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This Online Community Is Sharing Pics Of Absolute Units, And It’s Hard To Believe Things Can Get This Big
"Absolute unit" refers to jokes made on the Internet in which people caption images of large objects or beings with a variation on the phrase, "In awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit." I know, this explanation sounds a bit clunky, but it's the best one I came up with. However, I assure you that the pictures are way better than my description of them. Whether it's a 67lb cabbage or a squirrel who has eaten 3 jack-o'-lanterns, I bet you didn't even know things can get so huge! Eventually, the meme got so popular, it even spawned a subreddit of the same name. And it's an absolute unit. Here are some of its top posts.
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Internet meme database 'Know Your Meme' considers 2017 to be the origin of 'absolute unit'. Then, Twitter user @mrreptoid uploaded a picture of British hotelier David Morgan-Hewitt posing with the Queen of England and captioned it "In awe at the size of this lad. Absolute unit," referring to Morgan-Hewitt. The tweet gained over 3,500 retweets and 13,000 likes but the account it was shared from eventually got suspended for unknown reasons.
This Horse Is An Absolute Unit
The meme really took off on April 9th, 2018, when The Museum of English Rural Life tweeted a photograph of a ram along with the caption "Look at this absolute unit". Within 72 hours, the tweet, which was submitted by the museum's program manager Adam Koszary, accumulated over 98,000 likes and 27,600 retweets.
The following day, the museum posted a follow-up tweet, featuring a photograph of a pink index card containing information about the ram. Then, on April 10th, The Museum of English Rural Life published an article titled "The History Behind an Absolute Unit," which provided additional information about the ram.
His Destiny Was To Become A Unit
A week later, MIT Technology Review tweeted an article about the world's biggest airplane calling it an "absolute unit" and Elon Musk responded by saying, "I'm an absolute unit too" with a picture of the before-mentioned Museum of English Rural Life ram picture. His response gained over 6,000 retweets and 60,400 likes in just a single day, cementing 'absolute unit' in Internet history.
Interestingly, that same day, Twitter user @Bryson_M dared Musk by saying, "Make this your profile pic" and the business magnate almost immediately changed his profile picture to the ram, adding the words "absolūt unit" in his bio. After noticing the change, The Museum of English Rural Life changed their profile picture to Elon Musk and renamed its account to The Muskeum of Elonglish Rural Life. To top it all off, Elon Musk has reportedly hired Koszary, the man responsible for the viral tweet about a giant sheep, to be Tesla’s social media manager.
A Tremendous Amount Of Good Boy
Riley Howell, 21. The Absolute Unit That Tackled The Uncc Shooter And Tragically Lost His Life
A Bad Dog Owner Dumped This Wolfdog At A Kill Shelter When He Got Too Big And Too Much To Handle. Luckily A Sanctuary Took Him, Instead And Saved His Life! His Dna Testing Came Back As 87.5 % Gray Wolf, 8.6 % Siberian Husky, And 3.9 % German Shepherd
A Comfy Chonk
Very Thicc Floof
Absolute Unit Of A Cow, Over 6 Feet Tall
Been Asked To Share My 67lb Cabbage You You Lovely People. Hope You Enjoy And I Think Its Fitting For The Group
This Cat
Chronos, The Titan
Absolute Unit Fat Fred
Absolute Unit Guarding Lithuanian Declaration Of Independence
Absolute Unit Of A Toad
Hafþór Björnsson (Got The Mountain) Holding A Regular Mug
These Units
Daddy With His Kids
He Drinks Chonka Cola
Sadie The Squirrel Has Eaten 3 Jack O’lanterns So Far
White House Chef Andre Rush
I Saw This In My Facebook And Thought It Belonged Here
Big Majestic Boy
Rip Patrick, A True Unit
This Cucumber Mistaken For A Watermelon
Yeah, it's a largish marrow. Nothing extraordinary about it. Basically a big courgette (zucchini). Cucumbers have more transclucent flesh, are jucier and the seeds are different.
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It's not a cucumber, they are dark green on the outside and slightly ridged. These people have no idea what they're growing or eating. This is like a zucchini and you prepare it like one.
Thank you!! I am so surprised at how few people know what it really is.
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that looks more like a big a$$ zucchini not a cuke but it's still huge!
