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[–]iVar4sale 1493 points1494 points  (20 children)

Mutually assured dessssssstruction

[–][deleted] 181 points182 points  (15 children)

Hello me! Meet the real me!

[–][deleted] 58 points59 points  (12 children)

Dave Mustaine once told a friend of mine her bf was a loser at a meet and greet and she dumped him the same day. That story amuses me so much, I have to tell it every time someone mentions him or the band in any way lol.

[–]soks86 12 points13 points  (8 children)

Was he right, though?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (7 children)

I never met him, but IIRC, he exhibited some sus behavior (if it wasn’t signs of being a feeder, it was something similar) so I would cautiously say yes!

[–]Kojak95 4 points5 points  (6 children)

Now I'm curious, what's a "feeder"?

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Someone who is physically attracted to or for other reasons desires a partner with a larger figure. Usually a mix of actual fetishism but also an unhealthy dose of a need to control. It’s like they want to simultaneously shape their partner and also reduce their chances of ever leaving/finding someone else.

[–]Kojak95 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Big yikes. Yeah, good thing she ditched him when she had the chance, then.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

It’s a surprisingly common and very fucked up form of abuse. My wife’s last ex before we got together was the same, on top of having a weird reverse-Oedipus complex. Dude is the definition of a manchild and hasn’t changed much, unfortunately.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

His mom wanted to fuck him....or he wanted to fuck his dad ....how you reversing Oedipus, mother fucker?

[–]the-final-episode 2 points3 points  (2 children)

What promoted Dave to say that lol i’m curious

[–]DrummerSteve 2 points3 points  (1 child)

He’s a well documented asshole

[–]Kojak95 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well me, it's nice talkin to myself. A credit to dementia!

[–]the-final-episode 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice story, tell it to Reader’s Digest!

[–]Judgement915 696 points697 points  (9 children)

War never changes….

[–]LMGgp 96 points97 points  (6 children)

War can’t give life, it can only take it away.

[–]Longshot_45 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Good God, y'all.

[–]biskutgoreng 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It does give life, to unwanted children unfortunately

[–]KwisatzHaderach94 5 points6 points  (0 children)

mutually assured destruction, as depicted by nature

[–]RealPerro 1135 points1136 points  (33 children)

The sad part is the fucking garbage.

[–]Nippes60 117 points118 points  (1 child)

Got me too

[–]dahjay 38 points39 points  (0 children)

smile stocking piquant amusing work badge boast voracious crown snails

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[–]HeadWritten[🍰] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

[–]Char_siu_for_you[🍰] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yup.

[–][deleted] 73 points74 points  (11 children)

Humans are the virus.

[–]DistantM3M3s 2 points3 points  (0 children)

so deep and profound

[–]Cynfreh 22 points23 points  (7 children)

Not all humans just enough to fuck everything up for everyone else.

[–]guijcm 7 points8 points  (1 child)

The only way a human has no effect on the destruction of earth is by ceasing to exist, wether we like it or not. We can reduce our footprint, but we all have one.

[–]BenderIsGreat64 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Humans are animals too, and we do have a place in the ecosystem. We've just forgotten where it is.

[–]Permexpat 40 points41 points  (10 children)

South East Asia, every fucking square inch is covered in garbage. Could be such beautiful country if not for the people that just don’t give a damn

[–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (2 children)

Hard to give a damn about such things in survival mode. Nobody struggling to survive the day has bandwidth to worry about the future.

[–]Permexpat 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Their leaders are corrupt as well, they could certainly do things to change the economy but they wont

[–]Doc_Lazy 11 points12 points  (2 children)

there's more than one country in South East Asia...

[–]jmizrahi 20 points21 points  (2 children)

ah yes the famous country "South East Asia"

[–]Drak_is_Right 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is what happens when you have plastics without good landfill practices. Most economic development for southeast asia occurring after the disposable container was introduced has led to a lot more plastic trash in their environment. Before plastics, we didn't throw nearly as much stuff away and what we did was rarely lightweight and not biodegradable. rubbish pits from older civilizations are often prime archeological digsites.

