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  • protist@mander.xyztoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldExciting New Flavors!
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    1 month ago

    I was surprised this was a shitpost and not just a picture of a genuine Peeps flavor, given the other very real flavors on the market:

    Blue Raspberry Icee Peeps

    Rice Krispies Treats Peeps

    Sour Strawberry Peeps

    Kettle Corn Peeps

    Dr. Pepper Peeps

    Hot Tamales Peeps

    Sour Watermelon Peeps

    Chocolate Covered Pumpkins Peeps

    Neapolitan Filled Delights Peeps

    Lemon Sherbet Delights Peeps

    Pancakes & Syrup Peeps

    Cinnamon Roll Peeps

    Mystery Peeps

    Jurassic World Dino Eggs Peeps

    Peppermint Stars Peeps

    Peeps Mike and Ike Pops

    Peeps Holiday Vanilla Creme Pop

    Peeps Froot Loops Pops




  • Syria and Libya dominated the news when their civil wars started and for some time afterward, but just like it has with Ukraine, coverage lessened over time. I’ve regularly seen Afghanistan in the news too, but what is there to report there besides what everyone expected the Taliban would do?

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was genuinely different than all of these other conflicts, which were mostly ethnic or sectarian in nature. The scope and scale of the Ukraine invasion dwarfs these other conflicts by a significant margin, and it’s being perpetrated by an influential geopolitical adversary of the entire western world that poses a threat beyond this conflict







  • I’m not an expert on this, but I’m pretty sure there’s no storm hitting northern France that comes anywhere close to a strong typhoon/cyclone/hurricane. There’s no breakwater that’ll help you when faced with an 18ft storm surge or the kind of swells generated by 140mph winds. The WWII typhoon you cite hit the fleet in open water, there’s literally no technology to save you from that except weather forecasting that lets you get out of the way