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Gen-Z got a chunk of the Carboniferous, and now all their memes are about how pathetic and small today's dragonflies are.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3256/
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2026
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I got curious about "parataxites", but was unable to find anything relevant by that name. I think he meant to write:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites
Yep, that's definitely what was intended because he drew one in the comic.