Zucchini are a baby veg. Fully grown, as in the above photo, they are marrows. This isn't particularly large for a marrow. They can be massive www.youtube.com › watch Giant Veg: Massive marrow weighing 72kg 159 pounds - YouTube
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this is unripe watermelon.. if they left it on the field for a week longer it would get pink
Not a fan of zucchini/marrow in salad personally...
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I do too but that item in the photo is still a marrow and not a cucumber. Been growing both for years.
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I was so excited when my cucumbers got huge but they ended up tasting gross.
Yes there is. Although this isn't one. Not yellow enough and the seeds are wrong. It's a full grown zucchini, commonly known as a marrow.
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Have you never seen a marrow before? It isn't a watermelon. It is a ripe and perfectly ready to eat marrow, aka a mature zucchini.
Load More Replies... It's a marrow - what happens to zucchini when they're allowed to grow much bigger.
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“Shrek" (1994-2011) Was A Merino Sheep From New Zealand. He Escaped And Avoided Shearing For Six Years By Hiding In A Cave
Where are those people who downvoted me when I said a sheep looks like it will make a great sweater?
The Biggest Mac
Tony Been Hitting The Gym
My Absolute Unit Of A Baby Brother. For Reference, My Sister Holding Him Was Four
Check Out This Kind Bunbun Consoling My Friend When She Was A Wee Lass
Ferns Can Be Units Too
Bill Gates Sr, The 6’7 Monster
You can certainly tell they are father and son. The genes are strong.
T H I C C Boi C H O N K
Built To Last. This Is Not Winnie The Pooh
This Total Chonk
This Cat-Loving Beard
Boat Thieving Units
Gonna need a bigger boat. (Aussies should get this one). EDIT: Sorry, I didn’t realise the saying was from the movie Jaws, I was talking about a Jeep ad lol.
This Mountain Lion Is A Unit
If I'm gonna capture the last photo of my life, I too want it to be this
7'2" Man In An Economy Seat
Absolute Unit Right Here
The Size Of This Other Baby
Here Is Hogarth My Absolute Unit Of A Snail
I have always wondered whether these snails produce slime like the smaller ones.
Absolute Unit Of A Hedgehog
The Sheer Size Of This Monitor Lizard Climbing The Gate
Honey I’m Home!
What A Unit
Abso-Friggin-Lute Tires Goddamn
This Unit I Ran Into!
This Guecko
Double King
Note: this post originally had 113 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
i REALLY REALLY WISH people would STOP OVERFEEDING THEIR PETS! its SO CRUEL
I think some of these animals are actually really that big, but yes, overfeeding is a problem. 🙃
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Maybe I'm getting old at 36, but the term "absolute unit" seems pretty stupid to me. I'm over it.
Most of the phrases people love using on the internet are annoying dumb crap.
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I wonder how many of these pictures were 'shopped. Also, clever camera angles can make things look larger than they really are.
In my humble but honest personal opinion, the pic of the grizzly bear in the field in front of the mountain range is entirely computer generated. Nothing about it looks real.
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Rhett McLaughlin (From Good Mythical Morning) is 6'7. Link is 6 feet tall but look short next to Rhett.
I wondered what the hell this was about because in my country calling someone a unit is saying they are stupid :D
Some of the comments made this the funniest BP article I've ever read. Well done everybody!
I never heard the term "absolute unit" until today. Clearly, the world of slang is leaving me behind; I only recently figured out what "It is what it is" means. I still don't know what a "meme" is. 😢
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i REALLY REALLY WISH people would STOP OVERFEEDING THEIR PETS! its SO CRUEL
I think some of these animals are actually really that big, but yes, overfeeding is a problem. 🙃
Load More Replies... Maybe I'm getting old at 36, but the term "absolute unit" seems pretty stupid to me. I'm over it.
Most of the phrases people love using on the internet are annoying dumb crap.
Load More Replies... I wonder how many of these pictures were 'shopped. Also, clever camera angles can make things look larger than they really are.
In my humble but honest personal opinion, the pic of the grizzly bear in the field in front of the mountain range is entirely computer generated. Nothing about it looks real.
Load More Replies... Rhett McLaughlin (From Good Mythical Morning) is 6'7. Link is 6 feet tall but look short next to Rhett.
I wondered what the hell this was about because in my country calling someone a unit is saying they are stupid :D
Some of the comments made this the funniest BP article I've ever read. Well done everybody!
I never heard the term "absolute unit" until today. Clearly, the world of slang is leaving me behind; I only recently figured out what "It is what it is" means. I still don't know what a "meme" is. 😢
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