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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 108 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The penguin is okay, that's the only thing important here.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago

First thing I checked the article for.

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 days ago

And that’s why I came here before potentially seeing something that would make me sad in the article.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 63 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Should have tariffed him better

Apparently the penguin wanted a say in whether or not it was being deported

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

The birds are fighting back

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 34 points 5 days ago
[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago
[–] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee 30 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

-- FOR THE GREENLAND, MOTHERFUCKERS!
-- We're not Americans. It's Africa...
-- AGAINST THE APARTHEID, MOTHERFUCKERS!
-- We don't have apartheid anymore...
-- JUST FUCK YOU, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 4 days ago

-- TAKE ELON BACK RIGHT NOW, MOTHERFUCKERS

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

See, penguins were never meant to fly

[–] sundray@kbin.earth 4 points 4 days ago

And he was drunk!

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The penguin, which had been placed in the box and on the lap of a passenger, slid off and knocked the pilot's controls just after take-off from **Bird Island **

take-off from **Bird Island **

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Is it bad that my immediate thought was "Is the penguin okay?"

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

If it is bad, I don't wanna be good. Poor penguin

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm going to be a pedant, and point out it was an unsecured box, with a penguin in it, which knocked the controls.

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Weird way to say the on-board computer is Linux based, but ok. Link to the CVE?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 6 points 4 days ago

It was just shitty drivers.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

(CVE-2016-5195)

[–] snuggledick@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but would the box have slipped without the penguin in it? We need more penguin box experiments I think.

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Could this be a Schroedinger's penguin situation?

[–] Bernadette@lemy.lol 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah but unsecured box doesn't generate clicks

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 16 points 4 days ago

The authority said that "the lack of secure containment for the penguin" was responsible for creating the "dangerous situation".Hahaha

[–] spizzat2@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days ago

So was it Kowalski, Rico, Skipper, or Private?

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

"Ooh, look, a button!"

"Huh? Private, don't!!!"

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

THIS is why america tariffed them!

[–] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

And Grounded Linux was born on this day

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

they were probably trying to steal the penguin... so they got what they deserve

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

in a box for pets, rather than proper cage conservationist use, definitely stealing it.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago
[–] dontbelasagne@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Feathers mcgraw strikes again

it's because franklin sherman wasn't there to point out the plotholes

https://youtu.be/3ENLigFHadY