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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Didn't realize the difference in size. I wonder how a juvenile with similar mass would fare. I'd still give it the orca, sharks are a tasty treat to them.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ocras travel in a pod with their family while Great Whites and other large sharks are loners.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

And orcas are smart with complex hunting tactics.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 month ago (1 children)

50ish million years ago, some mammals sitting at the shores saw sharks and thought.. "I could fuck them up if I had a tail."

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could they fuck sharks up?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

Of course. They had tails.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"Great whites have been seen abandoning this prime feeding area when killer whales come too close for comfort—even if the mammals are simply passing through for a few hours. And the sharks do not just disappear for a day or two—they stay away for the entire season."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/orcas-may-turn-great-white-sharks-into-scaredy-cats/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago
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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Had an argument with a guy at work as to whether a polar bear could beat a gorilla. He could not be persuaded that a 600kg apex predator would fuck up what is basically a fat guy who eats flowers...

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think it depends where they fight.

If polar bear would fight in the jungle it would get hot and go to drink water. At that time it would be completelly open for suplex from the gorilla.

And if they were to fight on the ice sheet the gorilla would not have any trees where to hang tire swing and he would get depressed and unintrested to fight. So in the end it boils down to what kind of social services and safety nets are in the arctic and can they help primates like 1989 released Belgian techno anthem Pump up the jam can help humans.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Philomena Cunk fan by any chance?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

My mate Paul once fought a polar bear. It only beat him because he'd lost an arm fighting a gorilla earlier that afternoon.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you put them in the same room, whoever gets to set the climate control wins.

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

This is such an underrated comment lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Say what you want this is is an interesting thought, although the polar bear would most likely win because of its sheer mass. The gorilla has a lot going for it. A silverback can get to almost half that weight and has a greater bite force, intelligence, agility, and reach. They can also throw punches of up to 2300 lbs of force, which could easily break a bone or skull.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The next issue is training. Gorilla has none and the bear fights naturally.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gorillas fight a fair amount so to say they have no training isn't correct.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm certainly no expert so I'd appreciate any Jane Goodall types that want to correct me, but aren't almost all gorilla fights for dominance until someone backs down so no one gets too fucked up and rarely dies? Whereas polar bears kill to live.

Also, gorillas may have a hell of a haymaker but polar bears have big nasty fuck you claws.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Agreed I think it'd be pretty crazy fight. If it didn't hurt the animals involved I'd pay-per-view it for sure. From what I read they fight for territory, family protection, securing a female and to keep their rank. However, I am not a gorilla expert but I did stay at a holiday and express once.

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

The polar bear preys on animals heavier than a gorilla....

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Mountain gorillas are definitely not fat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

A more apt comparison would be a black bear vs a gorilla.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

It'd probably be pretty easy to convince them if the two were next to each other for scale. The biggest orcas can grow to twice as long as the average great white.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm getting the gist of the meme, but the MMA reference... I don't get it.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I have no idea what the original was, but it became a format that people started using for memes. Here are a few random others:

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

#2 depends on whether righty can call down Mjölnir and the lightning.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Underneath the fat is a wall of abs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That clears things up lol Here's to hoping the meme trend doesn't die, this is a good one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I was very confused on how any of this is related to MMA and had to hunt in the comments. Thanks for the explanation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Macho Marine Animals

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Milky Moobs Aroused?

[–] dudinax 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That guy on the right is huge.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The one on the left is probably bigger. That's not a photo of a great white, but an artist rendition of a megalodon.

Would it win though? I have doubts. Especially in light of the macroraptorial sperm whales like Livyatan. But I'd never bet against a pod of orcas vs almost anything.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm not an MMA fan, but I still know the thing because I've seen Butterbean beat the shit out of Johnny Knoxville on Jackass. Pure muscle can sometimes look like fat.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well the other ones a fish....so

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

They're in the same category as rays...those MFers killed Steve Irwin man, I wouldn't count them for nothing either.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Team Mammal. Y'all are just a bunch of homers.

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

Porco dio e porco allah

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

Calories? You mean delicious points.

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