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[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 59 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Earthlings don't eat Earth either. They're still Earthlings.

Sperm whales don't eat sperm.

Mayflies don't eat May or any other month.

[–] pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

W wait a s second! What do sperm wales eat? Have I been pointlessly jacking off into the ocean for decades??

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago

No, you've been keeping the salinity high.

Thank you for your service.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dobsonflies don't even eat Dobson!

What a world

[–] Welt@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago

Inflammable means flammable?! What a country!

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Earthlings don't eat earth because "earth" isn't something to be eaten. Sperm whales don't eat sperm because sperm is (usually) not something to be eaten.

Fruit, however, is supposed to be eaten, and by many, many animals. By calling something a fruit fly, the expectation for most people would be that its diet consists mainly of fruit

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Or ya know, that they're usually found hanging around near fruit.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I'm going to be very upset if fruit bats don't eat fruit

[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 4 points 1 month ago

Speak for yourself, I rather like potatoes, or as the French call them 'pomme de terre' which if I recall would literally translate as 'apple of earth'.

[–] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Wtf do earthlings eat other than earth? Plants, animals & fungus are all parts of Earth TO BE EATEN

By other animals or fungus.