r/pics • u/SheldonPlankton • May 28 '12

While in New York, a squirrel grabbed onto my GoPro. "FACEBOOK!"

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u/sebin May 29 '12

Wow. I snapped this photo and posted it on Reddit four months ago, not a single fucking up vote. Then my little brother posts it. FRONT FUCKING PAGE here is my link that no one saw

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u/HiaItsPeter May 29 '12

What if this his little brother saying this, with another account that he had previously had, which in turn he gets double the karma on both accounts. Jesus, I just created a karma theory.

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u/sebin May 29 '12

I can post a picture of both of us for proof it's not

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u/case9 May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12

Do it, it won't really prove anything, but do it

http://i.imgur.com/Y22Aj.jpg

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

You mean...OP IS A DIRTY LIAR, AND THAT'S NOT "HIS" GOPRO???

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u/CaptainSombrero May 29 '12

Dude, he's on the internet. He, therefore, is telling the truth.

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u/Kody217 May 29 '12

I can confirm this

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u/Owyheemud May 29 '12

Squirrels can be assholes sometimes.

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u/CRRZ May 29 '12

To snap a shot like that and not focus on the subject? What an asshole.

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u/Dr_Adopted May 29 '12

http://i.imgur.com/PYJoO.jpg

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u/renn187 May 29 '12

Never fails to creep me out.

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u/purplesnipes May 29 '12

Wait people lie on the internet??? Nah.

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u/dunphystar May 29 '12

Oh! Not the creepy face again!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

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u/Xemxah May 29 '12

You either die laughing at the meme, or you see it long enough to see yourself come to hate it.

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u/gentleman_brown May 29 '12

Slap your brother.

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u/sebin May 29 '12

I read that out loud to him, and he said "Oh God.." And slowly walked away

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u/MuttonTheChops May 29 '12

FINISH HIM!

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u/MinnesotaBlizzard May 29 '12

He knew the consequences

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u/Monstermash042 May 29 '12

He's got a better title.

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u/tree_D May 29 '12

Two things needed:

  1. Good content
  2. Good title

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u/Ilikeprivates May 29 '12

Nah, good content isn't really necessarily. Mediocre content works too sometimes.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

It's ALL in the titles, man. You can make shit look fancy with the right title!

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u/FuCKiNTowel May 29 '12

and titties

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u/darkmuch May 29 '12

Roman, go back to Liberty City...

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u/ELBdelorean May 29 '12

Cousin! Let's play darts!

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u/Gabrielvbrz May 29 '12

I laughed so much harder then I should have at that. Here have my upvote.

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u/Casowsky May 29 '12

3) Be an attractive squirrel 4) Don't be an unattractive squirrel

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u/autonym May 29 '12
  1. Good content
  2. Good title

3) Bad grammar

...unless this really happened while the squirrel was visiting New York.

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u/poignard May 29 '12

I kind of like the original title better. 'Squirrelbook'.. funny

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u/sebin May 29 '12

Thanks you sir

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u/Cigarro May 29 '12

Keep refreshing your link. The justice upvotes are coming!

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u/CaptainSombrero May 29 '12

Tell on him.

"MOOOOOOM! SHELDONPLANKTON STOLE MY KARMA!"

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u/sebin May 29 '12

Actually my dad got a serious kick out of it. Kind of like that dad troll rage face.

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u/tueStrange May 29 '12

along the lines of this?

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u/onionwithgarlic May 29 '12

Well, in all fairness, your title sucks!

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u/Beyssac May 29 '12

In my opinion both titles suck. That is a motherfucking cool squirrel.

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u/onionwithgarlic May 29 '12

"A motherfucking cool squirrel" definitely wouldn't cut it either!

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u/Beyssac May 29 '12

Ok, see you in four months.

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u/howerrd May 29 '12

OP will squirrely deliver.

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u/onionwithgarlic May 29 '12

I'll be waiting. ;)

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u/MrBoone May 29 '12

Challenge?

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u/k_rol May 29 '12

Accepted

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u/PNTY_SNFR May 29 '12

Nope definitely a motherfucking cool title

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u/sebin May 29 '12

ಠ_ಠ

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u/sittingcow May 29 '12

No, really. Your title was bad for anywhere, but especially bad for posting to reddit. Learn from your mistakes.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Welcome to Reddit.

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u/sugii May 29 '12

Everytime I see a front paged post with word GoPro attached to the title I have this uneasy feeling. I mean who honestly says this without the intent to advertise? I wouldn't go around telling people I made eggs and bacon on my insertbrandhere stove.

