r/oddlyspecific • u/CuriousWanderer567 • Nov 20 '25

She should have given a longer lecture

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u/Funny-Assistant6803 Nov 20 '25

Maybe he left because you didn't talk enough about the importance of the coelacanth on taxonomy and phylogeny, that's the most likely I think

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

My thoughts exactly. It's such an extensive topic. She probably wanted to save some of the good stuff for date number two. That dude is missing out!

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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster Nov 20 '25

So sad the way some people can’t ease in to a good thing. A relationship is like a warm bath: you slide in gently, and save the debates about conservative morphology resulting in ‘living fossils’ claims arising from Mesozoic fossils vs Devonian/Carboniferous fossils which display more diverse traits for when you’re nice and warm

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u/OmecronPerseiHate Nov 20 '25

Not gonna lie, I read Carboniferous as Carbonefarious and I was about to go off like "Dude. Don't talk shit about carbs, yo."