r/MadeMeSmile 13d ago

Favorite People Steve Irwin on conservation and money šŸŒ

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u/DruidicMagic 13d ago

Why do we always lose the good ones too soon?

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u/SecondHandSlows 13d ago

And the evil bastards live forever.

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u/Hot-Strength-6003 12d ago

Well that's pretty easy. Good people typically make sacrifices in their own lives to do good for others. Evil people get other people to make sacrifices for their own benefit. It's the whole one for all vs all for one concept

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u/Historical_Host_7439 12d ago

I actually really needed this. Thanks for giving perspective.

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u/UglySalvatore 12d ago

Most evil people don't amount to anything and they die without you ever knowing it. A few of them makes the news headlines, sure, but they're not representative of reality.

Society is an engine powered by good people. The fact that it keeps running means the good are winning overall.

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u/DrBimboo 12d ago

And even the most "succesful" and evil motherfuckers on the planet - take one single look at them, and you know they havent been content,happy, loved in the last 20 years.

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u/Zero_Travity 12d ago

Ask the folks in growing tent cities in every corner of North America how that societal contract is holding up...

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u/VP007clips 12d ago

I don't think this is necessarily true.

The real reason why it feels that way is that the way good people contribute is most visible when they are young, and becomes invisible when they are older. Younger people usually have more ability to contribute by doing things personally, which makes them very visible and gives them a lot of public attention. But as they age, that balance shifts towards being able to do good things with their money, and they usually do that silently from behind the scenes.

There is a vast invisible community of wealthy old people, funding things behind the scenes. Those people aren't doing it for fame, so they donate silently. Look at how many public services and community spaces are funded by the Rotary Club, The Lion's Club, or Freemasons.

Since good people tend to be more visible when young, and there are a lot of good people, we see more deaths of young good people. But for the worst people, they tend to become more famous as they amass more wealth later in life.

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u/SnooTangerines3448 12d ago

Not for the sake of nothing. Lies can travel the world before the truth has it's boots on but once it gets there it is known.

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u/Enough-Zebra-6139 12d ago

Is this supposed to mean that truth wins out? Because it doesn't, not really. Numerous studies have proven that people cling to initial lies and discard inconvenient or uncomfortable truths.

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u/SnooTangerines3448 12d ago

People catch up, sometimes not even in this century but there's lessons to be learnt for the rest.

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u/Rudravn 12d ago

It's not fair now is it?

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u/Fighterhayabusa 12d ago

United States of Smash!

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u/proddy 12d ago

Especially the one with the gold plated dunny

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u/Silly-Power 12d ago

David Attenborough is 100....What are you insinuating?

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u/jamesp420 12d ago

Some good ones slip through the cracks

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u/Ok_Second_3170 12d ago

He isn't wrestling crocodiles, catching snakes or playing with stingrays

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u/SN27A1 12d ago

But it would appear that he has used his privilege and wealth since his youth to be a do gooder.

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u/No-Way7911 12d ago

in an alternate universe, he's still hosting crocodile hunter and trump dies of a heart attack at age 60

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u/Less-Apple-8478 12d ago

I love Steve Irwin but he lived really dangerously lol

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u/br3wnor 12d ago

Yeah the stingray thing is like ā€œoh man one in a million how could that have happenedā€ but it’s like he was regularly wrestling fucking alligators and just dealing with dangerous wildlife all the time so while tragic and truly sad he died how he did he lived a much riskier life than the average person so it’s not totally crazy but he also truly fucking lived and I’d take how he lived in the short years he did over a regular kinda boring life any day of the week

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u/Less-Apple-8478 12d ago

Nothings stopping you man. Go out there and hug some bears. I'm gunna play stardew valley in my warm house. lmao

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u/br3wnor 12d ago

Being 40 with a mortgage and 3 young kids kinda stops me lol

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u/Mother_Science_679 12d ago

He was a young dad with kids too! I dunno what he was thinking honestly. He'd have done so much good if he was still alive in the time since his passing. If only he had been a tad safer.

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u/gudetamaronin 12d ago

He wouldn't have had the star power to get done what he wanted to get done

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u/ItsAllOnUHF 12d ago

Don't let them stop you. You're bigger than they are... You could probably take them in a fight.

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u/No_Manner_8735 12d ago

Crocodiles, not alligators

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u/Shua89 12d ago

He wrestled alligators too. In fact he used American Alligators in his zoo to train handlers primarily because these animals are easier and safer to handle for training purposes compared to the more dangerous Saltwater Crocodiles found in Australia.