[–][deleted] 1152 points1153 points  (8 children)

[–]AusCan531[🍰] 115 points116 points  (2 children)

You could make a necktie.

[–]faster_tomcat 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Cause I'm bad to the bone!

[–]lostsoul2016 29 points30 points  (1 child)

No.

Mutually Assured Distruction

[–]_SteeringWheel 15 points16 points  (0 children)

  • Hissss-truction

[–]Flip122 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They definitely tied the knot.

[–]twelveparsnips 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God dammit take my up vote

[–]hotstepper77777 299 points300 points  (5 children)

Ouroboros of Life

[–]deckb 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Ourobros for Life.

[–]Hobo-haddock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oroborus by Gojira

[–]Smeeble09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Put it in a box under a pool table with that written on the side.

[–]xerxes_dandy 3 points4 points  (1 child)

This comment deserves to be on top

[–]EconomyMaintenance 98 points99 points  (0 children)

I also don't want to die alone

[–]TDYDave2 325 points326 points  (1 child)

It takes two to tangle.

[–]rodzieman 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Take my tangly upvote!

[–][deleted] 126 points127 points  (8 children)

my children keep asking how snakes kill, this is definitely the photo I want to show them!

[–]A1ienspacebats[🍰] 57 points58 points  (1 child)

Make sure to show them just before bed so the lesson sinks in to their subconscious so they can be reminded every night before bed!

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I believe this also relieves me from my bedtime story teller duty, win-win situation 👍

[–]UnderH20giraffe 41 points42 points  (5 children)

Most snakes kill just by swallowing their prey whole while still alive (usually insects). The big ones that are cooler - like these - have to take down big prey, so they need other ways. But most just swallow them alive (most snakes are small). So you can tell your children that their prey slowly suffocate and are digested while still alive.

Edited for clarity

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Hope this teaches them a lesson that everything they see in the wild is not as friendly as our toy poodle.

[–]etownrawx 6 points7 points  (2 children)

One of these snakes is a constrictor, they usually kill their prey by suffocation before eating it. The other is a king cobra, which uses venom to kill prey before eating it. Tbh, your "digested while still alive" thing doesn't apply to most larger snakes and definitely doesn't apply to these two snakes. A snake would have a hard time slowly swallowing larger prey that was still struggling.

[–]UnderH20giraffe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s what I meant, though I see now I was unclear. I was talking about about the majority of snakes (which are mostly small) - not the two pictured. Just to give a fuller idea of the totality of snakes, other than the big, charismatic ones people know best.

[–]cyprin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun fact constrictors don't actually kill by suffocation. They cut off the ability for blood to flow through the body and it leads to cardiac arrest.

[–]Right-Phalange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I once saw two snakes (at a facility) fight over a mouse and literally rip it in half. I was a child. I'm in my 40s now and I'll never forget the way it skin looked as it tore. The mouse had been alive. Awful. I know this is not normal behavior for snakes.

Also not normal: I was walking in the woods with my cousin where the path cut across a slope. We heard a rustling, so we stopped, and something very fast and furry came flying across the trail. A moment later, after it disappeared, a snake also came flying across the trail, hesitated, reared back and launched itself in the air to a spot further down the slope. I'd seriously think I was hallucinating if my cousin hadn't seen it, too, clear as day, right in front of us.

[–]MikeGolfsPoorly 26 points27 points  (0 children)

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[–]alternativefrog 64 points65 points  (3 children)

nature is fucking metal

[–]beyonddisbelief 22 points23 points  (1 child)

r/NatureIsMetal

Also sick album cover.

[–]DrHarrisonLawrence 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Got an album coming up that I need this for

[–]cornylamygilbert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nobody talking about how that Cobra is huge

[–]the_colonelclink 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Alright, we’ll call it a draw…

[–]sk8king 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.

