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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That must have been such a wild evolutionary arms race. I wonder how it even began.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do you mean? We're watching it happen in real time right now with people; vtubers learned to put on costumes of animals, insects or even mythical creatures to get weird internet losers to give them money to feed themselves.

You also have that giant cockroach that learned to put on a human skin called asmongold to get people to subscribe to its twitch channel.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not saying I've never covered myself in feathers and sat naked in a tree waiting for birds to feed me. I'm not perfect, no one is, we're all on a journey of learning and improving. Growing a termite on your back just seems like it'd take so long before it would trick the termites.