• dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
    19·
    1 month ago

    Man, imagine seeing a field of fireflies IRL for the first time, if you had never heard of them before! That would be pretty mindblowing.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      51·
      1 month ago

      I knew about them but didn’t see them well into adulthood. It’s underwhelming

      • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
        14·
        1 month ago

        Really? I’m a seasoned adult-er, and I still get a little flicker of wonder when i see those lights floating in the field behind my house on summer evenings.

      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        I feel like fireflies have to be pretty perfectly whelming? like on the level of a swarm of pretty butterflies: cool, but not that cool.

        • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          6·
          1 month ago

          I don’t know man, I’ve seen an actual swarm of butterflies (it took days for them to fly through) and it was pretty fucking awesome.

        • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          3·
          1 month ago

          I think it’s just because the only idea I had was from cartoons. They don’t exist where I’m from.

          They are still eery and cool though.