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Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk on 21 Dec 2024 20:49 next collapse

“Yeah, yeah, we’re totally eradicated. All is now fine, there’s nothing to worry about. Sleep well!” - Sneaky Murder Hornet.

joelfromaus@aussie.zone on 22 Dec 2024 03:16 collapse

“Somehow, the murder hornets have returned.”

BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca on 21 Dec 2024 20:56 next collapse

They really didn’t go with homicidal hornets? We actin’ like fun alliterations just come around all the time now?

very_well_lost@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2024 20:57 next collapse

[✓] Small Pox

[✓] Murder Hornets

[ ] Twitter

We’re almost there, humanity!

Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org on 21 Dec 2024 21:07 next collapse

Yes, the only three problems!

NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz on 21 Dec 2024 21:10 collapse

Oh wait someone has started unchecking all the previously checked boxes

Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2024 21:49 next collapse

Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if RFK Jr. Came out in favor of murder hornets

NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz on 21 Dec 2024 22:57 collapse

He needs more carcasses for his falcon

socsa@piefed.social on 21 Dec 2024 22:34 collapse

IS THAT RFK WITH A FOLDING CHAIR?!

pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de on 22 Dec 2024 11:22 collapse

[ ] Polio

ZeffSyde@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 15:22 collapse

[ ] Mumps

pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online on 21 Dec 2024 21:21 next collapse

Small pox won’t be checked for long.

qyron@sopuli.xyz on 21 Dec 2024 21:32 collapse

Declared extinct in the wild by the WHO in 1980.

curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Dec 2024 22:33 next collapse

RFK will probably support reintroduction, so…

Slovene@feddit.nl on 22 Dec 2024 10:39 next collapse

What does Pete Townshend have to do with any of this?

kchr@lemmy.sdf.org on 22 Dec 2024 12:53 collapse

Rest assured, he won’t get fooled again

finitebanjo@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 07:47 collapse

I’m honestly surprised by that. I figured it was still getting swapped around by sailors on rare occasion, but it turns out there have been no recorded cases since 1977.

thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz on 21 Dec 2024 21:27 collapse

Can’t you just literally put an [X] for Twitter?

OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca on 21 Dec 2024 23:19 next collapse

[ ] X

lazynooblet@lazysoci.al on 21 Dec 2024 23:25 next collapse

[X] Twitter

Comment105@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 08:58 collapse

[X] The App Formerly Known as Twitter

BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 09:22 collapse

[Twitter] Twitter

yogurtwrong@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 17:56 collapse

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Empricorn@feddit.nl on 22 Dec 2024 17:44 next collapse

[❌] Twitter

Railing5132@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 18:09 collapse

Ex-twitter

thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz on 22 Dec 2024 19:14 next collapse

Deceased! Passed it’s due! Joined the choir invisible!

brbposting@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 22:31 collapse

X-Twitter also decent choice

Samsy@lemmy.ml on 21 Dec 2024 23:15 next collapse

Uhh, first win since WW2. Congrats.

SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 02:46 next collapse

(cough desert storm)

HowAbt2morrow@futurology.today on 22 Dec 2024 03:13 next collapse

How about every fucking World Series there bucko? Nice try!

Comment105@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 08:57 next collapse

I’m guessing you mean the mislabeled North American Championship?

robocall@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 06:00 collapse

And every Superbowl!

Samsy@lemmy.ml on 23 Dec 11:53 collapse

Is this war or just sports (war against murder hornets)?

yeather@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 2024 10:23 collapse

Smallpox?

dellish@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2024 23:37 next collapse

Hey hey, the US actually won a war! Been a long time coming…

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml on 22 Dec 2024 00:09 next collapse

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kchr@lemmy.sdf.org on 22 Dec 2024 12:51 next collapse

Ladies and gentlemen, we got’em.

TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 13:05 collapse

*breakcore starts blasting*

brbposting@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 22:33 collapse
rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de on 22 Dec 2024 00:44 next collapse

Until the next ones arrive on another ship

SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 03:08 collapse

a space ship

EDF! EDF!

nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl on 22 Dec 2024 10:29 collapse

Quatermass disapproves

droporain@lemmynsfw.com on 22 Dec 2024 00:54 next collapse

Article written by Dr. M. Horneté

TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 01:25 collapse

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droporain@lemmynsfw.com on 22 Dec 2024 01:47 collapse

Brilliant thanks for the chuckle mate.

SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 03:03 next collapse

(camera focuses on the news playing on a TV in a home in the countryside, slowly pulling back away from the monitor)

“…thanks to their efforts, experts have now stated with certainty that this threat has been eradicated…”

(the camera has pulled back enough that the screen is framed by an outside window with a tree trunk coming into frame from the right)

“…and many communities in the northwest united states can breathe easier knowing that these dreaded hornets are no longer found on our shores. Reporting from Seattle…”

(focus shifts to the tree bark. Buzzing is heard, getting louder and louder until a single murder hornet queen lands on the tree. Cut to black. Roll credits)

superkret@feddit.org on 22 Dec 2024 05:03 collapse

Coming Soon…

MURDER H4NET

Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk on 22 Dec 2024 09:17 next collapse

Murd3r Horn3t: The Buzz3ning

ZeffSyde@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 15:19 collapse

Snakes On A Plane 4: This Time It’s Hornets- A film by Chat GPT

KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Dec 2024 04:00 next collapse

finally some good fucking food…

Anybody know where i can get some murder hornets from? (i jest, ofc)

shitposting aside, how rare is it that invasive species are eradicated before becoming a problem? Can’t be that common.

superkret@feddit.org on 22 Dec 2024 05:05 next collapse

Never. Cause the definition of “Invasive species” includes it being a problem. Otherwise they’re called “Introduced species”.

exploitedamerican@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 09:56 collapse

Yeah they are probably lying. They can not know with 100% certainty that these giant asian hornets have all been eradicated in the us. They couldn’t get rid of something as benign as the spotted lantern fly or the marmorated stink bug but sure lets believe they got rid of a hornet as big as a humming bird that has facial recognition capabilities and can unalive people with a swarm no larger than 50 to 100 of the fuckers

ZeffSyde@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 15:20 collapse

Right? Have we all forgotten about killer bees all of the sudden?

LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net on 22 Dec 2024 17:33 collapse

Pretty uncommon but it has happened. Especially with agricultural pests where there is a large industry that can push for a proper response. I’m guessing beekeepers were the industry in question this time.

If it only affects nature and not industry then it’s usually ignored.

muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 04:55 next collapse

Would have been solved much quicker if they where ceo killing hornets

exploitedamerican@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 09:52 collapse

LMAO. Its sad that this is so funny because its true.

voldage@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 10:09 next collapse

Yeah sure “murder hornets”. Like “murder japs”, “murder communists”, “murder vietnamese”, “murder gays”, “murder blacks” or “murder arabs” before. I think I’ll hold off celebrating until I know how much oil those hornets had in stock.

Prethoryn@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 11:37 next collapse

Hey man, I don’t disagree with you.

However, I think if you take every article you read and turn it into, “meanwhile I am waiting for someone to fix the planer.” You are not really doing much. All of us, including myself, want what you want but those are things that are irrelevant to this article and we should take to things that are relevant.

Fuck fascism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and anything else that is down right degrading to any human being who is just trying to be happy

In the same vain though, fuck hornets, fuck those little murderous monstrosities.

voldage@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 12:05 collapse

That was a joke about USA assigning threatening labels to anything it threatens or exploits to make public afraid of it instead of being supportive of it. As most jokes, it based on the subversion of expectations, which in this case was the suggestion that hornets are good and misunderstood. Comparing them and what they’re doing to bees to gay or black people was intended as a sprinkle of dark humor, implying their (hornets!) destructive nature finds parrarels with the multitude of oppressed kinds of people.

