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Taxonomy is a conspiracy invented by neckbeards so they could “um ackshually” us when we call a bug a bug.

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My bio professor basically admitted to us that a lot of that pedantry is pure smugness and nobody cares. Further still, all those names are so complicated because scientists love to try to one up each other on difficult to pronounce and needlessly long latin names.

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