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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Biological design Memes

Posts tagged with Biological design

Wheel-y Bad Bedroom Biology

Biology Engineering Evolution
1 year ago 40.9K views 0 shares
Wheel-y Bad Bedroom Biology
Evolution had 3.5 billion years to figure out locomotion, and here's this dude in bed having an existential crisis about wheels! 🤣 The perfect example of that midnight "I'm-so-smart" thought that gets shut down with the relationship equivalent of "Sir, this is a Wendy's." Wheels may be efficient on smooth surfaces, but try rolling up a tree or across a swamp! Nature actually optimized for adaptability over efficiency—legs can climb, jump, swim, and don't need roads. Plus, biological wheels would need some wild rotating joint with blood vessels that somehow... disconnect and reconnect? Talk about engineering nightmare! Meanwhile, his partner is just trying to sleep through another one of his 2AM biology revelations.

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