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[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What's with all these weird names for a pill bug.

[–] ReplicantBatty@lemmy.one 79 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's called a roly-poly and I will tolerate no disagreement, good day to you

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They roly and they poly. No better names exist.

I would've been with you until I saw Grumper Pig.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Re: your username: Is a Replicant Batty Coda just a normal Batty Coda? He's already a cyborg with crappy/ intermittent reception.

[–] ReplicantBatty@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had to look that up lol, I've never seen Fern Gully. The username is a reference to Roy Batty, the character from Blade Runner.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ahh, gotcha. It's a good movie. Kinda sad looking back. They played it in schools in the '90s and drilled the message in that we were already doing clear cutting of forests without "The Leveler." This was back when they "cared about global warming, and we will have to do something about it soon." Rather than just claiming it doesn't exist.

Robin Williams played Batty Coda, so I remember the character fondly.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the first time I've heard anyone call them anything other than a woodlouse

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago

You must be referring to the Woodlouse Hunter which hunts... *checks notes ...Granny Grunters.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I only ever called them woodlouses when I learned that name as a teenager because everyone here always called them "roly-polies" or "potato bugs."

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Roly polies does sound adorable, I'll give you that

[–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

No, I mean a sow bug.