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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To save a click:

When radar was still classified, Brits claimed they could see the planes because they are a lot of carrots.

It didn't fool the axis, but civilians in Britain kind of believed it.

It's hard to tell, they're always saying something with a wink and a nod.

They might not have known what radar was, but they knew no amount of carrots made that big of difference, it's not like the English had never ate carrots before.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss."

-British Intelligence officer circa 1944

[–] BURN@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Like half of war propaganda can be reduced to this.

Next time the IS is at war all the tiktok girlies are going to be an invaluable asset

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Next time the IS is at war all the tiktok girlies are going to be an invaluable asset

I didn't know Islamic State had a big population of tiktokkers

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 27 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

My favorite thing to come from this myth is this Bill Plympton short:

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

that man is a national treasure.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Haha, people were soooo gullible back then.

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Haha I know right? Nobody today would ever fall for propaganda like this given we hold the entirety of human knowledge in our pockets.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All you gotta do is pull up the data from a trustworthy source.... like Xtwitter or Facebook.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

As long as they're not using Wikipedia! Completely unreliable; check out their garbage page on [at this point you see that I'm just delusional].

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

But carrots cannot help you see better in the dark any more than eating blueberries will turn you blue.

Brb. Going out for blueberries

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Carrots will turn you orange though.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah it was in an episode of the Magic School Bus and everything!

[–] PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Violet, you’re turning violet!

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Violent, you're turning violent

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Carrots don't even have Vitamin A in the proper form. They have vitamin A precursors that your body can use to make vitamin A. If you want actual vitamin A you find it in liver

*Downvoted by what I'm guessing are vegans.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Downvoting because you use the comment to hate on vegans lol.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not the comment, nor using. I'm commenting on the downvotes and trying to figure out the cause.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago

And I am downvoting youe edited comment :D

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"uhm it's ackshully provitamin A in carrots, you need to inject retinol to get the ackshul vitamin A 🤓"

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Found the vegan. He has to mock nutrition.

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 2 points 5 months ago

I eat primarily meat, but it's wrong to say you're going to have a vitamin A deficiency just because you eat provitamin A instead of retinol.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Well, let's face it... the Brits were really good at spreading this kind of propaganda - people in my own family bought into this "carrots help your night vision" stuff even back in the 80s.

I mean, if Biritsh propagandists are to be believed you'd think they were the only people on the planet to ever think of building an airplane out of wood...

[–] trapezohedron@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I knew this to be true and still told my kid to eat their carrots for better night vision, because it made them eat their carrots. We do what we must in the trenches.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I just tell them the carrots will make them big and powerful. Which is technically true for all healthy food.

[–] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Just the way grues like it.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago