Fun killer bee fact: back in the '70s everybody (in the US) was worried about “killer bees” (aka Africanized bees) migrating northwards from Central America and killing tons of people because of their higher levels of aggression as compared to European bees. Turns out that if you take an Africanized queen and raise it in a temperate climate, the bees she produces are no more aggressive than European bees; likewise a European queen raised in a tropical climate will produce bees every bit as aggressive as Africanized bees. So the whole thing was just stupid bee racism all along.
So the bad news is that anthropomorphic global overheating (don’t give me that weak “climate change” formulation) is going to give us killer bees even without the migration of Africanized stock. The good news is that we’re completely fucked anyway and won’t give a shit about a few bee stings.
That was not very fun. I want my money back.
Bee racism.
The good news is that we’re completely fucked anyway and won’t give a shit about a few bee stings
I desperately want to post this good news on both the uplifting news and the “only hopeful/helpful/productive comments” climate subs.
There is definitely a fairly large subset of problems that are rather effectively solved by running away from them.
The issue appears when the problems are of your own creation but you simply run away instead of solving the underlying issue. So if you keep kicking beehives, you should stop doing that.
Thanks for turning the bad advice into good advice.
My Girl (1991). Sorry for the sad reminder, but it’s the 1st thing that popped into my head. Also heads up for 15MB gif.
Wow, a real GIF! I thought they were replaced with HTML5 capable videos years ago!
If it was a video instead of a gif, it would be less than a quarter of the size
They’re still out there, Koala knows why. It’d be nice if Lemmy and it’s associated apps were all on the same page with regards to hosting capabilities.
Edit: Accidentally placed my response as it’s own comment.
It’s funny to see it again. It was so traumatic at the time.
The ending of that movie scared me as a kid.
Bees attack more if you run, you’re supposed to make yourself look as large as possible to scare them away.
I’m already at least a hundred times larger than the average bee, how much larger do you think I’d have to be?
A bee weights about a tenth of gram so that’s ten grams and is 12.7mm long so 1.27m.
Math checks out.
Don’t forget that the snout is the most sensitive part of the bee. If they confront you, an open palm to the snout is sure to drive them off
Bees don’t drive.
And humans weigh more than 10 grams
I’m already at least a hundred times larger than the average bee
Mac already said that and I proved it, why are you bringing it up again?
In today’s car-centric cities they have to drive.
There’s other modes of transportation.
Can confirm that I am at least 1.27m tall and weigh over 10 grams.
That means your BMI is at least 0.006199628022319.
But how will this help me against a swarm of bees?
Can you please get back on topic here?
Back when I was a kid they used to teach us stop drop and roll but one time I was walking my dearest shit zoo Misty at Laney Creek Park and ended up stepping in a fire ant nest tried to stop drop and roll but I think it only made the ants sting more.
My dog is a mutt with some shih tzu mixed in and sometimes he really does act like a “shit zoo” lol.
Some problems, if you run, become someone else’s problem.
See: bears, bees, out of control semi, explosives…
You don’t have to outrun the bear, you have to outrun the other people running from the bear. Unless you’re by yourself.
The philosopher can choose not attempting to run at all as he ponders whether or not he can outrun himself, but I’m going to run anyway.
Since then, he’s always running away from his problem.
“Remember, son, never metaphorically run away from your problems.”
That totally BS. No parents take the stuff they tell their kids serious
Good parents do.
That cop definitely shot him.
Calm down with your conspiracy theories
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actually, its not possible to run from bees
