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The Picard Maneuver lemmy.world The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
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October lemmy.world edgemaster72@lemmy.world
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For anyone else wondering if it's real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotwheels_sisyphus

The genus name is derived from Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars. The long coiled embolus of the palpal bulb of this new genus reminded the authors of a looping Hot Wheels track. The species is named for Sisyphus, a king from Greek mythology, who is punished by the gods for cheating death. For this, the gods sentenced him to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down. The cyclical nature of his punishment reminded the authors of the circular copulatory tube of the spider.

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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
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For anyone else wondering if it's real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotwheels_sisyphus The genus name is derived from Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars. The long coiled embolus of the palpal bulb of this new genus reminded the authors of a looping Hot Wheels track. The species is named for Sisyphus, a king from Greek mythology, who is punished by the gods for cheating death. F...

And everyone pretended to believe that those were the real reasons?!

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TropicalDingdong lemmy.world TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-29
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Reminds me of when Pikachu Billionaire ran for US Senate.

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sik0fewl piefed.ca sik0fewl@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-07-06
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For anyone else wondering if it's real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotwheels_sisyphus The genus name is derived from Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars. The long coiled embolus of the palpal bulb of this new genus reminded the authors of a looping Hot Wheels track. The species is named for Sisyphus, a king from Greek mythology, who is punished by the gods for cheating death. F...

The genus name is derived from Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars. The long coiled embolus of the palpal bulb of this new genus reminded the authors of a looping Hot Wheels track.[2] The species is named for Sisyphus, a king from Greek mythology, who is punished by the gods for cheating death. For this, the gods sentenced him to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down. The cyclical nature of his punishment reminded the authors of the circular copulatory tube of the spider.[2]

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dingus lemmy.world dingus@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Reminds me of when Pikachu Billionaire ran for US Senate.

May I introduce you to Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana_Pepsi_Vandyck

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a_non_monotonic_function lemmy.world a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-22
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And everyone pretended to believe that those were the real reasons?!

Sounds plausible.

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Patrikvo lemmy.zip Patrikvo@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-02-18
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And everyone pretended to believe that those were the real reasons?!

In reality the scientist was writing his science document on this spider in his home office and had to go to the toilet. During said visit his 7 year old kid came in and edited the name in the document.
The scientist didn't notice this change before submitting his sciency text and then never admited not roofreading his documents.

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