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Viral Tweet Claiming That 100 Unarmed Men Could Beat A Single Gorilla Sparks Heated Debate
His premise?
"i think 100 [men] could beat 1 gorilla everybody just gotta be dedicated to the sh*t"
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The post went viral with over 290 million views as of the following Friday.
Soon others were weighing in and employing AI to find an answer to this question for the ages. Some people put a lot of work into their answers.
People—men, it's mostly men—seem downright obsessed.
Is this like another Roman Empire thing?
How long have men been thinking about ganging up on a gorilla‽‽
Lots of people had thoughts on the issue.
While the human vs. gorilla fight night post went viral this week, the question has been banging around the internet for almost a decade.
It routinely gets posted in the Who Would Win subReddit, including the entry here from five years ago.
As well as popping up on Quora more than once, with entries going back at least eight years.
It's unclear if any of the people thinking they could take on a gorilla—in an unfair 100 to 1 fight—were also among the 12% of men who back in 2019 said they could easily score a point on the tennis court against Serena Williams.
But it's giving a lot of the same energy.
There are two species of gorillas in the wild at present: the western gorilla and the eastern gorilla. Each of these species is further divided into two subspecies.
The eastern gorilla species consists of the subspecies Mountain gorilla and the Eastern Lowland gorilla—also referred to as the Grauer's gorilla. The western gorilla species consists of the Cross River gorilla and the Western Lowland gorilla subspecies.
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The largest of the subspecies are the Eastern Lowland gorilla. Silverback males can weigh up to 400 pounds and stand between 5'5″ to 6" tall, making them, at ideal weight, the heaviest primates alive.
Silverbacks are significantly larger and stronger than human males.
Their strength-to-mass ratio is estimated to be around 10 times their body weight. They can lift massive weights, tear down trees, and possess exceptional upper body strength.
But they are generally described as gentle giants known for a peaceful and sociable nature within their family groups of up to 30 individuals. While they will display aggression when threatened, they—unlike chimpanzees—generally avoid confrontations with other gorilla groups or other species in their habitat.
Why 100 men would want to pick a fight with a gorilla might be the bigger question that needs to be answered.
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GOP Lawmaker Dragged After Admitting He Has No Evidence Of Student 'Furries' Using Litter Boxes
In an attempt to be clever, Gerdes named his bill the Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education— F.U.R.R.I.E.S.—Act.
According to his bill, students would be expelled for engaging in "non-human behavior" other than on "exempt days."
Texas HB54
Of greatest importance to the Texas Republican is ensuring students don't use litter boxes.
The bill states:
"'Non-Human Behavior' means any type of behavior or accessory displayed by a student in a school district other than behaviors or accessories typically displayed by a member of the homo sapiens species including: (A) using a litter box for the passing of stool, urine, or other human byproducts"
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Republicans across the country have repeatedly trotted out this lie as a means to promote their efforts to defund public schools and to manufacture a slippery slope to support their transphobic agenda.
But Texas Democratic state Representative James Talarico was unwilling to let it slide.
He confronted Gerdes about the purpose of his bill and the necessity of wasting legislative time on it.
Representative Talarico asked:
"Can you name a school where it has been confirmed that students are using litter boxes?"
Gerdes responded:
"Uh, well, what we do with this bill is we prevent that from happening."
You can see the exchange here:
Undeterred by Gerdes non-answer, Representative Talarico asked again:
"Can you name a school where it has been confirmed that students are using litter boxes?"
The Texas Democrat pointed out how Gerdes used the existence of litter boxes in schools to gain public support and media attention.
Representative Talarico stated:
"This was at the top of your press release. This was mentioned when you introduced this bill. Created quite a stir."
"So I’m asking, can you name a school where it’s been confirmed that there are litter boxes being provided to students?"
Gerdes replied:
"For this purpose? No, I cannot."
Representative Talarico explained the purpose of his question, saying:
"I find it concerning that these types of debunked conspiracy theories are being used by politicians at the highest levels of our government, including in this legislature, who know that they’re incorrect."
He then asked Gerdes:
"Are you aware that [Texas Republican] Governor Abbott said, quote, 'Kids go to school dressed up as cats with litter boxes in their classrooms?'"
