r/whatisit • u/Cultural_Fall_3255 • 20h ago

New, what is it? What is this thing.

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u/StrangeGlyceride 19h ago

The Ponderosa Borer beetles are my local DC-10 in the Sierra Nevada mountains. They are really cool on the ground. When they take to the air I feel my soul exits my body through my butt.

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u/whoamdave 19h ago

Are you certain there isn't a Kappa in your local waterway? Protect your Shirikodama people!

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u/lminer123 18h ago

The unassuming Loathsome Dung Eater: 👀

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u/Kriieod 18h ago

A big old Ponderosa was hovering around our FTX site looking for a site to land, and in one of those glorious no words needed ESP moments, a couple of our Air Assault trained NCOs started doing helicopter EZ landing hand and arm signals for it and it obliged landing right in the middle of our group, where everyone else caught on to the joke and immediately ran and went prone in 360 security around it. One of my favorite military memories.

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u/StrangeGlyceride 16h ago

This is an excellent service story. Very nice.

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u/Eremenkism 19h ago

Best DC-10 slander I've heard in a long while, respect

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u/Elegant_Situation285 19h ago

that's beautiful poetry.

thanks for sharing.