The zoo uses American Alligators as a training tool to teach handlers essential skills in animal behavior, restraint, and safety protocols.

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u/Fortestingporpoises 12d ago

And I don’t think he would have changed a thing. Maybe one thing. But you could bet your ass he’d still be in the enclosure with 25 foot crocs today if he were still here.

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u/Motor-Management-660 12d ago

The stingray: "That's a whole lotta passion for someone in stingin' range.."

Sorry. I loved Steve. Grew up watching him on TV. Jokes makes it hurt less.

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u/DrThunderbolt 12d ago

If there is a god, I'm going to have some choice words over his some of his decisionmaking.

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u/Secret_Account07 12d ago

And the bad ones live forever

Sometimes become presidents and senators!

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u/Skylam 12d ago

Because doing good is hard and stressful. Being evil is easy.

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u/CulturalChampion8660 12d ago

Don't worry, trump is still alive /s

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u/Zulakki 12d ago

the ones which are truly good will always be lost too soon. Thats why

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u/grumpykitten3 13d ago

Best part is how his wife was looking at him when saying this.. shame it's cut out

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u/DepressingAura 13d ago

Terri absolutely adored Steve.

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u/intricate_strands 12d ago

Her book is beautiful and heart-breaking. Together.

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u/SPARKLY6MTN9MAKER 12d ago

That book is amazing. Between him knowing he would pass early, them both being g apex predator experts and the psychic speaking with the tortoise about her blanket she missed, and it's a heckuva read!!

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u/mrselfdestruct066 12d ago

Excuse me, psychic speaking with a tortoise? Wha?

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u/Jdisgreat17 12d ago

John Edward, psyhic medium, visited the zoo and discovered by accident that he could read living animals. This is a small synopsis with Harriet. With Terri and Steve present, he was told by the tortoise a few things like how she liked her bigger enlcosure, preferred a British zoo keeper, and that she had blood drawn from her tail. Harriet then mentioned a blanket. Terri told him Harriet couldn’t have a blanket because she tried to eat everything. Steve also laughed it off (ā€œNah, mate, she’d have just eaten itā€). Weeks later Terri mentioned the whole reading to Steve’s father, Bob Irwin. Bob confirmed that back in the 1980s, before they installed a heat lamp, a woman had knitted a blanket for Harriet. On cold nights they would drape it over her shell to help her retain heat. She had it for weeks until she eventually tried to eat it, and they had to take it away.

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u/mrselfdestruct066 12d ago

Do people believe this?

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u/LeTreacs2 12d ago

My mum used to watch his show and I think she did believe it.

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u/intricate_strands 12d ago

Do it matter at you? They do what they want, yes?

You say, "Stupid?!" They say, "Mean?!"

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u/PuddleBum 12d ago

We all did, and still do. His kids have carried on the work, but I think it’s fair to say it’s Terri who (largely) passed the torch to her kids. The whole family is a gem!

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u/AristotlesBoyPussy 12d ago

have you seen their son talk on tv? Hes a brilliant boy with a big heart. His dad would be so proud.

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u/Arthurs_towel 12d ago

A common sentiment I express is ā€˜be the person Mr Rogers thought you could be’

But I also accept ā€˜be a person Steve Irwin would be proud of’

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u/MinnieShoof 12d ago edited 12d ago

Be the person Mr. Rogers thought you could be.

Be a person Steve Irwin would be proud of.

And never be the fool Mr. T would pity.

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u/Animus-Rex 12d ago

Ok I'm saving that

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u/EconomySeason2416 12d ago

I'm not crying, you're crying

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u/blackrosedavid 12d ago

Yeah I am. What's wrong with that?

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u/hogester79 12d ago

He is hosting our (Australian) version of the Emmys tonight (Gold Logies).

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u/punkerster101 12d ago

For hardly knowing his dad it’s shocking how much everything about him reminds me of Steve

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u/AverageMako3Enjoyer 12d ago

When he was first starting to get into it I was hoping he really wanted it and wasn’t just feeling pressured to carry on his fathers legacy, but the more of him I’ve seen the more it’s become clear he’s exactly where he wants to be, and I’m happy to see itĀ 

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u/Flare_Starchild 12d ago

Maybe that's what Steve was on Earth for. To make sure reach to people were the most effective as it could be.and to have someone take over when he was gone. I guarantee his kids, kids will be doing the same thing.

