▲ 825 ▼ Thank you for your service (i.imgur.com) submitted 3 years ago by DangerBryce@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blastoid5000@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (2 children) This meme template is gold. I haven't seen it before. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 17 points 3 years ago (4 children) My first thought was why would you put a town at the bottom of a dam like that? And then I remembered that I grew up in a small town under a dam. That dam was on a fault line. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] HaphazardFinesse@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago 'Cause the town came first. Town was built on the original river, which was later dammed for power/water reservoir for said town. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Yikes! I admire the city planners’ confidence (or ignorance). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Cheez@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 6 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=yjfrJzdx7DA Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I know lives are at stake, but this entire thing reads like something from a mockumentary. I really hope the city management and the citizens act before it is too late. Is moving out the only option? P.S. I wonder what the real estate rates are at that place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the Onion, a joke news site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yikes. I did not notice that. It did not help that the piped link directly opened the video in full screen. Thanks for bringing my attention to the fact. :-) permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) People always said that the dam could support double the most severe earthquake that the fault could produce, but who knows how true that is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Exactly. No matter how good or bad the odds are, that statement isn’t instilling confidence. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago At least Saruman was smart enough to just live in a big old tower incease it ever were to break. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Mentone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 1 point 3 years ago Nope, not that one. permalink fedilink source parent [+] confi@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 17 points 3 years ago (4 children) My first thought was why would you put a town at the bottom of a dam like that? And then I remembered that I grew up in a small town under a dam. That dam was on a fault line. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] HaphazardFinesse@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago 'Cause the town came first. Town was built on the original river, which was later dammed for power/water reservoir for said town. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Yikes! I admire the city planners’ confidence (or ignorance). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Cheez@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 6 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=yjfrJzdx7DA Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I know lives are at stake, but this entire thing reads like something from a mockumentary. I really hope the city management and the citizens act before it is too late. Is moving out the only option? P.S. I wonder what the real estate rates are at that place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the Onion, a joke news site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yikes. I did not notice that. It did not help that the piped link directly opened the video in full screen. Thanks for bringing my attention to the fact. :-) permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) People always said that the dam could support double the most severe earthquake that the fault could produce, but who knows how true that is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Exactly. No matter how good or bad the odds are, that statement isn’t instilling confidence. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago At least Saruman was smart enough to just live in a big old tower incease it ever were to break. permalink fedilink source parent [–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Mentone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 1 point 3 years ago Nope, not that one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HaphazardFinesse@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago 'Cause the town came first. Town was built on the original river, which was later dammed for power/water reservoir for said town. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) Yikes! I admire the city planners’ confidence (or ignorance). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Cheez@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 6 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=yjfrJzdx7DA Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I know lives are at stake, but this entire thing reads like something from a mockumentary. I really hope the city management and the citizens act before it is too late. Is moving out the only option? P.S. I wonder what the real estate rates are at that place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the Onion, a joke news site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yikes. I did not notice that. It did not help that the piped link directly opened the video in full screen. Thanks for bringing my attention to the fact. :-) permalink fedilink source parent [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) People always said that the dam could support double the most severe earthquake that the fault could produce, but who knows how true that is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Exactly. No matter how good or bad the odds are, that statement isn’t instilling confidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Cheez@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 6 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=yjfrJzdx7DA Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I know lives are at stake, but this entire thing reads like something from a mockumentary. I really hope the city management and the citizens act before it is too late. Is moving out the only option? P.S. I wonder what the real estate rates are at that place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the Onion, a joke news site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yikes. I did not notice that. It did not help that the piped link directly opened the video in full screen. Thanks for bringing my attention to the fact. :-) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 6 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=yjfrJzdx7DA Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I know lives are at stake, but this entire thing reads like something from a mockumentary. I really hope the city management and the citizens act before it is too late. Is moving out the only option? P.S. I wonder what the real estate rates are at that place. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the Onion, a joke news site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yikes. I did not notice that. It did not help that the piped link directly opened the video in full screen. Thanks for bringing my attention to the fact. :-) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) It's the Onion, a joke news site. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yikes. I did not notice that. It did not help that the piped link directly opened the video in full screen. Thanks for bringing my attention to the fact. :-) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Yikes. I did not notice that. It did not help that the piped link directly opened the video in full screen. Thanks for bringing my attention to the fact. :-) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) People always said that the dam could support double the most severe earthquake that the fault could produce, but who knows how true that is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Exactly. No matter how good or bad the odds are, that statement isn’t instilling confidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Exactly. No matter how good or bad the odds are, that statement isn’t instilling confidence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago At least Saruman was smart enough to just live in a big old tower incease it ever were to break. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Mentone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandroid@dandroid.app 1 point 3 years ago Nope, not that one. permalink fedilink source parent