this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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Fake History Porn

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Welcome to /c/fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world , where fake history is made. Find a historically significant photo, come up with a fake history title, post it, laugh.

The name is a reference to the fact that the pictures should be worth marveling at. This is NOT a place for hardcore pornography. Tasteful nudity is fine as long as it fits within the context of the post (please mark it as NSFW).

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[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reality: Carter tours Three Mile Island after the accident while wearing, I dunno, radiation shoes? Anyone know wtf those are?

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Those are disposable booties you pull over your shoes. Normally they just cover the sole of the shoe, holding on via elastic. Since you should only be interacting with a site physically with the bottom of your shoes, if you wear booties you can discard them instead of your shoes if needed.

Being a nuclear accident site, they apparently opted to go with an "past the ankle and cinched with tape" version.

Interestingly, Carter was in the nuclear Navy, and likely knew as much about the plant operations as anyone else in the shot.

[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Least popular president of the last 50 years was a literal nuclear engineer, most popular one was an actor who didn't understand that the War Room in Dr. Strangelove was fake and tried to convert Gorbachev to Christianity.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh that makes sense, much appreciated!

[–] rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

*trips
*dies

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

in the 70s a man pulled on his own nuclear galoshes

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The name was later shortened to "CROCS" and the rest is history.

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This meme instantly flashed before my eyes but with Carter clogs and faint smell of supreme drip meme.

The doctor said I have stage VI terminal interent brain.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That is terrifying.