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submitted 2 years ago by spicytuna62@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

But not the reason you think.

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[-] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 167 points 2 years ago

Pictured: The moment everything went off the fucking rails. (2016, colorized)

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

~~Bon Jovi~~ David Bowie and Harambe were the cosmic glue that kept the universe's shit together. Nothing's been normal since their deaths.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 years ago

Bon Jovi is alive, though?

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Fuck, I mixed up my musicians, I meant David Bowie!

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 years ago

All good, just made me double take lol

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago
[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 years ago

Welcome to the guild of calamitous intent!

[-] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Oh great, now you've started it...

[-] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Nothing’s been normal since their deaths.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

that's what they want you to think

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

My dad died the same day David Bowie died. It really sucks to have all of your friends post things like, "David Bowie was an inspiration to me and made me the person I am today. His star has fallen and I will be devastated forever. Also, sorry about your dad, dude."

[-] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Nope, it was all David Bowie. Harambe is just some of the initial fallout.

[-] eighty@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

After the following years, I've quietly taken the whole "this is when we diverged into the darkest timeline" schtick an iota more seriously. It's been a strange 8 years.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I just died crying laughing at the combo of post and top comment

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 123 points 2 years ago

The existence of Harambe implies the existence of Halalbe

[-] tpihkal@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago
[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

All I know is he didn’t kill himself

[-] heartpatcher@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Haraam means forbidden, but haram actually means sacred.

Haram ·​ be = sacred being

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 4 points 2 years ago

Both english and malay adopted the term with the spelling "haram" as forbidden, but i do acknowledge haram might mean something in another language.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

There is no existence or Harambe anymore 🥲

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

We call them Bumblebees

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 87 points 2 years ago

A very solemn and respectful dick out for Harambe

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Just make sure to tuck it back in before zipping up.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 26 points 2 years ago

Do gorillas kill babies of other animals, monkeys or humans?

I just dont really believe that Harambe would have done anything to that baby.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 2 years ago

It's a wild animal caged for display. As in: may act erratically.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

For sure...

[-] Ballistic_86@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

In this particular situation, Harambe was causing harm to the child, more of a curiosity but with a very strong and less dexterous creature. I don’t think a wild animal should be held accountable for being themselves. So his death is still bullshit.

There is another example of a child falling into a gorilla enclosure and a female gorilla protected the child from the other gorillas until the zoo staff arrived.

Most males in the animal kingdom are, at best, indifferent to children of other males/species. At worst, they actively kill babies from other males.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago

They may or may not. I've seen a documentary once about a Jaguar that killed a gazelle (I believe) that just had its calf born. The mother was dead and being eaten, the calf had nowhere to go and just stayed with the Jaguar who then sort of accepted the calf and let it live. They became this super weird parent - offspring pairing that, of course, didn't work. The calf needed feeding, there were obviously no gazelles near, and if I recall correctly it either died soon from malnutrition, or after a few days the Jaguar just killed it anyway. The narrator speculated that the Jaguar might have lost its offspring shortly before and still had that motherly instinct.

Moral of the story is. Animals are driven by instinct and hormones, don't trust they will not shred you.

[-] ben_dover@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

the same is true for people too 😅

[-] Xanis@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

People are often worse.

[-] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

He would have killed it but I believe a gorilla is worth more than a kid. even 5

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago
[-] Mango@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago
[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Harambe, Blessed be thy name.

[-] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Oh man this good me laughing way too hard, well done

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

After the kid is removed

sigh unzips

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