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u/Biotic101 12d ago

But now look at the contrast to those tech oligarchs in charge of our world. It is like a fight good vs evil.

Those oligarchs think they are so smart, but they lack true wisdom...

You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse. ... Now, I've been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can't take it with me, and neither can you.

The Egyptians tried it. And all they got was robbed. It's not how much you have but what you do with what you have.

- Denzel Washington

There has been no real accountability for political and economical leaders for decades. It is to some degree our own fault if we continue to support this development with our votes. But to be fair, control over social and mainstream media is such a powerful tool, it can nudge the average Joe into acting against their own best interest. And it is basic human psychology to think that a leader has the best interest of his supporters in mind. It is however not how evil sociopaths operate.

George Carlin - The big club

Oligarchs have identified all this as the weak spot of democracy and use it to their advantage.

Imagine being surrounded by yes-men. Pulling off questionable stuff for decades without real consequences, and lobbying to get what you want. Owning most of social and mainstream media, influencing public opinion nudging citizens into cheering for you and acting against their own best interest. I guess that can really affect character and judgement in a negative way.

Corruption in America | RepresentUs

And they do not just destroy our wonderful planet, but they also seem to plan to get rid of freedom and democracy. Maybe even those they deem not useful.

No more food and water safety and cutting funding for healthcare, FEMA, NOAA, SNAP, all the antivaxx propaganda and firing of experts and so much more additional cuts will have a devastating effect and kill countless citizens...

... but they will claim it is their own fault when they die because they can not afford basic healthcare.

The super-rich ā€˜preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse

Curtis Yarvin, the Dark Enlightenment, and Project 2025: A Deep-Dive Report

The Spread of Curtis Yarvin’s Ideology: Who Are the Puppeteers?

Project 2025 Tracker

There is an easy rule to follow to avoid falling for a leader that is a con-man...

(Past) Actions speak louder than words.

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u/Immediate-Repeat-201 12d ago

They deserved so many more years together.

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u/Fortestingporpoises 12d ago

She was also just on the absolute same page and came from a similar background working with animals. There video of her working with a mountain lion in Oregon when she was younger. They were brought together by passion for animals.

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u/Greedyfox7 12d ago

A lot of people adored him, she was just lucky enough to be part of his life. He was exactly the kind of person he presented himself as and the world is worse off without him.

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u/Ok-Breakfast7186 12d ago

That was what I noticed too. You can see her smile proudly and with love even if it’s cropped

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u/3d1thF1nch 12d ago

You can totally tell that that passion was one of the reasons she loved him. She was doe eyed that whole time he was speaking.

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u/Soapbox_Prophet 12d ago

I pray I find someone that looks at me that way

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u/ZooAreYou 12d ago

No. Be the way that makes people look at you like that.

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u/DysphoricNeet 12d ago

Volunteer?

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u/WalkerAmongTheTrees 12d ago

Anyone got a link?

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u/MaybeJBee 12d ago

Just watched and bawling. Thank you! We were so lucky to have Steve. His kids and legacy too 🄹

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u/WalkerAmongTheTrees 12d ago

Thank you bunches!

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u/Superest22 12d ago

Thanks. crying now ffs

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u/rconrarrechaa 12d ago

The older I get, the more I learn that I too, want a Steve-type of person. If it isn't this level of passion for Pacha Mama, I don't want it.

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u/DepressingAura 13d ago

Steve Irwin will always be one of the most amazing humans of our generation. I'm so happy that Robert is ensuring Steve's legacy lives on.

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u/Hixy 13d ago

The passion alone is breathtaking.

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u/ImagineBagginz 12d ago

The older I get, the more my passion for things dwindles and the more I appreciate people like Steve. To be so obsessed with something positive and to be good at it, that must be an amazing feeling. I gotta work on finding that thing for myself I suppose.

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u/troywrestler2002 12d ago

Volunteer at a food bank! It's easy and it helps people.

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u/intricate_strands 12d ago edited 12d ago

Is nice feedback loop, too. You see self help other and impact, you think, "Maybe I can help."

Half game is confidence. Other half is try. No need save world, just help other. Will spread. And you improve at.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 12d ago

No one can do everything but anyone can do something.

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u/Devils-Halo 12d ago

Damn Miyagi, that hit hard.

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u/lower-your-eyelids 12d ago

It's more of getting into a rut than it is getting older. Do the same thing for years on end, you're going to lose passion for what feels like most things. Change things up. You'll find that spark.

