this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2024
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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Now there's a blast from the past - I remember this doing the rounds back in the day when you had to figure out the right codecs to watch something.

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I was born after the event, but when I was in cub scouts, long before the internet, one of my fellow scouts' parents worked for the news station that shot this piece and brought a VHS of it to a meeting once. It became a legend at our school to the extent that the parent later gave a copy to the school to show to kids so they wouldn't be left out of the fun.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

well that was SOO worth it. thank you.

when the guy questioned how much explosive it would take I started giggling pretty good. like who the fuuuuck thought THIS was the best idea? lmao

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Dat smell too

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 months ago
[–] rolaulten@startrek.website 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You know someone pitched the idea as a bullshit excuse to use a bunch of dynamite and everyone jumped on the bandwagon. For anyone who does not know, Florence OR is this little seaside town with not that much going on.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

Some great off road and camping sites though. Love Florence.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Yes my favorite example of "unusual problems require unusual solutions.*"

*Your mileage may vary.

[–] BlackJerseyGiant@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

There's a great Dollop about this Whalesplosion.