<![CDATA[It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.]]>It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes.

Humans? Legendary assholes.
Dolphins? Assholes.
Cats are notorious for being jerks.

Dogs, ducks, geese, seagulls, crows...all have dickish individuals.

What're some species that would be least likely to solve a crossword puzzle, but still produce a significant percentage of assholes?

Like are there any shrimp out there that are just little fuckers?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/fa3d7ab8-a64b-4f7d-9d72-0ee58aea5cd9/it-seems-that-as-a-species-develops-more-emphasis-on-brains-it-also-produces-more-assholes.RSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 00:50:05 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 21:37:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 08:02:52 GMT]]>Oh man! Those things are smart enough to know what they're doing. What an absolutely ballsy prick you ran into, @spiegelmama!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pony.social/users/ddr/statuses/116543571371232258https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pony.social/users/ddr/statuses/116543571371232258Sat, 09 May 2026 08:02:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:54:57 GMT]]>@jqmcd I once had a cute little jumping spider sidle onto my desk, pause, then run up and bite my arm. I didn't even know those little ladies could bite humans, but I had an itchy welt there. I still have a fairly good attitude toward spiders, but that one in particular was kind of an asshole.
@JoscelynTransient @alice

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/spiegelmama/statuses/116543540235211494https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/spiegelmama/statuses/116543540235211494Sat, 09 May 2026 07:54:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:51:52 GMT]]>@alice we post goats, they can be nice and all, but there is always some a****le that keeps trying to headbutt...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedimedi.com/users/redravenspirit/statuses/01KR5VHAFPZ6WRV5VEKJJJ7D9Thttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedimedi.com/users/redravenspirit/statuses/01KR5VHAFPZ6WRV5VEKJJJ7D9TSat, 09 May 2026 07:51:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:51:02 GMT]]>@alice

I wonder if Octopuses have their cranky and contrarian individuals? πŸ™‚πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈπŸ™

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116543524854648140https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116543524854648140Sat, 09 May 2026 07:51:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:49:51 GMT]]>@Drude @pascaldragon maybe it's just American hornets that are absolute shitweasels πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116543520190753295https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116543520190753295Sat, 09 May 2026 07:49:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:46:59 GMT]]>@syntaxseed @alice awww! I consider gunea pigs the peak of evolution (besides my dog). A perfect organism. There's not a single evil cell in their bodies. They are pure goodness.

Until they aren't, apparently

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mad_X/statuses/116543508931494612https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mad_X/statuses/116543508931494612Sat, 09 May 2026 07:46:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:46:19 GMT]]>@alice@lgbtqia.space The answer here is simple; cats. They are all, as a family (Felidae) assholes. Every single one of them. Sure, they're cute, but they are murderous and want nothing more than to bother you, eat you, or remove things from your counter.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://transfem.social/notes/am1lts0rvmq3068nhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://transfem.social/notes/am1lts0rvmq3068nSat, 09 May 2026 07:46:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:46:14 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient that is exactly what happened. It chomped me, I reflexively slapped it, we both looked shocked, then started yelling at each other until the goose fucked off into the water.

The ducks were all like "WTF was that about??"

@bielsubob

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116543505972544351https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116543505972544351Sat, 09 May 2026 07:46:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:41:28 GMT]]>@alice peacock mantis shrimp can be a real asshole as fat as I know

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mad_X/statuses/116543487234706876https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Mad_X/statuses/116543487234706876Sat, 09 May 2026 07:41:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:39:39 GMT]]>@minego lions are related to cats, they total know how to be assholes πŸ˜‹

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116543480074666657https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116543480074666657Sat, 09 May 2026 07:39:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:34:58 GMT]]>@river "legendary asshole"

"Thanks, I take a lot of stairs"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116543461683195267https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116543461683195267Sat, 09 May 2026 07:34:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:06:18 GMT]]>@DukeDuke @alice

The birds...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116543348951703649https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116543348951703649Sat, 09 May 2026 07:06:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 06:39:52 GMT]]>@alice Otters, don't search what they do unless you want to end traumatized