Abbott exploited the litter box lie to push for public funding for private school vouchers.
Gerdes simply responded:
"Sure."
Representative Talarico continued, adding:
"Are you also aware that when the governor was asked by the 'Dallas Morning News' to name a single school where this happened, he couldn’t, and PolitiFact called this a 'pants-on-fire' false claim started by online rumors?"
After Gerdes said, "OK," Representative Talarico asked him:
"Do you think it’s a good use of our time to write laws based on debunked internet conspiracy theories?"
Gerdes admitted the litter box story he used repeatedly in the press was a lie, but claimed:
"Well, this isn’t, uh—this piece of legislature before us covers that among other things that are true."
Gerdes failed to specify what those other things that weren't lies were.
Representative Talarico called out several lies being spun by the GOP.
People agreed that Republicans' manufactured outrage is a waste of time that could be better used on real issues.
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The GOP is, if nothing else, dedicated to their lies.
The " litter boxes in schools" lie spawned in 2022 from the anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda created by Chaya Raichik on her once anonymous "Libs of TikTok" social media accounts.
MAGA Republicans then falsely claimed public schools were catering to furries and providing students with litter boxes instead of toilets. The lie prompted similar debate or proposed legislation in Nebraska, Michigan, North Dakota, and Oklahoma.
The truth that inspired Raichik to create her viral lie was teachers sharing on TikTok the emergency buckets/boxes stocked in their classrooms in preparation for school shootings.
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Many of those buckets include kitty litter so children can relieve themselves in a bucket with some dignity instead of soiling their clothing.
If Republicans really want to eliminate kitty litter in classrooms, it looks like they should start by addressing gun violence.
People Reveal The Pettiest Reason They Stopped Sleeping With Someone
It's ok to have to be taught a bit or learn a little more.
But most of the people who need the lessons seem to be the most oblivious.
That's why I've given up and embraced celibacy.
Mama is too tired to teach.
Redditor XposeLLC wanted to hear about the times people had to end sexy time with a certain partner, so they asked:
"What’s the pettiest reason you stopped sleeping with someone?"
RUDE!
"She would enter the metro before the people got out."
- IloveponiesbutnotMLP
"Just like people who enter the elevator before letting others out."
- DrooDrawDrawn
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Yuckie!
"I didn't like the smell of her hairspray. In fairness, this was in the late '80s when hairspray ruled the world."
- yakfsh1
"Oh man, I totally get this! I was a kid at the time, but I remember sometimes I’d be near a teenage girl (at the mall, or a girl who lived on my street) who would be very attractive but had this TOXIC hairspray smell that actually irritated my nose/sinuses. I was really young, so I just assumed it was a normal 'girls are yukie' thing, but reading your comment was like a time warp for me!"
- blue-wave
Bless your heart...
"He was VERY dumb, and it gave me a guilty conscience. It was almost like I was taking advantage of him or something. I wasn’t, he was just THAT stupid."
- Barfignugen
"Not sleeping with, but I started to date this dude over the summer, and when he visited, we made out a lot and then I realized holy crap this feels wrong. It almost felt like I was taking advantage of him. I’m 18, and he was 20, but I swear he was not a day over 14 in his mannerisms and just everything. It was awful."
- Snakes_and_Rakes
Green
"Her breath. I can deal with normal bad breath. This was not normal bad breath. It almost seemed like a reaction to something, like she was taking a new medicine or something, and horrific breath was a side effect. I could see in her mouth while she was talking one night, and I swear the back of her tongue was green."
- whitemanwhocantjump
Geography
"She didn't know Hawaii was a state."
- ScreamingNinja
"Mine didn’t know the number of United States. Maybe same person."
- txlady100
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Crickets
"Gave the worst bridesmaid speech in the world, never looked at her the same way again. Well..she pulled the folded up paper with the speech out of her bra, spent the first half roasting the bride, revealed that when the bride met the groom she said 'Oh no way would I ever marry him,' proceeded to lead into saying the bride was never choosy about the people the she slept with anyways, then tried to make a bunch of bad jokes to save the day, none of which hit."
