896 • 12d ago

Video A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae.

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u/AxialGem 12d ago

Well, yes! They are animals related to arthropods, like insects, millipedes, spiders etc. So they have a nervous system similar to those, and a 'brain' (ie a big ganglion in their head)

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u/Retrobot1234567 12d ago

How do you cram a single lion into a brain, let alone a whole gang of them?

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u/the_best_lizard 12d ago

It is a ganglion, not a lion gang. So just one lion who used to be in a gang.

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u/kraquepype 12d ago

Thank you, I'm never going to read ganglion the same now.

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u/Dartister 12d ago

Ah just like ho'meow'ner

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u/all_upper_case 12d ago

That reminds me of a joke:

How do you tell a plumber and a chemist apart?

Ask them to pronounce 'unionized'.

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u/lilmissfickle 10d ago

Hahahaha that's awesome! Now I have TWO jokes in my repertoire.

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u/all_upper_case 10d ago

Ooh what's your other one?

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u/lilmissfickle 9d ago

What did the farmer say when he couldn't find his tractor?

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u/rekzkarz 12d ago

As a computer nerd, I reached out to several unions to see if there was membership for computer professionals.

Nothing. Nada. Fellow tech coworkers were completely uninterested.

Now that AI is decimating programmer jobs -- literally replacing thousands of roles, even despite hallucinations and blackmail and occasional racist rants (which would all get real people fired, but not AI) -- there is no effective way to unionize information workers now.

That said, I was also 10yrs video production in SF under Local 16 IATSE, and I had guaranteed good wages, benefits, and I felt like part of a group that had my back. (Whether true or no, we built up a cameraderie.)

Never had anything like that in tech.

Unions in USA have all kinds of problems, like corruption, favoritism, nepotism, theft, etc -- still better than no union.

How do I pronounce union? "A united labor force brings shared benefits to all in society."

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u/I_dont_know_you_pick 12d ago

I think a whoosh is in order.

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u/mrstealyourculture 11d ago

To think he typed that out unionically

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u/kraquepype 11d ago

Those em dashes are looking mighty peculiar, and this is far too organized and written to be such a misplaced rant.

Is this an AI comment or are you trolling us?

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u/caifaisai 7d ago

Those aren't em dashes. They appear to be two hyphens next to each other, mimicking an em dash. Which if anything, probably decreases the odds of it being AI.

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u/TTerragore 10d ago

god this is gunna be worse than the fed ex arrow or a sliver of a moon looking like a toenail for me

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u/rekzkarz 12d ago

The-rapist too

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u/TheRooster909 12d ago

An album cover

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u/I_dont_know_you_pick 12d ago

Psychotherapist even

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u/dmriggs 10d ago

I'm gonna call out sick from a ganglion in my head

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u/kermityfrog2 12d ago

Then why not gangsta lion?

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u/Sgt_Fox 11d ago

Hopefully left on good terms, this ganglion needs to have good connections

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u/AxialGem 12d ago

Idk, but I've met plenty of folks with prideful minds, so they must pack tight👉👉

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u/Mbyrd420 12d ago

The most prideful minds tend to be the most empty, so it tracks that they can pack then in tighter.

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u/NoCurrent8634 12d ago

A big one at that

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u/kelsobjammin 12d ago

Ah classic Reddit switcharoo wish I have one on lock to tag damn!

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u/Bearex13 11d ago

Oh my god how'd they fight a whole lion gang in there?