8mo ago

vines of the animal kingdom

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Cut my worm in to pieces
- This is my last contort
  
  Fragmentation! No breeding!
  Don't give a fuck, I'm not even bleeding.
- I had trauma watching the pain Olympics as a child. I would rather not see it again.
  
  I still can’t believe that was real lol. We had it good back then with lemon party, blue waffle, and meat spin xD
  
  I guess I'm lucky I never heard of that particular corner of the internet
Too bad they don't know how to not dry up on the sidewalk yet
Is each a clone of the original with the same memories? Or are they their own “personalities”?
- This piqued my curiosity so I dug into it a bit on Wikipedia. Most worms are dumb as fuck, roundworms are about as dumb as they come with total neuron counts for a roundworm being comparable to a microscopic tartigrade (300 vs 200). Most of this is located in the head of the worm in a brain like structure though, so I'm betting the clones develop their brains independently with no information transfer. I doubt there's a ton of learning/memory forming going on at all though, based on how simple worms are, so it's probably functionally identical. I would be surprised if most worm species exhibit any kind of learned behaviors ever.
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animals_by_number_of_neurons
  
  Excellent comment.
  
  Techbros will still claim that generative AI possesses less intelligence than the worms as an excuse to keep enslaving them.
- Jesus christ, man, the implications! Fucking bobverse shit right there.
- I would imagine only the original retains memories
Salt, sun, dryness and especially FIRE are needed to kill them, they’re invasive, endanger local flora/fauna and don’t have enough natural predators.
So fire it is.
- I think vinegar will do
  
  No! FIRE!
Worm of Theseus?
- It's the opposite of a worm of Theseus. Each individual part becomes a new whole.
- Add a little salt
The only solution is exterminatus.
- The Emperor protects.
I thought this was most worms

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