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WWII ice cream barge, able to create 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes to support morale a chilling display of soft power
“A belyana is a type of large disposable ship used for timber rafting along the rivers Volga + Kama from the 16th century until the mid 20th century. Belyanas were among the largest wooden ships ever built, with the largest being up to 120 metres (390 ft) long w/ a load capacity up to 12,800 tons.”
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Came here to make the soft-serve joke.
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if they'd been serving soft serve, the japanese would have won the war!
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BRL (Barge, Refrigerated, Large) is now my favorite AMT (Acronym, Military, Three-Leter) of all time.
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“Hey, it’s the ice cream factory!” killer line
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This. And the chilling display of soft power as well 😄
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There was a Drachinifel video where he addressed the military black market and the chief driver of American-British naval commerce was Brits trading rum to the Yanks for ice cream
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Of course, he covers everything in detail. Great channel.
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Wiping a tear from my eye "We used to be able to build things in this country."
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Hate to be pedantic, but that's hard power. Soft power would be if everyone started buying US style ice cream barges in imitation of us.
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you don't hate to be pedantic. you crave it. it festers like a rot deep within you, always finding new seams to show through like mold forever seeking purchase in grout. yet nothing can excise the ugly truth, that your desire to show correctness will corrupt and undermine even the simplest of intera
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You're right, I don't hate it, but it also wasn't meant with malice.
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I think the phrase you're looking for is "I'm just a little guy! And it's my birthday! I'm a little birthday boy!" Should cover the desperate vibe to not suffer some slaps to the face.
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Who ate the strawberry ship?
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Nobody. They ended up using it as a gunnery target.
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“Bless you, boys!” “Homer, those are ice cream men.” “I know!”
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"a chilling display of soft-serve power" was right there
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This and Fort Lox are my fave bsky food puns this week
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"They also serve who dish and scoop."