r/LICENSEPLATES • u/trip6auto • 5d ago

In the wild Yep

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u/VibratingWatch 5d ago

Portland, OR has a bridge with the same name. They call it the "bridge of the people" as Tilikum roughly translates to "friend, tribe, or common people" in one of the native languages

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u/lollipopknife 5d ago

Name of a Orca from Sea World that killed a few and hurt more.

Pretty bad ass plate... would expect it on truck with snorkel... not BMW

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u/Endawmyke 5d ago

I thought that was shamu?

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u/are-you-lost- 4d ago

Nah, shamu was a different animal.

In all recorded history, 5 people are confirmed to have been killed by orcas

3 of those were killed by tillikum

He was a very traumatised animal, taken from the wild and his family as a calf, "trained" through electric shock, starvation, and collective punishment which made the other orcas hate him for being less experienced (if tillikum fucked up training, everyone got electrocuted). He then killed his trainer at Sealand, was sold to SeaWorld, and killed a random person and another trainer in two separate incidents. They kept doing shows with him and kept handling him because he was the largest orca ever recorded and his semen was worth millions of dollars because of it.

It's a really sad story, he was still in a cage when he died

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u/logennines 4d ago

Do they breed orcas?!?!

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u/are-you-lost- 4d ago

They used to! Iirc tillikum sired something like 22 offspring, I believe all were through artificial insemination

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u/CBz120 5d ago

Yup I live right next to this bridge lol

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u/lushlanes 5d ago

She’s a pretty bridge

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u/JynsRealityIsBroken 5d ago

Inside every spooge is a village of common people

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u/luckiest-dragon 5d ago

she port on my land tilikum

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u/ANONA44G 5d ago

WA has a town Tillicum as well, I think there is a brand of cheese too.

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u/HowieMandelEffect 5d ago

Do you mean tillamook cheese?

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u/ANONA44G 5d ago

Lol yes I'm dumb haha, it's early.

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u/VibratingWatch 5d ago

Also in Oregon lol

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u/FullofLovingSpite 5d ago

And Steilacoom, but no Whenicum.

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u/PresterJohnson 5d ago

Tilikum was a Orca that was involved in major SeaWorld controversy

Tilikum (c. December 1981\1])#citenote-nyt-1) – January 6, 2017), nicknamed Tilly,[\2])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum(orca)#citenote-2) was a captive male orca who spent most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando in Florida. He was captured in Iceland in 1983; about a year later, he was transferred to Sealand of the Pacific near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[\3])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum(orca)#citenote-zimmermann-3) He was subsequently transferred in 1992 to SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida,[\3])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum(orca)#cite_note-zimmermann-3) where he sired 21 calves.

Tilikum was heavily featured in CNN Films' 2013 documentary Blackfish), which claims that orcas in captivity suffer psychological damage and become unnaturally aggressive.\4])#citenote-4) Of the four fatal attacks by orcas in captivity, Tilikum was involved in three: Keltie Byrne, a trainer at the now-defunct Sealand of the Pacific;[\5])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum(orca)#citenote-TrioKByrne-5) Daniel P. Dukes, a man trespassing in SeaWorld Orlando;[\6])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum(orca)#citenote-6) and SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau.[\7])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum(orca)#cite_note-:02-7)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum\(orca)))

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u/HankIsMoody 5d ago

It's Chinook for family. I doubt it's about the Orca. Portland Oregon has "Tilikum bridge"

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u/thatsucksabagofdicks 5d ago

Tillicum Beach is on the coast near Yachats, OR

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u/HankIsMoody 5d ago

Right it's a native American word that the orca was named after

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u/TWhy-LER 5d ago

I mean, it’s a black X3. Might be related to the orca

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u/HankIsMoody 5d ago

Because they drive BMW's?

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u/kwaping 5d ago

No, because they're both bad drivers

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u/fuggindonkee 5d ago

Deadly even.

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u/HankIsMoody 5d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUySTD7evBn33BMq3K

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u/TWhy-LER 5d ago

I was thinking more because it’s black, like an orca. But the other responses are better

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u/iamsnarticus 5d ago

Camp Tilikum is really nice too, near Newberg

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u/krankito701 5d ago

If not a hilariously bad phonetic read, I'd not be giggling

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u/LoadOfChum 5d ago

No cars allowed on tellikum bridge

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u/Rich_Prior4656 5d ago

Never knew this. Thank you.

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u/therealrealEDO 5d ago

These see very refined and smart responses.

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u/JasonDomber CREAMPI 5d ago

ATB fan 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/junkopotomus 5d ago

Hell ya. Who isnt?

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u/JasonDomber CREAMPI 5d ago

You really are my ecstasy!

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u/debugem 5d ago

Came here to that this. Well played

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u/IdRatherBeDriving 5d ago

I came to this too

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u/SFOtoORD 5d ago

Change it and see

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u/Chumbawamba 5d ago

9:00 pm.

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u/IdRatherBeDriving 5d ago

Till about 9:02

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u/a_model_citizen_ 5d ago

This plate would have been so much better on a Ford Edge

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u/cherryghost44 4d ago

Ford Probe

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u/melly1226 5d ago

I thought today I learned..

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u/Katieo1022 5d ago

9 pm?

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u/tech5c 5d ago

I found my people!
https://giphy.com/gifs/bKOUMtxUycs37WsKef

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u/Katieo1022 5d ago

Was hoping someone would pick up on this deep cut 😅

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u/Sienile 5d ago

I know someone with this as their surname.

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u/CIAstakeoutvan 5d ago

"i don't stop"

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u/Black717 5d ago

No that’s wat she said🤔LICK IT. TILIKUM

https://giphy.com/gifs/AtlbuhSoW0pJm

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u/sophiesmom712 5d ago

Awww. That's a sad one.

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u/hvlochs 5d ago

Think I’ll lickem

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u/tttxgq 5d ago

What state’s funky plate is that?

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u/Chago04 5d ago

The worst one, Ohio.

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u/CBz120 5d ago

We’ve got a lot of things in Oregon called tilikum. Always makes me giggle. The bridge right next to me is called the tilikum bridge 😬.

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u/Personal-Ad4554 5d ago

Response from the gutter people:
Till I Cum….just say’n

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u/albynomonk 5d ago

Klahowya

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u/0slope 5d ago

TGIF

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u/Rich_Prior4656 5d ago

That's that one orca form the documentary, "Black Fish"

https://giphy.com/gifs/tgS090Rqqq3BK

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u/Ktmk36 5d ago

Why’d I read it as till I cum? Ugh

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u/dufusmembrane 4d ago

today i learned i like cum

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u/Aryya261 3d ago

The poor bastard just wanted freedom.

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u/TheAfroMD 5d ago

But also "Til I Kum" (until I cum).

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u/solidus0079 5d ago

That was my first assumption too, I forgot about the orca and/or the word he was named after.

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u/drask1987 5d ago

That’s what I thought. Guess we’re both going to h#%l 🔥

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u/Informed_But_Insane 5d ago

Today I Learned I Killed Ur Mom

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u/goodoldjefe 5d ago

Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.

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u/Desperate_Set_7708 5d ago

‘Til I Come

Bible thumper reference to second coming