• @Zink
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    Look at that face. That penguin STARTED with disdain for the poor.

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    1411 months ago

    This phenomenon is called convergent evolution and while it’s astonishing for the layperson, it’s a quite common thing in nature

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    11 months ago

    Monocles, pfft, the German name of the African Penguin is Brillenpinguin, literally eyeglasses penguin.

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        Also fun fact: at least in Poland top hats became proletarian headwear because the only people wearing them currently are the chimney sweepers.

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    11 months ago

    This had me in the first half, but the last sentence makes it clear it’s a complete fabrication with no basis in fact. Business tycoons have always had a disdain for the poor.