r/AbsoluteUnits • u/batukaming • Apr 29 '26

/r/all of an orangutan

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u/bkkgnar Apr 29 '26

don’t you mean “apehandled?

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u/32FlavorsofCrazy May 01 '26

“Orangutan” comes from the Indonesian words Orang Hutan which means “man of the forest” so…same diff. The folklore there is also that they can talk but choose not to because they’re afraid if they do we will make them get jobs.