Way to tell me I’m unfunny and my sense of humor sucks, man (jk)

kchr@lemmy.sdf.org on 22 Dec 2024 12:44 next collapse

For what it’s worth, I chuckled at your comment. :-)

voldage@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 17:18 collapse

I appreciate that, thank you.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 20:36 collapse

That was a joke about USA assigning threatening labels to anything it threatens or exploits to make public afraid of it instead of being supportive of it. As most jokes, it based on the subversion of expectations, which in this case was the suggestion that hornets are good and misunderstood. Comparing them and what they’re doing to bees to gay or black people was intended as a sprinkle of dark humor, implying their (hornets!) destructive nature finds parrarels with the multitude of oppressed kinds of people.

I think you might want to go back to some of your source material and rework it if you think it’s funny.

Way to tell me I’m unfunny and my sense of humor sucks, man (jk)

2edgy4me maybe on 4chan it might do better

voldage@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 21:01 collapse

Funny, that’s exactly a reply one would expect from a 4chan dweller. Is there a miniority or other group of people that USA demonized for profit that you’re angry I’ve neglected to mention in this joke about imperialism and hornets, or was there something else that triggered you to go in swinging with insults? Apparently at least one other person found it funny, so I feel like the reason the joke didn’t land with you might have to do with you not being the target audience, whatever it might be.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 21:37 collapse

Is there a miniority or other group of people that USA demonized for profit that you’re angry I’ve neglected to mention in this joke about imperialism and hornets, or was there something else that triggered you to go in swinging with insults?

no, I just found your commentary devoid of any real purpose. it lacked the thoughtfulness and effort of a good joke and took extreme liberties in joining the topic of murder hornets and American prejudices and imperialism.

Apparently at least one other person found it funny, so I feel like the reason the joke didn’t land with you might have to do with you not being the target audience, whatever it might be.

you are correct, the joke didn’t land with me, but not for the reasons you expressed. they didn’t land with me because I failed to see the connection between the efforts taken by thousands of people to fight off an invasive species and imperialism.

so won’t you please expound upon what the correlation between the two are for me? maybe then I might get the joke and I’ll gladly apologize.

voldage@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 22:34 collapse

You seem to misunderstand humor. It is humorous specifically because there is no link between murder hornets and the aformentioned groups of people that USA “waged wars against”. The fact that you’re stressing that the joke “took extreme liberties” is kind of absurd - that is the point, to subvert expectations. Which is a part I already explained in the comment in which I explained the joke once. Let me go in for a deeper dive.

The language of “USA waging wars on XYZ” is often used by media to fabricate distorted view on reality, in which a group of people is presented as threatening to the country despite the opposite being the case. That language is well known and it is well estabilished as a useful propaganda tool. Reaction to usage of that language in cases that warrant outrage (as in, for example, for groups of people I’ve mentioned in my first comment) would often be one full of sympathy towards the victims and, at the very least, distrust towards the media outlet that used it. All of that sits well within the expectations of the reader.

The aptly named murder hornets however murder bees, which almost everyone knows is a bad thing for the world in general. There isn’t much things that would make people in general think “that’s bad”. They do not have a good reputation and none reedeming qualities.

They’re not what you would expect one to defend, you would not accuse USA of a psy op to smear their name, and you would not think that they perhaps have a stockpile of oil that that old, dastardly United States of A wanted to steal. And that’s the subversion of expectation, portraying the murder hornets as victims of USA propaganda and comparing them to unjustly prosecuted people. That’s the humorous part. Do you get it now?

You’re trying to somehow tie it to the work of people that pulled this off, but you only could go for calling that disrespectful if you believed any disrespect was meant, and that would require you to believe my (already explained) joke was meant as serious defence of the hornets. And I’m sorry, but that’s just dumb. I don’t feel like you misunderstood the joke, but rather that you’re trolling for the sake of rage baiting. I’d appreciate it if you stopped.

And if you understood all that and still feel like my joke wasn’t funny, I’m sorry, it does seem you aren’t a part of audience that this joke was meant for, and my frivolous joke-comment written while morning-pooping did not brighten your day. I’m sure something else will, as long as you put effort to find it. Good luck!