"Quite literally crickets the entire speech. Bride didn’t smile once, then proceeded to wipe tears away by the end. Then I had to pretend things were all good the rest of the night - was just hoping the whole place would set on fire during the speech so I could run out."
- sexualpeelin
Shut Up!
"When we were having sex anytime she started to feel good she didn't moan. Instead she did this yell that would rise a little then start to crack. It sounded painful and was very grating on the ears. Not to mention she sounded hella distressed like she was being murdered. Couldn't keep it up."
- Master_Thief_789
Clean-up, Aisle 2
"She kept leaving half-drunk cups of coffee around my house."
- Euphoric_Surprise776
"My wife does this."
"I keep falling for it too, stupidly assuming that all of the dirty dishes are located around the kitchen so I fill the dishwasher and turn it on. Then I see a cup in the living room, one in the bedroom, one on the outside table, sometimes one just sitting on the ground in the garden."
"But if that's the worst thing I've got going on in my life then I ain't got no problems."
- BatmansShoelaces
MOVES
"When we hooked up, his 'moves' were comparable to a Chihuahua. Just, short, quick, rapid movements while holding on for dear life."
"Haven't experienced this during sex before, but in a similar vein with kissing. I met a guy at a club and was dancing with him. The conversation was great and I gave my friend the 'thumbs up,' but then he kissed me... It was like a snake tongue darting in and out of my mouth in rapid succession. My thumbs up behind his back immediately became a thumbs down, and my friend quickly snatched me away, LOL."
- tacoslave420
The Rules
"I knew he played Sudoku, which is honestly a plus, but then I learned he didn’t understand it. He would just fill in random numbers and 'try to make it work.' When I tried to explain the rules, he said it was too complicated and he preferred his own way of playing."
- DaintyBadass
"This cracked me up. It’s like on one hand, he was having fun but on the other… Imagine playing a game where it’s like accepted that there’s a less than 1% chance of you solving it and just being ~fine~ with that."
- jady115
Puff Away
"She kept telling me how everything happening in her life was because she was a Hufflepuff."
- Nibblefritz
"I think my stepdad thinks every Harry Potter fan is like this, treating the houses like zodiac signs. My fiancée is a Hufflepuff but doesn't frame her life around it, of course."
- mathemusician96
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Home
"Happened to a friend of mine, she was dating a guy for a couple of months, 30s still living at home, parents were older but were independent. A sister close to his age also lived at home."
"He would come over to her place, have sex but would never sleep over. Was kind or serious, and introduced her to his parents."
"Leading up to Christmas/New Years, she wanted to make plans to go away for New Years, he said ok."
"But he stalled booking, they ended up having a fight, and he finally confessed he could never go away with her because he could never leave his parents, not even overnight."
- karenskygreen
Get your own...
"She said she didn’t want a drink when ordering at Subway, then drank most of mine and asked if she could refill it for herself to go."
- Tmunk16
"My husband does this. I just buy a larger size and expect him to eat it. He does."
- PurinMeow
"I try to stay cool when a woman doesn't want fries or whatever and starts eating mine, but I'm absolutely fuming on the inside. It's always me paying. I've offered to get you anything you want, but what you want is on my plate. Grrrr.
- JunkmanJim
Oh Gosh!
"I had a huge crush on him for years. He was gorgeous and pretty shy. Tall and thin with beautiful long hair. He even did some modeling. Well, I finally got to sleep with him, but when he finished, he said, 'Oh gosh,' in a voice that sounded just like Mickey Mouse. I could tell it was involuntary, and it just killed that crush I had on him. The sex was pretty bad, too, but I was trying to convince myself I could work around that and teach him. But the 'oh gosh' was the final nail."
- littletrashpanda77
Never! Forget!
"She sat on a pair of sunglasses I'd had for like 5 years, then laughed about it."
"It's been nearly 20 years, and I'm still mad about it."
- GoliathBoneSnake
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If someone destroys my property and doesn't apologize... I'm calling the police.
Sunglasses are expensive.
Should've sent an invoice.
Some of these stories are just an ad for celibate living.
Do you have any stories to add? Let us know in the comments.
