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[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 104 points 1 year ago

How do we know it was by memory? What if the bear held that person hostage for a very flattering painting

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 40 points 1 year ago

I've seen cartoons. That man and that bear were friends

[-] jasondj@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A good theory, but sadly this drawing predates the invention of the pickinick basket by at least 10 years. At least.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Not nearly as dark as I was gonna go.

I assume that chonker was tasty,

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

I immediately thought this poor artist was in the cave for days, periodically poking his head out, and the bear was still there, just waiting.

They got many close looks at that bear and had nothing to do but draw the thing that would finally kill them when they got desperate enough to make a run for it.

This painting might be like someone writing Jeff on the tile floor in their own blood. Or they became friends like in a Disney movie. I see no middle alternative.

Joking aside, that’s a phenomenal likeness.

[-] CareHare@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 year ago

It's a really nice cave drawing for sure. It even has a bit of a Disney vibe to it. I think it's because of the little ears.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Look for the bare necessities

The simple bare necessities

Forget about your worries and your strife

I mean the bare necessities

That's why a bear can rest at ease

With just the bare necessities of life

[-] victron@programming.dev 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For what? Communication is not happening, that's for sure.

[-] TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

Pantomiming to ask if they take commissions

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 points 1 year ago

I mean, they clearly have experience in the furry category.

[-] new_guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Not enough feet to be considered a furry artist

[-] CareHare@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

ThiNk aBoUT tHE eXp0SuRE!

[-] victron@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

This actually made me laugh.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

Goes back in time

Bro, awesome bear!

Dude, that's a cat...

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Goes back in time

Plot twist: its a self-portrait

[-] gens@programming.dev 22 points 1 year ago

If i came across a bear, i'd sure remember it.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In fact, the word "brown" is the morph of the original word for bear. Whatever humans used for brown was overshadowed long ago by the very experience of bear itself, and the color alone became a prevalent warning against that thing that is the single most terrifying brown in existence.

[-] sepia_sempervirens@yiffit.net 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, maybe. There's also a competing hypothesis that says it's the other way around, i.e. "bear" is derived from "brown"; the old word for "bear" became taboo, possibly for fear that speaking the beast's name would summon it. Either way, the fear of bears has certainly left a mark on the Germanic languages.

[-] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Orange too. What did those horrible citrus fruits do to our ancestors???

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Describes the stimulus and the response.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

do you know what I think of every time someone uses the phrase "I came across...?"

shooting one's jizz across something.

There. i said it.

[-] M137@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I came across your mom the other day.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you could see the reality of what you just said, she was a hemiplegic in a wheelchair, she had bed sores, she is now cremated and sprinkled over her parents in a graveyard.

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago
[-] ItsMeForRealNow@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

They definitely practiced. Someone taught them. Damn.

[-] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

What we see probably isn't even the full image, either. They probably put more details and colors on it and stuff, that's just the outline. How else do you teach your buddies about what bears look like?

[-] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Is banana for scale a thing in lemmy? Maybe it's bear sized and some cave owner painted his wall with an outline using his natural bear spirograph.

[-] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
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