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Cripple. History Major. Vaguely left-wing.

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Corrected, thanks!

PugJesus,
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It is a classic though, game respects game

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

PugJesus,
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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018679953/

PugJesus,
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Looks like a thatched roof to me.

PugJesus,
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"I work at NASA!"

"Oh, man, that's so cool! What do you do?"

[sweats, thinking of all the hours spent dropping cats and taking photos of them in mid-air] "B-biostudies..."

US anti-armor grenade packed inside a foam football, 1973 (lemmy.world)

“Since a regulation-size football weighs 14 ounces, it was considered feasible to make a shaped charge grenade within this weight limitation. In addition, most US troops are familiar with throwing footballs,” according to the Army’s test report for the weapon....

PugJesus,
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"Sports."

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

"PLUS... big boom."

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

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

PugJesus,
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Pros:

  • Cool way to die

Cons:

  • Literally none

More seriously, I believe they're very fuel/energy efficient, but generally have stability problems.

PugJesus,
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Exciting things, I would presume.

PugJesus,
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I don't see any. Removed by admins?

PugJesus,
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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,
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Just show up one day, start doing it, and demand money.

PugJesus,
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I bet this one could take a sledgehammer, though.

PugJesus,
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That's cool as fuck

PugJesus,
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I have a theoretical degree in internet archeology o7

PugJesus,
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There are definitely WW1 horse gas masks out there, I'll see if I can dig a good one up.

PugJesus,
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https://helanonline.cn/archive/article/4471

PugJesus,
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was rented out by the office of Indian affairs

Didn't know this. Words escape me.

PugJesus,
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It's a shame they probably demolished it in some lame, practical way when it was replaced, because seeing that going down by dynamite would have been cinematic as fuck.

PugJesus, (edited )
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This gimmick is both gross and impractical.

Those are the best kinds of gimmicks, though

PugJesus,
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Wild what people do without all the modern safety measures and machines we have!

Hope you enjoy it here! Just trying to bring a few historical curiosities to the Fediverse!

PugJesus,
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General Sherman early in life was quite alright with slavery and a casual racist against Black people, and later became an ardent anti-racist (at least, anti-racist with regards to anti-Black racism). He noted, some years after the US CIvil War, when asked by younger folk how so many people could have blithely accepted slavery, that man is more a creature of habit than originality.

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Guards are huge. Both well over 7 foot, tallest men in Kashmir at the time, supposedly

PugJesus,
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"you should have drank the pee"

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