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      4 days ago

      Well d’uh, it was twenty-fucking-thousand emus spread over a fairly large area and just two guys in a truck with a machine gun.

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        And, of course, losing the Emu war doesn’t mean the same as losing an actual war. The emus didn’t kill a single human. The “war” was “lost” because the humans got bored and stopped killing emus en masse.

        It’s kinda like “losing” the war on “dandelions” in the backyard.

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          Was it bored or did the whole affair just prove futile, especially with the lack of resources?

          Also dandelions are sick, I don’t know why people see a bunch of yellow and go “hey, you’re ruining my bland monoculture!”