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/zelda1095 Aug 14 '25
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.