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PugJesus, 8 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to historyporn in "My turn next!" Testing bulletproof vests, 1923

Mind mentioning where I said this was the first test?

I think OP is just grabbing posts from “fakehistoryporn” off Reddit and not understanding the difference…

You do realize that's not the kind of material "fakehistoryporn" posts, right? It would be labeled something more like "Experimental worm-removal by shockwave, 1865"

Just another of the (probably hundreds) of shitty meme communities OP mods or posts too. At this point I’m just blocking their whole account.

That's what the block button is there for.

PugJesus, 8 months ago to historyporn in Beggar (possibly a WW1 veteran?) running beside King George V's carriage, early 1920s

I'll attend your funeral

PugJesus, 8 months ago to historyporn in Two explorers looking at their ship, 'Terra Nova', during an Antarctic expedition, 1911

Mixture of places. Most I get from Rarehistoricalphotos. Many I get from Wikimedia commons. Some I google, when I have a piece of historical trivia I know but no picture to go with it. When I feel adventurous, I search online national archives, found some good Ethiopian pics in the Polish archives a while back.

PugJesus, 9 months ago to historyporn in German spy pigeon with a time-activated camera, WW1, 1914-1918

WW1 is when drones were first invented, that's why you only see the one (pigeon) model. Nowadays we have all sorts of advanced models - bluejays, crows, vultures...

PugJesus, 9 months ago to historyporn in Imperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918

The lance is actually interesting too - it's not traditional, not a wooden pole with a metal head. It's all-metal - a hollow tube of rolled steel.

PugJesus, 9 months ago to historyporn in One more basket carrier for the road! 20 baskets on his head, count 'em! London, 1925

Not sure about this particular pic, but I know that porters at this time would carry multiple filled baskets like this, and that human beings can carry and balance a surprising amount of weight on their heads.

PugJesus, 7 months ago to historyporn in NYPD enter their temporary headquarters near the World Trade Center. New York, NY, September 13, 2001. Photo by Andrea Booher

Inflation calculator says it should be $1.72 to maintain pace with inflation since 2001.

PugJesus, 8 months ago to historyporn in Pro-segregation rally in Arkansas, USA, 1960s

My favorite modern example is 'Marxist corporations'

PugJesus, 8 months ago to historyporn in Elephant conscripted by the Imperial German Army to move logs, WW1, 1915

Because he's part of the war effort now o7

The elephant was taken from a civilian zoo and pressed into service. 'Conscripted' seemed appropriate.

PugJesus, 8 months ago to historyporn in US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973

"Sports."

"Okay. I like it, I like it."

"PLUS... big boom."

"My God. Give this man a promotion and the Medal of Congress!"

PugJesus, 8 months ago to historyporn in French tanker wearing a British 'splatter mask' to protect against shrapnel/'spalling' in the tank, WW1, 1918

It's a very dystopian aesthetic, though. The right mixture of 'crude' and 'industrial'.

PugJesus, 8 months ago to historyporn in The Monowheel, Italy, 1933

Unfortunately, I can't see it on my Lemmy.world or Kbin account, so I can't do anything about it. I banned a fellow like that not too long ago.

PugJesus, 9 months ago to historyporn in Imperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918

I have a theoretical degree in internet archeology o7

PugJesus, 10 months ago to historyporn in British blacksmith on an anti-slavery patrol boat removing leg irons from a freed slave off the coast of Mozambique, 1907

"you should have drank the pee"

PugJesus, 8 months ago to historyporn in WW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942

Trading ration cards was actually very common! I imagine the only Brit who didn't like tea or sugar was living like the king.