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slazer2au@lemmy.world to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 1 month ago

Two Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, and Hulk Hogan.

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Two Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, and Hulk Hogan.

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slazer2au@lemmy.world to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 1 month ago
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/54014653

Eiffel Towers, Hulk Hogans and Epstien Files

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  • Sumocat@lemmy.world
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    The Statue of Liberty is French.

    • MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Nah, it’s American now, just like pizza, football, and Christianity. If it touches these Purple Mountains Majesty™©®, it belongs to us. Shit, even if it doesn’t touch us, but has, like, some cool stuff that we want, then that’s our’s too. It’s our Manifest Destiny.

      • 6nk06@sh.itjust.works
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        No, we’re still bitter about it. Give us back the statue of Liberty, and good old Louisana before that idiot of an emperor sold it to you.

        Make France Great Again!

        Your new national dish shall be croissants and ratatouille if you don’t comply.

        • MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          We colonized croissants a looooong time ago, pal! Or have you not heard of Burger King’s Le Croissandwich?

          • 6nk06@sh.itjust.works
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            You’re right, Burger King was always good in France compared to the other fastfood places. I give up.

        • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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          You aren’t stealing our gumbo from us!

      • oatscoop@midwest.social
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        America

        First off, we don’t want anything French – I’ll remind you we renamed “French Fries” to “Freedom Fries”.

        Second, we use the standard “blue whale” as a unit for large volumes.

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      I’m really hoping that was the commenter’s joke because it’s great

    • calcopiritus@lemmy.world
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      That’s the joke

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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      She was made in France, but I think she’s supposed to be MENA descent. Possibly Egyptian, or Persian?

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    Memes from the Fediverse? That’s a good sign.

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    Volume should be fairly easy to calculate. Just flip her over and fill her up with slushee and tell us how many big gulps it took. It’s like these math nerds aren’t even trying.

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    I’m in this picture - waving at you 👋

    • slazer2au@lemmy.worldOP
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      🙃 ǝʇɐɯ ʎɐp’ƃ

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    The user that made the Hulk Hogan comment is definitely taking the piss, and judging by their url they’re from the UK …

    • slazer2au@lemmy.worldOP
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      Mate, don’t let the truth get in the way of a meme. :)

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
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      The request was “How about real American units?”.

      If I remember correctly, 1980s Hulk Hogan’s entrance song (and general persona) was “I am a real American”.

      We can therefore assume that the request for “real American units” referred to units of Hulk Hogans, which I supplied, as requested.

      • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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        That makes it even better, lol

  • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    There and back again, by Bilbo NotMetric

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