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Is that a chunk of the mountain that falls away before the smoke (?) starts ? My brains trying to tell me that it's an oozing liquid, but logic tells me that it's more likely (previously solid) mountainside. e: eugh, terrible snipe. Have a picture of a Mongolian eagle huntress, who's probably already been posted in this thread 
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Yes it's a third of the mountain flowing like liquid.
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Mar 23, 2021 09:05
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 (the huntress not the exploded mountain)
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Mar 23, 2021 10:57
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It's an animated version of Mt St. Helens landslide photographs, so there's an extra layer of unnatural eerie feel. https://petapixel.com/2013/02/26/photographing-the-eruption-of-mount-st-helens-from-10-miles-away/
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Mar 23, 2021 11:11
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I remember reading about some guy who lived on Mount St Helens and refused to evacuate when warned about the eminent eruption, because he said that he was "part of this mountain." which is definitely true now
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Mar 23, 2021 11:43
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baw posted:I remember reading about some guy who lived on Mount St Helens and refused to evacuate when warned about the eminent eruption, because he said that he was "part of this mountain." which is definitely true now "Harry Truman, who was closest to the volcano, became nationally and even internationally famous for his refusal to leave his lodge. He was portrayed by the press as sort of a rugged western loner who defied government authority. He had owned the lodge for more than 50 years, and his refusal to evacuate caused difficulties for local law enforcement. People would say, “Harry Truman is up in his lodge, why can’t I go to my property?” The blast was so powerful it broke off trees 10 feet in diameter, as if they were matchsticks. Harry Truman’s lodge was instantly destroyed and all the structures on Spirit Lake were buried under 200 feet of avalanche debris. Not a sign of them was ever found again."
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Mar 23, 2021 11:56
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Hellova way to go. Was he aerosolised or merely shredded?
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Mar 23, 2021 12:02
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By popular demand posted:Hellova way to go. No, no he died WITH volcanic atomization, not OF it.
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Mar 23, 2021 12:21
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According to wikipedia, just four days before his death he was visiting some school children who had sent him fan letters, because of his folk hero like defiance. It would have been pretty silly, if the volcano blew up during that visit.
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Mar 23, 2021 12:45
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Here's a livestream of that volcano erupting, the lava flow has cooled in the last few hours so it's not looking like much right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d2pk38VdqU Here's a timelapse from Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zymINXCAMw0
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Mar 23, 2021 14:03
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My dogshit American education left out most other countries when it talked about the best activity there is: Killin' Nazis. So we didn't get to see stuff like this. A couple more here: https://imgur.com/account/favorites/lae98
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Mar 23, 2021 16:21
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By popular demand posted:
same, but the eagle
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Mar 23, 2021 17:27
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Inzombiac posted:My dogshit American education left out most other countries when it talked about the best activity there is: Killin' Nazis. I had no idea this existed. But then again, I'm an american who went to a religious school when I was growing up. No way would they teach that.
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Mar 23, 2021 18:02
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Inzombiac posted:My dogshit American education left out most other countries when it talked about the best activity there is: Killin' Nazis. Hey that's pretty cool! People forget about the other countries that helped in WW2. Even me, a firstvgeneration Mexican American. Had to go see what Mexican added to the war effort pulled this up on wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/201st_Fighter_Squadron_(Mexico)#:~:text=The%20squadron%20was%20known%20by,in%20the%20summer%20of%201945 A fighter squadron of P-47s known as the "Aztec Eagles" coolio! ShortyMR.CAT has a new favorite as of 18:19 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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Mar 23, 2021 18:17
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There was that very funny time that the british national party put out a leaflet that had a 303 squadron spitfire on it. Which was made up of Polish expatriates who wanted to keep fighting the nazis.
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Mar 23, 2021 18:32
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OwlFancier posted:There was that very funny time that the british national party put out a leaflet that had a 303 squadron spitfire on it. Which was made up of Polish expatriates who wanted to keep fighting the nazis. If thats the one I'm thinking of, they were also some of the best fighter pilots in part due to their aggression
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Mar 23, 2021 19:55
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They literally got the high score in the battle of britain yes.
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Mar 23, 2021 19:56
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There's a really great book about the dogfighting Poles and others who escaped to Britain and started fighting to take back Europe, called Last Hope Island. Highly recommended.
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Mar 23, 2021 21:26
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I know everyone likes to poo poo on the American education system (because it's bad), but in Australia, I wasn't even taught that WWII existed. They didn't actively try to hide it from us or anything (like they did with the massacres committed by early colonisers), but it was never even mentioned in a lesson unless a student asked a specific question.
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Mar 23, 2021 22:25
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When/where were you educated? I'm Sydney class of mid-2000s and I don't remember much of high school but we definitely touched on at least the rats of Tobruk and the fuzzy wuzzies, the bombing of Darwin and so forth. Standard nationalist/jingoist poo poo but I wouldn't say they didn't even acknowledge ww2
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Mar 23, 2021 22:33
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History education in secondary school in Australia really seems to vary between schools.