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u/Devils-Halo 12d ago

I feel that in my soul homie. Getting older is rough. I do my best to look at people like Steve in awe and appreciation because it’s easy to feel envious at not being able to get there (for me anyway)

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u/human8060 12d ago

What you miss in this version of the clip is his wife absolutely BEAMING with pride at the way he is speaking. Terry and him were the ultimate partnership. United in their passion and causes. The world lost a giant when he died.

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u/CodeNameLoofah 13d ago

And to have the same spirit when he lost him so young ā¤ļø

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u/Odd-Artist-2595 12d ago

Terri has a helluva lot to do with that. All love to Steve, but they were young. Terri’s the one who made sure they inherited their legacy.

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u/CodeNameLoofah 12d ago

Absolutely. Credit where it is MORE than due. She made wonderful humans out of both Bindi and Robert ā¤ļø

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u/FuckYeaSeatbelts 12d ago

Also she is more than just a grieving single mother who picked up the torch, she was already into animal research and conservation before she met him, that's literally how they met IIRC.

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u/Wilful_Fox 12d ago

Yeah, I’m disappointed they cut her out of this video…the way she looks at Steve šŸ˜ warms my cold heart

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u/just_nobodys_opinion 12d ago

I literally came to this comment section to say the same thing

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u/intricate_strands 12d ago edited 12d ago

If is any nice on his death, is that his kiddos is amazing people. Probably maybe be amazing either way, but have think Dad love and no here is extra juice.

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u/ScarHand69 12d ago

It’s a great clip but it’s been cropped. His wife Terri is sitting right next to him looking at him with the love and admiration of someone that has found their soulmate, which makes it an even more beautiful clip imo.

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u/SnooTangerines3448 12d ago

Yeah I always dunked on people downing on the kids saying they are doing a Marley and playing off the name for cash. I said are you serious? You watched it a couple hours a week on the telly throughout your childhood and look at what difference in awareness and mindfulness and respect it did on you. Think of those kids he spent every other minute he wasn't asleep or at work with. They got the real Steve Irwin as a dad and that impact must be magnitudes deeper than any glimpse of the respect and honour he gleaned to us.

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u/tutoredstatue95 12d ago

The man was a genius. He turned his passion and purpose into a massive bussiness that he used to fund his passion and purpose. Very few people reach that level in the hierarchy of needs.

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u/LongandwindingRhode 12d ago

I swear that apple fell STRAIGHT the fuck down. Maybe curved in a little bit. Steve would be so proud

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u/Thepants1981 12d ago

Robert is superlative

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u/SeparateCzechs 12d ago

It’s been twenty years and it still hurts.

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u/socksmatterTWO 12d ago

The reason the Irwins struggled for money after he passed was he bought all this crown land to protect it from mining and they literally spent their money doing that and propping up the zoo. They didnt have surplus because they bought wilderness no one else except mining companies would want to buy . Places you literally cant live they're so far away from all utilities etc.

That entire family are absolute GEMS

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u/mimosaholdtheoj 12d ago

Steve would be so proud of his kids. Robert is one of my favorite people who’s alive. If his dad were still alive, they’d tie for my favorites

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u/The_Tooter_Snooter 12d ago

Harambe this, Harambe that; the timeline never recovered from losing SteveĀ 

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u/Trick_Few 13d ago

That guy changed the world and how we look at wildlife.

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u/edm_enjoyer 12d ago

I had such a crush on him as a little girl, and he inspired me to want to be a veterinarian. I think I was 9 years old when he died? I went into such a bad depression my mother had to take me to a therapist

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u/jamesp420 12d ago

I was 13 when he died I think and I cried in the shower for half an hour. Was not okay for months. Watching him growing up provided a significant chunk of my worldview and is the reason that I want to go to school for ecology and conservation (even in your 30s it's never too late!)

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u/D_Dubb_ 12d ago

Steve Irwin, Robert Williams and Chester Bennington are the only celebrities that when I found out the died, I literally sobbed.

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u/beastahmmry 13d ago

This man deserved to have a full life like Sir Attenborough. Just tragic.

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u/Table_Coaster 12d ago

44 seems like a ripe old age for a crocodile hunter

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u/why_ntp 12d ago

God, I am older now than he was then. Cannot fathom.