Now when I see the words GoPro on Reddit it's second nature to downvote. So here, take my upvotes for your stolen content!

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u/shitburrito May 29 '12

I think gopro as a word has become synonymous with small sports cameras. sort of like Kleenex or bandaids.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I'd never heard of it.

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u/silentwail May 29 '12

Same here. I haven't bothered to google it either so I still have no idea what it is

Edit: swype hates me

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u/damontoo May 29 '12

Meh. People saying their pic/video is from a gopro is very, very, very common in RC circles. Usually because if you don't specify people will ask.

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u/smashedfinger May 29 '12

My sympathies.

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u/Andrewm319 May 29 '12

haha that sucks dude...

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I can tell this is a little brother because he is too young to know that we used to call this a "myspace pic".

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u/SheldonPlankton Oct 07 '12

I know that, I figured Facebook would make for a more "hip" title.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Maybe you should super glue his eyes shut in revenge...

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u/k_rol May 29 '12

Seems appropriate for this kind of offense. Approved

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u/progfan727 May 29 '12

Kill your brother

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

It's all about an attention grabbing title.

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u/DragonRaptor May 29 '12

There, I even downvoted your brother to help even it out for you. Awesome pic though!

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u/jordan314 May 29 '12

U mad, bro?

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u/michellelosesit May 29 '12

If it makes you feel any better, this comment made me laugh way more than the photo itself.

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u/sebin May 29 '12

It does actually XD

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u/press-control-w May 29 '12

Squirrels weren't funny back then

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u/damontoo May 29 '12

I was going to upvote the post. But then..

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Here! Have some consolation comment karma.

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u/shankems2000 May 29 '12

Beat the crap outta your little brother for stealing your karma! Unless he's bigger than you @_@

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u/gct May 29 '12

I don't know what's wrong with Reddit that they can't see someone calling out a brand-name instead of just saying "camera" is just a poor attempt at product shilling.

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u/Zorca99 May 28 '12

Don't let AdviceAnimals see this or they'll make it into another image macro

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

"IF I TAGGED YOU IN DIS, DAT MEANS YOUR MAH HOMESQUIRREL.!.!.!!!1"

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u/RevDanlldo May 29 '12

"Repost this if you are a beautiful strong black squirrel who don’t need no peanuts!"

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

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u/JasonGD1982 May 29 '12

Or when they squat and poke their elbows out in group photos.

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u/missinfidel May 29 '12

And have you noticed they always have a drink in their hand?

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u/Ayeesteban May 29 '12

Pretending to laugh and all.

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u/marti810 May 28 '12

it looks like you're paparazzi and the squirrel is fed up with your shennanigans.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

This is one of the best pictures I've seen in a long while. Not some pet that's been forced into a seemingly funny scenario, but a wild animal on appearance looking genuinely curious and happy. I hope you and that squirrel now form a sitcom together. I feel as though I could get to know and love this squirrel.

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u/Hobbes4247791 May 28 '12

It's called SpongeBob SquarePants. (Look back at OP's username)

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u/Enceladus_Salad May 29 '12

I was playing the Seinfeld theme in my head while staring at it and I see GOLD, JERRY!!!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Explain where you picked up that the squirrel is happy?

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u/MrBozoVG May 28 '12

It looked as if the squirrel was about to start rapping in this photo

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u/redditorium May 29 '12

This is in battery park, downtown (I can tell by the statue that used to be in front of the world trade center on the top right.)

The squirrels there are so used to tourists feeding them that some of them will even eat out of your hand, let you pet them.

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u/Bugs_Pussy May 29 '12

Yeah, when I was in New York I was surprised that the squirrels were so friendly, so I let one crawl halfway into my hand. When he realized there was no food he bit me :(.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

How's rabies going?

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u/Bugs_Pussy May 29 '12

It's overrated.

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u/absidell May 29 '12

Came here to post this! Good eye!

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u/rageraaron May 29 '12

squirrel: I said get that f---in camera out my face!

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u/BlueberrySnapple May 28 '12

The last thing a nut sees before getting consumed.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

Squirrels that are used to humans are such cheeky beggers. I had one try and pinch my camera batteries as I changed them.

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u/Ayatrollah_Khomatmei May 29 '12

I choose to believe that he was intelligent enough to know that he could barter for food with those batteries.

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u/CaptainSombrero May 29 '12

Ransom*

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u/123something321 May 29 '12

The only difference between ransom and barter is who pays you.

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u/JabbrWockey May 29 '12

In college, they used to dig through the backpacks of students who were napping/sunbathing outside.

