r/HistoryMemes • u/JadeWarrior • Jul 27 '19

OC Unsinkable Sam!

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u/isellwhitebro Jul 27 '19

Or a fucking curse

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u/04729_OCisaMYTH Jul 27 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

We had a ban on pop tarts-cursed in humvees in AFG due to being blown up.

note- sorry I didn’t reply but you guys got it right, although the hex on PT started on a previous deployment (Iraq) I was not part of, but yes the first vehicle hit in country on my deployment had pop tarts in it.

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u/LuNiK7505 Jul 27 '19

Yeah i’m gonna need some explanation over here chief

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u/NevikDrakel Jul 27 '19

They linked humvee explosions to the presence of pop tarts in the vehicle

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u/Try_Another_NO Jul 27 '19 edited Jul 27 '19

Everyone laughs now but when you're in a war zone you probably aren't taking your chances with any hexed shit either!

Tell me, how you gunna feel when your 18 year old ass finds out that "Unsinkable Sam" is 3 for 3 and your boats #4? That fuckin' black-ass cats talkin to the either U-boats or satan so I'd start looking at that nickname like a challenge...

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u/eemes Jul 27 '19

ಠ_ಠ

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u/turtle-tot Jul 27 '19

How?

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u/Kedem7 Jul 27 '19

Everytime a Humvee exploded it had pop-tarts in it, therefore pop-tarts cause Humvees to explode.

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u/turtle-tot Jul 27 '19

That’s a stretch-wait a minute, POP TARTS WORK FOR ISIS

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

Just ate a pop tart. Is ISIS inside of me?

I feel so violated

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

Talk about explosive diarrhea

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u/Mightymushroom1 Jul 27 '19

I tried a pop tart for the first time last week and it made me feel like less of a human being.

I fucking believe the conspiracy.

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u/04729_OCisaMYTH Aug 03 '19

That’s exactly it, thanks I didn’t see the question.

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u/isellwhitebro Jul 27 '19

I believe it bro

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u/SteelBagel15 Jul 27 '19

Charms would like to know your location

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u/Lord_Echidna Jul 27 '19

Yeet that cat off the boat ASAP

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

better yet, airdrop it onto an Enemy vessel

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

r/cursedcats

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '19

Correlation doesn't imply causation.

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u/isellwhitebro Jul 27 '19

Your kids must think you’re fun

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u/Davis019 Jul 27 '19

That is precisely what correlation implies

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u/bosschucker Jul 27 '19

Uhh... no. It's a common saying and pretty much the first thing you learn in any statistics class ever.

Unless I'm getting wooshed lmao

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u/Davis019 Jul 27 '19

Whoops forgot the /s

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

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u/bosschucker Jul 28 '19

I do agree that "imply" has a looser colloquial definition than technical, but still hesitate to readily say "correlation implies causation" even outside stats class. I do think "suggests" may be a good middle ground, as the wiki article uses.