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Hegseth Orders Military to Paint 'Z' on 'All Vehicles' (www.duffelblog.com)
submitted 2 months ago by SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works to c/theonion@midwest.social
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[–] seahorse@midwest.social 18 points 2 months ago

I saw this posted on mastodon earlier today and didn't know what duffelblog was so I thought it was real.

[–] LiterallyLMAO@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're not Zs

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

then what are they?

[–] LiterallyLMAO@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Try saying it out loud

[–] electricyarn@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I said Z out loud.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

You're not expecting satire Pete Hegseth to be quoted saying "Zed" are you?

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 2 points 2 months ago

US: zed (/ˈzɛd/)

UK: zee (/ˈziː/)

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure the US military is all the way done repainting into woodland green, after all their adventures in the sandbox.

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Now's the perfect time to bring back MERDC!

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

What the fuck I really ate the full bag of onions with this one…