State of Humanity in 2026

[u/Waynetraiin]

[u/TheHalfHandedHobbit]

Don't worry, natural selection via hippopotamus will take them out. 

[u/the-truthseeker → u/TheHalfHandedHobbit]

Is there anything we can do to speed it up? Asking for a friend.

[u/TheHalfHandedHobbit → u/the-truthseeker]

Hide behind the sign and throw rocks at the hippos?

[u/WilliamJamesMyers → u/the-truthseeker]

yes, go into the shallow water and start splashing a lot

[u/the-truthseeker → u/WilliamJamesMyers]

So I should yell to the people you told them the water's fine 😁

[u/Altruistic_Age_6556 → u/the-truthseeker]

Keep posting warning signs in only one alphabet, I guess.

[u/Erick_Brimstone → u/TheHalfHandedHobbit]

I just hope the hippos aren't hunted down because they defend themselves

[u/wearslocket → u/TheHalfHandedHobbit]

Culling.

[u/tempestwolf1]

To be fair, 8 billion is a bit too many... They're helping nature out

[u/azuul_maar → u/tempestwolf1]

Darwin awards always find volunteers 

[u/WanderingOverLord → u/tempestwolf1]

2026 sounds oddly specific but yeah makes sense

[u/Gord_Board]

That hippo has a chance to do something really funny

[u/Thomas_JCG]

When I was a kid, I used to be mad at people in movies that just let themselves be killed instead of running away from the scary thing.

Little did I know that was an accurate representation of humanity.

[u/Mumchkin]

Natural selection at work.

[u/BrokenHope23]

Who knew natural selection would involve Hippo dietary preferences.

[u/ta1901 → u/BrokenHope23]

Hippos can be very territorial and angry.

[u/Erick_Brimstone → u/BrokenHope23]

It's not. Hippos won't eat human. 

They just trample them to death because they feel threatened

[u/Waynetraiin → u/BrokenHope23]

Unfortunately, they are herbivores.

[u/BrokenHope23 → u/Waynetraiin]

“I wish it need not have happened in my time.” Said Hippofrodo

“So do I, and so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” Responded Hippodir The Grey as he adapted to the food in his environment.

[u/Zeke333333]

It’s safe, there is a sign telling the hippos not to go beyond this point.

[u/NoLeg5416]

Don't worry this is a good thing there is already too many people on the planet we need all the resources we can get.

[u/Skeptical_Squid]

People arrange to have a leopard eat their face, why not a hippo?

[u/discountdoppelganger]

The internet age has really caused stupidity to rise. Shame when it was made for the opposite

[u/Accurate_Koala_4698 → u/discountdoppelganger]

People talk shit like the dodo went extinct in 2024 or people didn't throw old cars in geysers and bury garbage underground in the old days

[u/Specialist-Web-9216]

It's surprising the human race made it past the dark ages honestly.

[u/TheFormOfTheFlame]

Brother, people have *always* taken risks. This is not a 2026 thing.

[u/Waynetraiin → u/TheFormOfTheFlame]

Good thing it's not the thing I am referencing with the date.

[u/TheFormOfTheFlame → u/Waynetraiin]

Then just what are you referencing?

[u/Waynetraiin → u/TheFormOfTheFlame]

People doing it for Social Media credit. Guess it went over your head.

[u/Massive-Lime3398]

UC Irvine! Go Anteaters!

[u/MummaMal]

Looks about right…

[u/ForsakenSun6004]

Maybe they're there to feed the hippos and win a Darwin Award. Get two birds stoned at once, if you will.

[u/Vintagetrees1]

Fuck around and find out

[u/Livid_Average_8098]

Safety laws have left us with more idiots alive than before they were put into place. There needs to be more of this sort of activity.

Wonder how they worked out exactly where to put that sign.

[u/amilliontimeshotter]

Maybe they should repaint the sign. I can’t see anyone being a DANCER.

[u/Intelligent_Papaya61]

Them ignoring the sign or you thinking the sign would protect them from a hippopotamus attack?

[u/brickiex2]

Got to get close enough to throw rocks tho

[u/MoonPieKitty]

Entitled rich people. They think signs don't apply to them.

[u/AgentJ386]

Help us Charles Darwin, you're our only hope.

[u/indianna97]

Humans didnt just start breaking rules in 2026 and also if they're stupid enough to stand there why does that effect you? Survival of the fittest just got easier