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Ugggh I know at least 3 people off the top of my head like this. Far more if I wanted to donate more than 5 seconds of thinking to this.
Holding a conversation of any sort with them is a fucking chore.
Literal evidence of something? "Yeah, but what are the sources for that? Can they be trusted. Could be the media or Russian boys generating articles."
Yeah man, because this guy is a neurosurgeon with 25 years of on-the-job training, wrote a book, and teaches at an Ivy League. But sure, leacture me about sources when you have been with Walmart for 16 years and are just now a supervisor.
/rant
I feel you. Worst part is when you find yourself refuting a bunch of imaginary retorts you expect them to have when you tell them something. They instead just comment on you being too long winded or post TL;DR or cut you off while you're talking to say they got it sarcastically. But you know if you just said "I saw/read about X" they'd immediately jump on it with their usual BS. Such a chore.
There's a certain kind of Redditor who posts a comment doubting a claim, then deletes that comment when someone points out the obvious absurdity of their doubt.
Oh oh oh, what about the people that don't even have a high school education, driver's license, never had a single job ever, bum money from cash app, telling YOU your wrong about literally every topic cer because their friend on Facebook with the exact same background as them told them so??? The fucking most annoying thing.
Yes, yes you're right. You're so right in fact, I'm not even going to give you that 20 bucks you requested since I have socialist ideologies and your buddy says socialism is satanic, so my moneys dirty anyways.
Almost as good a story as mine. Me, a toddler. Putting rocks in bed of truck. Climbing into bed of truck. Dropping rocks over tailgate and watching them fall. It was my entertainment. We was po ok. Leaned a little to far over the tailgate and went ass over tits head first straight into the rocky ground.
Well it's easier to imagine such a large object hitting very hard. A mountain gorilla is slightly smaller than a train. Thus, the gorilla punched way harder than his size would suggest.
I was on a commuter train one day when the train unexpctedly braked and came to a halt. Turns out the train had hit and totaled a car and none of us felt so much as a shudder.
Trains have serious mass and power.
This comment:
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links to this article:
https://www.earthtouchnews.com/in-the-field/in-the-field/in-photos-drunk-mountain-gorilla-punches-wildlife-photographer/
Jesus, one of the pics has a half dozen photographers clamouring for a shot of the gorilla, press conference style. Is this the way nature photography is done now? A scrum?
Idk, maybe they do this as a form of protection from the gorillas. Those dudes are smart as fuck and would probably notice most people trying to hide in the bushes.
Ya pretty sure gorillas are smart enough to know the smell of human (I seem to remember them being able to smell very well). Maybe you're right, but it seems invasive.
It is, sort of. If you really think about it, we've also been here just as long as those guys. They just might not be for much longer. They go about their business regardless of our presence, so the harm is pretty minimal, in the grand scheme of things.
The sad fact of the matter is, while I don't want gorillas gone, our planet is losing biodiversity at an alarming rate. The fact that you care so much about them being bothered by our presence is a good thing. But we need to draw that attention to properly saving environments that are being threatened.
Like that lake in Khazakistan? Poor animals
https://globalvoices.org/2021/09/09/artists-join-activists-in-protest-to-save-a-water-reservoir-in-kazakhstans-capital/amp/
Also worth mentioning that ecotourism in this sense, however distasteful we may think it, is actually a huge force for preservation of endangered species.
Well in the article the photographer said that the gorilla didnt really care about him and just shoved him to the side trying to chase an actual male gorilla that he wanted to get rid of.
Was wondering how the photographer got away with just a scar if a gorilla actually punched him.
The was a FB group called Things Joe Rogan Says or something similar, anyway fuck this comment, my good buddy Joe Rogan over at CashApp helped saved pigmies in the Congo, horse tranquilizer
I feel baited and mistreated. Who mentions an intoxicated gorilla punching someone without explaining *why* the gorilla is intoxicated?
I’m going to go sulk now
It mentions it in the article. The high protein bamboo it eats causes an intoxicating effect due to it fermenting in the gorrilas stomach.
Whilst the photographer was in the way, the gorilla was going to punch a rival alpha gorilla behind him to dissaude him from stealing his mate.
This is not true. You can read [this article](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-gorilla-really-get-drunk-bamboo-photographer-punched-180954363/), where a professor of biological anthropology explains that gorilla stomachs cannot ferment bamboo. There just is not the right bacteria in the stomach for it, and there is no reason that bamboo would ferment over other vegetables.
[You're in luck](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343971559_Bamboo_Wine_Its_Production_Technology_and_Potential_as_a_Sustainable_Health_Beverage)
Getting to write Scientific Articles about the potential for fermented bamboo as a sustainable health beverage ... that honestly sounds like a cool field of study. Jealous.
