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[–] ZeroCool@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] salty_chief@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Don’t worry mankind and animals are the next fuel for the future cars!

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

The ultimate fantasy of causing the extinction of a whole village by driving to work

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

dinosaurs never became oil/coal

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t even have a thagomizer.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 39 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

If they're so great, how come I use their goo to spend 4 hours a day stuck in traffic?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 34 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That goo, once burned is what is causing global warming.

The dinosaur's curse for not letting them rest in peace....

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Man... Imagine how fucked we would be if we burned mummies!

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean people ate them so I’d say you know the answer to that…

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

The goo is trees that were buried before bacteria and fungi learned to eat hydrocarbons. 0% dinosaurs.

Well, I mean, I can probably only guarantee no more than 3% dinosaur.

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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Weird. I've just been shoving dinosaur bones into mine. 🤷‍♂️

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

Paleontologists hate this one weird trick!

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Well... its mostly plant and fungus goo actually

Still.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

I hope some future species burns our liquefied matrix black corpse goop, it's what we deserve.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 36 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

not better than a stegosaurus

By what metrics? I challenge any dinosaur from any species to a banjo duel and I'll show you all who's better.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

By what metrics?

You do not have thagomizer.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

RIP Thag Simmons.

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

I challenge any dino to a fighting duel and I'll show you who's superior. Oh wait, they all dead? That's right bitch! They all dead. (banjo sounds during my mic drop pls)

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] funkajunk@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Why do I feel some kinda way about that sexy ass bird?

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Those lashes + whatever the fuck Disney and Looney Tunes were up to

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

They're called secretary birds.

HR! This post right here!

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 8 points 2 weeks ago

Birds when humans talk about dinosaurs going extinct like they just vanished: "Am I joke to you?!"

plumage and pecking and pigeons and chicken tenders

Humans: I mean... sometimes, yes.

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 weeks ago

The parrot I asked insists she is still existing

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

They didn’t have HVAC though?

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Stegosaurus died out long before the K-T extinction event. They weren't even good enough to survive to that point.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah aren't they one of the few animals that was actually a dinosaur and actually from the jurassic that people think of when they think of jurassic dinosaurs?

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[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not fair to the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs got hit by a meteor, humans are destroying themselves.

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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I think I'm a little better than a stegosaurus.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Oh yeah? Well how big is your thagomizer?

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[–] Beryl@jlai.lu 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Stegosaurus really isn't the best example of a long lasting clade of dinosaurs. These losers didn't even make it to the Cretaceous !

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[–] s@piefed.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

people still think we’re invincible

Who? The peons concerned about climate change and ecosystem collapse? Or the billionaires injecting kids’ blood into themselves, launching rockets to colonize Mars, or begging for donations to get them into the right afterlife?

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Except dinosaurs weren't taken out and some species like chickens probably have more biomass than ever.

I think that's the more horrific scenario anyway - we cause a massive catastrophe but like the end of a slasher franchise, we're still around to do it all over again.

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

There are more species of birds (dinosaurs) alive today than there are mammal species

10,000 vs 6,000 (ish)

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Well, we have brains we can use to spot and destroy or redirect incoming asteroids. So yeah I am. Also stegosaurus was long extinct by the time of asteroid impact.

[–] Michal@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Bro, have you seen "Don't look up"?

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Idk my ancestors survived the k-pg event

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Bruh, reading through this thread, I'm low-key having an existential crisis thinking about the timeline where that extinction event didn't happen. No humans, no tech, no video games.

Dinosaurs rule forever?

What if my soul got incarnated as a dinosaur, what is it like?

Just chillin'?

Idk

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry I can’t come in to work today I have to molt

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But could the dinosaurs DO THIS? Straps myself to a rocket and blasts off the planet into space

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[–] mienshao@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

What if I told you the dinos did not get taken out and are, in fact, flying above your head as we speak? The pigeons are waiting for you…

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Many humans would absolutely survive an event like the K-T extinction, between technology and eating bugs and fungi. Many more would die though

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