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But not the reason you think.

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[–] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 165 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 63 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

~~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 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Bon Jovi is alive, though?

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 6 months ago

All good, just made me double take lol

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 6 months ago

Welcome to the guild of calamitous intent!

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Nothing’s been normal since their deaths.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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 6 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

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

[–] eighty@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 122 points 6 months ago (5 children)

The existence of Harambe implies the existence of Halalbe

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] NotSpez@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

All I know is he didn’t kill himself

[–] heartpatcher@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Haraam means forbidden, but haram actually means sacred.

Haram ·​ be = sacred being

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 4 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

There is no existence or Harambe anymore 🥲

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

We call them Bumblebees

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 87 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A very solemn and respectful dick out for Harambe

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 26 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago

For sure...

[–] Ballistic_86@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months 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 6 months ago (1 children)

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 6 months ago (1 children)

the same is true for people too 😅

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

People are often worse.

[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

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

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 months ago
[–] Mango@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago
[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Harambe, Blessed be thy name.

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

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

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

After the kid is removed

sigh unzips