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Mar 23, 2021 22:44
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Byron Bay shire, class of '09. We spent a fair bit of time on WWI (almost exclusively Gallipoli; they made us watch the movie, and dragged it out over weeks), touched very briefly on Vietnam and the Petrov Affair, and that was it in terms of wars. Primary school was all about the first fleet, and I guess there must've been something that explained ANZAC day, but I don't remember it. Years 7-8 didn't involve much Australian history at all, except for researching a single Prime Minister (John Curtin); it was mostly Greek, Roman, and Aztec history. Years 9-10 were mostly about the stolen generation, with a brief interlude for the wars mentioned above. Maybe WWII would've been covered if I'd chosen history as an elective. e: fun fact: My sister-in-law hadn't heard of the holocaust until she was in her 20s, and sitting around the dinner table with her jewish fiancé and his jewish family. Lady Disdain has a new favorite as of 22:51 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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Mar 23, 2021 22:49
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Kennel posted:"Harry Truman, who was closest to the volcano, became nationally and even internationally famous for his refusal to leave his lodge. He was portrayed by the press as sort of a rugged western loner who defied government authority. He had owned the lodge for more than 50 years, and his refusal to evacuate caused difficulties for local law enforcement. People would say, “Harry Truman is up in his lodge, why can’t I go to my property?” It really just seemed more like someone wanted the most over the top suicide Solar Coaster posted:I had no idea this existed. But then again, I'm an american who went to a religious school when I was growing up. No way would they teach that. Yeah no poo poo because they probably think the good guys lost the war
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Lady Disdain posted:e: fun fact: My sister-in-law hadn't heard of the holocaust until she was in her 20s, and sitting around the dinner table with her jewish fiancé and his jewish family. ...that must be up there on 'most awkward moments' of all time...
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Mar 24, 2021 08:58
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Inzombiac posted:My dogshit American education left out most other countries when it talked about the best activity there is: Killin' Nazis. This is cool as gently caress
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Mar 24, 2021 09:19
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https://twitter.com/AgostoAllElite/status/1374510146487947267
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Mar 24, 2021 10:29
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Samovar posted:...that must be up there on 'most awkward moments' of all time... ...is she racist or just very very stupid?
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Mar 24, 2021 10:32
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It wasn't really awkward, just sort of flabbergasting.Milo and POTUS posted:...is she racist or just very very stupid? Definitely not the first. The second ? Well, she's not stupid, but she's really unaware of the world around her, and this was definitely not the only gap in her knowledge that floored us over the years.
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Mar 24, 2021 11:36
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that's an actual joke in the Mel Brooks film The Producers:quote:Roger De Bris : Did you know, I never knew that the Third Reich meant Germany. I mean it's just drenched with historical goodies like that... of course at 1967 it would be all the more ludicrous.
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We're hitting the point that those that lived through WWII and the immediate aftermath are dying out in significant enough numbers. The cultural relevance to it are fading into far history instead of recent past. If your country wasn't directly involved with WWII would you learn about it in school?
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Android Apocalypse posted:We're hitting the point that those that lived through WWII and the immediate aftermath are dying out in significant enough numbers. The cultural relevance to it are fading into far history instead of recent past. If your country wasn't directly involved with WWII would you learn about it in school? Australia was one of the first countries to declare war on Nazi Germany alongside Great Britain, Australian soldiers and naval vessels fought in North Africa and across the Mediterranean (most notably in The Battle of Tobruk and El Aleiman). They then went on to battle the Japanese all across the pacific. 30,000 Australian soldiers and sailors were captive (mostly by the Japanese), and 39,000 were killed.
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Mar 24, 2021 19:55
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Cage rules and is proof that every sport should allow at least one guy to do as many steroids as he wants.
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Mar 24, 2021 20:01
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E: nm, not the place to talk about war and genocide, two things that are the opposite of bad rear end. E2- here's a dog wearing a bad rear end coat to protect it from birds of prey: 
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Mar 24, 2021 20:01
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Prokhor Zakharov posted:Australia was one of the first countries to declare war on Nazi Germany alongside Great Britain, Australian soldiers and naval vessels fought in North Africa and across the Mediterranean (most notably in The Battle of Tobruk and El Aleiman). They then went on to battle the Japanese all across the pacific. 30,000 Australian soldiers and sailors were captive (mostly by the Japanese), and 39,000 were killed. I am sorry to say but those numbers are relatively low and the immediate threat of occupation by either Nazis, Japanese or Soviet Union was never realistically on the table so its just "terrible", not "national mindset-changing terrible".
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Mar 24, 2021 20:02
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Cocaine Bear posted:E2- here's a dog wearing a bad rear end coat to protect it from birds of prey: The mismatch between the hardcore punk band vest, and the dog's look of uncertainty is the cherry on this cake.
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Mar 24, 2021 20:12
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https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_qqgphklOZf1r0uzl6.mp4
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Mar 24, 2021 20:27
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I'm guessing that croc wasn't feeling especially hungry.
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Mar 24, 2021 20:53
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Crocodiles are basically the goons of the river. I'm gonna lay down here and should something get near my maw I'll drag it down to the cold wet abyss from which nothing escapes. Just taking it easy.
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Mar 24, 2021 21:18
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Flat boi was probly full and drowsy, as he does Anyway, https://twitter.com/WomenWinningWs/status/1374847397461901314?s=19
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Holy poo poo it's that scene from Monty Python's Life of Brian in real life 
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