Graham Stark

My fav take on the Orcas Attacking Boats thing is that this is just… like, what they’re into this year.
Orcas have fads and trends.
A few years ago, for a season, they liked to wear a dead salmon on their head. For fun.

Orca memes are on another level.

Jun 25, 2023 at 10:09pmWeb
Show threadMichael RawdonJun 25, 2023
@Graham_LRR They only do this sort of thing orcasionally.
Show threadTap & Roll GamesJun 25, 2023

@Graham_LRR

Orcas are the Tik-Tokers of the animal world. If you don't understand their memes, it's entirely due to your own lameness.

Show threadclown event still possib-LJun 25, 2023
@Graham_LRR one evening François Orceau showed up wearing a yellowfin instead of a salmon, ruining the fun for everyone else and effectively ending that season's coldest fashion
Show threadDispatches from Floor 13Jun 25, 2023
@Graham_LRR
I read about the fish hats and it's so weird. They seem so human. Maybe they're trend setters and next year models at Paris Fashion Week will be sinking yachts.
Show threadniphetteJun 25, 2023
@Retrosponge @Graham_LRR The fish hats are the zoomer ramen haircuts of the orca world
Show threadEnby SharkJun 25, 2023
@niphette @Retrosponge @Graham_LRR sure grandma let's get you back to bed
Show threadFrost「｜霜の狼｜人面獣心」Jun 26, 2023

@Retrosponge @Graham_LRR Given the orcas, it sounds like there isn't anything human about memery!

"Humanity" is wayyyy overrated.

Show threadDispatches from Floor 13Jun 26, 2023
@frost
Absolutely.
@Graham_LRR
Show threadChris BednarJun 25, 2023
@Graham_LRR so many orca TikToks right now. It’s on another level of meme saturation.
Show threaddgmJun 25, 2023
@Graham_LRR Orcas with dead salmon as headgear was a thing - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/killer-whale-orca-trends - question really is if Orcas have memes is this just a thing or a case of a spreading meme of piss offedness with humans and their noisy boats?
How Young Killer Whales Became Hooligans

Yes, orcas have viral cultural trends, too.

Atlas Obscura
Show threadDark Matter ZineJun 25, 2023
@moncur_d @Graham_LRR I reckon they know boats kill orcas so they’re acting in self-defence. Or something.
Show threadGraham StarkJun 25, 2023
@DarkMatterZine @moncur_d They know this. An older orca in the pod got hit by a boat and attacked the propeller. Then the others basically went, “oh is this what we’re doing? okay, fun!”
Show threadKat A Klysm Jun 25, 2023
@Graham_LRR @lisamelton
Show threadIan TindaleJun 25, 2023

@Graham_LRR they are expressing free will

…y

Show threadBelle (she/her)Jun 25, 2023
@Graham_LRR Orcas are just bored teenagers. 🤣
Show threadFélixJun 26, 2023
@Graham_LRR TikTok of the sea
Show threadClifton RoystonJun 26, 2023

@Graham_LRR

Yeah, that’s my take too. I also read it seems to be all adolescent orcas, specifically.

Perhaps it’s not entirely unlike our own teen peer-emulation fads, daring each other to shoplift or doing dumb TikTok challenges.

Show threadAmanda WeaverJun 26, 2023
@Graham_LRR Five years from now, one orca to another: “Man, remember how we were all so into wrecking yachts a while back?”
Other orca: “That was *so* 2023.”
Show threadXymonJun 26, 2023
@Graham_LRR I remember when they tied an onion to their belt, as was the style at the time.
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Jun 26, 2023
@Graham_LRR Please post photo of orca with salmon on head.
Show threadGraham StarkJun 26, 2023
@anne_twain
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Jun 26, 2023
@Graham_LRR Thank you! Oh, that's wonderful! Humans aren't the only fashion victims lol.
Show threadDaniel QuinnJun 26, 2023
@Graham_LRR hello fellow RadioLab listener!