The evolutionary process probably went much more along the lines of “I can sacrifice intelligence and many of my speed/fine motor functions and in exchange I gain a food source with zero competition”. That’s not a terrible trade, and it’s not particularly different from what something like a koala or sloth is doing. If the deforestation happened slowly, evolution could also probably unfuck the situation too, but we humans change shit too fast for evolutionary timescales to mean a damn thing.

Again, I understand you’re making a joke. But I’ve been hearing this particular “joke” for the better part of 20 years (and I’m sure it’s been going longer) and this “joke” has normalized a view on the situation that I think is highly skewed and massively egotistical. By making this joke you perpetuate this normalization, so I feel that it’s required of me to call it out. I don’t think you’re personally to blame for it or anything like that; this isn’t an attack. I just want to make clear the reality of the situation to anyone unfamiliar with how the common narrative differs from the real world.