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[-] recently_Coco@lemmy.blahaj.zone 129 points 2 years ago

something something Gorilla Warfare.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

I don't think gorillas go to war, but chimps do

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 90 points 2 years ago

The poachers just taught gorillas how to make traps. Now the gorillas are gonna go full Rambo on them.

[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 65 points 2 years ago

When you're a poacher and the bushes start speaking gorilla.

[-] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago

Now the gorillas are gonna go full Congo on them.

FTFY

[-] greedytacothief@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Like king Leopold congo? Like where soldiers would only get more bullets if they could prove that the bullet they used killed a person?

[-] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 87 points 2 years ago

The poachers have just been selectively breeding hyper intelligent apes this whole time

[-] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Literally Darwin

[-] Starbuck@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago

I wanted to confirm this because it was so cool.

The main hit I found was a National Geographic article (paywall it seems) from Jul 18, 2012

Nat Geo Article

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 9 points 2 years ago

it's account walled, just turn off java script

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Then they might actually be Gen Z, lol

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago

~~Gen Z Gorillas~~ GorillaZ

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

GorillaZ?

Nah, both were born in 1968. Early gen X.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

So, GorrillaX?

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 49 points 2 years ago

teach gorillas to make traps to catch poachers

[-] Doom@ttrpg.network 24 points 2 years ago
[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 6 points 2 years ago

Quite a few of them, actually - as well as remakes, the more recent of which are actually pretty good & you shouldn't limit yourself to just one if that's all you've seen.

😛

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

I get a kick out of the idea that the apes were trying to warm off the humans because the traps are dangerous. Proof that they're able to tell the difference between human poachers and humans they either know are good or that they've never seen before and are effectively "innocent" potential victims.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

Or they don't know that the traps are made by humans.

[-] mihor@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Indeed, humans are treacherous and sneaky bastards.

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 4 points 2 years ago

Well, according to sources like The Jungle Book and The Lion King, humans aren't the only ones... 🤪

[-] lengau@midwest.social 19 points 2 years ago

If they're 4 years old, that makes them generation alpha.

[-] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

cries proudly in Harambe

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

What if they weren't worried about the humans, but stopped them so they could give the new guys some field training?

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

A species unburdened by the trappings of social media

[-] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 years ago

Guerilla Gorilla, guerilla Gorilla not for sale

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

What does this have to do with Gen Z?

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 13 points 2 years ago

There's a trope out there that Gen Z has to do everythingbfor themselves because the older generations have failed them so thoroughly.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Weird, the stereotype I've seen everywhere is that they don't know how to do anything for themselves

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 9 points 2 years ago

I see Boomers saying that....usually calling the 20 year olds "millennials".

Most millennials know they've been dealt an even shittier hand than we were.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I see Millenials bemoaning Gen Z helplessness all the time. I think the only generation thinking or Gen Z as capable are the Gen Z themself.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe the people complaining drown out everyone else. But people like David Hogg and Greta Thunberg are Gen Z and out doing more than most to fix the problems they see. Like maybe people complain that Gen Z has no idea what files on a computer are, but that seems like a different thing than helplessness.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Could be people see Greta as an anomaly rather than representative of her generation. Or as I've often heard, in the sort of patronizing "well isn't that nice that kids are doing that sort of stuff" way.

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 2 points 2 years ago

Generalizations only work so well. Some millennials chastise Gen Z and some support them.

I am an Eldritch millennial and everyone that I know thinks Gen Z is pretty awesome. We're just trying to hold the world together for them.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Funny, because my friends who were teachers all quit teaching.

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Is it because of the kids or the admin/parents/political activists/gun violence/low pay?

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah. Teaching sucks and I don't know why anyone puts up with it. Mad respect and solidarity to all the teachers out there.

Doesn't mean they don't like Gen Z. They're overworked and underpaid. But I can't stress enough that that's our fault. (I might put more blame on the Boomers running things.) We're not prioritizing education and you can't blame the people in school for that.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Both are young. I think that's about it.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

I was expecting there to more to it

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

Now teach them to open migrant camp doors.

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Feels like a metaphor for Gen Z at large tbh

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