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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 71 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Ha. Nice. What is interesting about that scenario is the human would be loading up on protein (probably meat based diet) and working hard to gain that, and the gorillas sit around eating a vegetarian diet and have massive muscle mass just because.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

gorillas sit around eating a vegetarian diet and have massive muscle mass just because they metabolize different kinds of protein MUCH more effectively than humans do and also are much more physically active than the average human

Fixed it for you.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Brb gonna go throw a gorilla into some nuclear waste and get it to bite me.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

aw dude why waste all that nuclear waste on a gorilla when you could have a mandrill bite you

cool faces and inflatable asses. why would you pass that up.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because mandrillman is already my tinder profile name.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

it seems more like we've found a (dear gods gag me but it's the right word) synergy we could exploit

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

But what if the gorillas stopped sitting around and actually worked to build muscle mass? We've never actually seen a gorilla that was trying to get as big and as strong as he could.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know about the physical activity. Gorillas are known for not moving around much. But they lack the muscle size regulation that we have.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

Well That was my point, we work at it they don't. And most of bro dude protein intake is wasted

[–] o1011o@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Bro vegan athletes win in the olympics, in strong man, in sprints, in marathons, all over the place. They have to work hard for it, sure, but there's nothing special about meat protein.

[–] o1011o@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This hurts me. The term is 'yoked' as in strong as an ox that can bear a yoke, not 'yolked' as in somehow related to egg slime. Hugging gorillas is very wholesome though.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yolked because of all the albumin

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Also being able to open that one pickle jar without the neighbor kid laughing at me.

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

I will never be able to open that one pickle jar without the Xelayan kid laughing at me.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Knive in jar lid side, wiggle until it bubbles.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Bottle opener. Or spoon, even. Just barely lift the edge of the lid to let in a little air.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

Hold it upside down and strike it with the underside of your fist. It lets air in like the knife method while looking badass.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Maybelline@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 weeks ago

I was looking for an egg joke. It's as egg as the nose on plain's face.

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I always thought from hearing it that it meant they ate a lot of raw eggs, since that is sometimes associated with bodybuilding. I guess it means you look like an animal that would normally be yoked together to pull a plough or some such

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Nope, just a homophone. Though several companies cash in on body building pseudoscience with that.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yoked

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No it's like how you yoke an ox or draft horse.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

No actual bodybuilder eats raw eggs, raw eggwhites have significantly lower bioavailability than cooked ones. And if you live in the US they are a salmonella risk as well

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

Because they want other guys to find them attractive.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

If you don’t train: “I love you, brother but you’re hug game is weak.”

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That won't work. That guy is going to get his arms ripped off.

What a fucking idiot.

[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There are no known cases of Gorillas attacking humans.

[–] spykee@lemmings.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Dicks out for Harambe!

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But humans attacking gorillas and getting their organs ripped out are a different story.

[–] MathiasTCK@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

He's got a hug!

[–] cardboardchris@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So yolked! I bet he drives a souped-up car!

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Or that he beats his wife with a whisk.

^too^ ^far?^ ^too^ ^far.^

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are they fighting or hugging

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Hugging, look at those smiles!

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yolked? Maybe that's part of the joke, but you can't trust anyone to use words right in a professional setting like webcomics.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's just engagement bait, and it seems to be working

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Jane Goodall wasn't jacked.

EDIT: Actually, I should've used Dian Fossey as my example since Goodall studied chimpanzees. Fossey wasn't jacked either, though.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Return to Monke.

[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

For harambre!