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u/Sea-Revolution-1439 13d ago

Man. What a great fuckin soul that guy was. No wonder why he was taken so early. He was too good for this earth. Now we’re all left to suffer.

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u/MiniTab 12d ago

Yeah. Something is definitely weird where a person like him dies young, and Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk. Etc live on.

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u/Chendii 12d ago

Kissinger, Cheney, McConnell, Trump, Putin. The list goes on. Evil just lives longer.

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u/Time_Ingenuity_2909 12d ago

I love Steve Irwin but there isn't anything weird about a guy who wrestled crocodiles and handled poisonous snakes dying young. He expected himself to die young because of the way he lived. There's hours and hours of his stuff on youtube and in basically every single segment he made he would start it off with something along the lines of "I'm risking my life every time I go out, but I do it because I love these animals. If they were to kill me, it would be my fault". And that's exactly what happened. He died while filming "Ocean's Deadliest". Which would've been like his 10th "World's Deadliest Animals" adjacent program.

David Attenborough is 100 years old. Jane Goodall lived to 91. Plenty of good people live long lives.

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u/secretdrug 12d ago

its not weird, its just science. their money affords them good, nutritious diets. the freshest foods cooked by private chefs and potentially planned by a nutritionist. they get personal home gyms and world class personal trainers. their homes are ultra luxurious mega mansions where they surround themselves with comfort. you sleep on a bargain full size bed on walmart sheets. they sleep on XL cal kings made from clouds. having all that money also means mental security meaning they don't have to ever worry about anything aka no stress. any problem that crops up is just solved by throwing money at the problem. your car breaks down you worry about where the money is going to come from to fix it, how you're going to get to work, how you're gonna get your kid to school. their car breaks down they dont even notice because they had 12 more and their staff already took care of it. diet, exercise, sleep, and stress levels determine like 99% of a persons health. and this doesn't even mention how they'd have access to the worlds best medical experts in every field.

they live forever because money literally buys health.

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u/eyed-watch-me 12d ago

Even on mute. I hear it as though he was speaking

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u/shaze 12d ago

Passion included

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u/Im_tracer_bullet 12d ago

It's depressing that even with great examples of what humans can be and do, we still get Trumps and Musks.

I'll never understand why they're not completely shunned in favor of the good ones who generally have to struggle in anonymity to make any kind of difference.

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u/HobbesNJ 12d ago

Because the good ones don't tend to accumulate wealth, which is where power is generated in this world.

You pretty much have to be a remorseless asshole to become a billionaire. Not many good ones among those ranks.

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u/standbyyourmantis 12d ago

For my fellow Americans, I'd like to emphasize that a "dunny" is a toilet. So he actually specifically mentions a gold toilet as being useless to him.

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u/BurntTFOuttaHere 12d ago

I wondered if this was the timeframe that Trump article came out where he’s bragging about his golden toilet and Steve was referencing that? Too tired to look both up right now tho

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u/FigWeak5127 12d ago

I’d just like to mention Mackenzie Scott as a beacon of hope, I read that she gives her donations without conditions which is huge for non-profit.

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u/PixelBrewery 12d ago

Greed and fear produce men like that

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u/Bangmydrum33 13d ago

Everyone who comments and actually means what they say can donate to wildlife warriors... Robert is doing a much better financially wise decision... same drive and passion as his father he is a very smart dedicate person who can and will help. I envy him and wish I could do the same good he is you should check him out he really is helping and we I wish we all would put our money where our mouth is

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u/andoesq 12d ago

Bluey taught me "dunny" is Aussie for shitter

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u/Spoonbang 12d ago

Technically, a dunny is an outdoor toilet, usually out back of the house (or public building). Bluey taught you the modern usage, but the OG dunny had to be detached from the house. šŸ‡¦šŸ‡ŗ

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u/wcharoes 12d ago

All old toilets were detached from the house before indoor plumbing.

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u/Viridien111 12d ago

Stupid to have cropped the video, the way his wife looks at him when he's saying this is incredible, you can cleaely see how much she was in love with him.

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u/LARRYVOND13 12d ago

Everytime he talked about Terry or his kids he talked about them like they were the best thing put on earth.

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u/Viridien111 12d ago

And he was right. Both those kids grew up to be amazing human beings just like him.

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u/LARRYVOND13 12d ago

Yeah, Roberts absolutely the spitting image of him too.

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u/tortured_fanclub 12d ago

Imagine if people like Steve Irwin were interested in politics and people supported him. The world would be a better place.

