130th. st.

[not_avampire]

Did you know that ants have a religion?

It's caused by slimeballs. Dicrocoelium Dendriticum, but even the big parasite geeks like me don't say that out loud (though I have got it memorized) we just say 'Lancet Flukes'. 'Flukes' for short

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[favored_son]

Maybe your cows have four of them. I bet I could find you one with six.

[not_avampire]

Damn you and your overachieving cows.

[favored_son]

Our world overachieves in general.

[not_avampire]

I recall something about a desert tying to eat you?

[whofelltoearth]

While that is very fascinating information, and it's very kind of you to share it with us all and make your assessment of it, I hardly see anything in that situation which involves religion.

[not_avampire]

I dunno. Sometimes, I think I'm just weird.

[ohrosalita]

....I don't know, these sound a little more like ant pod people to me.

[not_avampire]

Pod ants attack, film at eleven.

I dunno, I had an ex who used to argue free will vs brain chemicals with me all the time. I think I'm just bitter I never got to win.

[ohrosalita]

It's no joke. If ants were our size we'd all be out in the fields milking aphids for them by now.

Free will versus brain chemicals? That's a variation on the usual predestination debate.

[not_avampire]

And they'd be saying, "If humans were our size, their ugly children would be frying us with magnifying glasses by now." But they aren't, so we don't.

Is that the one on destiny and stuff? She was into that, too. Philosophy major.

[compactcrucifix]

Sounds as likely as anything else.

Don't dwell on it? Don't think you'll get answers that way.

[not_avampire]

But isn't that what monks do? They dwell. Unless they're doing something else when they're meditating. I like to think if they weren't so busy dwelling on stuff, they'd come up with something better than brown dresses to wear. Monks have answers, right? Except on fashion.

And all of it's 100% true!

[compactcrucifix]

Don't let Carl hear that. He invents.

I guess most monks do. But how many happy monks do you know?

I believe you. Where'd you hear it?

[not_avampire]

Invents what? I'm assuming he's a monk? I never thought the Church was too hot on inventions. Too close to science. Science bad.

I don't know any monks, but they never look happy on TV. Except the ones with Jackie Chan. But hey, it's Jackie Chan, why not crack a smile.

College, and at my job. I'm a biologist, I specialize in parasites.

[sciencedaughter]

... That is a deep question.

[not_avampire]

I think it only really applies here, sometimes. Otherwise,it's more parasites affecting brain chemicals and decisions.

[sciencedaughter]

Perhaps they find the stars beautiful.

[not_avampire]

...Yeah.

I like that answer.