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12 year olds in 1882 at the premier of a new song (quokk.au)

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[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago

Calvin and Hobbes strip from oh god I'm typing this out on mobile, I'm sorry about the formatting. They've got a record on the turntable.Calvin: What's this music?Hobbes: It's "The 1812 Overture."Calvin: I kinda like it. Interesting percussion section.Hobbes: Those are cannons.Calvin: And they performed this in crowded concert halls?? Gee, I thought classical music was boring!

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

I knew I'd mess up the formatting, though I would not have guessed it would be like that.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It works for me on voyager

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I put line breaks in the alt text transcription and it repeated the image that many times for me on Summit. It's pretty silly.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I like it. Really hammers the point home

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

CAN YOU REPEAT THAT THE CANNONS ARE REALLY LOUD

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