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The duality of man (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You have prompted a great idea. We should make a dual documentary that intersects at the final scene. Documentary 1 follows the stingrays. Documentary 2 follows the whales. The ending scene of each documentary is the exact same.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A documentary following a food chain. Each time something gets eaten the narrator is just "well, i guess this is a _____ documentary now." And resumes as if it were always about the current animal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is basically what David Attenburough does

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Side note: I still have to skip past the walrus part of Planet Earth. I will ugly cry for an hour or more, and it will ruin my day. I've handled a lot of traumatic situations with stoic resolve, but for whatever reason, I cannot compartmentalize the walrus tragedy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I need to watch Planet Earth again, thanks for reminding me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Turns out I was referring to "Our Planet." We have "Planet Earth," "Blue Planet," and "Our Planet" playing so frequently that I get them confused. Do not watch the walrus scene. Nobody needs to see that to know that we have to do a better job of environmental stewardship.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cool, I was wondering why I couldn't remember a traumatic walrus scene 😂 I'll skip Our Planet, and if Blue is the one that goes deep in our oceans that's on the watchlist too

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don't skip it! It's great! Just don't watch the walruses.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I'll leave an "F" for respect here, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I love it. Where do we start at the bottom of the food chain, bacteria?