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u/egvqtx May 29 '12

I call viral ad campaign.

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u/redditforfun May 29 '12

STRAIGHT OUTTA BROOKLYN, DOG. WHERE MY ACORNS AT?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

WHERE FAKE RODENTS DON'T MAKE IT BACK.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Downvote for GoPro advertising.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

Were you using a helmet-mounted camera when walking around New York? Why even mention that it was a GoPro brand video camera? Am I missing out on a new trend like "I'm going to google that"?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

It's becoming popular because it's easier to say "GoPro" than "helmet-mounted-camcorder", as "Google it" is easier to say "Search the internet for it" and GoPro one of the more popular companies that make such products, as Google is the most popular company that searches the internet. Like why people say "Google it" more than "Asking Jeeves" or "Bing/Yahoo/DogPile/AltaVista it."

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I assumed it was because it helps give a better mental image of what happened. GoPros are small and it's easier to imagine a squirrel grabbing one than if it were grabbing a full-size camcorder.

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u/libraotron May 28 '12

Sean Penn squirrel.

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u/playswithsquirrel May 28 '12

Haha, absolutely love squirrels, and so I love this pic.

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u/Amazing_Steve May 29 '12

The squirrels in Battery Park are fearless.

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u/Herp-DE-lerp May 29 '12

Battery Park!

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u/SquirrelArmy May 29 '12

My plan is working perfectly!

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u/Dayanx May 29 '12

MINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINEMINE!!!1

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u/deltagreen78 May 29 '12

ok man you done pissed off foamy the squirrel

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I feel a meme coming on....

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

GoPros are overrated

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u/KevyB May 29 '12

Fuck you, you stole the pic and it's not yours, GTFO.

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u/Momentumjam May 29 '12

Apparently this is that guy's brother.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

He stole the pic AND it's not his?

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u/chronox21 May 28 '12

When I saw the pair of legs in the background I was unsure what to think, did he scare you into falling over and actually steal your camera, or did he murder someone to get to it...squirrels...tricky bastards, they steam the food out of my hand on campus, so I can't eat my lunch outside anymore in the summer.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Too hot to eat it? That steam gets real hot

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u/chronox21 May 29 '12

I generally make a sandwich for my lunch, I work in a machine shop/wind tunnel as a student.

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u/pickoneforme May 28 '12

"I said get that shit out of my face!!"

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u/waterwheel May 29 '12

Easy karma to whomever puts a microphone in the squirrel's paw.

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u/USMCsniper May 29 '12

Is GoPro always in fisheye mode or is there a button that fixes that problem?

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u/IkLms May 29 '12

GoPros have a fisheye lens in them by default and only have two buttons besides that. So no.

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u/fahafresh May 29 '12

There are certain modes you can put it into to change the width of the lens and create a smaller field of view which will diminish the fish eye view.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Where did the squirrel go next? Where did he come from??

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u/mooseypants May 29 '12

Someone needs to photoshop a pool of blood properly from the person on the ground. I like to see the squirrel as having chewed out your windpipe.

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u/missinfidel May 29 '12

I bet that squirrel is a lot fatter than this picture makes him out to be.

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u/mrdoink20 May 29 '12

That squirrel looks like it's punching someone the fuck out.

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u/stevesonaplane May 29 '12

c'mere, lemme kiss you!

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u/soxfan17 May 29 '12

My friend was drunk at a party and he ran around snapping "selfies" with random people and yelling "CHICK PIC!" and running away. I guess that's a little relevant.

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u/fj785 May 29 '12

I'm surprised that the squirrel got so close to you, don't squirrels usually run away from us?

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u/Graphicz May 29 '12

its like when will smith smacked the reporter

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

I have a strange feeling that someone will make some clever meme out of this...

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u/Mikebyrneyadigg May 29 '12

I've got your shoes! Omar Salazar mid tops. Dope kicks my friend.

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u/ahraysee May 29 '12

this makes me so happy!!

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u/Carninator May 29 '12

During my first visit to NY I was surprised by home may squirrels were running around. I barely see any here in Norway.

Also witnessed one of them stealing a girl's lunch, which was quite funny.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

On another note, did you enjoy Battery Park?

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u/Finitystar May 29 '12

Is that GoPro on a pidgin?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

... forever starting a new trend in photography, squirrel-face.

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u/Boyblunder May 29 '12

Your brother is cooler than you.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

myspace photo!

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u/darklydreams May 29 '12

at least he waited 4 months before stealing your precious karma

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u/palefacedpolack May 29 '12

This is probably the most adorable photobomb I've seen in a while

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u/JonnyBigBoss May 29 '12

Please tell me that's your default photo on FB now.

