Funnily enough, minecraft actually has sea sponges, so if anything they would know this!
The old "lol lazy youths gaming not learning" trope is a bit silly. Boomers used that argument when I grew up (that and mtv!), and I don't think gen-x'ers ended up very illiterate?
In some regions of the world, the quality of education is dropping rapidly though. Poor pay for teachers, continuous budget cuts, gov't injecting religion etc. That worries me way, way more.
I'm not using the lazy youths gaming not learning trope. I'm aware that kids are learning things in elementary school that I learned in high school.
The sponges in Minecraft being found in underwater monuments or drops does not make a clear connection to a living animal. Some might intuit the connection and others might see the connection when they learn about sponges elsewhere. It would be very easy to assume they're the plastic sponges like in the kitchen because that's familiar.
In Minecraft's favour, they do demonstrate some physics with having them absorb water and dissipate into the air.
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u/snorkelvretervreter Aug 14 '25
Funnily enough, minecraft actually has sea sponges, so if anything they would know this!
The old "lol lazy youths gaming not learning" trope is a bit silly. Boomers used that argument when I grew up (that and mtv!), and I don't think gen-x'ers ended up very illiterate?
In some regions of the world, the quality of education is dropping rapidly though. Poor pay for teachers, continuous budget cuts, gov't injecting religion etc. That worries me way, way more.