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Did you know nomination

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  • ... that slime monsters have been described as both "a tool for questioning the idea of human exceptionalism" and "loyal punching bags"?
  • Source: * Bradić, Marijeta (2019). "Towards a Poetics of Weird Biology: Strange Lives of Nonhuman Organisms in Literature". Pulse: the Journal of Science and Culture. 6 (1): 1–22. ISSN 2416-111X.
  • Diaz, Ana (2022-03-22). "Which slime is the ultimate slime, according to a polymer chemist". Polygon. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
Created by Di (they-them) (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 24 past nominations.

Di (they-them) (talk) 02:29, 10 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Slimes in video games also influenced tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons

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Maybe? But green slime in particular has been in D&D since it began in 1974, so it's probably the other way around, although more and more slime creatures were introduced over time so I could see it being reciprocal. BOZ (talk) 07:17, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's worth noting that the attached citation says the opposite, that D&D Slime inspired video game Slimes. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 09:35, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's what I would expect. :) BOZ (talk) 12:56, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for pointing out this mistake, I must have misread. I’ve fixed it. Di (they-them) (talk) 13:33, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]