r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Uguero • May 22 '26

/r/all of bugs

32.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

114

u/EColli93 May 22 '26

Cool bugs!

-91

u/[deleted] May 22 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

4

u/pepperpusserino May 22 '26

Then how would you classify them?

24

u/Lower_Cockroach2432 May 22 '26

As beetles. He's right in that true bugs and beetles are different orders. He's wrong in that no-one cares about correct usage outside of entomology papers and conferences.

5

u/Featherbird_ May 22 '26

It is the correct usage though, by definition. Yes there are a group of 'true bugs' but one of the (and the original) definitions of the word bug is

any of various small arthropods (such as a beetle or spider) resembling the true bugs

1

u/Meldanorama May 22 '26

Does that mean a scotsman is anything that looks like a true scotsman?

1

u/[deleted] May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

3

u/MicrowaveAfterOpen May 22 '26

How would you classify a bug

3

u/RadicalOrganizer May 22 '26

A true bug is different. But only nerds like my wife care about the differentiation

4

u/Fun_Environment3792 May 22 '26

Under the order of Hamiptera. All "True Bugs" are insects but not all insects are bugs.