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[–] altasshet@lemmy.ca 61 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Solution: Rocket propelled guillotines

[–] zout@kbin.social 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'd go with hydraulic cilinders. Lot's of people have died accidently using those, so should work perfect when it's not an accident.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Hydraulic guillotines already exist. My partner used them in their lab.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Why was your partner killing rich people in their lab and do they need help?

[–] zout@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

They are also used to cut firewood.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The main problem is the excess blood in the ship after the deed. Its mainly water and water in space uncontained is bad news. Best just to space the fuckers.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Just reuse the blood to power the hydraulics, problem solved

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 8 points 6 months ago

More cost effective solution: space (verb) billionaires (noun)

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

They are carbon-negative.

[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

This sounds like giant flying cigar cutters to me.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

50lb neodymium magnets. They'll destroy themselves colliding again each other. But we can use the heads of the wealthy to stop it. Even in zero g.

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 33 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] einlander@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

So many unwanted memories

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago

I was just going to suggest adding rockets to the blade, but this sends a message.

[–] DarkDiamondK@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Okay am I dumb, or did I miss something. I've seen the race car guys around a bunch but I don't get why they are here, please help

[–] grahamja@reddthat.com 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I would also like to know why Dale Earnhardt is in so many maymays lately.

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Seems like a niche initiative to use right wing, working class idols to promote socialist ideals. My guess is the intent is the target market is more likely to read the meme and view it in a positive manner when paired with someone they respect instead of, say, Einstein or MLK Jr.

[–] Unanimous_anonymous@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I assumed it was to sarcastically "twist" there idols. Kind of like the "Jesus being a dick" memes.

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Supply side Jesus!

[–] BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

Originated with a face book page "the ol' ghost of dale earnhardt" supposedly. Some guy trying to turn dale into a progressive icon.

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

I asked this a little while back (and posted this previously), so I'll pass along the answer: because Nascar is typically not associated with these leftist political leanings, and by association of new ideas with familiar imagery you might gently help someone become more open to considering these notions in good faith instead of a knee jerk reaction against it.

It's honestly pretty clever, and if it helps these ideas find new homes in communities they weren't always welcome in then I'd say it's worth it.

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I think it’s the irony. A photo of a guy who drives around an oval for a living criticizing capitalism is an unusual choice.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago
[–] Ipodjockey@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Nah man a couple springs and a crank and you got yourself a bonafide space rated head separation apparatus.

[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I'm no fan of the French Revolution, which just opened things up for Emperor Napoleon to take the reins and conquer most of Europe, and even take a crack at fighting the Russian winter with a bunch of guys that didn't deserve to freeze to death...

But this one was pretty funny anyway. lol

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

They're so obsessed with buying up as much land as possible, I say we send them hurtling toward it from space, so they can become one with that which they love so much!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Real talk, they know there's enough mineral wealth in the asteroid belt that even some of it could make either A) everyone effectively rich or B) everyone a slave to their massive wealth forever. They're voting with their rockets.

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

It's B, the more money we have the less power they have over us.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

That plus the land grab that always happens when a new unsettled area is colonized. Yeah the moon is a horrible place to live, but if you get a parcel of land for free, and a place to live safely there, I bet a lot of people would be tempted.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 6 months ago

Like mana from heaven!

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Nah that's too lofty for them, i think in a just world they would have to produce labor like the rest of us, death and space is too kind a fate. (Not that labor is bad, but they think its a fate worse than death)

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

The enemy's neck is down!

[–] Cosmocrat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A log splitter will work just as well.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Start at the crotch.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean, if they’re already going to space voluntarily, wouldn’t that solve the billionaire problem?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Except they won't go today or tomorrow. They'll stay here to finish the job of destroying our planet, then go.

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 4 points 6 months ago

And take all things valuable with them.

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Why can’t I just swing a blade around?

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

Narrator: They don't.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Space billionaires would be much more fun than guillotine billionaires

[–] camr_on@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Shout out Dale

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Please stop saying gravity when you mean G forces. There is nowhere in our known universe where gravity isn’t a factor. The reason you can experience 0 G forces in orbit is BECAUSE of gravity. You’re free falling to earth constantly because it’s pulling you in.

0G’s is what you need want to say. Also microgravity is appropriate because it’s “low apparent gravitational forces.”

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

I am! Being a nerd is fun.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's honestly disrespectful to assume people don't already understand this. And that they aren't simply using a commonly understood shorthand to convey a simple idea. It's not a failure of their intelligence but rather of your ability to give people the grace they need to communicate an idea

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world -2 points 6 months ago

I didn’t degrade intelligence, just asking if we can stop using because it doesn’t help others who aren’t in the science space. I’m saying this in an open forum. Many people that say it do not understand this. They think that gravity is just absent. I was giving some context to help others.

Hope this helps others! :)