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time2lose@lemmy.world to What could go wrong?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days ago

Ancient Chinese official Wan Hu strapped 47 firecrackers to a chair to travel the space, made his servants light them all at once, and disappeared in a massive cloud of smoke.

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Ancient Chinese official Wan Hu strapped 47 firecrackers to a chair to travel the space, made his servants light them all at once, and disappeared in a massive cloud of smoke.

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  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    I wonder how much the servant enjoyed blowing up their boss/master?

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      What a great idea sir, you are so smart and wise, we will start preparations immediately.

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      Servants…he told us to do it! Yeah yeah…we strapped him to the chair like he said, then we light up all rockets like he said also…uhuu…ahaa…yeah. And he wasn’t even twitching or complaining or fighting the ropes screaming, “WTF what are you doing to me!” Or anything.

  • gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    19 days ago

    To travel the space

    • the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      It would be ridiculous to say you are traveling TO space, considering the obvious fact that we are already there.

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        Your not big, and you’re not clever

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    “He is said to have died in 1390.” wikipedia

    “the IAU named the crater Wan-Hoo on the far side of the Moon after him.” (also wikipedia)

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      So he made it then

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    • SourDragon@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      The best bisexual in video games

      💥🩷💥💜💥💙💥

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    POOM! Smoke bomb, and he’s not there when it clears.

    Wan Hu was the first magician!

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    Legend is some pieces of him got into low orbit!

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    Technically he made it, but by the same technicality that we’re all traveling through space all the time.

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    In another time he could have been a submarine captain.

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    “… The Aristocrats!”

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    19 days ago

    America is a nation of immigrants

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