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[-] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 81 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Giant Worm

  • Pros: Produces mind-altering spice that will enable travel across the galaxy. You'll smell time and hear math.
  • Cons: Everyone is going to be all up in your business forever because of that spice. Also you'll become a worm.
[-] ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de 27 points 2 years ago

Pro: his coming cleanses the world

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Cons: your skin is not your own

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Cons: It's really just the larval form and eventually you'll end up with shriekers and ass-blasters.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

How many times do I have to say it people, jeez... you're only in danger of becoming a worm if you have sandtrout. Once past that stage, they cannot stick to your skin.

[-] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 53 points 2 years ago

Can't ride your dog across the desert. Believe me, I've tried

[-] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago

Did said dog have a name?

This might effect things.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 21 points 2 years ago
[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

With no name.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I mean you can, just not all the way.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

But they can pull you across the Arctic.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

And probably across the desert too if you got creative

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Giant fucking worm

How is this a con?!

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

It's not.

SHAI-HULUUD!

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Hope you're ready to spend thousands per month on food

[-] msage@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

You missed the 'highly self sufficient' part

[-] whenigrowup356@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nah, it'll find food no problem. The legal liabilities are the real kicker.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Worm Pros: psychoactive spice that allows you to see the future and control the universe with enormous wealth and power.

[-] Dnn@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

And the con reads like a pro too.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

True. A giant worm could be very useful, especially when you have enormous wealth and power to train it.

[-] absentbird@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No training required, Shai Hulud is wise.

Bless the Maker and His water.
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people.

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

The dog’s con is a pro to me. First it’s fun to train your dog. Second you can train them to do cool shit.

The worm’s con could also be a pro. The real con should be: will ruin your back yard.

[-] Patches@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Dogs also ruin your backyard. That Mfer has dug 30 or 40 holes 1ft deep 3ft across in the last 6 months alone.

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

That’s because you don’t do enough of the training part.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

If you dug enough holes yourself your dog wouldn't need to

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Now you’re thinking with portals.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That usually indicates they're not getting enough exercise or mental stimulation. They dig out of frustration and boredom.

[-] TheWonderfool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It will ruin you ~~back yard~~ planet

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They are over 40 meters long, so it'll ruin quite a bit more than your backyard.

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Or it will ruin your entire backyard plus your neighbors.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago
[-] hazardous_area@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

My cats could join this club

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Huskies unite!

[-] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Giant Worm...

Pros: The spice

Cons: lifelong addiction to the spice.

[-] bomberesque1@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Also Pros - can be ridden at motorway speeds and can swallow your enemies

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Your comment reminded me of that worm thing from men in black

[-] GreatRam@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Fremen in Black

[-] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Fucking worm? Is this the Dune cup all over again?

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

That hamster is staring into my soul with its little void eyes

[-] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I have never in my life seen as much pet hair in a house as in my sister's from her Great Pyrenees mix.

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