Ape Shit: The Next Level Beyond Bananas

Ape Shit: The Next Level Beyond Bananas

Going Bananas Over Marijuana Prohibition

Alright tribe, lean in close and light up. Today we’re going cosmic with fruit and philosophy. You’ve heard the saying: “That dude went bananas.” That’s the entry-level madness, the polite warm-up. But out in the jungle of the soul, there’s another stage—the wild one—the untamed eruption called ape shit.

Now think about it: you can’t have ape shit without bananas. Bananas are the base layer—the fuel, the trigger, the sweet yellow ticket to chaos. Bananas are losing your cool. Ape shit is losing the illusion you ever had control in the first place. Big difference.

But here’s where the Stoic Stoner lens flips it: maybe going ape shit isn’t about freaking out. Maybe it’s about stepping fully into raw authenticity. The ape doesn’t care about Wall Street or your neighbor’s opinion on lawn ornaments. The ape moves primal, true to instinct. And isn’t that what Marcus Aurelius was getting at when he said: “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.”

Bananas are you worrying what people think. Ape shit is you saying, “Nah, I’m living my truth,” and pounding your chest with a joint in hand. Stoicism isn’t about being stiff and stone-faced. It’s about discipline, yeah, but also about letting go of the fake stuff. Sometimes the next level of calm is on the other side of going wild.

Bananas = surface madness. Ape shit = deeper freedom.

So don’t fear the ape. Channel it. Let the bananas ripen, peel ‘em back, and when the time comes—swing through the vines of life laughing like you already made it to the other side.

Stay stoic. Stay stoned. Pass the bananas. 🍌🔥🦍

🍃 Stoner Proverb 🍃

“He who goes bananas loses his cool,
but he who goes ape shit loses his chains.”