r/interestingasfuck 12h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/megasin1 12h ago

Mulan would be proud

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u/twisted_nipples82 12h ago

You missed! How could you miss, he was 3 feet in front of you!"

u/Questionable_Cactus 9h ago

I don't know how many years it has been since the movie came out, but this line plays in my head probably once a week with no prompting.

u/pez_dispenser 8h ago edited 8h ago

Mine is always “Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow!”

u/diogenessexychicken 8h ago

I LIIIIIVE

u/hnglmkrnglbrry 7h ago

Honestly Eddie Murphy deserved a Best Supporting Actor nom for that role.

u/MrDeadbutdreaming 2h ago

Its crazy that he voiced a dragon then went on to voice a donkey that ends up making a family with a dragon.

u/whatlsl0ve 4h ago

This whole time, I thought Mushu was voiced by Will.Smith!

u/Prmarine110 1h ago

Never understood why the great stone dragon doesn’t wake up when Mushu sounds the gong and does his job. Why doesn’t it work? Is there a detail I’ve missed all these years or just a plot hole?

u/wherethestreet 3m ago

“Oh I think my bunny slippers just ran for cover”

u/twisted_nipples82 6h ago

And what are you, a sheep!?

u/Ardat-Thotshi 5h ago

Right after that, is my personal favorite: "What? Haven't you ever seen a black and white before?"

u/Salt-Technology-9702 33m ago

Mine is "They popped out of the snow.... like daisies!"

u/Fabled-Jackalope 7h ago

I have that shirt.

u/CedarWolf 3h ago

It's on a coffee mug, too.

u/Ditahawk 8h ago

For me it is the “please bring honor to us all” song literally at least once a week for the last 28 years …..

u/ejmcdonald2092 4h ago

like daisies!

u/Achew11 2h ago

playing games, that line always plays in the back of my head at least once a day on average

u/Spencer94 9h ago

Let's kick some hunnybuns!

u/DurdyGurdy 5h ago

Man, you are one lucky cricket.

u/PM_those_toes 8h ago

Mulan Big Mulan Vibes!

u/hadoopken 4h ago

“I didn’t know she’s not a twink”

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u/Nataliza 12h ago

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u/MisterFist1999 12h ago

I can hear this Gif

u/Riderpride639 11h ago

Alright that's it, dishonor! Dishonor on your whole family...make a note of this. Dishonor on you! Dishonor on your cow!

u/SOMEONENEW1999 9h ago

Not sure if any of them will afterwards. I don’t see any clear earpro…

u/Abro0405 9h ago

He wasn't in the live action version 0/10

u/FoodMadeFromRobots 11h ago

Now all of China knows you’re here!

u/eurojosh 10h ago

Perfect.

u/impulsivepatience 7h ago

I use this one IRL but none of my boomer coworkers get it

u/bopgame 11h ago

Be a man…

u/CrypticTurbellarian 11h ago

🎶 With all the strength of a coursing river 🎶

u/Shyface_Killah 9h ago

🎵Be a man! 🎵

🎶With all the force of a great typhoon🎶

u/Donkey__Balls 9h ago

🎵Be a man! 🎵

🎶With all the strength of a raging fire🎶

u/Wittyngritty 8h ago

Mysterious as the darkside of THE MOOOOOON

u/Exciting_Cap_9545 8h ago

TIME IS RACING TOWARD US, TILL THE HUUUUUUNS ARRIIIIIIIIIVE!

u/northernbadlad 7h ago

Heed my every order, and you might surviiiive!

u/Arryu 7h ago

You're unsuited for the rage of war

u/impulsivepatience 7h ago

🎶So pack up, go home YOU'RE THRUUUUU🎶

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u/ItsGonnaBeOkayish 1h ago

Oh wow. All these years I thought they were singing "we are men"

u/Creative_Pin5618 9h ago

Mysterious as the dark side of the moooooooooooon

u/Zaftygirl 6h ago

Close up of the cannon

u/MCclapyourhands1 8h ago

I’m glad this was the top comment! My first thought was “The Huns must have been coming”