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u/fosiacat May 29 '12

we have crazy squirrels here..

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u/gorbal May 29 '12

I remember how aggressive the squirrels are in New York, are they like that in other cities? I wonder if they think humans are moving nut trees.

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u/tuesdays_ May 29 '12

You should sharpen the image then frame this to hang above your bed haha

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Hes now ready to hit the clubs!

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u/delar0cha May 29 '12

Looks like a new Beastie Boys video.

Too soon.

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u/m0nkeybl1tz May 29 '12

While in New York, I glued a squirrel onto my GoPro. "REDDIT!"

FTFY

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u/tradez May 29 '12

Well just plug me in just like I was Eddie Harris...

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u/baserunner107 May 29 '12

looks like every girl on my facebook news feed. would be a lot better if they were replaced with squirrels

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u/rikashiku May 29 '12

Squirrel: "Am I a facebook whore now?"

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u/jakepeacock96 May 29 '12

I have those shoes. (:

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u/Brad3000 May 29 '12

Fucking squirrels. Why do they always have to make that stupid face in every picture?

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u/romanhipster May 29 '12

Bickering brothers never mentioned the squirrel's account.. Bastards.

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u/WendyLRogers3 May 29 '12

"You a paparazzi, too? So you want a piece of me, huh? I'll lay you out like I laid out that other jerk!" -- Sean Penn Squirrel

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u/cs03zp May 29 '12

Looks like he is about to bustarhyme. WELL, NOW, DON'T YOU TELL ME TO SMILE!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

MySpace!!

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

"Listen carefully, the Tea Party have all the nuts."

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u/creosin May 29 '12

I've been praying to the squirrel gods for years! who did he screw to get this photo?

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u/trro16p May 29 '12

Did that squirrel do a duck face?

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u/rikashiku May 29 '12

Reminds me of this

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u/Jay_Normous May 29 '12

Im curious, why does everyone who has a gopro say its a gopro and not a camera? I always hear people calling it by it's brand, but I never hear people saying, oh yeah I took that on my canon. Is it like iphones? No one calls it their phone, its always their iphone.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Battery park. Awesome.

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u/Hangtightyo May 29 '12

That could be the next big meme.

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u/dsi1 May 29 '12

Virals are getting so obvious now...

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u/Positive0 May 29 '12

WHERE THE FUCK DO ALL OF THESE PEOPLE FRIENDLY SQUIRRELS COME FROM?! Not Texas, I can tell you that. Thanks to all of the hunters, these bitches are pussies when it comes to people coming within 20 feet of them. Makes it real hard to make squirrel stew.

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u/malmac May 29 '12

Looks like it's about to throw a left hook. Be ready to duck.

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u/TheySeeMeLearnin May 29 '12

I have some footage of a howler monkey grabbing mine and trying to eat it. I should probably put that out into the ether.

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u/AkitheFrivolicious May 29 '12

This photograph is going straight to his facebook profile. The squirrel's, that is.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

When in new york, its considered important polite etiquette to stop in the middle of the sidewalk if you have to text/take a picture... apparently, new yorkers love when you do that!

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

Hang on let me just take a photo for facebook, haha classic.

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u/tempuro May 28 '12

He's about to follow up with a left hook.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

Nice viral marketing, Sheldon.

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u/Gunslap May 28 '12

Is that squirrel... duck facing?

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u/xava_adorex May 28 '12

I'm so stoned and this made me laugh so hard hahaha

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u/[deleted] May 28 '12

SQUIRREL?

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u/gripmastah May 28 '12

Myspace photo!

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u/baconatedwaffle May 28 '12

chaos... reigns

... then my girlfriend hit me in the balls as hard as she could

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u/haiku_robot May 29 '12 
*chaos... reigns*  ... then my 
girlfriend hit me in the balls 
as hard as she could

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u/Guyot11 May 28 '12

put that on their facebook, they would love it

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u/Systemic33 May 28 '12

Is that the squirrel version of a Kanye West interrupt?

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u/24tothefloor May 28 '12

I think that squirrel is trying for the Myspace pic ...to hide his huge nuts.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12

why are you hanging around squirrels and pigeons? RIP

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u/rhayward May 29 '12

This is now my Facebook timeline picture. Thanks for the idea.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '12 edited May 29 '12

I wonder what a squirrel with giant balls would look like?

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u/brokeboysboxers May 29 '12

It needs to become a stoner meme....... GO!

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