Ah, Ian falls for fake news cause it's cute.
this is some actual fake news, grape-kun is an old penguin and that picture was taken after hours. they put him behind that so he doesn't fall in the pool while nobody can watch him.source, the zookeepers on twitter 「グレープはお爺ちゃんなので、閉園後はプールに落ちないように網の柵の中に入って貰っています。おそらくその写真は、閉園時間が過ぎた後にお客様が撮られたものだと思います」"Grape is an elderly man, so we put him behind net fencing after closing so that he wouldn't fall into the pool. I think that photo was probably taken by a visitor after closing time."
Why would that make the picture above fake though? They 'shopped in the 2D?
Ian's story: "We keep the penguin behind the net for his mental health, keep him away from the anime thing", with no record of this being said.Zookeepers who work with the penguin: Uh no, he's behind the net fencing so he doesn't fall into the water.
And yes, it looks photoshopped
Hold the fucking phone you two power-hungry bundle of sticks! I'm looking at other links to the story and they're not saying anything else about the entire story being fake. Are you double trolling me here?!
dang you be on a website called dorkly.com
http://www.dorkly.com/post/83374/twitter-is-going-nuts-for-this-penguin-who-found-himself-a-waifuhttps://technology.inquirer.net/61919/look-penguin-finds-anime-waifu-in-japanese-zooEven with the tweet from the Zoo, they don't say the entire story is fabricated.
Quote from: Ian on May 03, 2017, 11:18:15 AMI only heard of this story from a friend of mine and Googled "Penguin waifu" and these three links came up. Quote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:12:43 AMdang you be on a website called dorkly.comWait why is this in Serious?
I only heard of this story from a friend of mine and Googled "Penguin waifu" and these three links came up. Quote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:12:43 AMdang you be on a website called dorkly.com
Quote from: Alternative Facts on May 03, 2017, 11:34:49 AMQuote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:33:18 AMQuote from: Ian on May 03, 2017, 11:18:15 AMI only heard of this story from a friend of mine and Googled "Penguin waifu" and these three links came up. Quote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:12:43 AMdang you be on a website called dorkly.comWait why is this in Serious?He wants to seriously discuss anime and waifus.Which I'm beginning to consider a mental disorder.How can you say this when you just wrote an essay of a rebuttal to Ian?
Quote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:33:18 AMQuote from: Ian on May 03, 2017, 11:18:15 AMI only heard of this story from a friend of mine and Googled "Penguin waifu" and these three links came up. Quote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:12:43 AMdang you be on a website called dorkly.comWait why is this in Serious?He wants to seriously discuss anime and waifus.Which I'm beginning to consider a mental disorder.
It's fake news, Ian. People captured images of the bird looking up at or standing near the cutout, made a story out of it, and these niche websites ran it because it makes a cute story for anime-loving fans. The problem is it isn't true, there's no evidence of it being true. Hell, neither even bother to quote zoo officials.
Which I'm beginning to consider a mental disorder.
QuoteWhich I'm beginning to consider a mental disorder. You didn't already?
The fan tweets pushed me over the edge.
Quote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:42:52 AMQuote from: Alternative Facts on May 03, 2017, 11:34:49 AMQuote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:33:18 AMQuote from: Ian on May 03, 2017, 11:18:15 AMI only heard of this story from a friend of mine and Googled "Penguin waifu" and these three links came up. Quote from: challengerX on May 03, 2017, 11:12:43 AMdang you be on a website called dorkly.comWait why is this in Serious?He wants to seriously discuss anime and waifus.Which I'm beginning to consider a mental disorder.How can you say this when you just wrote an essay of a rebuttal to Ian?A handful of short paragraphs and some one liners that took me all of 4 minutes to write is considered an essay now?