https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/us-shoots-down-two-of-its-own-navy-pilots-over-red-sea-in-apparent-friendly-fire-incident

    • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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      23 hours ago

      It's a classic strategy, make a lie embarrassing enough and almost no one will question it

      If you ever really need to get out of something, saying that you shit your pants will almost always work

      • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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        5 hours ago

        Her: My dad says he found you masturbating noisily in the garden shed in the middle of the night.

        /pops Mentos

        Me: I had really bad diarrhea and was dehydrated.

    • o_d [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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      14 hours ago

      This was my reaction when I saw this too lol

      Edit: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yemen-downs-f-18--target-uss-truman-thwarting-attack-on-sana