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A recent repost, but today's the anniversary, so drink some molasses in celebration of the sweetest massacre of US history! (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To hide the leaks in the tank they painted it brown to match the molasses.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And blamed the failure on 'anarchists' despite the tank not even meeting the incredibly low safety standards of 1919

[–] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anarchists getting strays from both capitalists AND tankies is so fuckin annoying bro 😭

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 9 points 1 month ago

But it's how you know you're doing something right!