He's got a point.

seth11111 · 2 months

Who wrote this? Because it certainly wasn't a little kid.

hanpanman · 2 months

But barnacles have possibly the largest penis to body ratio in the whole animal kingdom says wikipedia.

gumbogogo · 2 months

SketchyLogic · 2 months

Boring, practical answer: A seahorse would be a bitch to care for compared to a barnacle. Enjoy your exotic creature that dies within two days because your water pH was 0.1 out. I'll be here enjoying my gloriously resilient, hard-shelled monsters that latch on to whatever they find, and give zero fucks about your water condition.

ander594 · 2 months

I enjoy an eight(?) year-old with perfect grammar.

apoole97 · 2 months

Barnacles are like people from New Hampshire, you know they're there and every once in a while you'll see one, but you're not actually sure what there purpose is

Shaolin76 · 2 months

Heh, pretty damn funny, and yes, he has a point. I'm just wondering what age group that question was meant for and whether the kid who answered it was older.

Afrew · 2 months

Obviously this person knows nothing about barnacles.

First of all, barnacles are not sessile their entire lives. When spawned, many barnacle larvae are released and are fully mobile. In fact, they look a bit like shrimp, with little swimming legs and antennae. As they mature, they develop a weird sort of coating on their backs and stick their backs to some surface. At that point, the coating essentially glues the barnacle to the surface and it becomes permanently fixed there. It then goes through a transformation that changes its legs and antennae into long, wispy sweepers that comb the water for small foodstuffs. At that point they are sessile.

Second, barnacles have enormous orgies when they reproduce. Barnacles are hermaphroditic and have fully functioning genitalia from both sexes. Not only that, but barnacles have the largest penises of any animal on Earth (proportionally). Barnacle genitalia are so long so that they can actually reach other barnacles (they're sessile, remember?) Anywho, every barnacle will stick its foot long (literally, foot long) wang into another barnacle's cupboard while also receiving 3 or 4 other wangs into its own cupboard.

TL;DR: Barnacles are pretty cash and have enormous sex parties. Not as lame as you might think.

gt_9000 · 2 months

Sea Horses are stupid hard to keep. Whoever gives a sea horse to a child as a pet is an a-hole.

happymon · 2 months

BLISTERLING BARNACLES!

richard_photograph · 2 months

i like seahorses and lighthouses..if you dont like the lighthouse you suck

arec · 2 months

Well Darwin seemed to find barnacles fascinating...

osulumberjack · 2 months

But barnacles have the largest penis-to-body weight ratio in the entire animal kingdom.

Vettit · 2 months

Barnacles... Inch for inch, the barnacle has the largest penis in the animal kingdom. Seahorse males care for their offspring like a woman. The choice is easy.

wallieburger · 2 months

I thought he was gonna talk about how the male sea horses give birth and how his brother was totally gay.

buzzbros2002 · 2 months

Sounds like something that would have been on Ask Ashley.

Drilz24 · 2 months

But seahorses are very hard to keep... Therefore most likely one of the seahorses if not all of them will die and the than where is your interest in sea life not there its dead... Before reddit attacks me I know keeping seahorses is possible but for someone who just started with aquariums they are extremely difficult.

Jachryl · 2 months

This belongs in its own sub called Explain it Like Calvin Would.

captainkenzie · 2 months

theres a reason spongebob cries out barnacles when hes upset

reply_and_lose · 2 months

He even has sarcastic handwriting! Nice.

nicearthur32 · 2 months

What the barnacles!?

philotimon · 2 months

What the fuck kind of examination is this, with a question like that?

thereal_mytwocents · 2 months

First thing I thought of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skCV2L0c6K0

Whiskey_Delta · 2 months

barnacles just hang from the ceiling and eat anyone who walks under them

dpgrocks · 2 months

Did anyone else think that he spelled idiot with a "y"?

nullweegee · 2 months

Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died. The End.

jaredcarr99 · 2 months

I can't help but feel for Barnacle Boy. I hope he doesn't see this...

