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What is the difference between a man and a parasite? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A man builds.. a parasite asks "where's my share?"

A man creates.. a parasite says "what will the neighbours think"

A man invents!.. the parasite says "Watch out, or you'll tread on the toes of god"

So, my fellow Lemmings, what is the difference?

Disclosure this is a joke question, ive been revisiting Bioshock too much recently this week

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Would you kindly answer this yourself?

A man determines his own answers, the parasite seeks forums.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

A man uses latinate plurals, a parasite anglicizes.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago

A lemming chooses, a redditor obeys

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

The working class builds; the capitalist class is a parasite on their labor.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Read Animal Farm by George Orwell and you will know the difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

A man and a parasite might overlap on each other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

One isn't a miserable little pile of secrets.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Edit2: added a reply to question; fomat to seperate quotes

"A man chooses. A slave obeys."

“We all make choices, but in the end... our choices make us.”

Quotes are by Andrew Ryan.

Andrew Ryan is a fictional character in the BioShock video game series developed by Irrational Games. He serves as the secondary antagonist in BioShock, and also appears in its follow-ups BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea.