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jol @discuss.tchncs.de Also, people are born every day, and some just go on with their lives never learning about random facts like these. Every day, someone is one of the lucky 10k.
44 0 Replydmention7 @lemm.ee Man, imagine seeing a field of fireflies IRL for the first time, if you had never heard of them before! That would be pretty mindblowing.
19 0 Replyjol @discuss.tchncs.de I knew about them but didn't see them well into adulthood. It's underwhelming
5 1 Replydmention7 @lemm.ee Really? I'm a seasoned adult-er, and I still get a little flicker of wonder when i see those lights floating in the field behind my house on summer evenings.
14 0 ReplySwedneck @discuss.tchncs.de
I feel like fireflies have to be pretty perfectly whelming? like on the level of a swarm of pretty butterflies: cool, but not that cool.
7 0 ReplyCatoblepas @lemmy.blahaj.zone I don’t know man, I’ve seen an actual swarm of butterflies (it took days for them to fly through) and it was pretty fucking awesome.
6 0 Replyjol @discuss.tchncs.de I think it's just because the only idea I had was from cartoons. They don't exist where I'm from.
They are still eery and cool though.
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Lumidaub @feddit.org
Your mum is underwhelming.
5 1 Replyjol @discuss.tchncs.de Indeed, she doesn't shine at all
5 0 Replyjaybone @lemmy.world Whelming always goes for the MILFs.
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Fonzie! @ttrpg.network 2 0 Reply