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[-] frizzo@piefed.social 57 points 2 months ago

The moths. Most likely not to eat me.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The beetles and the bees won't eat you either. They can harm you in other ways though.

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[-] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 2 months ago

Moths!

Or maybe bees. I have always wanted to hug a bumblebee.

[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago
[-] yakko@feddit.uk 6 points 2 months ago

No kidding, bunch of weirdos around here

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

Now it's just me, and the bees

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[-] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 23 points 2 months ago

Moths. AKA goth butterflies.

[-] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Not only that, the only thing that makes them spooky and startling is that they randomly fly around like a dumbass towards anything light related.

When they're just sitting still being chill they're actually quite adorable.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

You mean glam butterflies

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[-] Red_October@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Spoken like someone who’s never had the privilege of holding a pink-toed tarantula’s paw-pad.

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[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 18 points 2 months ago

...Right next to the oil furnace in the basement, trying to figure out how to rig it to blow and burn the place down.

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[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

Tangent, there is a fun fantasy book series by Adrian Tchaikovsky where all the main characters are humanoids with bug qualities. So basically spiderman, antman, mantisman, etc. It is entertaining when you mix fantasy tropes (dueling for honour!) with mantis arm spikes...

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[-] fascicle@leminal.space 12 points 2 months ago

I would definitely want to be friends with the mantises in case they go postal one day

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

They definitely look the most stylish

[-] stephen01king@piefed.zip 5 points 2 months ago

Mantises even eat their own partners. How safe do you think being friends with them will be?

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Listen, nobody knows what happened to Stacey's boyfriend's head, it's just an unsolved mystery, ok!!
(Don't look in the lunch box.)

[-] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago

Lol. We run on opposite wavelengths. If the mantises go postal I want to be as far away as possible.

[-] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago

Moths every time. It's not even close.

[-] taxet_@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 months ago

Bees because bees are usually pretty chill and I like chill. Especially the bumblebees.

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[-] skooma_king@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago

Mantises. Fuck aphids

[-] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

At one of the tables without giant bugs occupying all the seats

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago

At one of those empty tables

[-] glibg@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

The moths table for the vibes, but the seat closest to the spiders to get in on their jokes.

[-] Saryn@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Everyone knows that anyone who knows anything about anything would go for the most evolutionary diverse group - spiders.

There is nothing these little guys can't do. Fly over hundreds of kilometres? You got it. Extend their nervous systems several thousand times past their body area using web? Check. Biological hydraulic system? Yup. Jump 10 to 50 times their body lenght? No problem. Live underwater using silk made diving suit? You bet your sweet behind. Paralyze your body after one bite? Easy.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

None of this makes me want to share a table with them.

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago

I think I'd go with the moths. Least likely to kill me.

[-] hOrni@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I will sit under the lightbulb and wait for the moths to join me.

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

I wouldn’t dare to sit here as a human. I’m too big and would probably squish them all by accident.

But if I got to choose to be one, I’d go for the spiders. You get:

  • two extra legs over the rest
  • your own supply of crafting materials
  • lots of eyes
  • and a cozy place to relax in
[-] mech@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

At a table by myself, with everyone making fun of my laughably low number of legs

[-] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

i think Id make a pretty moth :)

[-] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 7 points 2 months ago

I'm staying out. At that size, many of those are just terrifying, even if they are cool when much smaller than me.

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[-] Laukidh@infosec.pub 6 points 2 months ago

I would sit down at an empty table and it would turn out to be the Bees’

[-] BigBenis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Bees. So long as I stay on their good side they're chill and they'll protect me from the other options that want to eat me.

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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

Unless you are a piece of shit, because then the beetles will ragdoll roll you around until you are a nice sphere of shit.

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

(How do I plan such a funeral for myself?)

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

I have a decent relationship with mantids already. I'd sit with them.

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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Outside, against the wall, alone. At least that's where I sat in high school. So, maybe with the wasps?

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Idk, I feel like the colourful ones would group a bit differently.

The popular high-fashion ones (orchid mantis, jumping spider, rosy maple moth) would be at one table, goths (bumblebee, tarantula) at the other, jocks are already together (beetles, tho ladybug prob carries a knife), goodly two-shoes nerds (bees) also, other spiders are obv commuter nerds, ...

Anyway, I would skip lunch bcs this feels like a way too social situation.

[-] Butterbee@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago

I'm already sitting with the bees

[-] j4k3@piefed.world 4 points 2 months ago

Sweet girl kisses, and hope I stay on their good side. Plus they kinda look like flying sports bikes.

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