• NataliePortland@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    I mean to be fair, there’s nothing you can write on a bomb that makes it better

    “Hope this message finds you well”

    “Tell your mother I said thank you for the birthday card”

    “Save 10% at checkout when you enter the code FREEPALESTINE”

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      5 months ago

      I don’t think people write on bombs to make it better, it’s to add insult to injury death

    • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      This old picture has the writing “Easter eggs for Hitler” on the bombs. I think the use case makes the biggest difference for whether writing a message is perceived as sinister. A bomb which is being sent to someone who has been confirmed to regularily attack civilian targets is not great.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      That’s very funny.

      I wonder what the earliest example is of someone writing messages on outbound projectile weapons, or if there are any examples of messages being received, in other words, like if a bomb with a message on it turn out to be a dud and landed in the general’s kitchen or something.

      Probsbly some good material would come to you. You ever write jokes?