Their body is smaller but a newborn zebra foal's legs are almost as long as an adult's. This is to help them keep up and also to make it harder to spot them among the herd, as lions tend to target the young and infirm.
IMO generational is -relevant or pertaining to a particular generation- but what was really meant in the meme is that this is something people have talked about for a long time, in fact for multiple generations, and generations are irrelevant to what's being discussed. Ancient would be a better adjective or time honoured, or age old. Zebra stripe debates aren't particular to gen alpha, gen z, millenials, or boomers.
I just think generational is a trope in and of itself and is losing its meaning through over use.
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I didn't forget gen x I left them out on purpose to trigger them.
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70 Comments
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 203 pts · 26d
It just fueled the debate more. I don't see a lack of stripes, I see an oversized stripe.
iocase@lemmy.zip · 86 pts · 26d
Is the zebra black with white stripes, or gold with blue stripes?
luciferofastora@feddit.org · 7 pts · 24d
Ooh, I'd forgotten that one! I gotta add that to my "ask young people about memes before their time so I can feel even older" list
iocase@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 24d
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 39 pts · 26d
OMG, Becky. Look at his stripe.
Must be wunna them thicc fellas, mm.
(trn: orig. zêbra; src: Gary Larson*)tomiant@piefed.world · 2 pts · 26d
*Larson
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 25d
Good eye! 🤘🏼
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 26d
Shave a zebra and you'll find out
Erusset@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 26d
The stripes ran in the wash
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 93 pts · 26d
Zebras have black skin. They are black with white stripes.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 50 pts · 26d
That's only big zebra propaganda
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 26d
Are there small zebras?
EnchiladaRaisins@lemmy.zip · 54 pts · 26d
Yes. Shortly after birth.
la508@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 26d
Their body is smaller but a newborn zebra foal's legs are almost as long as an adult's. This is to help them keep up and also to make it harder to spot them among the herd, as lions tend to target the young and infirm.
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 19 pts · 26d
They're black with white and black stripes.
cockmushroom@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 26d
Are white people stripey, too?
Enkrod@feddit.org · 47 pts · 26d
All humans are stripey, it's just that the lines are usually invisible.
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 26d
I wanna see my stripes
Dearth@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 26d
I think they're visible to certain wavelengths of light?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 26d
OK? I still wanna see them
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 25d
Change my to your and this has some very weird serial killer vibes
I want to see your stripes
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 25d
Well, I was trying to be less creepy.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 24d
Hey, I'll take authentically creepy over dishonest 'normal' behavior any day
Edit: unless you want to see my stripes
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
I wanna see your stripes
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 26d
huh. looks kinda like where my stretch marks from eds wound up.
Murse@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 26d
There's also Langar's Lines, which are a large factor in where your surgeon decides to cut!
Venator@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 26d
White horses can have black skin too...
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 26d
You mean black horses with one big, white stripe?
Damage@feddit.it · 1 pts · 25d
That opens the door to a lot of interesting grooming possibilities
Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone · 76 pts · 26d
So THAT'S how a horse would wear pants
mal3oon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 25d
That's a stealing look.
frunch@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 26d
Looking like one of the less-redacted Epstein Files
blurry@feddit.org · 22 pts · 26d
Defragmentation sponsored by Microsoft
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 26d
You can tell it's real because after it's all said and done, it's still hella fragmented.
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 26d
Is Bella over my head, or is it supposed to be "hella?"
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 26d
Whoops, typos
natecox@programming.dev · 18 pts · 25d
Ok but does it lack stripes, or does it have too many stripes?
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 25d
Or just a small number of really thick stripes.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 26d
Their body sleeve is only partially done
SPRUNTnsfw@fedinsfw.app · 11 pts · 26d
Or is just a really bad cover up.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 26d
They had to get some stuff covered up from their time in the service
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 26d
Neat, a lot of the time you just see pictures of zebras with funky coats as foals and not as adults, but this one looks pretty grown.
tomiant@piefed.world · 13 pts · 26d
It was time to try something new. I respect that.
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 25d
I still can’t determine its speed or direction.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 26d
Sorry, i got distracted with my sharpie
texture@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 24d
what debate
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 24d
Black with white stripes or white with black stripes.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 25d
"What's black and white and red all over, bitch??"
tetris11@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 25d
A newspaper
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 25d
It occurs to me that that joke doesn't work as well as it used to since newspapers are much less widely read now.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 25d
😢
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 25d
"What's black and white and read by Boomers?"
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 25d
The Bible? If you only read one passage at a time?
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 24d
Does generational mean anything specific in this meme or does it just mean huge? When did generational stop meaning pertaining to a generation?
Jarix@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 24d
Meaning multiple generations of people have debated the question
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 24d
So it's a multi-generational debate?
Jarix@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
That's what is being said yes
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 24d
I guess it just seems like sloppy use of language to me.
now get off my lawn
Jarix@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
Oh interesting, as something of a pedant myself, I didn't see anything wrong with it, what would be the difference in your eyes?
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 24d
I've exhausted my interest in this but
IMO generational is -relevant or pertaining to a particular generation- but what was really meant in the meme is that this is something people have talked about for a long time, in fact for multiple generations, and generations are irrelevant to what's being discussed. Ancient would be a better adjective or time honoured, or age old. Zebra stripe debates aren't particular to gen alpha, gen z, millenials, or boomers.
I just think generational is a trope in and of itself and is losing its meaning through over use.
::: spoiler Title I didn't forget gen x I left them out on purpose to trigger them. :::
Jarix@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23d
Thanks for the response!
Im not triggered though lol.
I agree with that but only from a cultural perspective, not if someone is talking generations of a family or in regards to heredity/family
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 24d
Generations of kids have wondered if zebras are black with white stripes or white with black stripes.
graycube@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 26d
That is what happens when Mr Ed gets caught in the rain.
Hule@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 25d
Khumba! Is that you?
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org · 3 pts · 25d
It's not just a phase moooom
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 26d
Wow, I have a very distinct line on my arm where my skin gets lighter, always wondered why but now I know
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 26d
Have you been tested for chimerism?
PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 24d
"Dear, how to tell you this... your dad was a donkey."
Reborn_Mormon@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 25d
That's a zobra
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · -1 pts · 26d
Blacked.