Linnaeus Memes

Taxonomists: spending centuries creating elaborate Latin naming systems with multiple subspecies, genuses, and families. Regular humans: "That's a big dog" or "weird bug" and moving on with their lives. The sheer audacity of asking for "Rosales Rosaceae Malus domestica" when you could just say "apple" is peak academic absurdity. Meanwhile, taxonomists are huddled in corners with their electron microscopes counting bee leg hairs to determine if it's a new species or just the same bee having a bad hair day. Next time a taxonomist tries to impress you with Gorilla gorilla gorilla , just ask them if they ran out of creativity that day or if their naming convention was inspired by a toddler's vocabulary.