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[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's some dark souls shit right there.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Night Lords reading this like "nice"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

More like Monster Hunter

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This community is just cool_science_facts now. I am here for it tbh.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We go for the Dawkins definition of "meme."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have to head off to work, can you give me a quick lowdown on this scientific meme definition?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Meme : Gene :: Culture : Species

A Dawkinsian "meme" is like an idea-unit that can take hold and thrive in the landscape of imagination, developing into culture or philosophy if it spreads widely enough.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s a really good definition

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Good definition! I'll often say it is a "primary unit of cultural exchange." I consider a lot of things memes: internet memes of course, songs, scenes from movies, plot tropes, characters, basically any bit of culture that can be encapsulated and identified as a distinct entity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I think it was a bit tongue in cheek since meme is actually a concept from science (internet-meme is very close to it's original meaning afaik):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (4 children)

So what humans have done for millenia in the form of furs, leather and bone?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don't make the rules

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Hunting giant insects back in the day would be terrifying, but exoskeleton armor would be bad ass.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Yes but they are insects so it's pretty cool

Just imagine if I told you that the cookbug cooks it's prey by throwing it into fire. You would find it cool despite also doing it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

It's still pretty rare though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Bone maybe, but leather and first have practical reasons related to temperature. Any camo benefits are incidental.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

So they’re the Reavers of the insect world.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

But I thought they were just a legend…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Q: How does a reaver clean his blade?

A:

Tap for spoilerHe runs it through the Wash.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like what we do with fur and leather?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah but these guys have exoskeletons so they are cooler. Sorry, I don't make the rules

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Great camouflage. Carrying a sack of dozens dead ants on your back does not draw attention at all.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Camouflage through intimidation. If you saw a dude sneaking around covered in human skulls, no you didn't.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

I didn’t indeed. You got a point there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Like that guy who walked in on Batman and was just like.....nope.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I guess spiders don't want to eat a pile of dead ants, even if it's moving. Not the sharpest tools in the shed, spiders.

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

Ants "see" mostly by smells. This would probably smell like another ant and thus wouldn't be bothered.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Litter bugs (green lacewing larvae) do this as well. Great bug to have in your garden as they feed on aphids, scale, mealy bugs - pretty much all the pests you don't want on your plants.

Also they are metal af.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

We already had an Ocean Soulslike (Another Crab's Treasure). Now we need a Bug Soulslike.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Too easy, frankly, and the awesome ways you can modify yourself don't match with Dark Souls. Actually having significant, meaningful differences in your combat isn't Dark Souls.

Half /s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm a dark souls enjoyer who thinks that hollow knight is a gorgeous game with mediocre platforming and decent combat. I'm pretty sure you made my blood pressure jump to unsafe levels

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Lol, I do what I can. Let me try harder. I love hollow, and play back through dark souls when I can. Hollow knight's world doesn't quite have the same replay value for me. Dark souls doesn't quite have enough of a game play loop difference to make me even care about the different weapons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Hollow Knight?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I mean... Yeah? But I was referring to a Full Soulslike game in 3D, and I see Hollow knight more like a Metroidvania with some Soulslike features.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

That must be terrifying to see at it's scale. Wtf.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

"Nature is fucking metal"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Oh boy, here I go killing again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

dont hate on the style

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

To attract those bugs, play SLAYER!!!

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

Found Earth's version of Skinner