• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    My Post Civil War American History professor told us that the enemy pilots used to wave to each other as they flew past each other. Then one day some asshole pulled out his revolver and shot the guy waving at him, and that’s when they started mounting guns on airplanes.

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      2 months ago

      Waving at each other just shows how fucked up society was at the time:
      “Sure, you’re spotting for the artillery that’ll kill hundreds of my countrymen, but they’re only peasants. Us two, we’re nobles.”