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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
 
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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 105 points 11 months ago (3 children)

How do we know it was by memory? What if the bear held that person hostage for a very flattering painting

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've seen cartoons. That man and that bear were friends

[–] jasondj@ttrpg.network 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A good theory, but sadly this drawing predates the invention of the pickinick basket by at least 10 years. At least.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Not nearly as dark as I was gonna go.

I assume that chonker was tasty,

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

I immediately thought this poor artist was in the cave for days, periodically poking his head out, and the bear was still there, just waiting.

They got many close looks at that bear and had nothing to do but draw the thing that would finally kill them when they got desperate enough to make a run for it.

This painting might be like someone writing Jeff on the tile floor in their own blood. Or they became friends like in a Disney movie. I see no middle alternative.

Joking aside, that’s a phenomenal likeness.

[–] CareHare@sh.itjust.works 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a really nice cave drawing for sure. It even has a bit of a Disney vibe to it. I think it's because of the little ears.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

I mean the bare necessities

That's why a bear can rest at ease

With just the bare necessities of life

[–] victron@programming.dev 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

For what? Communication is not happening, that's for sure.

[–] TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 44 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Pantomiming to ask if they take commissions

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, they clearly have experience in the furry category.

[–] new_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Not enough feet to be considered a furry artist

[–] CareHare@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

ThiNk aBoUT tHE eXp0SuRE!

[–] victron@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

This actually made me laugh.

[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Goes back in time

Bro, awesome bear!

Dude, that's a cat...

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Goes back in time

Plot twist: its a self-portrait

[–] gens@programming.dev 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If i came across a bear, i'd sure remember it.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

In fact, the word "brown" is the morph of the original word for bear. Whatever humans used for brown was overshadowed long ago by the very experience of bear itself, and the color alone became a prevalent warning against that thing that is the single most terrifying brown in existence.

[–] sepia_sempervirens@yiffit.net 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well, maybe. There's also a competing hypothesis that says it's the other way around, i.e. "bear" is derived from "brown"; the old word for "bear" became taboo, possibly for fear that speaking the beast's name would summon it. Either way, the fear of bears has certainly left a mark on the Germanic languages.

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Orange too. What did those horrible citrus fruits do to our ancestors???

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Describes the stimulus and the response.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

do you know what I think of every time someone uses the phrase "I came across...?"

shooting one's jizz across something.

There. i said it.

[–] M137@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I came across your mom the other day.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

If you could see the reality of what you just said, she was a hemiplegic in a wheelchair, she had bed sores, she is now cremated and sprinkled over her parents in a graveyard.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Using artwork without compensating the artist smh my head

[–] manuallybreathing@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago
[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

Beat me to it lol

[–] ItsMeForRealNow@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

They definitely practiced. Someone taught them. Damn.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

What we see probably isn't even the full image, either. They probably put more details and colors on it and stuff, that's just the outline. How else do you teach your buddies about what bears look like?

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Is banana for scale a thing in lemmy? Maybe it's bear sized and some cave owner painted his wall with an outline using his natural bear spirograph.

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago