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Potoos (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Seen and heard Tawny Frogmouths many times and these ain't them. These are Potoos

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Fixed. :) Tyvm.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

not to be confused with Potoooooooos !

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

TIL

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

ARRRRR

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He went on to be an important sire

Mfw the sillily named horse is fancier than me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think that makes the joke better

[–] Peace 1 points 3 months ago

It does, maybe that was the original joke and OP made an error when providing context

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Nightbirds (Vanescaves) are a weird bunch. We got all these crackheads and methheads then we randomly have hummingbirds and swifts on the list.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

The meth of the skies

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

What's hawk tuah?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When you know the dimensions of the legs of a right triangle but not the tangent of the angle opposite the height, you have to utilize the formula "height = tangent(ϴ) * width".

Its the HAWK TUAH rule.

Height
And
Width
Known,
Tangent
Unknown,
Apply
H / W = tan(ϴ)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Not much, what's hawk tuah you?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_Tuah_Girl

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Stop misleading people with Wikipedia articles you made.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Haha, I wish I was responsible for this one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Hauk Tuah was a pharaoh, little is known about him due to much of the writings documenting his short existence have been lost. However the few writings surviving indicates he spat on criminals' thang as a form of punishment which was considered worse that death, and one person during his short period in power have convinced him to spit on a thang belonged to a man who wrongdoed him, thus the saying "Hauk Tuah, spit on his thang!"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To be honest I still don’t know what the hawk rush thing is. :/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_Tuah_Girl

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Oh, okay. Interesting. Do you have an idea of why the internet cares so much? Considering most of us have been lubricating penises with our saliva for hundreds of thousands of years.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's the delivery.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Dammit. I’ll watch the video.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

for hundreds of thousands of years.

Just how old are you!?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I’ve seen and done so many things in this vast universe my son…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nature is unintentionally hilarious

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What are you insinuating?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The comedic sound of cartoon chewing tobacco.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

What a derp.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ah yes, the derp bird. Love this little weirdo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Mmhmm, mmhmm, mmhmm. Chicken.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Don't assume that I've heard of anything. For all I know the creator of this meme coined the phrase(?) "hawk tuah".