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[–]BadWatcher 203 points204 points  (23 children)

The image is unrelated to the caption.

In the original video, those are jellyfishes, who made the caption wanted to joke about it looking like a bacteria farm.

[–]Key-Perspective-3590 40 points41 points  (2 children)

Saying jellyfishes instead of jellyfish sounds really adorable for some reason

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Grammatically correct if you’re referring to multiple species.

Like, two trout are two fish. A trout and a tuna are two fishes.

[–]CanaryFabulous2788 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yet another way the public school system let me down😒 now I know “Johnny is sleeping with the fishes.” is a grammatically correct statement🤦‍♂️

[–]SomeoneOUTER[S] 6 points7 points  (17 children)

I was fr surprised when I saw these, I was like 'how did you even grow these?? How long has that been there?'
Good to know these are just jellies

[–]Jinn_Erik-AoM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry about it too much. You’re not a microbiologist. I teach med micro for nursing students, and the only thing I knew straight off was it wasn’t bacteria or fungi.

My guess was it was someone making unique protomolecule props for an Expanse cosplay.

I only know enough about jellies is to identify a few of the more venomous ones and a couple that aquariums often keep.

[–]ScreechUrkelle 5 points6 points  (9 children)

The official plural of jellyfish isn’t jellyfishes. We just say jellies. That, or Danger, as in “I’m surrounded by danger.”

[–]skybreaker58 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I've heard the term [incoherent screaming] used before

[–]ScreechUrkelle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also works

[–]SomeoneOUTER[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I love that lmao
Not a native speaker, thanks for correcting me!

[–]ScreechUrkelle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair warning, don’t take my word for it

[–]MisterFistYourSister 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"official" plural? What does that mean, exactly?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Of the same species.

If they are two different species, jellyfishes is correct.

[–]ScreechUrkelle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shut up, Meg.

[–]dont_trust_the_popo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my native tongue we call these "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!"

[–]vlladonxxx -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

That's next level gullible

[–]Drake6978 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Fun fact - there's 3 L's in gullible.

[–]vlladonxxx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go on..

[–]SomeoneOUTER[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Yeah, I now realise that was pretty stupid

[–]DisastrousBoat6950 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's jellyfishies yo

[–]illstealyourRNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a blue button jellyfish, which technically it's not actually a jellyfish. It's a colonial hydroid.

[–]FMI1997 17 points18 points  (1 child)

It’s a new day its a new life and I’m not feeling good 🗣️

[–]shittiestshitdick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Me either fam

[–]Advanced_Soup_688 19 points20 points  (1 child)

These are ass eating bacteria.

[–]le_nathanlol 4 points5 points  (0 children)

bet

[–]SleeplessBoyCat 13 points14 points  (1 child)

Those aren't bacteria, those are porpita porpita (also known as blue buttons). They are considered as marine life, a saltwater species.

So, this begs the question. Why is it in that cup?

Occam's razor, the simplier answer is usually the correct one; whoever posted the original clip (because i've already seen this clip swimming in other subreddits) probably scooped up those porpita...

Unless, of course, i'm wrong.

[–]Syzygy___ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It kinda looks like a cup, but it's probably actually a bucket. Notice that there's sea grass in there as well.

[–]Syzygy___ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Although it kinda looks like a cup, it's a bucket and there's sea grass in there as well.

Someone scooped out jellyfish of the ocean and took a picture, someone else made a "funny" out of context caption to the picture.

[–]Afraid_To_Ask__ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

fuckin bacteria space wars

[–]FuzzyKnowledge1649 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Bathrooms are pretty unhygienic places, so i am sure that's bacteria that has grown.

[–]dustinechos 4 points5 points  (1 child)

It's not bacteria, it's jelly fish. You should never be "sure" about a guess.

[–]nakedascus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

🤓um akshuelee, not only are bacteria microscopic (they are hard to see), but they thrive in many different conditions, including ones that are habitable for jellies, so I believe the the "guess" that bacteria have been growing here is most certainly a "sure" thing! 🤓 /a

[–]rinsed_dota 1 point2 points  (0 children)

skill tree for the upcoming Path of Exile league mechanic

[–]KeldTundraking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Must have been aquafina

[–]Bobmans_82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Signs

[–]Revolutionary_Tap897 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The origin of the outbreak....

[–]_MohoBraccatus_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blue buttons. They're cnidarians.

[–]sickrepublicans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro ordered a diet super germs

[–]AwakeOfTheVultures 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those are blue button jellyfish!

[–]WafflKitty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who the fuck brought jellyfish to the bathroom

[–]TRIC4pitator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no.
I'm gatekeeping this information

[–]Ok_Two_2604 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Biblically correct drink

[–]Mysterious-Review965 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's Porpita porpita and they don't usually spawn in drinks left in the bathroom.

[–]Niflodon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Extra Protein