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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Doesn't sound like any trebuchet I've ever heard of. Also plague riddled corpses work better, although they might be hard to come by nowadays.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

plague riddled corpses work better, although they might be hard to come by nowadays.

With RFK Jr in charge of the HHS? Give it a few months and there'll be plenty.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Launch me alive and I will either fall a corpse or live long enough to see myself start a fire.

[–] gergolippai@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The hero we need 🤣

[–] EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You'll pretty much just be a corpse, not sure what You'll accomplish. Seems a better idea to launch a bomb, or a rock.

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Metal canister filled with shit and piss will work just fine too.

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

While we are busy building some older contraptions used in times long past: perhaps might we add an additional favorite of the french revolutionaries?

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's called a market opportunity.