A man who lived one hell of a life

This is a two-panel comparison meme. The top panel displays a snippet of the Wikipedia infobox for famous British natural historian and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough: it shows his 2018 portrait, his long list of honorific post-nominal titles, and his birth information stating he was born 8 May 1926 (aged 100 at the time the infobox was captured) in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. The bottom panel shows an image of Venom Snake (also known as Big Boss), the protagonist from the Metal Gear Solid video game franchise, who canonically shares the same birthday (8 May). The meme humorously implies that the two figures are the same person, suggesting he lived two incredibly distinct, impressive, and eventful lives as both a legendary naturalist and a badass special forces soldier.

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Sir David Attenborough
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Attenborough in 2018
Born David Frederick Attenborough 8 May 1926 (age 100) Isleworth, Middlesex, England

Overview

This is a two-panel comparison meme. The top panel displays a snippet of the Wikipedia infobox for famous British natural historian and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough: it shows his 2018 portrait, his long list of honorific post-nominal titles, and his birth information stating he was born 8 May 1926 (aged 100 at the time the infobox was captured) in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. The bottom panel shows an image of Venom Snake (also known as Big Boss), the protagonist from the Metal Gear Solid video game franchise, who canonically shares the same birthday (8 May). The meme humorously implies that the two figures are the same person, suggesting he lived two incredibly distinct, impressive, and eventful lives as both a legendary naturalist and a badass special forces soldier.

Origin notes

This meme was originally posted to Reddit as a user-created meme, with the posted title "A man who lived one hell of a life". It relies on the niche shared trivia that both David Attenborough and the Metal Gear Solid character Venom Snake have the same birthday to make the absurd comedic suggestion that they are the same individual. It combines a screenshot from David Attenborough's public Wikipedia entry and official art/screenshot from Konami's Metal Gear Solid video game series.

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