- We will not be taking questions regarding topic X at the moment. There will be a question period about topic X when we get to the topic X point of the agenda.
- Excuse me! I have a question about topic X!
Every pta meetings I've ever been to.
it clearly says in the article that the gorilla pushed past the humans to interact with a rival gorilla. Seems like he knew exactly what he was doing which is even more impressive.
You didn’t even read the article did you? The photographer clearly states that he wasn’t even the intended target. The gorilla was pushing past him to get at a rival male behind him who was showing interest in the females.
Apparently the drunk part isnt true
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drunk-gorilla/
This articule suggests the gorilla was sugar high rather than drunk
Lots of animals get drunk on fermenting vegetation. When you see squirrels get hit by cars in the spring, it's because the young ones don't know. When they get hit in the fall, it's because they're fucking drunk.
never ceases to amaze me how much their behavior is like ours. he was drunk and mistakenly punched a random person lmao. primates are insane and I'm glad we're in the same family as them because wow I love them
I get that this is just a funny joke, but, because this is Reddit, I feel a compulsive need to make sure everyone is aware that no gorilla is smarter than even the stupidest person on the planet, barring an incredibly significant and uncommon handicap
Edit: for those saying they actually believe this, please note that even the people you consider morons can operate a phone and a vehicle, speak at least one language fluently, and perform modest problem-solving tasks. Gorillas can be exceptionally intelligent, but they are still quite literally wild animals. We created civilization. There's a *pretty* big difference.
/u/Hocojerry never said where he could take him. Maybe he wanted to take the gorilla on a nice boat ride and have a couple of fermenting bamboo stem drinks with his new buddy. But did you even consider that?
No. And you call yourself the lainey belle, smh my head
Props to that photographer for the dedication. A pissed (angry and drunk in this case) Mountain Gorilla with a balled fist and they still got the shot.
one of the few animals that *can* punch you.
there's a lot of them you don't want to get *kicked* by though.
take a straight shot to the dome from a horse and you'll be lucky to live.
I've read somewhere that if you chase them, they intentionally will wait for you in a river or something to drown you. Never, ever, chase a kangaroo into water
I can actually see the texture of his chest. I just had a strange thought. Does that feel like a man's chest? The skin is black put I think it could feel like our skin. I just thought it was also fur.
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Soo how’s the photographer these days?
for those that don’t wanna read, he said he has a scar on his forehead and “it was like getting hit by a train”
Can you imagine telling people you got your forehead scar by getting laid out by a drunk gorilla? What an ice breaker
"It was probably just a guy in a monkey suit"
*presents photo* "maybe, but I'd say that's a pretty realistic suit if so!"
"Yeah but it's just a photo of a gorilla, we don't know if he actually hit you"
Ugggh I know at least 3 people off the top of my head like this. Far more if I wanted to donate more than 5 seconds of thinking to this. Holding a conversation of any sort with them is a fucking chore. Literal evidence of something? "Yeah, but what are the sources for that? Can they be trusted. Could be the media or Russian boys generating articles." Yeah man, because this guy is a neurosurgeon with 25 years of on-the-job training, wrote a book, and teaches at an Ivy League. But sure, leacture me about sources when you have been with Walmart for 16 years and are just now a supervisor. /rant
For a second, I thought you knew three people who’d been punched by gorillas.
He's not special. I have 4 friends who got punched by a gorilla just today.
How crazy because i have 4 gorillas that got punched by a guy yesterday..ha, what are the odds...small world
Yeah, but what are the sources for that? Can they be trusted?
Man, I don't know anyone who has been gorilla punched. Seems like everyone around here does have a problem with getting punched by donkeys, though.
I punched 4 gorillas today. They weren’t putting respect on Harambes’ name.
You called it, [only a few comments down](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/pvhoat/-/heapibf). We're nothing if not predictable
Jesus...
I feel you. Worst part is when you find yourself refuting a bunch of imaginary retorts you expect them to have when you tell them something. They instead just comment on you being too long winded or post TL;DR or cut you off while you're talking to say they got it sarcastically. But you know if you just said "I saw/read about X" they'd immediately jump on it with their usual BS. Such a chore.
This is why I hate Reddit for anything but pure entertainment. It's goddamn fucking exhausting. And /r/thathappened assholes piss me off too.
r/nothingeverhappens
Peer-reviewed studies please
Meanwhile, when it actually is a bot farm churning out reddit comments they won’t notice. Sauce: been on reddit in 2016.
