xerx

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Flying Ants in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] xerx@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Wow. Thank you. This is an educational read.

Divorce case scenario in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] xerx@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

Check out the expressions of the ppl watching from the back.

Good old times in c/funny@lemmy.world
[–] xerx@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I’m reminded of a certain song from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

American mother and her 8 sons, all of whom served in WW2 or the Korean War and survived, 1950s in c/historyporn@lemmy.world
[–] xerx@sh.itjust.works 52 points 4 months ago

Reminds me of the “Thankful Villages” or the rarer “Doubly Thankful Villages” in the UK. The former for villages where none of the men died in WWI and the second where none of the men died in both wars. Kind of sobering when you realised that the majority of places suffered losses of their men.

The Time I Built an Remote Operated Vehicles to Solve Missing Person Cases in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] xerx@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

What an incredible story! I felt my pulse quicken as I watched the videos of their ROV nearing the targets of their searches and actually swore out loud when the vehicles came into view after being missing for so many years. Well done to the two brothers!

The unanswered question is how the hell did Juha Laitinen's car ended so deep in the water far from the shore.

Disco Version of TOS theme with awesome brass and kickass flute solo in c/startrek@startrek.website
[–] xerx@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Instead of Star Trek, I was seeing visions of Love Boat, Falcon Crest, Dallas, etc. 🤣

Boredom births creativity in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
Car Talk with Martok: Who Crossed the Streams? in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
[–] xerx@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Brilliant!!