26 replies

1. catraxx 4 min later

   @zachleat Zack ... why are you holding what looks like a TOW missile launcher?

   1. Zach Leatherman 8 min later

      @catraxx uh… well, to be completely frank I believe this was a plan by the US military to get kids to join up when they got old enough

      I don’t really remember what it was, exactly. some military field day

      1. catraxx 10 min later

         @zachleat https://clip.cafe/starship-troopers-1997/fully-automatic-morita-who-wants-hold-it/ :blobcatnotlikethisgoogly:

         1. Zach Leatherman 11 min later

            @catraxx ahahahaahahah I don’t know if you could have pinpointed this more *exactly*

   2. catraxx 25 min later

      @zachleat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M141_Bunker_Defeat_Munition correction

2. iamdtms 8 min later

   @zachleat 💣 🔥 🧯 🚒 💥

   1. Zach Leatherman 9 min later

      @iamdtms to be clear I don’t believe it was loaded but I can’t say conclusively

3. Zach Leatherman 12 min later

   okay so @catraxx has absolutely pinpointed it here: https://tech.lgbt/@catraxx/116953748954617977

4. Jim Nielsen 22 min later

   @zachleat not much has changed, I see

   1. Zach Leatherman 25 min later

      @jimniels wait — what do you mean 😅

      1. Jim Nielsen 43 min later

         @zachleat lol sorry, meant this as "not much has changed other than (I presume) _everything_"

         side note: this photograph has so many memories of my childhood in it:

         - a windbreaker around the waist
         - the D.A.R.E. t-shirts
         - army camoflauge
         - "technology" (wrist watches and radios)
         - pepsi logo

         1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

            @jimniels luckily the haircuts have changed too 😃

5. Simon Cox 24 min later

   @zachleat what’s that - 5 years ago? Maybee 7?

   1. Zach Leatherman 26 min later

      @simoncox probably closer to 30+ 😅

      1. Bob Monsour 6 hr later

         @zachleat I was thinking 11, for some reason

         1. Simon Cox 13 hr later

            @bobmonsour @zachleat
            So was I - he is quite young compared to us Bob.

            1. Zach Leatherman 18 hr later

               @simoncox @bobmonsour my kids think Lamine Yamal is old at 19

               1. Simon Cox 18 hr later

                  @zachleat @bobmonsour 🤣

6. Matthias Ott 46 min later

   @zachleat Even back then, you looked like you were thinking about different loading strategies … 😁

   1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

      @matthiasott look, this may be a controversial take but I will go on the record as saying that we should not deliver web sites via missile

      1. Bernard Nijenhuis 18 hr later

         @zachleat @matthiasott Don't be so close-minded! :)

         1. Zach Leatherman 18 hr later

            @bnijenhuis @matthiasott someone else suggested that this was a t-shirt cannon and it did change my mind about missiles

7. Josh “Yoshi” Vickerson 1 hr later

   @zachleat official Bazook-Awesome merch when?

   1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

      @josh yes.

8. Andrew Douglass 1 hr later

   @zachleat first pass skimming the text while looking at the photo, I thought this was a sick af tshirt launcher.

   1. Zach Leatherman 2 hr later

      @ardouglass oh hell yeah, the only acceptable missiles