Training goals

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BCsven@lemmy.ca · 72 pts · 192d (21 replies)

Ha. Nice. What is interesting about that scenario is the human would be loading up on protein (probably meat based diet) and working hard to gain that, and the gorillas sit around eating a vegetarian diet and have massive muscle mass just because.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 52 pts · 192d (15 replies)

gorillas sit around eating a vegetarian diet and have massive muscle mass just because they metabolize different kinds of protein MUCH more effectively than humans do and also are much more physically active than the average human

Fixed it for you.

anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 192d (7 replies)

This would, of course, change if said gorilla had to sit at a desk for 40 hours a week.

BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 33 pts · 192d (3 replies)

Definitely a little but probably not as much as you'd think.

Humans produce a protein that forcibly limits our muscle growth and its impact is kinda crazy. Gorillas produce a bit of it too, but it's a drastically lower amount. It's called myostatin if I remember right, there is a dog that sometimes has a mutation where they barely produce it too and the differences between a regular one and a mutated one is pretty extreme. Look into 'Bully Whippets' if you want some interesting reads.

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 9 pts · 192d

If this web search leads me to some fetish site I'm gonna get mad at you. Or a bit horny, depends on the kink I guess.

anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 192d

TIL 😄

ICastFist@programming.dev · 4 pts · 190d

I've seen photos of super muscular cattle, it's crazy to the point that cows have difficulty birthing calves.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 192d (1 reply)

i dunno. a silverback gorilla would have much the same reaction as i would to PC LOAD LETTER

anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 192d

Fair

lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 190d

I mean... The zoo gorillas were looking pretty jacked the last time I saw them.

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 10 pts · 192d (3 replies)
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 192d (2 replies)

aw dude why waste all that nuclear waste on a gorilla when you could have a mandrill bite you

cool faces and inflatable asses. why would you pass that up.

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 6 pts · 192d (1 reply)
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 192d

it seems more like we've found a (dear gods gag me but it's the right word) synergy we could exploit

GraniteM@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 192d

But what if the gorillas stopped sitting around and actually worked to build muscle mass? We've never actually seen a gorilla that was trying to get as big and as strong as he could.

angrystego@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 192d

I don't know about the physical activity. Gorillas are known for not moving around much. But they lack the muscle size regulation that we have.

BCsven@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 192d

Well That was my point, we work at it they don't. And most of bro dude protein intake is wasted

Ephera@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 192d (2 replies)

I was gonna object that it's a vegan diet, because they're presumably not gonna do eggs or milk, but apparently not strictly vegetarian either:

Mountain gorillas spend about a quarter of their day eating, mainly plants. Around 85% of their diet is made up of leaves, shoots and stems, but gorillas can also eat larvae, snails, ants, and even roots, barks and rotting wood (a good source of sodium/salt).

https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/gorillas

scintilla@crust.piefed.social · 9 pts · 192d (1 reply)

There is basically nothing that isn't a. opportunistic carnivore. Eating meat is just way more efficient (in terms of nutrition and calorie density) than eating plants.

ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 192d
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o1011o@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 192d

Bro vegan athletes win in the olympics, in strong man, in sprints, in marathons, all over the place. They have to work hard for it, sure, but there's nothing special about meat protein.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 192d
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o1011o@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 192d (1 reply)

This hurts me. The term is 'yoked' as in strong as an ox that can bear a yoke, not 'yolked' as in somehow related to egg slime. Hugging gorillas is very wholesome though.

ICastFist@programming.dev · 6 pts · 190d

Yolked because of all the albumin

saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 192d (4 replies)

Also being able to open that one pickle jar without the neighbor kid laughing at me.

sefra1@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 192d

I will never be able to open that one pickle jar without the Xelayan kid laughing at me.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 192d

Knive in jar lid side, wiggle until it bubbles.

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 192d

Bottle opener. Or spoon, even. Just barely lift the edge of the lid to let in a little air.

anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 190d

Hold it upside down and strike it with the underside of your fist. It lets air in like the knife method while looking badass.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 192d (8 replies)

*yoked

Maybelline@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 192d

I was looking for an egg joke. It's as egg as the nose on plain's face.

PrimeErective@startrek.website · 6 pts · 192d (6 replies)

I always thought from hearing it that it meant they ate a lot of raw eggs, since that is sometimes associated with bodybuilding. I guess it means you look like an animal that would normally be yoked together to pull a plough or some such

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 192d

Nope, just a homophone. Though several companies cash in on body building pseudoscience with that.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yoked

dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 192d (3 replies)

No it's like how you yoke an ox or draft horse.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 192d (2 replies)
tpyo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d (1 reply)

I'm very sad that they didn't put together "large barge"

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d

well it looks like we've got to recut it

Anivia@feddit.org · 1 pts · 190d

No actual bodybuilder eats raw eggs, raw eggwhites have significantly lower bioavailability than cooked ones. And if you live in the US they are a salmonella risk as well

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 12 pts · 192d

Because they want other guys to find them attractive.

sundray@lemmus.org · 12 pts · 192d

If you don’t train: “I love you, brother but you’re hug game is weak.”

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 192d (4 replies)

That won't work. That guy is going to get his arms ripped off.

What a fucking idiot.

Maroon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 191d (3 replies)
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spykee@lemmings.world · 7 pts · 191d

Dicks out for Harambe!

JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 190d (1 reply)

But humans attacking gorillas and getting their organs ripped out are a different story.

MathiasTCK@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d

He's got a hug!

cardboardchris@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 192d (1 reply)

So yolked! I bet he drives a souped-up car!

tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 192d

Or that he beats his wife with a whisk.

^too^ ^far?^ ^too^ ^far.^

irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 192d (1 reply)

Are they fighting or hugging

snooggums@piefed.world · 11 pts · 192d

Hugging, look at those smiles!

Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 192d (4 replies)

Yolked? Maybe that's part of the joke, but you can't trust anyone to use words right in a professional setting like webcomics.

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 2 pts · 192d (1 reply)
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Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 192d

Maybe one is a malapropism of the other? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Yoked

Anivia@feddit.org · 2 pts · 190d

I think it's just engagement bait, and it seems to be working

themoken@startrek.website · 1 pts · 192d
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einlander@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 192d

Return to Monke.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 192d

Jane Goodall wasn't jacked.

EDIT: Actually, I should've used Dian Fossey as my example since Goodall studied chimpanzees. Fossey wasn't jacked either, though.

FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org · 5 pts · 192d

For harambre!

anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 192d

Dudes rock