It is my job to make sports website, but I cannot make sports website today because I saw this:
We found a giant water bug (Lethocerus medius) coated in fungus/algae @OrganPipeNPS! Creepiest thing I've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/wOLvlKbaP8
— Michael Thomas Bogan (@mtbogan) March 10, 2016
First let's talk about what that is:
This is a giant waterbug in Arizona that is still alive, but is coated completely in green organisms in a way that does not appear to bode well for its long-term health.
Now let's talk about what it looks like:
IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY FREAKED OUT MUTANT FROG THAT GOT INTO THE BATH WEARING ITS PAJAMAS AND IT'S FRANTICALLY TRYING TO SWIM BACKWARD OUT OF THEM BUT CANNOT
Now let's talk about the subtext here:
The frogbug is scary and upsetting to look at, but what makes the whole scene especially grim is that the frogbug is scary and upsetting to *be*. Usually, when we find ourselves repulsed by images of scary-looking insects or weird, gross fish or whatever, those creatures are just being themselves. While you regard a big ugly spider with sheer terror, the spider is just chilling. Having a normal day being a big ugly spider. The terror is yours alone. The frogbug, however, is as upset as you are. More so, because it is infected -- cloaked in doom while other life forms flourish. It is perishing slowly yet frantically, bearing the weight of its wolfish assailants. One can only hope for the frogbug's sake that it lacks the sentience to comprehend its harrowing predicament.
Now let's talk about the less subtle text here:
HOLY SHIT THAT THING IS HORRIBLE THE WAY THE GREEN CRAP BILLOWS OFF IT WITH EACH STROKE IS SO SICKENING AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE MIDDLE SET OF LEGS KICKS IN TO REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS A FREAKISH SIX LEGGED BEING AND NOT ACTUALLY A FROG AND GOD WHY WON'T IT STOP MOVING IF THAT THING TOUCHED ME I WOULD SERIOUSLY BATHE IN ACID IT'S LIKE THE ROTTING CORPSE OF BIG HERO 6 GOT DROPPED IN A JACUZZI I'M SO UPSET AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL EVER STOP BEING UPSET