For the best, but I can't say I'm not morbidly curious as to what the result of one of these monsters would look like. A flurry of feathers and falling bird corpses, I would expect.
In the military of ancient Rome, decimation (from Latin decimatio 'removal of a tenth'[1]) was a form of military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort.
and now:
The word decimation in English is often used to refer to an extreme reduction in the number of a population or force or an overall sense of destruction and ruin.
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Akasazh@feddit.nl · 35 pts · 2y
Usually they are mounted on boats, not fired as a team:
Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2y
shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
LOL, I moved my kayak around with a 12-gauge.
cerement@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 2y
specifically, mounted on a punt
Socsa@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 2y
Excuse me doctor, do you have anything which might treat my currently normal ability to hear sounds?
PugJesus@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y
YOUR WHAT?
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 2y
Looks deafening
Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
WHAAAAATT????
LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 2y
Oh he's deaf. It's my fault. I uh...
shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I SO hoped it would be that scene.
So, what's the best war movie of all time and why is it Black Hawk Down?
JoShmoe@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
WHY IS EVERYONE ALL CAPS??
KingJalopy@lemm.ee · -1 pts · 2y
WE'RE ANGRY!
cerement@slrpnk.net · 0 pts · 2y
BOOKS ARE BECKONING, YOU SAY?
thefartographer@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
THEY SAID "ROOKS THE RECKONING!"
snekerpimp@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Really good for graboids as well
canthidium@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
"Broke into the wrong gul dern recroom, you big jerk"
I can't unhear the silly USA network censoring after having watched so many times.
DeskP1loti@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Also low-flying aircraft.
spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y
These things would often decimate bird populations. They are not legal to use for hunting anymore.
ME5SENGER_24@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
And somehow massive fishing nets still allowed.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Ducks don't lay a million eggs on one go.
KingJalopy@lemm.ee · -3 pts · 2y
Plenty of fish in the sea
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Here's a song about what these guns accomplished.
PugJesus@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
For the best, but I can't say I'm not morbidly curious as to what the result of one of these monsters would look like. A flurry of feathers and falling bird corpses, I would expect.
342345@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
decimation then:
and now:
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reflex@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
Bsher8365@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 2y
Muzzle loader? And is that a trigger with no guard?