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One Does Not Simply Resist Clicking the Tongs. Embrace Carcinization

A two-panel meme. The top panel, labeled 'Humans:', features a close-up image of a crab with the text 'WHY DO THINGS KEEP EVOLVING INTO CRABS?' The bottom panel, labeled 'Also humans:', shows a pair of metal tongs accompanied by the onomatopoeic text 'Click-click', humorously drawing a parallel between the biological phenomenon of carcinization (organisms evolving into crab-like forms) and humans' affinity for crab claw-like tools (tongs) that make a clicking sound when used.
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Humans
WHY DO THINGS KEEP EVOLVING INTO CRABS?
Also humans
Click-click

Overview

A two-panel meme. The top panel, labeled 'Humans:', features a close-up image of a crab with the text 'WHY DO THINGS KEEP EVOLVING INTO CRABS?' The bottom panel, labeled 'Also humans:', shows a pair of metal tongs accompanied by the onomatopoeic text 'Click-click', humorously drawing a parallel between the biological phenomenon of carcinization (organisms evolving into crab-like forms) and humans' affinity for crab claw-like tools (tongs) that make a clicking sound when used.

Origin notes

Originates from the Reddit Meme community. The meme leverages the scientific concept of carcinization to create an ironic joke, contrasting humans' curiosity about nature's tendency to evolve crab-like forms with their own creation and use of tongs, which resemble crab claws and produce a 'click-click' sound, thus 'embracing carcinization' in tool design.

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