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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

o-oh, we all know where this goes

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

in Washington State we have this problem near Hanford. The radio active particles are in the dirt and the wasps make nests or use the top layers of soil to make their hives and they bring those radioactive particles with them

we even have radioactive rabbits that cause the same kind of problems.

would be nice if the feds, who created this problem, would finance an actual clean up but I suspect it will take Mother Nature doing it over the next thousands of years

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

TIL Bunnicula might not be fiction after all.

[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

First, killer bees, then murder hornets and now radioactive wasps.

[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

Fuck bro this is finally how it ends isn't it?

[–] jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Cazadores are inevitable.

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wasps with superpowers? This is truly the worst timeline.

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Only if you get bitten by one.

"Waaasp Man, Waaasp Man, Does whatever a waaasp can..."

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know Wasp Man would be a total asshole.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp_(character)

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

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

It looks like superhero wasp characters are generally female, I assume because most wasps


at least among social wasps, dunno about others


are female.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Genuinely, I'm pretty sure it's because wasps have thin waists and big butts, and the horny men who draw comics can't get their minds out of their pants.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe. For the three characters I linked to, the characters don't especially have a particularly hourglass body shape (as superheroes go), and one is apparently asexual. shrugs

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Fair. I just see a trend with "black widow", "the wasp", etc. There's certainly a gender gap when it comes to arthropod representation, and "Ant Man" and "Spiderman" are the exceptions that prove the rule, because ants are seen as strong, creative and industrious (all stereotypically male-assigned traits), and spider man only has the traditionally "male" qualities of spiders (super strength & athleticism), while lacking the stereotypically "female" traits, which are almost always connoted as negative (venom, stealth, web-spinning). Note that I do not count web-spinning as a trait of spiderman, since his web is not intricately woven like the spawn of arachne, but rather a crude and sticky jism that simply allows for greater feats of athleticism. It's all deeply perverse, to my eyes.

ETA: Let the record reflect, however, that the modern depictions of spiderman have done a lot to change my opinions, focusing much more on the awkward nerdiness and gymnastic elements which were eschewed throughout the depictions I witnessed in my childhood, not to mention the spiderverse. Still feels like a lot of sexism in the whole thing with the others, though. Further propagation of the stereotyped fantasy traits of vicious, backstabbing females vs active, in-your-face males.

[–] Bot@sub.community 3 points 1 day ago

He become Waspman?

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago