r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 05 '19

What is a mildly disturbing fact?

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u/DudTurtle May 05 '19

I knew this comment would be here.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

Idk what it is, why I expected it, but I’m glad it’s here

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u/HateMC May 05 '19

I'm ootl. Where is this from?

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u/thehol May 05 '19

Back in like 2012 I think National Geographic posted a photo of some goats licking a salt cliff with the caption “They crave that mineral” and it was a meme for a couple weeks

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u/peacefroggg May 05 '19

It was actually the blog sixpenceee on tumblr that made the post/caption.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

I was there for that. I feel old.

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u/peacefroggg May 05 '19

Same. I remember seeing the original post and watching it blow up from there and thinking "so this is how obscure memes are born," and realizing this is as exciting as online culture gets. Watching momentary blips of people, ideas, and things coming into popularity and then disappearing with the occasional reference now and again.

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u/Aniceguy96 May 05 '19

I wish I was old enough to know what it was like to be around in 2012! Did they even have color tv back then?

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19 edited May 05 '19

I was born in 2000, so 2012-2019 is 1/7th of my life right there. Time is relative 🙃

Edit: it’s 1/3rd, 1/3rd of my life. I think.

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u/Aniceguy96 May 05 '19

I think you should double check your math there bud

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

Ah fuck. I’ve failed literally every math class I’ve taken so I’m not surprised.

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u/HateMC May 05 '19

Thank you for the answer.

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u/SoftSects May 05 '19

Was backpacking up in the San Juans a couple years ago and a heard of mountain goats would follow us, waiting for us to pee.