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what was the stupidest thing that happened in your nation's history? (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 days ago by zipper@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net

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i'll go first: our 17th prime minister one day vanished while swimming in the ocean and not only did none of his friends give a fuck, they started slapfighting immediately for who's gonna be his successor. no joke they didn't even let his body turn cold before the arguments began it was all so fucking funny.

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[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 25 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Oh yeah, there was the gay bomb (Wikipedia link)

The us wanted to drop bombs of a non lethal variety that would release hormones that would cause adversaries to want to fornicate wildly instead of fighting. It even won an Ig Nobel prize.

[–] zipper@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

holy fuck there is no way that is real. no FUCKING way LMAO WHAT??? GAY BOMB??????? agony-turbo

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago

it's not real-real, it was a proposal that didn't go anywhere.

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

i wish they'd continued r & d on this