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 18:03 next collapse

why so mad bro? did a murder hornet kill your family and now you’re pissed because the farmers of America didn’t kill them faster?

kreskin@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 02:11 collapse

I hadnt heard “murder gays”. Not sure that one is very dangerous sounding. Statistically speaking, dangerous gay people must exist, I just have never met one personally. Odd.

voldage@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 13:49 collapse

Well, check Jeffrey Dahmer media portrayal. It fed well into the “gay panic” of the times. Check this article from 1994: latimes.com/…/la-xpm-1994-11-29-mn-2780-story.htm… Emphasis of the lust, homoeroticism etc. being the driving factor of the murders, while there are no mentions of diagnosed mental disorders. And yeah, “murder gay” sold far worse than, for example, “murder black” which is a timeless classic media go to each time any socioeconomic strife involving any black people happens. Seemingly the public was less receptive of the “murder gay” narrative so they eventually moved on.

Slovene@feddit.nl on 22 Dec 2024 10:41 next collapse

Now you gotta send help to Australia. Those damned emus are a worthy adversary.

kchr@lemmy.sdf.org on 22 Dec 2024 12:46 next collapse

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Slovene@feddit.nl on 22 Dec 2024 12:55 collapse

🫣

uis@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 13:26 next collapse

Who to help? Australia is run by emus. They won in war.

AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 17:43 collapse

Pretty sure you guys have bought all our good toys, except the F-22. We won’t let that thing out of the hanger.

BreadOven@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 12:24 next collapse

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SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 14:13 collapse

Supportive Emu noises

telllos@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 14:08 next collapse

Same kind of win as with the war in Afghanistan ?

ZeffSyde@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 15:13 next collapse

Whew. Looks like the feds didn’t find the colony of buzzy buddies I’ve been nurturing in the suburbs.

Can’t wait for spring!

phoenixz@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 2024 17:40 next collapse

America and its “wars against…”

America hasn’t won any war since WWII, and that includes wars against drugs, countries, people, religions, etc. I highly doubt they won this one. I remember “mission accomplished”

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 18:00 next collapse

sucks that Canadians can’t win wars either, eh?

Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 2024 19:02 collapse

We don’t start or lose them either.

Telodzrum@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 20:43 collapse

Tell that to generations of First Nations peoples.

NikkiDimes@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 22:19 next collapse

That’s not a war. That’s a slaughter.

Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 2024 22:29 collapse

On one hand, I’d argue it was the British who started that.

On the other hand, we definitely didn’t stop it.

pyre@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 02:11 collapse

to be fair slaughters are a lot like Pringles

BugleFingers@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 15:42 collapse

It’s tough to get the last one?

pyre@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 16:18 collapse

you can’t just stop halfway through

LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 18:21 next collapse

armed conflicts

tempest@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 2024 21:51 next collapse

I mean there is an argument that though they lost a lot of battles they did eventually win the cold war.

FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 22:04 next collapse

The cold war ended?

porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml on 23 Dec 13:54 collapse

Yes, Russia became capitalist so

spicehoarder@lemm.ee on 23 Dec 16:41 collapse

Idk, I think Russia might have won…

porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml on 23 Dec 17:30 collapse

It’s a good joke but American oligarchs are much richer than Russian ones

phoenixz@lemmy.ca on 27 Dec 08:01 collapse

Did they, now?

interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml on 22 Dec 2024 23:21 collapse

Russians did most of the winning in WWII too. What with being on the other side of the ocean and all

Neon@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 08:00 next collapse

lemmy.ml

Obviously

phoenixz@lemmy.ca on 27 Dec 08:01 collapse

Are you high?

If not, what are your talking about? Are you a tankie type or something?

interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml on 28 Dec 00:56 collapse

“You”? This isn’t about me, I wasn’t there. Don’t try to make this about me.

If you have issues, take them against the following text.

Who did most of the winning in WWII europe théâtre. Define by reversing momentum of the nazis, demoralizing and physically destroying their ability to wage war. ChatGPT said: GPT Icon

In the European theater of World War II, the Soviet Union and its Red Army were primarily responsible for reversing Nazi momentum, demoralizing their forces, and physically destroying much of their ability to wage war. This effort was particularly evident on the Eastern Front, which was the largest and bloodiest theater of the war.

