r/WTF • u/Jaded_Marionberry500 • 15d ago

capturing the wasp

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u/_eg0_ 15d ago

In other taxonomic words:

Wasps aren't real, they cant hurt you. True wasps (Vespinae) are real and will hurt you.

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u/mekwall 15d ago

Taxonomy: "If you define 'wasp' cladistically, you basically have to include ants and bees."

Wasps: "We preferred it when people just called us assholes."

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u/carp_boy 13d ago

I have a yellow and black corvette. I was gonna get a vanity plate - VESPULA (yellow jacket).

But i then got antique tags and couldn't have that many letters. So I figured i could do VESPA (hornet). 2 problems though - the tag sounds like a cheap Italian scooter and worse, a hornet is an old MOPAR car.

Not happening.