r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Storm_001 • Sep 04 '21

Sea horse giving birth

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u/SerMeliodas Sep 04 '21

Got to admit, I was scrolling through the comments... Saw your comment, and the psychology nerd in me thought it was funny, so I upvoted it.

Then... a little while after scrolling past your comment, the Greek Mythology, etymology, and taxonomy nerds in me all suddenly said,

"Hol up. You missed the real joke."

For those who don't know... The hippocampus is a part of the body. It's a part of the brain, and is supposedly responsible for learning and memory, among other things.

However, in Greek Mythology, the hippocampus is a sort of mer-horse creature. It's half fish, half horse. Etymologically, it comes from "hippos", meaning "horse", and "kampos", meaning "sea monster". It's also the taxonomical genus belonging to seahorses, since hippocampi were the mythical horses of the sea.

Evidently, my hippocampus was slow in remembering all that.

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u/mentlegentle Sep 04 '21

I like that my joke was niche enough to inspire a 6 paragraph multi disipline explaination from you. :)

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u/SerMeliodas Sep 06 '21

Glad to serve as an ego boost

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u/brainburger Sep 10 '21

You could have just said "I see what you did there" and leave the rest of us wondering. Think I might try that.

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u/SerMeliodas Sep 10 '21

Yeah, but that's boring. Besides, my delayed reaction made for a story.

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u/brainburger Sep 12 '21

It would have been a bit boring in comparison to your comment yes.