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minus-squaredmention7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 months agoMan, imagine seeing a field of fireflies IRL for the first time, if you had never heard of them before! That would be pretty mindblowing.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoI knew about them but didn’t see them well into adulthood. It’s underwhelming
minus-squaredmention7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoReally? I’m a seasoned adult-er, and I still get a little flicker of wonder when i see those lights floating in the field behind my house on summer evenings.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoI feel like fireflies have to be pretty perfectly whelming? like on the level of a swarm of pretty butterflies: cool, but not that cool.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoI don’t know man, I’ve seen an actual swarm of butterflies (it took days for them to fly through) and it was pretty fucking awesome.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI think it’s just because the only idea I had was from cartoons. They don’t exist where I’m from. They are still eery and cool though.
Man, imagine seeing a field of fireflies IRL for the first time, if you had never heard of them before! That would be pretty mindblowing.
I knew about them but didn’t see them well into adulthood. It’s underwhelming
Really? I’m a seasoned adult-er, and I still get a little flicker of wonder when i see those lights floating in the field behind my house on summer evenings.
I feel like fireflies have to be pretty perfectly whelming? like on the level of a swarm of pretty butterflies: cool, but not that cool.
I don’t know man, I’ve seen an actual swarm of butterflies (it took days for them to fly through) and it was pretty fucking awesome.
I think it’s just because the only idea I had was from cartoons. They don’t exist where I’m from.
They are still eery and cool though.