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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Ever heard of those beetles that prefer beer bottles to actual females because their brains say " big + brown + shiny = sexy", and the bottles are bigger, browner, and shinier than any female beetle?

[–] mmagod@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

" big + brown + shiny = sexy"

i can empathize

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

The technical term is supernormal stimulus. Read a neat article about it a while back http://readthis.wtf/writing/hyperplastic-supernormal/

[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago