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[-] Rexelpitlum@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 3 weeks ago

I don't get the meme... They throw it all in the rectangular hole?

But the thing with the dying bees is just the marketing simplification, everyone involved knows that.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 60 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t think the public knows that, that’s the problem.

[-] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 41 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah, the new emphasis on "pollinator gardens/spaces" has maybe made it better, but when the conversation was "save the bees they are important pollinators" the public 100% saw it as a bee specific issue.

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

The not-so-problem with that is that people started planting flowers to "save the bees" and inadvertently also helped other species.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 38 points 3 weeks ago
[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago

I can hear this.

[-] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

But a square is a rectangle

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 3 weeks ago

This meme can be taken a few different ways. This makes me think of this book I'll link below that shows how people get really hyped about certain species and forget about the rest of the ecosystem.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wild-ones-live/

[-] flora_explora@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, so conversation irl is just that, isn't it? It is mostly concerned with species that are marketed as being endangered and so it's usually cute or humanlike species that you can more easily market to people.

[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

I also don't get it. conservationists are upset because?...

maybe if we knew the video the images were captured from.

[-] Barabas@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

I think that the joke is that European honey bees are used as a universal pollinator in half-assed greenwashing schemes this outcompeting native pollinators. Conservationists want to save all the other pollinators.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago

I envy you a little for not knowing this classic, you can experience it for the first time. The link is already in the comments.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

maybe if we knew the video the images were captured from

That's right, it goes in the square hole!

this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2024
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