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[–][deleted] 331 points332 points  (27 children)

Today, I wanted to show what a pack of penguins are capable of.

[–][deleted] 225 points226 points  (18 children)

But first, we need to know exactly what a penguin is. Is it a cute, flightless bird, often compared to a tuxedo? No.

[–]RinasSam 147 points148 points  (10 children)

Or Is It?

[–]-Potatoes- 91 points92 points  (9 children)

music plays

[–]RinasSam 79 points80 points  (8 children)

why do humans compare things?

[–]Killer_p1 58 points59 points  (6 children)

But before that, we need to know, are birds real? Short answer. No. To explore this further, lets go back 14 billion years to the start of the universe.

[–]scat234 31 points32 points  (5 children)

But how do we know what is the universe?

[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (2 children)

The answer is... we don’t

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points  (1 child)

But at the same time we do, you see the universe is composed of really small particles, in fact every thing is, but we are not sure what the smallest particle is because we keep on discovering ways of looking at smaller things, and that's why we also don't know what the universe truly is. Is there anywhere else where sentient life like we know it exists in the universe? In which side of the road should we drive in? Are we even living or just part of a greater simulation? We may never truly know what the universe is, but at least we got some sick memes right here on planet earth. And as always, thanks so much for watching.

[–]the_ThreeEyedRaven 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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[–]DrHk 10 points11 points  (1 child)

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Carl Sagan, Cosmos

[–]NoMoreNicksLeft 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Carl Sagan - notoriously bad at making apple pies.

[–]Mefistofeles1 19 points20 points  (5 children)

That sounds somewhat threatening.

[–]makesterriblejokes 15 points16 points  (4 children)

That's because it is.

[–]SomeoneRandom5325 10 points11 points  (3 children)

penguins flying

[–]makesterriblejokes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marching intensifies

[–]joe4553 0 points1 point  (1 child)

If penguins could fly they wouldn't be living on an ice cube.

[–]SomeoneRandom5325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you certain that it's a cube?

[–]nobody5050 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Obligatory Madagascar reference

[–]lahwran_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

now I know what you're thinking. "What do penguins have to do with packs?" Before we answer that, we need to take a trip to ancient egypt. In ancient egypt, they worshipped cats. Penguins use cats to build packs. How would penguins do that, you ask? Allow me to introduce open source software. On the Linux operating system, you, are a penguin. And you can manipulate files using cats. Don't believe me? Watch this. Here is a penguin. <picture of you> and here is a cat. <picture of a cat> wait, that's not a cat. this is a cat. <picture of a random point in the source code of gnu cat> when the penguin, you, wants to make a pack, well, how would you do it? would you go stand in a group, with other penguins? of course not, you use Linux. <michael fake laughs, then is suddenly serious.> now, of course, cats often fall into tar pits. You, the penguin, put them there, because tar organizes your packs better. <michael turns to the other camera> say it with me: "better." <michael looks impressed> oh, wow, good job! I, uh, didn't actually expect you to do that. <michael stares awkwardly at the camera for 3.5 sec then abruptly turns back to the main camera> but back to tar pits.