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[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's not like the bony-eared assfish is going to clap back, not with the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of all known vertebrates.

[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But he's going to make America great again, for sure.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

No boney assfishes about it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Stop, he's already dead 😭

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bro probably didn't even know he'd just been roasted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

swim swim hungry

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Huh usually these memes are edited but this one is surprisingly real https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bony-eared_assfish

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

“…assfish are soft and flabby…”

Gold

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wikipedia seems to not be unanimous on the brain-to-body ratio claim. There's a discussion link next to the citation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

At least the Latin name is still diplomatic, as always

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I thought the name had to be edited given that it looks different from the rest of the text, but on reflection it's just because it is a hyperlink.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

They roasted it because they know better than to do it raw

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Bony ear-assfish doesn't sound too good either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Also, per wikipedia, assfish are soft and flabby.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be fair, not a lot going on needing a bigger brain 1+km below the water surface where this creature hangs out. Also, apparently it's ass as in donkey, not the other kind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It is an assfish, not a gyattfish after all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

GenX be like, "...aside from your mother"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Aside from your mother

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i mean yeah why else would they call him the assfish :(

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Where's the ass?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I can almost guarantee it that that fish was really annoying

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Seems to have a really large head and small body though... ???

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Fuckthisbonyassfishicus