Taxonomy: Nature's Unsolicited Naming Service

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Taxonomy: Nature's Unsolicited Naming Service

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The taxonomic rebellion is here! Biologists have spent centuries naming things that never asked to be named, only to end up with fancy Latin words nobody uses except to win arguments on Twitter.

Meanwhile, the "real taxonomy" at the bottom is pure scientific chaos - just random labels slapped on animals with question marks. And that last line about ordering an "Artiodactyla burger with Phasianidae nuggets" (that's beef with chicken nuggets for us normal humans) exposes the whole ridiculous system!

Next time you're at a restaurant, try ordering using taxonomic classification and watch the server's face melt with confusion. Who's the deranged one now, science?!

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