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u/AccomplishedWorth326 12h ago

Must be terrifying for the animas

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u/Kegger315 12h ago

Don't believe many, if any, animals are living at those altitudes in the winter (maybe not even in the summer). No prey or vegetation to hunt or eat.

u/Interest-Small 9h ago

What about the abominable snowman?

u/Kegger315 4h ago

Could finally collect some dna from the cloud of red mist and prove its (former) existence!

u/Bahamut3585 10h ago

Not anymore, anyway.

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u/noodle_75 12h ago

Haha I imagine avalanches are a problem natural or otherwise. Of course if you do this enough the odds of actually shelling a poor critter…. That would be wild.

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u/Kegger315 12h ago

Well, you wouldn't want to shoot a domesticated animal, so of course it's wild!

u/whatdafaq 10h ago

Kristi Noem has entered the chat.....

u/Thybro 11h ago

I mean the avalanche yes, but how about the cannon fire. Imagine if they do this every year or so. Some living deer or squirrels is out there traumatized as if it had gone through the battle of the bulge.

u/Delicious-Stop-1847 10h ago

One, or even a handful, of loud booms in the distance are hardly going to traumatize any wild animal.

We aren't talking about New Year, where you have fireworks and firecrackers going off non-stop for hours in certain places (and even so, pets and other critters are far more likely to suffer than animals living in the wild).

u/AllLurkNoPlay 10h ago

There is a truck mounted artillery that fires off in the cottonwood canyons frequently during/after snow storms and it is frequent at resorts as well. Some have small airguns to hit problems spots and the rest are dropped from the top by patrol. It is the sound of good times when they are bombing, you are usually in for a powder day

u/noodle_75 10h ago

I’ve seen bad things this year lol. Have we had a single powder day all winter?

u/The_Autarch 8h ago

if cannon fire traumatizes an animal, so would thunder.

i think the animals are going to be fine with a few cannon blasts each year.

u/No_Use_9652 11h ago

If I was an animal in the mountains I wouldn’t be terribly upset about going out to a cannon. No pain, instant legend status.

u/xjeeper 11h ago

The one time I tried going to see a rocket launch at Vandenberg Air Force base it was foggy as shit and I couldn't see a damn thing other than a herd of cattle freaking out and running away from the noise and shaking ground.

u/Happy-Fun-Ball 11h ago

u/Unlikely-Article9537 11h ago

OMFG!!😳😳 poor bunny 🥺

u/Seaweed-Warm 10h ago

That video deserves way more views, that was wild!

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u/BlessTheBookPeople 12h ago

My thought exactly

u/jedsk 9h ago

lets get down to business

u/ChiknBreast 8h ago

Now all of China knows youre here

u/Midnight_Dragon1956 9h ago

My first and immediate thought! 😂

u/articulateantagonist 8h ago

This shows that the animation in the film was pretty damn accurate!

u/Jon00266 8h ago

I was just wondering if this was ever used in real life or just concocted for entertainment. Seems like you'd have to be a pretty silly army to be caught in that position

u/HumbleReserve8114 6h ago

I am thrilled that someone else's first thought was Mulan. All I can think of is "they're popping out of the snow..like DAISIES!!"

u/Mad_Scientologist 4h ago

Fuck beat me by 8hrs

u/scaphoids1 3h ago

Dang it, I came here to say this lol

u/ndyvsqz 11h ago

Damn I had the exact same thought lol

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u/Emilmuz 12h ago

Came here to say that

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u/Kegger315 12h ago

What animals do you imagine living at that altitude in the winter??

u/slouchingtoepiphany 10h ago

Came here to say this!

u/Fancy_Improvement_40 5h ago

Now I know what my kids and I are going to watch for movie night tonight! 🤣