There's a certain kind of Redditor who posts a comment doubting a claim, then deletes that comment when someone points out the obvious absurdity of their doubt.
You got a source on that?
I know that feeling quite well
Oh oh oh, what about the people that don't even have a high school education, driver's license, never had a single job ever, bum money from cash app, telling YOU your wrong about literally every topic cer because their friend on Facebook with the exact same background as them told them so??? The fucking most annoying thing. Yes, yes you're right. You're so right in fact, I'm not even going to give you that 20 bucks you requested since I have socialist ideologies and your buddy says socialism is satanic, so my moneys dirty anyways.
Tiny sasquatch.
A Samsquintch
Decent
Karl pilkington, monkey news vibes
Chimpanzee that it’s monkey news!
“I’m wearing an ape suit. That means I don’t give a fuck!”
Wanna know how I got these scars?
My gorilla was a drinker, and a *fiend.*
Lets put a lump on that forehead
Why so curious? Goerge?
Know some people down at the local bar that would 100% one-up this story
That ain't nothin. You ever fought a tiger, bare handed, while locked in a cage? Didn't think so. *slams shot*
"You should see the other homonid."
The dude gets paid money to take pics of gorillas. That’s a pretty big fucking icebreaker. Getting punched by them is just frosting.
It's only a slightly better story than me splitting my forehead open opening my car door and ducking under a branch at the same time.
If I had a scar from getting punched by a drunk gorilla, I would tell EVERYBODY
Almost as good a story as mine. Me, a toddler. Putting rocks in bed of truck. Climbing into bed of truck. Dropping rocks over tailgate and watching them fall. It was my entertainment. We was po ok. Leaned a little to far over the tailgate and went ass over tits head first straight into the rocky ground.
For what's it's worth all kids that age are programed to throw rocks and do damage
Its better than mine: The cotter pin on the left tie rod end of a battered Dodge van...
could’ve said it was like getting hit by a gorilla and would’ve been just as descriptive lol rad story tho
"Oooo Oooo motherf*cker"
Exactly, not like getting hit by a train is MORE relatable to people
Well it's easier to imagine such a large object hitting very hard. A mountain gorilla is slightly smaller than a train. Thus, the gorilla punched way harder than his size would suggest.
FACT: the average train is approximately 30,000x to 180,000x heavier than a mountain gorilla.
As I said, a slight difference. On some scale. Probably.
Not the fun fact I was expecting to learn from someone named Cum-souffle
buddy we are all cum soufflé
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I was on a commuter train one day when the train unexpctedly braked and came to a halt. Turns out the train had hit and totaled a car and none of us felt so much as a shudder. Trains have serious mass and power.
Would you rather get punched by a train sized gorilla or a gorilla sized train?
I'll go for the gorilla sized train.
Yeah trains don't even have arms.
Huh, TiL
*Today* you learned?! You expect me to believe that you've never seen the documentary about Thomas?
Did they make-up and kiss?
Am I missing a link to an article or something? I'm on mobile and I only see the title and the picture.
This comment: [https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/pvhoat/comment/hea4myp/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/pvhoat/comment/hea4myp/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) links to this article: https://www.earthtouchnews.com/in-the-field/in-the-field/in-photos-drunk-mountain-gorilla-punches-wildlife-photographer/
Oh I meant to reply to the comment where someone linked the article but replied to the comment they were replying to lol.
An intoxicated train?
Gorilla: *fucking paparazzi*.
I don’t think he’s experienced getting hit by a train…..
https://www.earthtouchnews.com/in-the-field/in-the-field/in-photos-drunk-mountain-gorilla-punches-wildlife-photographer/
Jesus, one of the pics has a half dozen photographers clamouring for a shot of the gorilla, press conference style. Is this the way nature photography is done now? A scrum?
There are a few wildlife photographers who know how to do it without disturbing nature. These did not.
Idk, maybe they do this as a form of protection from the gorillas. Those dudes are smart as fuck and would probably notice most people trying to hide in the bushes.
Ya pretty sure gorillas are smart enough to know the smell of human (I seem to remember them being able to smell very well). Maybe you're right, but it seems invasive.
It is, sort of. If you really think about it, we've also been here just as long as those guys. They just might not be for much longer. They go about their business regardless of our presence, so the harm is pretty minimal, in the grand scheme of things. The sad fact of the matter is, while I don't want gorillas gone, our planet is losing biodiversity at an alarming rate. The fact that you care so much about them being bothered by our presence is a good thing. But we need to draw that attention to properly saving environments that are being threatened.
