• masquenox@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Well, let’s face it… the Brits were really good at spreading this kind of propaganda - people in my own family bought into this “carrots help your night vision” stuff even back in the 80s.

    I mean, if Biritsh propagandists are to be believed you’d think they were the only people on the planet to ever think of building an airplane out of wood…

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    To save a click:

    When radar was still classified, Brits claimed they could see the planes because they are a lot of carrots.

    It didn’t fool the axis, but civilians in Britain kind of believed it.

    It’s hard to tell, they’re always saying something with a wink and a nod.

    They might not have known what radar was, but they knew no amount of carrots made that big of difference, it’s not like the English had never ate carrots before.

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        4 months ago

        Like half of war propaganda can be reduced to this.

        Next time the IS is at war all the tiktok girlies are going to be an invaluable asset

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          4 months ago

          Next time the IS is at war all the tiktok girlies are going to be an invaluable asset

          I didn’t know Islamic State had a big population of tiktokkers