Key points:

Reversing Momentum:
    The Nazis suffered a critical turning point in the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), where the Soviet forces encircled and destroyed the German 6th Army. This was a devastating blow to the Wehrmacht and marked the beginning of a relentless Soviet advance westward.
    Later, the Battle of Kursk (July 1943) further shattered Nazi momentum. It was the largest tank battle in history, and the German forces failed to regain the initiative.

Demoralizing the Nazis:
    The Soviet Union inflicted heavy casualties on German forces, undermining their morale. Between 1941 and 1945, the Eastern Front accounted for the vast majority of German military deaths.
    The relentless Soviet offensives in 1944 (e.g., Operation Bagration) destroyed entire German army groups and forced retreat after retreat, creating a sense of inevitability for Nazi defeat.

Physical Destruction of the Nazi War Machine:
    The Red Army recaptured vast swaths of territory, including Eastern Europe and eventually Berlin, systematically dismantling German infrastructure and military capability.
    The sheer scale of the Soviet effort is evident in the numbers: an estimated 80% of German military losses in World War II occurred on the Eastern Front.

That said, the Western Allies (primarily the United States, the United Kingdom, and their allies) played a crucial role in the overall war effort. They mounted the D-Day invasion (June 6, 1944), liberated Western Europe, and engaged in a strategic bombing campaign that weakened Germany’s industrial base. The Western Front forced Germany into a two-front war, accelerating their defeat.

In conclusion, while the Western Allies made vital contributions, the Soviet Union was primarily responsible for breaking the Nazi war machine in Europe, especially through the massive battles and offensives of the Eastern Front.

mlg@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 21:18 next collapse

It sounds stupid but I really want to imagine China was behind all this as a test run of bio warfare via invasive species and there’s just some random CCP agent going Rats! We’ve been foiled again. Start dumping more corn syrup into our honey exports!

ellen_musk_0x@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 22:06 next collapse

I’d just like to thank everyone for doing their part, posting, reposting, and fear mongering it.

Comment105@lemm.ee on 23 Dec 08:11 collapse

Finally outright won a war, huh?

Well done, please don’t get a taste for it. It’s usually a good thing that the American public can pull the American military out and kinda hold them back from covering little nations in fire and chemical weapons.

finitebanjo@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 22:38 next collapse

It was wild seeing researchers bait them with Meat and tie flags to them, but the fact that this strategy actually worked longterm is beyond wild.

ryannathans@aussie.zone on 23 Dec 02:02 collapse

Sorry what

finitebanjo@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 02:07 collapse

They used the flags as tracking targets for cameras, usually mounted to drones, and then followed the murder hornets back to their hives. EXAMPLE VIDEO

ryannathans@aussie.zone on 23 Dec 05:49 next collapse

That is WILD

Surly other methods too?

finitebanjo@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 06:04 collapse

Yeah, one team tied a phone tag on them with dental floss to track a little easier or over longer distance. Another group used a BlueTooth device. It took about a year for scientists in the USA to track down a single nest in 2020-2021 when it first started. A public awareness campaign was able to provide samples and the government agencies and labs with the FDA and local agriculture were able to develop new baits for them which unfortunately had local species casualties as well. I’m not sure if a pesticide was ever developed specifically for them.

Fun fact, multiple species of giant Asian hornets were discovered around the same time period in the Washington State region and Canada.

limelight79@lemm.ee on 23 Dec 16:36 collapse

This is great! I had no idea.

I don’t want to be the guy on the internet that says “they should have done x” as though the scientists aren’t experts in their field, but I do wonder why they didn’t use a bright orange flag or something. The white flag worked well enough, though.

wolfpack86@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 18:08 collapse

Because the orange didn’t match their skin tone

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone on 23 Dec 09:30 next collapse

Too bad.

Mystech@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 13:51 next collapse

War against Murder CEOs remains unresolved.

wolfpack86@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 18:06 next collapse

George Bush “Mission Accomplished” or…

CrystalRainwater@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 23 Dec 18:08 collapse

braaaap suspiciously murder hornet shaped stomach