PantWraith · 2 months

Alright, you've finally done it for me. I said to myself, if I open this picture and it's another fucking repost I absolutely must unsubscribe. Done and done.

saltytroll · 2 months

Repost but still gave upvote

xkallosx · 2 months

I think the people over at r/aquariums might get a kick out of this.

smeck9 · 2 months

Darwin would have chosen barnacles...

circuzninja · 2 months

REPOST

Ruca24 · 2 months

Barnacles have the biggest penis in the animal kingdom.

WalkerYYJ · 2 months

depending on the source of the seahorses it would actually be very unfriendly to choose seahorses...

Wild caught seahorses for aquarium use are usually caught by poisoning a reef, at some distance down current creatures are only stunned and not killed, IE drop a bag of cyanide in the water and then motor a mile down current with a net.

Additionally most seahorses mate for life and often bond at an early age so your chances of getting a mated pair of horses is very slim...

rocky0390 · 2 months

This is a loadd of barnacles

AznET91 · 2 months

Barnacles have feelings too. They're just fuckin' ugly.

jooze · 2 months

Fuck you, op

Crackerjacksurgeon · 2 months

This is the final assignment of grade 11 English nowadays.

blore40 · 2 months

Billions of blue blistering barnacles, why would you choose a barnacle?

knowses · 2 months

What the heck is wrong with Barnacles? Imgur

ottoman_jerk · 2 months

Did he give any reasons why? No.

mesaone · 2 months

this was written by someone who has never seen barnacles in action.

Barnacles are sea ninjas.

Look at them! Nothing happens. The moment you turn away, a fury of activity happens - legs branch out, nutrients are swiftly taken from the water. Multicolor appendages have extended, done their job, and then retracted.

Look again, it's all so still. Where did the nutrients go?

anoleis · 2 months

I dunno, barnacles are pretty cool

kenny-bania · 2 months

THAT'S GOLD JERRY, GOLD!!!

Beersquid21 · 2 months

This isn't real, why do you people think that it is funny? This reminds me of my youth. My father said "Your mothers hoo hoo is the size of an English made cannons firing end." I said no it isn't.

Ghenges · 2 months

I was "that kid" who preferred barnacles.

tiyx · 2 months

I would not choose the seahorse. Sure it is more interesting but a lot harder to keep alive.

OnlyAMuffin · 2 months

A future redditor.

koelfke1 · 2 months

he?

donagan · 2 months

Upvote. On the other hand being warm and fuzzy is unrelated to an organism's importance to the environment.

polyglotxenophile · 2 months

I'm just gonna leave this here

MoldyMoose · 2 months

Barnacles are actually really cool. They are filter feeders and if you look closely you can see them feeding. I would also be much more confident caring for barnacles than sea horses...

Melchoir · 2 months

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title	comnts	points	age	/r/
Kid with an Acquarium - Seahorses or Barnacles?	5^coms	204^pts	27^dys	funny
My friend's brother's response to a question.	132^coms	1401^pts	3^mos	funny

source: karmadecay

SanityInAnarchy · 2 months

Could've gone with "Barnacles are, like, 90% penis. No way am I giving my brother or sister an aquarium tank full of penis."

Gothiks · 2 months

You've got terrible handwriting OP.

variousfruits · 2 months

This picture is fucking older than time.

Josephdirte · 2 months

I fill in my little brother's workbooks with condescending rants too. I mean my little brother watches a lot of Woody Allen.

sigmat · 2 months

That would really upset Darwin

Vranak · 2 months

I want to buy this kid a copy of The Hobbit.

stmadrid · 2 months

I think the word barnacle is just...funny. Always funny.

EvilSteak · 2 months

I'm gonna have to call bullshit on this one.

HustlerThug · 2 months

Fun fact. Barnacles are the animals with, compared to their body, the largest penis. They can extend their dicks up to 10 times the size of their bodies.

Princeofcatpoop · 2 months

This question is likely from an EL test. These are administered to students in multilingual households every year until they can demonstrate proficiency in both grades and testing. A multilingual household is defined as any household in which one or more parents speaks a language other than English, regardless of their initial proficiency.

A poor student could become one hundred percent fluent and still have to take a test like this every year because he is unable to achieve a C average in his English classes. Resulting in very educated children taking a test that holds no challenge for them.

So... knowing the background, is it still funny?

missbc · 2 months

Now the barnacles are sad!

pangpow · 2 months

This is a repost. Isn't it?

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