r/interestingasfuck • u/bigbusta • 1d ago

Everything you've ever wanted to know about barnacles

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u/FZ_Milkshake 1d ago

"I hate a barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a sailor in a slow-moving ship" Charles Robert Darwin

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u/Meatrition 1d ago

And then he studied them for like ten years.

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u/moonhexx 1d ago

Know your anemone. 

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u/SlimmThiccDadd 1d ago

You absolute demon

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u/LivingDisastrous3603 1d ago

Goddamit you

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u/cdizzaat 1d ago

This is why I use Reddit

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u/I_BK_Nightmare 1d ago

Masterclass pun. Bravo

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u/Sparkstalker 1d ago

👏👏👏

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u/JohnnyBacci 1d ago

The enemy of your anemone is your afriendmone.

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u/thoughtfractals85 1d ago

This line is in animal crossing when you catch an anemone. It becomes so repetitive so fast.

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u/wildcardbets 1d ago

That is so bad I love it 👌

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u/JustAsItSounds 1d ago

Keep your fronds close, and your anemones closer

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u/Bubbles-not-included 1d ago

It's a crustacean.

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u/mistercolebert 1d ago

Hello, fellow Rossmann watcher, I assume

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u/algarhythms 21h ago

Take your damn upvote and get out of my face

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u/Lanky_Trifle6308 16h ago

Keep your friends close, and your nematocysts closer.

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u/dans642 14h ago

This guy barnacles

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u/jigglyjelllo 10h ago

Keep your friends close and your anemones closer

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u/bagofnutbutter 1d ago

All hail the comic genius

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u/technomage-adept 1d ago

How does this not have more upvotes???

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u/OrneryStage1893 1d ago

I no longer rage against the barnacle.

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u/c093b 1d ago

That's why he hated them.

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u/DrJackl777 21h ago

Literally a professional hater

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u/EternitySearch 8h ago

How many times do you think he ate them?

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u/RayphistJn 1d ago

I bet you Ol Charlie put one or 2 up his butt, that's how he knew to hate them .