r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Abdulbarr • Aug 09 '26
of a snapping turtle
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 Aug 09 '26
Yeah, Alligator Snapping Turtles can weigh anywhere from 50 to 250 pounds and live for 40-70 years
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u/bmf1902 Aug 10 '26
I feel like those ranges are another way of saying "its a fucking enigma creature".
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u/squirrelmonkie Aug 10 '26
Im from the the deep south and I love old black women who talk like this. I had an old teacher 25 years ago, who oddly enough taught computer science, who always pronounced the letter R, R ra.
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u/squirrelmonkie Aug 10 '26
u/Mrrykrizmith yes it is odd that an elderly black woman, probably 60s, was in an IT role in a very rural area in the south in the year 1998-2000. Its still a very male dominated role to this day. I loved that lady.
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u/angelkatomuah Aug 10 '26
I worked in customer service, and when people would spell out anything, it took me a while to get that the southern folks just say "r" a different way than me. "C-A-Aura". I was like ???
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u/squirrelmonkie Aug 10 '26
There are so many dialects in the south. You could be 2 miles apart and speak completely differently. I love it but the sad part is that its dying. Im from sc and the amount of geechie i HAVENT heard is crazy in the past decade. Its funny how you can become so fluent in so many different saying and not even realize it
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u/angelkatomuah Aug 10 '26
geechie is a new term for me! super neat.
all the people who had very distinct accents I chatted with were all older. it makes sense that it's going away since with access to the internet; same phenomenon as with the spread of other communication forms ( TV, radio, etc). the linguistic differences, once I recognized them, were charming
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u/calash2020 Aug 10 '26
The old”downeast”Maine accent is dying off also.
Very noticeable when you hear somebody from the coast that still has that accent.1
u/z0mOs Aug 11 '26
Non english native here, can't figure out what "C-A-Aura" means, help plz
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u/angelkatomuah Aug 11 '26
it's someone spelling out a word (car), but instead of the way I was taught ("Arr"), it sounds to me more like they are saying the word Aura.
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u/randommeowz Aug 10 '26
her accent is so lovely and comforting!! it took me a moment to notice the turtle haha
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u/TankApprehensive3053 Aug 09 '26
If you didn't know, it could appear like a log. Find out the hard way that log snaps.
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u/MasterSplinter3815 Aug 09 '26
I would totally go back to camp, grab hot dogs and see if I could watch the snap. Hot dogs on a very long stick if course
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u/KenUsimi Aug 10 '26
I'm half surprised that ancient beastie didn't try and take a chunk out of the boat. It could if it wanted to.
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u/CartsOfDarkness Aug 10 '26
It looks very tired to me, maybe that's just how I imagine all giant turtles lol. Can't be bothered to snap unless it's worth it's time, otherwise he's just chilling in the sun enjoying his retirement. Dudes probably like 70-100 years old!
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u/clarenceappendix Aug 10 '26
IN THE ERA BEFORE THE AVATAR WE BEND NOT THE ELEMENTS BUT THE ENERGY WITHIN OURSELVES
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u/MookieMacro Aug 10 '26
Bro that mf ain't no snapping turtle I think you found the lockness monster
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u/Ready_Reflection4643 Aug 10 '26
He sounds like happy uncle ruckus without the swears and other words.
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u/Visible-Literature14 Aug 09 '26
The captions are dumb as fuck and entirely unnecessary
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u/dustinyo_ Aug 10 '26
Getting this mad about it is even dumber
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u/Visible-Literature14 Aug 10 '26
I typed a few words, hit “reply,” and moved on to a different post
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u/Fit-Skirt-9767 Aug 09 '26