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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

I think if i dig through my records I can find a federal subpoena from 2016. A LEO had to formally come to my door to confirm I received it but the prosecutor sent it to me via email.

[–] telemaphone@beehaw.org 3 points 3 hours ago

My mom's death certificate. That's weird.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Boringly, the only thing in there currently is the guide from the dmv (mvc, sorry) for nj to review cause I'm feeling old and need a refresher.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago
[–] beercupcake@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 hours ago

Pdf version of doom from hackernews not so long ago.

[–] psyspoop@lemm.ee 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 hours ago

The graphics alone make this look worth reading

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 20 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I find this segment to be particularly insightful:

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

That's the one I was gonna post! I think the text file containing ASCII 0s and 1s for an image of the Mona Lisa comes second.

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

A copy of Man after Man:

This is such a weird book. It has leech people, underwater people, blind psychic baby people, meat mountain people, etc.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I’ll need more details on this

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

It's a speculative evolution book from 1990 about how mankind might evolve in the next 5 million years. Basically the premise is that due to climate change, new species of humans are engineered to survive in a more hostile world. And then it follows these new species and their further evolutions.
The creatures in the picture above are both descended from humans.
It's weird, bleak and very far fetched.

A small gallery of the various species:

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

Some days i feel like the engineered food creature.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago

I was going to say the illustrations look very 90s

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

Truly morbid looking

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Incredible ! I love it ! Will try to find it

[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I found it, thanks for the reply

[–] Hellstormy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

"Countries where suicide is outlawed.pdf"

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck, Bahamas? Life imprisonment?

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 3 points 9 hours ago

Usually it’s a placeholder punishment so that the police can break in and stop you committing a crime

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

The Bible 2.0

An older text, reinterpreted by Meaty McMeat.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 59 points 1 day ago (3 children)

In my mailbox...My arrest warrant from the Dutch police.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ok, this is definitely the winning comment. I'm crossing my fingers for you bro

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eating a meal, a Succulent Chinese Meal

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 10 points 21 hours ago

Get your hands off my penis!

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[–] ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc 33 points 1 day ago
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I found the Cunt Coloring Book from the 1970's. Yes, scanned in as PDF. Yes, a few pages were already colored in, mostly psychedelic colors though.

And yes, it's exactly what it sounds like, a bunch of hand drawn lady parts to be colored in.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Nothing special enough to share, nor would I even share such works, especially with all the pages stuck together..

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This feels pretty niche...

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

The Death report for Kurt Cobain. Mostly from morbid curiosity and a love for Nirvana. I don’t do that for everyone or anything like that. That’s the weirdest one. πŸ˜…

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Nothing too weird. Multiple manuals of objects that I own, probably the weirdest of which is a German manual for my Canon EOS 300 (I'm not German). And some machine learning papers, among which a paper from 1987, by Quinlan & Rivest, about decision trees (which is older than I am).

EDIT: Oh and another document older than me, a manual for the Minolta XG-9 that I'm lending from my dad.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

I agree it feels weird to come across files that've been around for longer than you have.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Let's see, The CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual, some paper on MKultra, some paper about The Hum, Some scientific paper on the longevity of recordable optical media, and a paper about crows.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The technical plans for the Death Star.

[–] nebm51@drlemmy.net 7 points 22 hours ago

Are there any vulnerabilities? Asking for a friend

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[–] vitrola06@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

A mock dictionary of Portuguese gay slang and vocabulary. It's pretty fun.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 1 points 16 hours ago

The Chronicon of Marcellinus Comes, apparently. Not sure why.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

A very funny NGO report on "net-enabled anarchist extremists" that talks about the SRA like it's the PLA

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have the working draft of this year's List of Items for the Official University of Chicago Official Scavenger Hunt, the world's largest -and probably weirdest- annual scavenger hunt.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I didn't know they did this. Where can I learn more?

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