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minus-squarem_f@discuss.onlineOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 days agoIt’s riffing on anthropology books like Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes–The Yanamamö and the Anthropologists. That book is just what came up with a quick search, but it’s a common snowclone title. The humor comes from imagining the author of the book living life as an invertebrate, blending in and befriending them, and learning their culture.
I don’t get it.
It’s riffing on anthropology books like Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes–The Yanamamö and the Anthropologists. That book is just what came up with a quick search, but it’s a common snowclone title. The humor comes from imagining the author of the book living life as an invertebrate, blending in and befriending them, and learning their culture.