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Says who? Maybe it desperately wants to but mother nature simply hasn't given it a mechanism for doing so. Yet.
edit: who is the one downvote -- do you know something we don't? are you the beetle whisperer? I want to hear this dissent more than you could know.
I always assume if I get just one downvote on a post mixed with a bunch of upvotes, it probably is an involuntary downvote, like when you scroll and hit the button without noticing.
For me, it’s the opposite: I assume anything with enough upvotes will eventually be downvoted by somebody for whatever reason they may have.
that may be, but the headcanon of someone going "no, actually, I have communed and become one with the beetles and they are totally chill" is funnier to me
@cornshark@lemmy.world is apparently the one person who downvoted this for some reason
I downvoted this for "we know what your thinking". The post was cute though!
my headcanon, ruined!
I did not downvote you because I'm the beetle whisperer. That beetle is flipping you off and hoping you can see it 'cause they're doing it as hard as they can.