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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

Apparently this reminder is needed.

It is a meme.

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[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Both the first and second row are the same. Seal.

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

What kind of "tHaNk yOu fOr yOuR sErViCe"-brain nonsense made you think anything but a sliver of people would look at "man with gun" and think Seal?

[-] norbert@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

Context clues? Every other image is of a seal.

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

For real. I'm Canadian. I had no idea that dude was a seal either by looking at the meme for the first time. I do, however, possess half a brain cell.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Not military but it was easy, given the context. Literally basic critical thinking

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz -4 points 10 months ago

I don't think you know what critical thinking means because it isn't "aware of niche American military units"

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They've been reported on, popularized in western film/media for 30+ years but that isn't critical thinking. They just aren't very "niche".

You would use critical thinking to say " every other box is obviously a seal, so the first box, which I don't know, is also a seal. I wonder how, because I don't know much about military units, but am sure that's the name "seal" goes with box 1 too". That's critical thinking jimmy. Lemme know if you need help with your shoelaces or anything

[-] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz -1 points 10 months ago

That's inductive reasoning, Bobby, not critical thinking.

And yes, I gathered that this dude is apparently a seal of some sort, but that's not the English language, that's uncreative branding. It's the same word, reused, not a different word also spelled 'seal'.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago
[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Like navy seal, makes sense after it's explained, at least to an american

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Well, literally every other one here can be explained by the word seal and the meme is about how the words are the same. So...

That?

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