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Alt Text: buff doge on the left representing 1970s america with the caption "I've eradicated all the screw worms in North America by releasing sterile males". Crying doge on the right representing 2020s america with the caption "scary worm back"

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[–] CyroSignal@lemmy.world 2 points 16 minutes ago

That only happens in the United States.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

A nation is as strong as the mental health of his leaders.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago
[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's so much funnier to me when I think about it as fragile masculinity refusing to sterilize the males.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

"They're making the frickin flies sterile!!!"

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 5 points 15 hours ago

Ha this is literally what I was picturing, bright red and all.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The only war the US still knows how to win is against the working class

[–] Kenvexity@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

dont lose hope! the war shall continue as long as we rebel against the epstein class!

[–] nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 5 points 17 hours ago

The image refuses to load beyond the upper ⅗ for me, so the alt text was genuinely helpful.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I wouldn't say scarier, I mean it's possible that the affects of the faster earth worm will be worse long term. But the screw worms can get into our flesh if we aren't careful. No jumping earthworm is gonna be "scarier" than that