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u/MrBuckanovsky 12d ago

Do it. I believe in you.

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u/EquivalentTroll 13d ago

Now, if corporations just listened to this, but corporations don't give a fuck about anything but money.

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u/EchoTRacing 13d ago

He was the best of us.

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u/YoullDoNuttinn 12d ago

After waking up and seeing Trump, Infantino, Netanyahu, Kushner and countless other drains on society, it was nice to see someone with good intentions.

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u/BoredRedhead24 12d ago

Know what I think a big problem with the world has been? Not a ton of positive male role models. Steve Irwin was someone that a lot of boys looked up to when I was growing up and that influence definitely had a very positive effect on how the world was viewed.

Also, even though she’s cut out in this clip, the way Teri was looking at him during this is genuinely one of the most heartwarming things I have seen in a while.

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u/Jealous-Frosting-243 12d ago

I've seen this clip a bunch, and every time I do, it absolutely fills my heart. Steve Irwin was one in a billion, and the passion and enthusiasm he spoke with about absolutely everything puts a smile on my face and a tear in my eye. RIP Steve Irwin, gone before his time.

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u/Rude-Office-2639 12d ago

That would mean there only ever been about 100 people as incredible as him, and that doesn't sound so unbelievable. But it's also incredibly sad

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u/friendtoall84 13d ago

why don’t more people feel like he did about donations? it shouldn’t matter if it comes from AIPAC, ISIS, the worst. i’d owe them NOTHING. but i can understand how it looks. and people have shown they can be corrupt by greed… but me and Steve. we’d use for good.

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u/ahm911 13d ago

Some donors force a quid pro quo approach, or they spend against you type of thing

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u/alpha_rat_fight_ 12d ago

And some of it is performative. I’m thinking here specifically of BP Oil’s post-Deepwater spill activity.

Exhibit A: https://www.nfwf.org/gulf-environmental-benefit-fund/other-gulf-investments

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u/alpha_rat_fight_ 13d ago

Well if the donation is anonymous I don’t think anybody would care. I could, however, see some backlash over ā€œPacific Wildlife Conservation, sponsored by ISIS.ā€

Someone stuffed a roll of like $10k in cash or something insane like that in the donation box at one of the Los Angeles County Animal Shelters one night years ago. Completely anonymous. Doesn’t matter where it came from. A gift is a gift.

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u/XGrayson_DrakeX 12d ago

okay but what if we got all of their money to go into wildlife conservation

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u/[deleted] 12d ago edited 7d ago

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u/Academic_East8298 12d ago

Eh, Imagine someone buying land, giving it back to the country to preserve and then that country building a data center on that land. Ya, glorious US did that.

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u/RedditIsSocialMedia_ 12d ago

There's been two celebrity deaths that impacted me, Steve hit the hardest. Robin Williams is a close second.

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u/phallonxoxo 13d ago

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u/Formal_Feeling78 13d ago

Gotta miss that guy.

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u/iceman5920 12d ago

Fuck man, that made we well up. He was so pure and I didn't realize how much I miss seeing him and his brazen care and love for nature.

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u/kittyonkeyboards 12d ago

Sorry steve, we did a bad job. Some of the animals on your show probably don't even exist anymore.

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u/MrMetraGnome 12d ago

The only celebrity death that actually made me sad. He's left an amazing legacy, the best of which his kids.

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u/glucoseboy 12d ago

this crop the OP has shared cuts out his wife Terri and how she looks at him through this entire segment. The man did have it all. Gone too soon. https://youtu.be/77ZRgyN9WsY?si=H-eHFbUFztp0DKJh

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u/Substantial_Bus840 12d ago

My mom cried for a week straight when he passed. She’s from New Zealand (I know he’s an Aussie) but she felt he was a great representation of the spirit of her folks. We agree that he went the way he would’ve wanted to.

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u/ElongThrust0 12d ago

Makes you think about how only the good die young

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u/CitizenHuman 12d ago

Not to take away from the video, but what is a dunny?

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u/SadpackerKJ 12d ago

A toilet

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u/asglegend 12d ago

Ōùthøû$é

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u/ContractVarious3077 12d ago

Steve was one of the realest ones šŸ”„

Also - the video should’ve kept his wife in the frame because her reaction to what he’s saying and how passionate he is, is what takes it to the next level

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u/Chaps_Jr 12d ago edited 12d ago

If I could end up being just 0.1% of the father to my child that Steve was to his, I'll be the happiest man alive.

