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[–] robolemmy@lemmy.world 138 points 1 month ago (5 children)
[–] Retreaux@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I wish I had more upvotes to dole out hahaha

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

"I'm a nice guy too. And these bitches won't even give me a trunkjob..."

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I would love to see an artist make a logo of an elephant wearing a fedora, with a neck beard, saying “m’lady”.

[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

My first thought when I saw it!

[–] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Came here to make this joke hahaha

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Testosterone's a hell of a drug

[–] apex32@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Yup. Male elephants go through something called "musth" where they have many times the normal amount of testosterone in their body.

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

[–] Prunebutt 11 points 1 month ago

There's a fascinating podcast about how breaking up the social structures of elephants can lead to this rampaging behavior (second hand source, but I'm too lazy to check the references):

Fight Like An Animal: What Elephants Can Teach Us About Civil War

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1052548/5743684-what-elephants-can-teach-us-about-civil-war.mp3

[–] Themaskofz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

What about that elephant over there?

Oh him, that’s Kyle

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

Why can’t I throw a fit like this when I wanna get laid and can’t? My teenage years would have been much easier were I able to blow off steam like this guy.