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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

'sure that happened' but moving on from that and taking it from a comedic stance: The absolute chaos of balloon harnessed roadkill just floating into traffic idk, fucking amazing mental picture there, lmfao. Or just dropping in front of a school bus and splattering on the windshield, children screaming, etc. There's def a couple comedy sketches that could be done there.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 24 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I didn't understand any of that.

What is a wet specimen? Wouldn't it take a bunch of balloons to float roadkill?

Why is a wet specimen and flying roadkill similar?

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I'll do you one better: what's roadkill?

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Animals that have been hit, and killed, by cars.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 13 points 5 hours ago

a wet specimen is a dead creature preserved in liquid

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 16 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Now I need to know how many dollar store balloons it takes to float a raccoon.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Somewhere between 500 and 2000, or more depending on weight.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago

There's a lot of optimization that can be done to make OEM raccoons flight worthy.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yeah I knew anything bigger than a squirrel would require something ridiculous. I'm thinking even a squirrel would set you back a bit given the scarcity and price of helium. The balloon is the cheap part.

[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 29 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Can you imagine the confusion of a dead animal just falling in your front yard and witnessing that? This coworker's spawning a whole ass religion

[–] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 hours ago

The gods must be crazy

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

...I need to get funnier coworkers.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

No, I think he's got a point

[–] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 4 points 8 hours ago

i am thoroughly disturbed