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What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)

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Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)

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post #10

That's a meme? I've never seen that photo before in my life and I'm pretty aware of most memes.

I highly doubt that - most memes are short-lived, community specific or barely identifiable to outsiders. But you are, of course, unaware of memes you are not aware of.

Speak for yourself. I’m not aware of any memes that I am unaware of.

Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)

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> The photo was taken about coordinates 50.29092467073664, 4.893099128823844 near modern Wallonia, Belgium on the Meuse River. Great writeup, but I did have a little chuckle reading "it was taken about near here", followed by coordinates precise enough to identify a single atom. https://xkcd.com/2170/

Going to be a different atom once you walk near. Or temperature changes, the wind blows, and so on.

We’ll need to give each atom a unique ID. That would solve the problem.

Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)

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post #10

That's a meme? I've never seen that photo before in my life and I'm pretty aware of most memes.

This begs the question, is it a meme if it is not seen?

Sounds like a question you should ask the panzer of the lake.

Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)

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Nerd sniping is my favorite kind of content on the internet https://xkcd.com/356/

Ok, now I need the answer to that question, what will the resistance...

Answered on explain xkcd ((4/π − 1/2) ohms, or roughly 0.773 ohms): https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/356:_Nerd_Sniping

Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)

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Germans pioneers wore white uniforms? That sounds like the worst possible colour for digging ditches, recovering tanks or camouflage (if it isn't snowing). Why would they do that? Did Hugo Boss do the design?

Edit: ops, that joke wasn’t clear.

A prisoner’s uniform needs to be cheap, distinctive, and easy to spot it doesn’t need to be clean.

Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)

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post #28

Germans pioneers wore white uniforms? That sounds like the worst possible colour for digging ditches, recovering tanks or camouflage (if it isn't snowing). Why would they do that? Did Hugo Boss do the design?

Edit: ops, that joke wasn’t clear. A prisoner’s uniform needs to be cheap, distinctive, and easy to spot it doesn’t need to be clean.

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