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[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Saddam Hussein

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is an illustration of the nutty putty cave death.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Saddam just wants you to think they died in there but it was a cover to explain why they brought in concrete to reinforce it

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

I know that, I tried to make mediocre joke about the similarity of their contours

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago

Saddam is always red I believe. This is some dumb dude that got his body wedged into a too small hole in the earth like a human buttplug.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe don't jump headfirst into a new hobby?

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I feel little sympathy for people that put themselves into ridiculously dangerous situations like that and end up dying in a gruesome manner 🙄