No offence to Robin Williams, but I think having a living specimen of an ancient species who lived millions of years ago might help scientists advance evolutionary biology by a lot
Or maybe not, but look at that little guy, he's so cute :D
this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
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Fuck that dumb ocean centipede. Robin Williams is worth 20 ocean centipedes easy
~~Being~~ Bring back 21 of them, just to piss off the other person replying to you
As much as I would love for Robin Williams to be back and brightening the world again it would be incredibly selfish of us to forget that he was incredibly unhappy in life and killed himself in a very unpleasant way because of it.
So definitely the centipede.
Iirc he killed himself because he had an aggressive form of dementia and didn't want to live like that.
Yes, I started thinking in that direction as well, but then I thought about how the radiodonts did their millions of years of existence and now can rest.
I'm not sure I want Williams to see the Trump era of America. I think it might have killed him again.
Like Hunter S. Thompson killing himself after bush got reelected
Robin Williams, but he comes back fully cured of everything and he gets to live a full life happy.
I normally don't care when celebrities pass away. But I genuinely cried when Robin Williams died. And I'm still sad about it.
I was on the set of Sea of Trees with Gus Van Sant when the news broke. Needless to say, we wrapped suddenly the moment the news broke.
And that choice is Robin Williams. The man was a gem 🥲
A diamond in the rough.
If Mr. Williams was unhappy I would not bring him back to this world we have now.
I would want to make heaven on earth before I woke anyone ... except my pets.
I was hoping one of them would be Steve Irwin... 🙁
Steve Irwin would want anomalocaris
Gonna be honest, I only vaguely recognise the name Patrick Swayze without knowing exactly what he's famous for. An actor, I think? And I have zero idea who Paul Walker is. Anomalocarus I gather from context is an extinct animal of some sort, which is cool, but I lack the knowledge to know precisely why this specific species is highly valuable.
So Robin Williams gets my vote almost by default, even if I didn't have more reason to choose him beyond that.
I admire your dedication to contribute something to the conversation while only knowing less than half the knowledge necessary one would guess necessary to have an opinion worthy of sharing.
And yet he managed to stay more relevant to the discussion than you or me!
Wow. Unnecessary and rude. That's a great contribution to the conversation.
I meant it as a compliment! Sorry I expressed it poorly.
Steve Irwin
No one else wants to bring back anomalocaris so we can get some payback?
I have a shrine to Paul Walker in my basement. (Not a joke.)
Edit: can't find a better pic in a timely manner and I'm in bed.
I'd go with Paul Walker because my girlfriend likes him
Would Anomalocaris actually do well in the modern world. I feel like they probably wouldn't do so well in the modern ecosystems of much more evolved marine creatures. Would get out-competed very quickly, and likely face plenty of other challenges. Being out-competed is likely the reason they went extinct in the first place.