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[–] o1011o@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

What a fucking idiot.

[–] Maroon@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

There are no known cases of Gorillas attacking humans.

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] spykee@lemmings.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Dicks out for Harambe!

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 68 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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 46 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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.

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.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Brb gonna go throw a gorilla into some nuclear waste and get it to bite me.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because mandrillman is already my tinder profile name.

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 3 points 1 day ago

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 2 points 1 day ago

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.

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[–] o1011o@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 points 1 day ago

I was raised vegetarian and still am but i learned how to hunt and clean game just in case

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[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] sefra1@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

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

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Knive in jar lid side, wiggle until it bubbles.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

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

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Maybelline@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago

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

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

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 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are they fighting or hugging

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 9 points 1 day ago

Hugging, look at those smiles!

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[–] cardboardchris@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Or that he beats his wife with a whisk.

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

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 12 points 1 day ago

Because they want other guys to find them attractive.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 11 points 1 day ago

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

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Return to Monke.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago

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

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[–] FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

For harambre!

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