tiktaalik culture
April 29, 2022 3:09 PM Subscribe
Started Out As A Fish. How Did It End Up Like This? (NYT; archive.ph link). A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did emerge from the sea, we aren’t doing just fine.
I liked "thicctaalik"
posted by Schmucko at 5:17 PM on April 29, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Schmucko at 5:17 PM on April 29, 2022 [2 favorites]
I’ve had a truly awful week but that article has me smiling. Thank you!
posted by punchtothehead at 5:20 PM on April 29, 2022
posted by punchtothehead at 5:20 PM on April 29, 2022
I have a soft spot for memes and tweets with this kind of view. (“WE WERE LITERALLY BORN ONTO A PLANET THAT GROWS FOOD HOW DID WE FUCK UP SO BAD THAT I GOT A CREDIT SCORE”) Sure it’s depressing, but it also shows that some young people are willing to reimagine the world.
The oldest statement of the view I can think of is of course Douglas Adams: “Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.”
posted by Countess Elena at 5:44 PM on April 29, 2022 [14 favorites]
The oldest statement of the view I can think of is of course Douglas Adams: “Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.”
posted by Countess Elena at 5:44 PM on April 29, 2022 [14 favorites]
“an evolutionary developmental biologist who hopes to genetically manipulate a zebrafish into growing fingers”
Don’t make me tap the sign!
posted by sjswitzer at 6:46 AM on April 30, 2022
Don’t make me tap the sign!
posted by sjswitzer at 6:46 AM on April 30, 2022
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