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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 50 points 1 week ago

My Temu order coming in as expected

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

and it's floating in a most peculiar way

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago

FOUR THREE TWO ONE

[–] TaviRider@reddthat.com 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, partial failure. But they ended up with an epic Viking burial at sea!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

🎶 Always look on the bright side of life 🎶

[–] Samdell@lemmy.eco.br 13 points 1 week ago
[–] KittenBiscuits@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago

I don't think that's what they meant when they said they were gonna blaze it.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

Sometimes that comedown be hard AF, tho.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Well that’s a brand new sentence.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

So uh, how much cannabis? Asking for a fisherman.

[–] iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I mean, haha silly funny time, but it was a person, Phillip Chapman, an astronaut's remains. Please show some respect.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

actually, that was their other launch. It exploded.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Spewing that much poison into the atmosphere for superstitious reasons is not worthy of respect, no matter who they were when they were alive.

The spacecraft was actually part of a ride share, with lots of other payloads, so the launch was for a lot of reasons.

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Wow the comments here are gold