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minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-26 months agoThey’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit. But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
minus-squareWelt@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThey’re generally called vinegar flies, and they don’t infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.
minus-squareEmpricorn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoSo why are you called “tramp-ass human”?
They’re called fruit flies because they gather around rotting fruit.
But there are also “true fruit flies” which do eat fruit.
They’re generally called vinegar flies, and they don’t infest fresh fruit like fruit flies do when they lay their eggs in fruit.
So why are you called “tramp-ass human”?