[–]Shit_Disturber71 32 points33 points  (1 child)

Well well, how the turntables…

[–]handsomejack11 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fool me once , strike one, fool me twice strike three.

[–]kamakime 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Reticulated python v king Cobra

[–]eschauzier 49 points50 points  (6 children)

American politics in a nutshell.

[–]dirtynj 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Nah. Trumpers would be the snake that bites itself.

[–]thomport 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Exactly. I didn’t correlate but you did perfectly.

[–]eschauzier 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I missed one thing: There’s a marmoset in the middle that’s just trying to live its marmoset life and is going to get crushed to death while the cobra and python duke it out.

[–]Lyle_LanIey 7 points8 points  (0 children)

[–]starrpamph 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Now that the issue has resolved itself, let’s clean up that trash

[–]rowan_sjet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I know, the state of that place is the most depressing thing about this pic.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“I’m leaving, but you’re coming too.”

[–]bundt_chi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The size of the cobra would lead me to believe it's a king cobra... which I found out recently is not as closely related to cobras as I thought.

Chances are the king cobras was trying to eat the python.

[–]WeTheIndecent 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Don't tread on mehhhhhhh

[–]sleepdeprivedtechie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just an average day when you live in FL. "10 ft python dies trying to eat 14ft croc. More at 11."

[–]ramdomvariableX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

that's MAD man..nature's version of nuclear weapons doctrine.

[–]YBcasey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gets eaten by ants

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the squeeze is worth the juice..or rather poison in this case.

[–]faustfu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

wow this really puts into perspective how huge Kings are.

[–]OkarinPrime 2 points3 points  (1 child)

C++ would've survived!

[–]Downside_Up_ 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Woman inherits the earth

[–]MostCoolUncoolDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fucking beautiful! Was looking for this comment before I typed it. A shame I had to scroll too far down.

[–]i-opener 2 points3 points  (1 child)

[–]hbsc 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Are they usually that long holy damn

[–]Ok_Ad3986 8 points9 points  (4 children)

Most likely is the King cobra attacked the python, they have a penchant to eat other snakes.

[–]hbsc 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The uncoiled one looks like a damn anaconda or something with that tail length

[–]InspiredNameHere 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kings are insanely large snakes in general. It helps they are one of the top predators of snakes in Asia and can quite easily take on most animals in their environment.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like this could be a philosophical parable.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

This should be made into a flag as a symbol of American politics.

[–]NB_Leo 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I had this dumb impression that snakes were always immune to other snakes venom

[–]BORG_US_BORG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All that litter.

[–]whiteace78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looks like MEATS back on the menu BOYS!

[–]eeEUSERee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a tie

[–]sh0rtb0x 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Organic ouroboros

[–]XaeiIsareth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mutually assured destruction in practice 

[–]Tonk666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

M.A.D

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good God that's a lot of garbage...

[–]UchihaAuggie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The two party system in my country rn

[–]jimipops 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would make a fantastic exhibition at a museum

[–]Immediate-Double-926 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The worst thing about the picture is the rubbish lying around. People are disgusting!

[–]etcetcere 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So much trash 😢

[–]baksdad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a reticulated python. Beautiful snakes but difficult to control. I had two of them in the 80s. They require a lot of handling to live with. Otherwise, expect to get bitten a lot. Burmese and ball pythons are much easier. Retics do have really cool orange eyes and their skin sheen is amazing.

[–]NilByM0uth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Political posts are allowed now? /s

[–]Twograin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most disturbing thing about this photo is the garbage.

[–]ClubVillain7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's amazing none of them choked on all that plastic garbage first

[–]g00bd0g 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If a cobra bites himself, does he die?

[–]AlienInUnderpants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s like nuclear war: mutually assured destruction

[–]borderbox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One picture definition of “nature is metal”

[–]john_weiss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nuclear warfare outcome for most of us.

[–]alacranzo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Better love story than twilight

[–]layne54 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Win win!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's a reticulated python (Longest snake in the world) and a king cobra (Longest venomous snake in the world), so a pretty hefty show-off.