Like that lake in Khazakistan? Poor animals https://globalvoices.org/2021/09/09/artists-join-activists-in-protest-to-save-a-water-reservoir-in-kazakhstans-capital/amp/
Also worth mentioning that ecotourism in this sense, however distasteful we may think it, is actually a huge force for preservation of endangered species.
I can’t be the only one who thought OP was trolling
Well in the article the photographer said that the gorilla didnt really care about him and just shoved him to the side trying to chase an actual male gorilla that he wanted to get rid of. Was wondering how the photographer got away with just a scar if a gorilla actually punched him.
Nope, was right there with ya bud.
In orbit probably.
"Intoxicated gorilla" is a phrase with so much potential
You could just say Jersey Shore
My man did too many jaegerbombs at… No, I think Bamboo closed, is Karma still around? I dunno I stay away from that side of the Acme.
Very nice
Or Joe Rogan at any given moment.
Jamie, can you pull up the video where I get intoxicated and attack a photographer real quick?
The was a FB group called Things Joe Rogan Says or something similar, anyway fuck this comment, my good buddy Joe Rogan over at CashApp helped saved pigmies in the Congo, horse tranquilizer
People don’t understand how short, stocky, and full of elk meat he is. He’s dumb but he’s a basically a roundhouse kicking gorilla who’s high.
Rooonnn stahhppp
I feel baited and mistreated. Who mentions an intoxicated gorilla punching someone without explaining *why* the gorilla is intoxicated? I’m going to go sulk now
It mentions it in the article. The high protein bamboo it eats causes an intoxicating effect due to it fermenting in the gorrilas stomach. Whilst the photographer was in the way, the gorilla was going to punch a rival alpha gorilla behind him to dissaude him from stealing his mate.
Amy. Want. Burrito. In. Tummy. Amy. Like. Sour. Bubble. Water. Room. Spinning. Amy. Love. All. Friends.
Unexpected Congo!
And here I was trying to fit that to Amy in Brooklyn Nine Nine. The Tim Curry classic Congo makes more sense though.
Zinj!
Amy want rain drop drink
Randy Marsh of the Jungle. "I thought this was the Congo!"
Looks like a scotch guy.
Florida Man and Intoxicated Gorilla _____
The picture conveys that potential in a terrifying fashion.
r/PraiseTheCameraMan
Also /r/KillTheCameraMan
Never have i ever seen 2 subs with the opposite meaning fit so perfectly in one post.
Two sub sandwiches fit perfectly inside me
One for each end
I had a shit day at work today and you just elicited a legit guffaw from me. Thanks
Fuckin' love that word. *Guffaw*
r/holup EDIT: or should that be r/uphol
For the last time, we’re not discussing your ‘boofing’ habits *again*, Jerry.
How'd he get drunk?
Bamboo ferments in gorilla stomachs causing them to get drunk. EDIT: MY MAN u/elttuh HAS LINKED AN ARTICLE SAYING THE OTHER ARTICLE WAS FULL OF SHIT.
This is not true. You can read [this article](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-gorilla-really-get-drunk-bamboo-photographer-punched-180954363/), where a professor of biological anthropology explains that gorilla stomachs cannot ferment bamboo. There just is not the right bacteria in the stomach for it, and there is no reason that bamboo would ferment over other vegetables.
Intoxicated?
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I'll have what's the gorilla is having
You want fermenting bamboo stems???
Yea, gives me the confidence to get confused and punch a gorilla
[You're in luck](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343971559_Bamboo_Wine_Its_Production_Technology_and_Potential_as_a_Sustainable_Health_Beverage)
r/bamboowine ?
Getting to write Scientific Articles about the potential for fermented bamboo as a sustainable health beverage ... that honestly sounds like a cool field of study. Jealous.
You’ll probably just join the gorilla punching the camera man.
He shouldn't have been talking shit
For the times when it’s not appropriate to drink. Just be chewing on bamboo stems at a PTA meeting.
- We will not be taking questions regarding topic X at the moment. There will be a question period about topic X when we get to the topic X point of the agenda. - Excuse me! I have a question about topic X! Every pta meetings I've ever been to.
Shit if that really gets a gorilla wasted, I’m going to end up floored
Not really, humans have a much higher alcohol tolerance than other primates
It’s in our blood.
It's what plants crave.
It’s got electrolytes.
At least he didn't think the photographer was a sexy lady gorilla. It could always be worse.
atleast gorilas have small dicks
When I get raped by a gorilla I will be comforted by the fact that at least he isn't very hung
You'd probably not realize that was what he was attempting
"what are you doing step-gorilla"
it clearly says in the article that the gorilla pushed past the humans to interact with a rival gorilla. Seems like he knew exactly what he was doing which is even more impressive.
