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I always found these types of things particularly creepy. Scaled up to human level, imagine a creature that trolls around luring you with visually-convincing ma

I always found these types of things particularly creepy. Scaled up to human level, imagine a creature that trolls around luring you with visually-convincing mates only to eat you. Bram Stoker's Dracula had a particularly good bodyhorror version of this in the multi-bodied "Woman".

yvely 2y ago
You basically just described ads, although poetically (: Edit: after having read the article i want to change ads to "ads, influencers, and pyramid schemes"
Keyframe 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(film)
latexr 2y ago
> Scaled up to human level, imagine a creature that trolls around luring you with visually-convincing mates only to eat you. You mean like television ads showing scantily clad women to get you to spend all your income on <insert product here>? Looks like the spider learned from us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWEJuKXZyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWEJuKXZyk
- chongli 2y ago
  If a spider is doing anything, there’s a safe bet that it’s been doing that thing for thousands or millions of years. Spiders are extremely successful and they’ve occupied countless niches as they’ve been around for 380 million years.
  - latexr 2y ago
    It was a joke. I don’t really believe (nor did I expect anyone to think that) spiders have been observing humans watching adverts on TV, following them around to understand the socio-economic ramifications of that, then hatching a plan to catch other insects based on observations.
    - ImHereToVote 2y ago
      Please don't upset the spergs. Just say. "Oh yeah, I didn't think of that". We need them to stay here to solve our SQL queries.
wcoenen 2y ago
If you replace "eat you" by "financially ruin you", that's pretty much what pig butchering scams are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam
bitwize 2y ago
There's a great movie called Under the Skin about this very topic. Featuring Scarlett Johansson no less. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Skin_(2013_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Skin_(2013_film) When I saw it I also thought of the Australian beetles that hump beer bottles until they die, because the size, color, and texture of the beer bottle resemble a particularly sexy female beetle and they just can't help themselves.
- bil7 2y ago
  there are many human males that turn to the bottle instead of women. Don't be so mean to the beetles!
- lawlessone 2y ago
  >When I saw it I also thought of the Australian beetles that hump beer bottles until they die, The human equivalent might be an AI generated image of woman(or man) so attractive they cant exist.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
  It's called a "superstimulus" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus
psiops 2y ago
And to add insult to injury, the decoy mate turns out to be a sucker like you mind-controlled to act like the very thing he was pursuing...
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yvely 2y ago

You basically just described ads, although poetically (: Edit: after having read the article i want to change ads to "ads, influencers, and pyramid schemes"

Keyframe 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimic_(film)

latexr 2y ago

> Scaled up to human level, imagine a creature that trolls around luring you with visually-convincing mates only to eat you. You mean like television ads showing scantily clad women to get you to spend all your income on <insert product here>? Looks like the spider learned from us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWEJuKXZyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWEJuKXZyk

chongli 2y ago
If a spider is doing anything, there’s a safe bet that it’s been doing that thing for thousands or millions of years. Spiders are extremely successful and they’ve occupied countless niches as they’ve been around for 380 million years.
- latexr 2y ago
  It was a joke. I don’t really believe (nor did I expect anyone to think that) spiders have been observing humans watching adverts on TV, following them around to understand the socio-economic ramifications of that, then hatching a plan to catch other insects based on observations.
  - ImHereToVote 2y ago
    Please don't upset the spergs. Just say. "Oh yeah, I didn't think of that". We need them to stay here to solve our SQL queries.

wcoenen 2y ago

If you replace "eat you" by "financially ruin you", that's pretty much what pig butchering scams are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam

bitwize 2y ago

There's a great movie called Under the Skin about this very topic. Featuring Scarlett Johansson no less. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Skin_(2013_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Skin_(2013_film) When I saw it I also thought of the Australian beetles that hump beer bottles until they die, because the size, color, and texture of the beer bottle resemble a particularly sexy female beetle and they just can't help themselves.

bil7 2y ago
there are many human males that turn to the bottle instead of women. Don't be so mean to the beetles!
lawlessone 2y ago
>When I saw it I also thought of the Australian beetles that hump beer bottles until they die, The human equivalent might be an AI generated image of woman(or man) so attractive they cant exist.
SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
It's called a "superstimulus" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus

psiops 2y ago

And to add insult to injury, the decoy mate turns out to be a sucker like you mind-controlled to act like the very thing he was pursuing...

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