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[โ€“] lessthanluigi@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Dalmatian == Dalmacija == part of Croatia == Croatia Mentioned ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท

[โ€“] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Yeah honestly my first thought was 'Wait there is a tectonic plate just for Dalmacija? I don't remember that one.'

Can I impress dog-lovers by mentioning microplates?

[โ€“] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Laika is a breed? Thought it was just the USSR space dog's name.

[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Both!

And Laika wasn't a Laika

[โ€“] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Lai" also means "bark" in russian, so they just named the dog Barky before yeeting into space

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

Barky McBarkface

And Laika wasnโ€™t a Laika

Both in breed and name.

[โ€“] Gsus4@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Chihuahua mass extinction event (and crater)

[โ€“] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That explains why only the smaller ones survived

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

They annoyed the asteroid to death.

[โ€“] Klear@quokk.au 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

'The mountains near here formed when the ... Newfoundland ... microplate collided with, uhh ... Labrador.' 'Ok, now you're definitely just naming dogs.' 'Wait, no, that's actually almost correct.'

[โ€“] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bedrock is unbreakable, who tf abused creative mod here?

[โ€“] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Do you fall through space until the y-axis sign flips?

Then presumably you fall from the sky and strike the ground at a very high speed. Do they implement terminal velocity?