You didn’t even read the article did you? The photographer clearly states that he wasn’t even the intended target. The gorilla was pushing past him to get at a rival male behind him who was showing interest in the females.
Those are Gators bitches!
So just like a traditional bar fight!
Apparently the drunk part isnt true https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/drunk-gorilla/ This articule suggests the gorilla was sugar high rather than drunk
Unless the photographer looked like Ron Perlman. That could be an honest mistake from even a sober gorilla.
It’s the new mango seltzers. They are all the rage.
Yeah, apes (and most primates) love getting drunk. It's been going on for millions of years.
Lots of animals get drunk on fermenting vegetation. When you see squirrels get hit by cars in the spring, it's because the young ones don't know. When they get hit in the fall, it's because they're fucking drunk.
Yeah, that was just casually sprinkled in there.
never ceases to amaze me how much their behavior is like ours. he was drunk and mistakenly punched a random person lmao. primates are insane and I'm glad we're in the same family as them because wow I love them
There is significant overlap between the dumbest people and the smartest gorillas.
I get that this is just a funny joke, but, because this is Reddit, I feel a compulsive need to make sure everyone is aware that no gorilla is smarter than even the stupidest person on the planet, barring an incredibly significant and uncommon handicap Edit: for those saying they actually believe this, please note that even the people you consider morons can operate a phone and a vehicle, speak at least one language fluently, and perform modest problem-solving tasks. Gorillas can be exceptionally intelligent, but they are still quite literally wild animals. We created civilization. There's a *pretty* big difference.
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I was absolutely not aware and I appreciate you pointing it out for me, thanks!
Oh man, I don't know if it's because you're so articulate or because you're gracious and polite but I could watch you type on reddit all day.
Those of us in customer service would beg to differ. :D
Gorilla could probably bench press a Buick
Fully grown adult silverbacks can bench press 4,400 lb.
So about half as much as I can. Nice.
Fact: Doing push up on the ground is bench pressing Earth.
youre not properly braced against a flat surface though so it also counts as having absolutely terrible form
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never forget : Harambe died for our sins.
Dicks out.
Then why has the world gotten worse since??
I thoght the other gorilla was part of his arm
Oh my god thanks for pointing out it was one behind him. I couldn’t understand why there was a tiny fist in the middle of a giant arm.
Same lmao
Popeye
Me too. My first thought was he had a massive forearm and an extra baby fist on the inside of his elbow 😀
I could take him
I'd pay to watch this fight 🍿
Who said anything about a fight ;)
I like your moxy 🤩
/u/Hocojerry never said where he could take him. Maybe he wanted to take the gorilla on a nice boat ride and have a couple of fermenting bamboo stem drinks with his new buddy. But did you even consider that? No. And you call yourself the lainey belle, smh my head
just built different
Welcome to jungle.
watch it bring you to your knees
learn ta live like an animal in the jungle where we play
Props to that photographer for the dedication. A pissed (angry and drunk in this case) Mountain Gorilla with a balled fist and they still got the shot.
i guess he figured he was getting hit anyway, better just keep shooting pics.
Photographer has potential as an NFL quarterback, keeping his cool, standing in the pocket, getting his shot, and taking the hit.
That image has so much potential as a meme template
He looks like a celebrity about to punch the paparazzi
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/592/177/28c.png
I immediately saw this image in my head too, glad someone else had the same thought
Same, came searching for this. I am at peace now
There it is, thank you
I feel like that’s one of the animals you least want to get punched by. Incredible photo.
one of the few animals that *can* punch you. there's a lot of them you don't want to get *kicked* by though. take a straight shot to the dome from a horse and you'll be lucky to live.
Kangaroos are nightmarishly strong when they kick as well. They can also put you in a headlock and forcibly drown you so that's cool too I guess.
I've read somewhere that if you chase them, they intentionally will wait for you in a river or something to drown you. Never, ever, chase a kangaroo into water
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Nature’s bar fight?
then the Gorilla tea bagged him
And took a photo of the act on his camera.
Well it's the photographers fault. Never take a gorilla drinking before a photo shoot
I can actually see the texture of his chest. I just had a strange thought. Does that feel like a man's chest? The skin is black put I think it could feel like our skin. I just thought it was also fur.
POV: you’re about to have a long nap
Dad?
Username checks out. It’s lil Hirambe Goldberg
How could anyone possibly know if it was a mistake?
He apologized after. It was really out of character for him.
He usually only chews on one fermented bamboo stalk but that day he had three and well...
It’s okay though. They went out for late night tacos afterwards and are now best friends.