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Johns_priv/statuses/116543245041871055https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Johns_priv/statuses/116543245041871055Sat, 09 May 2026 06:39:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 06:30:47 GMT]]>@alice@lgbtqia.space I really respect our wasp friends, they have no patience with anything. But once I had a waspnest in a shed I was doing some sawing in and they where flying back and forth over my head without bothering all day.
And at least the hornets up here are known for not being very aggressive, but the size are really scary.
They kill and eat a lot of pests such as flies and larvae so be nice to them and avoid them. Hang a brown paper bag where you don't want them to nest.
However, when the nest is finished for the summer the workers are "let go" and starts seeking out sugars to get high and drunk for the last time and then they become a real pest (before that they are more focused on protein for their own larva)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/am1j4mjn662r00vkhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/am1j4mjn662r00vkSat, 09 May 2026 06:30:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 06:28:08 GMT]]>@DukeDuke @alice

i made a toot warning people about these demons

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Noortjevee/statuses/116543198901133233https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Noortjevee/statuses/116543198901133233Sat, 09 May 2026 06:28:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 05:53:40 GMT]]>@alice
Little fuckers:

Killer shrimp are named because of their aggressive feeding habits; they consume large amounts of aquatic insect larva and food that native fish rely on. They also kill large amounts of organisms but don’t actually consume them.Β 
From:
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/fish-and-invertebrates/killer-shrimp/

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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/Rakai/statuses/116543063343467898https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/Rakai/statuses/116543063343467898Sat, 09 May 2026 05:53:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 05:10:48 GMT]]>@pascaldragon @alice

We have a plum tree that attracts wasps and hornets and we had no trouble at all so far. But maybe the plums make them peaceful so that they don't mind any humans around. (And also Europe.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://literatur.social/users/Drude/statuses/116542894787759254https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://literatur.social/users/Drude/statuses/116542894787759254Sat, 09 May 2026 05:10:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 05:05:40 GMT]]>@alice

I know octopi can roll up a tentacle and then rapidly unroll it to punch passing fish.

Apparently not hunting behaviour. Possibly just being intelligent dicks.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116542874619297301https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davidtheeviloverlord/statuses/116542874619297301Sat, 09 May 2026 05:05:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 04:32:12 GMT]]>@JoscelynTransient @alice Spiders are awesome, I love β€˜em. But they can keep coming at you, like little assholes…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jqmcd/statuses/116542743030245169https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jqmcd/statuses/116542743030245169Sat, 09 May 2026 04:32:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 04:23:51 GMT]]>@alice Nazis and facists. They are raging assholes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/vgoller/statuses/116542710157096714https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/vgoller/statuses/116542710157096714Sat, 09 May 2026 04:23:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 04:22:50 GMT]]>@alice actually, I found hornets to be very relaxed and social compared to wasps. Couple years ago we had a wounded birch tree in the front yard and it was bleeding sap. Hornets liked that and there were always about a 10 to 20 hornets, big they were, at the wound sucking up the sap. The tree was close to the sidewalk and for weeks the hornets were active. No one got stinged. We watched the from close proximity, they completely ignored us.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/vgoller/statuses/116542706176541039https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://nrw.social/users/vgoller/statuses/116542706176541039Sat, 09 May 2026 04:22:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:13 GMT]]>@alice Otters. Adorable, squeaky agents of chaos. And total dickheads.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/hedders/statuses/116542617228094701https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/hedders/statuses/116542617228094701Sat, 09 May 2026 04:00:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 03:48:01 GMT]]>@alice I don't know how intelligent they are, but yellowjackets are massive pricks, and they will chase you down if you so much as brush by their nest.

Oh, and brown recluses are straight-up hellspawn which leave necrotic bites, as in, if you get bit by a brown recluse, your skin can literally rot away around the bite area if not immediately treated by a medical professional.

Fuck brown recluses, they can go right back to the pit of hell they crawled out from.

On a happier note, jumping spiders are adorable though as are bumblebees and a lot of native bee species.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.world/objects/84b6ef2b-1269-feae-714f-7fd726238763https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://friendica.world/objects/84b6ef2b-1269-feae-714f-7fd726238763Sat, 09 May 2026 03:48:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It seems that as a species develops more emphasis on brains, it also produces more assholes. on Sat, 09 May 2026 03:47:54 GMT]]>@alice on the other hand, in support of your point: crows. Crows are too fucking smart, hold a grudge, and will fuck you up if you have wronged them.

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