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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 108 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 69 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

🦑 🦑 🦑

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Redredme@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fuck it, there is no substitute.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pzagBTcYsYQ

(if i could i would upload the original flash animation from albino black sheep)

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I hate how hard it's to convey this masterpiece of a meme to younger audience now that Newgrounds doesn't use the music background anymore and ng isn't a default go to media place for them. Even Know Your Meme doesn't mention why this is created.

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[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

🐍🐍

[–] Canopyflyer@lemmy.world 99 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wisconsinite here where the badger is native and the mascot for the University of Wisconsin is the Badger.

This meme is inaccurate.

The American Badger will also remove your kidneys and sell them on the black market as well, to support their meth habit.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The badger moniker comes from lead miners that initially settled the Wisconsin territory. They often didn't even bother building homes at first and just lived in their wildcat lead mines, like a badger.

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[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm in new mexico and saw a badger crossing the road while I was driving to work. It stopped in the middle of the road, turned towards me and waited, like it was deciding whether or not to fuck up the large metal thing coming towards it. Then slowly turned and continued on it's way when it decided I wasn't worth it. No fear whatsoever.

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[–] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 64 points 5 months ago (4 children)

90% of the time Euro badgers do that

10% of the time they scream "Eulalia!" and tear you limb from limb

[–] Daikusa@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 61 points 5 months ago (3 children)

But the American badger turns out to just want to drink a beer and talk about sports whereas the European badger, after having sat you down for some tea and buttered crumpets, reveals itself to be a racist eugenicist

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 28 points 5 months ago

TBH, β€œreveals itself by shivving you anyway” is probably closer to the truth with Brittons and their tea.

[–] Whorehoarder 5 points 5 months ago

Racisto? Europians? What an absolutely outrageous accusation. Badgers on

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

No dude, you're thinking of the other kind of British. I'm pretty sure their badgers are related to the homosapiens poulus aggressor, more commonly known as "football hooligans" to the locals.

[–] CptOblivius@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Brother in law had a huge wolf dog. The kind that can put it's paws on your shoulders and look at you face to face. Massive. He got in a tussel with a badger and got tore up, took two weeks to heal. Then took off and came back with a 40 lbs badger in his mouth. Overall a 40 lbs meth badger = 150 lbs wolf dog.

[–] dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dog had a bone to pick with that badger

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[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 44 points 5 months ago
[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 36 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 42 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Australian badgers are half this size, have no teeth at all, but can project venom 50ft from a gland in their nostril. The venom is completely harmless to humans, however it soaks into the skin and causes a pheromone to be emitted from the lungs such that when you are asleep, it attracts 14 different species of deadly venomous spiders that are attracted to your airway from up to a 4km radius.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 24 points 5 months ago

I'm pretty sure you made this up, so i believe it completely.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 20 points 5 months ago

This is all true but it's missing a key detail. The Australian badger is actually completely unrelated to the European and American badgers (which are mustelids). The Australian badger is a marsupial most closely related to the Tasmanian devil.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to know if this is true or not. Nobody look it up.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Those are the ones related to drop bears, right? I mean they've gotta be.

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago

Of course Australian badgers would do this.

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

You had me in the first half

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Reality is that they'll both kill you. European badgers are just more classy about it.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"oh dear oh dear i'm so sorry about this, i really am."

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

He's just a lil guy dies

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!

Mushroom mushroom.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Honey badgers will fuck up your shit simply because it was there.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago (6 children)

That's exactly what badgers do in the stories of Beatrix Potter

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Worx 11 points 5 months ago

I've witnessed a European badger stand up to a golden retriever much bigger than it barking and growling aggressively in its face and the badger stood its ground. I don't know if it was too scared to turn away or if it genuinely wanted to fight, but it was brave AF either way. (also I've never seen such a clean badger, but tbf most examples I see are dead on the road :/ )

[–] dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

American badger is a wolverine? Genuine question.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago (3 children)

No, this is a wolverine:

It's about twice as big as an American badger.

[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

He's a living raging powerhouse who's bound to knock you back on your emerald posterior!

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Ah, a family sized meth weasel.

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

If you think American badgers are bad wait till you meet the crack fox

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