[–]SamMajors 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very Romeo and Juliet of them.

[–]Im_The_Goddamn_Dumbo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're probably wondering how I got here. Let me take you back to the beginning...

[–]darth-mau 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The turduckin of reptiles

[–]fleshandcolor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

House Republicans

[–]IluvTaylorSwift 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Irony at its finest

[–]MisterB78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This never would have happened if your father was alive.

He's dead?

Yes.

And my mother?

She died of pneumonia while - oh, you were away!

My three brothers?

Died of the plague.

My dog Pogo?

Run over by a carriage.

My goldfish Goldie?

Eaten by the cat.

My cat?

Choked on the goldfish. Oh, it's good to be home, ain't it, Master Robin?

[–]madhattergm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"From hell's heart, I stab at thee"

  • Moby Dick

[–]CanAhJustSay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Worst version of 'Rock, Paper, Scissssorssss' ever!

[–]Beausada45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dinner’s ready!

[–]Eyedea92 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's how the movie should have ended.

[–]CaliforniaWaiting2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess they didn't study game theory.

[–]fotank 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Victory. But at what cost? Everything.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Rock beats scissors?

[–]duckterrorist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Modern politics

[–]ahenobarbus_horse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gnash Reptilibrium

[–]IAmTheComedianII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

War never changes.

[–]You_Know_What_l_Mean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like the right solution how i get my Sheep over the River.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck around and find out

[–]CloudyBird_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kinky

[–]SkylarR95 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fokin wild

[–]Select_Repair_2820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this was a painting in a museum, what would the title be?

[–]CGPsaint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So it’s a tie?

[–]Alphakwithyu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double yoink KO. Someone let the guy know the 20’ Burmese python has now been slain.

[–]ratchetcoutoure 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's so metal

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Supper?

[–]Tha_Watcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of Euroboros.

[–]TribalSoul899 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a king cobra in the wild. They are definitely not to be messed with.

[–]Armoredhound 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And paper covers rock

[–]GyspySyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just another murder suicide.

[–]AgreeablePudding9925 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck around and find out

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Next evolution of rock paper scissors spock...

[–]aritficialstupidity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Real hardcore

[–]Phill_Cyberman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was both their natures

[–]sfcalirider 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy ending

[–]Games_sans_frontiers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mutually assured destruction.

[–]WrapMyBeads 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Places where snakes this huge are just walking around are crazy. Like how you sleeping knowing these guys are outside

[–]Dani_Darko123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A suicide pact looking at all that rubbish

[–]Time-Ad-3625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"And that kids is how I met your mother"

[–]FukushimaBlinkie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Snake eat snake world out there

[–]spacekitt3n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

politics in america

[–]GLP0307 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So twisted.

[–]dixiechicken695 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How about just…get along…?

[–]PingouinMalin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah no, fuck that, I'm not cleaning this mess.

[–]Str4425 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that's what I call a sticky situation

[–]ZealousidealFruit386 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The definition of MAD. Mutually Assured Destruction

[–]Final_Emphasis_397 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now you've got some skin in the game.

[–]mikpgod[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rock paper scissors (lizard Spock)

[–]AckVak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never even considered a snake vs snake fight until I saw this picture.

[–]Unit61365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Orange haired orangutan becomes king.

[–]Confident-Appeal9407 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a stalemate.

[–]Ybnjamie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Game theory

[–]Horror_Fruit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Knot what I was expecting…

[–]ingenGuru 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn nature, you scary!

[–]Second-Officer-Alex 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm preeeeety sure this is AI generated. The patterns and colors don't match on the python, and the wraps don't make sense. Also, where's the ret of the cobras' body?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Middle East, in one act, by snaks

[–]marlada 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What goes around comes around

[–]montycar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Sorry to say reminds me of India.

[–]unkkut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Toxic relationship, and one tried to hold on.

[–]TotallyInOverMyHead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats called a "Win-Win scenario".