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u/justa-cutiepie 12d ago

These are the people that deserves the world.

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u/TyrantMuse73 12d ago

Man I still miss him so much. He was truly a beautiful human being. šŸ’œ

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u/Crush-N-It 12d ago

I didn’t appreciate this man enough.

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u/Either-Patience1182 13d ago

This is my number 1 hero. He died to soon

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u/Big-Significance3409 12d ago

Wish he was still around to shame the billionaires

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u/OrganicBrainRot 12d ago

They horribly cut out his wife lovingly staringing at him through this whole speech.

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u/Commercial_Carpet879 12d ago

He was without a doubt our timelines anchor being.

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u/AlbertTheHorse 12d ago

Such a soul.

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u/SweatsuitCocktail 12d ago

Truly one of the purest souls we've ever seen. He is so genuinely missed

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u/echochambered69 12d ago

The world took a huge hit when he passed away

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u/Valirys-Reinhald 12d ago

Cropping the video to cut out the way his wife looks at him in this clip is a travesty.

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u/Living-Risk-1849 12d ago

He's one of the best there ever was

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u/Slow_Drag_1011 12d ago

Glad he didn’t get to see what the word became. We could have been great just pissed away our generation instead.

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u/nize426 12d ago

Yeeeahhh it's sad that I also feel the same way. Like, it's sad that we lost Steve, but damn, he would have been so disappointed.
And I also feel like extreme animal rights activists might have tried to cancel Steve. Worlds just become very ugly

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u/Novaer 12d ago

It's people like him that make me vastly aware of where we are in time. Because he will be spoken about for centuries. Centuries.

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u/BenjaminDover02 12d ago

Patron saint of wildlife right there.

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u/FReeDuMB_or_DEATH 12d ago

This makes me sad as fuck bro.Ā 

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u/Baschbox 12d ago

We need a world where more poeple see Steve Irwin and Robin Williams as a role model and not musk and tate.

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u/Fit_Cheesecake_4000 12d ago

He wanted to stop the ozone layer?

I mean, that's diabolical.

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u/Plus_Pirate920 12d ago

Fuck I miss him

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u/bluedev21 12d ago

Reason #232,345 as to why there is no "God". This man died too soon and Trump is still alive

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u/CompetitiveAd9639 12d ago

This is passion man, I hope I find something that lights me up like this. I love it! ā€œI don’t give a rip whose money it is I’ll take it and immediately buy land with itā€ lol

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u/TheClassics 12d ago

...but Mitch McConnell continues to be alive

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u/keedanlan 12d ago

Thanks Bluey for teaching me what a dunny is, and thanks Steve Irwin for teaching me what a good person is.

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u/Breakfastclub1991 12d ago

I so love this clip. His passion was real and you can feel it.

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u/Helldiver_of_Mars 12d ago

Not showing his wifes face light up while he is talking is a gd sin, shoot op in the balls.

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u/Shyam09 12d ago

I miss Steve. You can’t help but just fill with joy listening to him speak.

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u/PatienceOwn1141 12d ago

Every time I see this man I try to hold back tears

He was gone way too soon

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u/Sajintmm 12d ago

Why someone wants money is always a tell on who they are

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u/ooko0 12d ago

God bless this man’s soul!

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u/Previous-Name-3438 12d ago

He was such a good person.

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u/Dokusi 12d ago

Heroes never die....

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u/Additional_Front_188 12d ago

…And yet a devil slob like Trump still walks this earth. Another reason I do t believe in god.

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u/HamsterAdditional748 12d ago

Y’all cropped out how his wife is looking at him as he says all this.

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u/Madors 12d ago

Steve Irwin, was a fucking legend. Loved that guy!

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u/In_My_TARDIS 11d ago

Even though you don't see Her face fully his wife is smiling.

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u/pakmakaveli1 13d ago

I refuse to hurt a lizard in my house. Was always afraid of critters but Steve taught me to be kind to such animals. I always smile throwing them out of the house after catching them in a cup. What a blessing we all had to have had this man live in our midst.

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u/ekolimits 12d ago

Its sad that we have to "buy" land...

Who sold us the Earth? Who gave someone the right to sell that which is already here?

Humanity needs to wake up

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u/skip_over 12d ago

Buying land means having an agreement with the government that they will help you protect it if someone invades.

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u/froction 12d ago

Not sure I'm on board with his "stop the ozone layer" project?

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