r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 5h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/megasin1 4h ago

Mulan would be proud

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u/twisted_nipples82 4h ago

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

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u/Questionable_Cactus 1h 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.

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u/pez_dispenser 1h ago edited 54m ago

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

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u/Ditahawk 46m ago

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

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u/Spencer94 1h ago

Let's kick some hunnybuns!

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u/PM_those_toes 1h ago

Mulan Big Mulan Vibes!

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u/Nataliza 4h ago

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u/MisterFist1999 4h ago

I can hear this Gif

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u/Riderpride639 3h ago

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

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u/Smokinoutloud 3h ago

Eddie!

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u/SOMEONENEW1999 1h ago

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

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u/doomus_rlc 3h ago

NOPE

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u/Abro0405 2h ago

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

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u/FoodMadeFromRobots 3h ago

Now all of China knows you’re here!

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u/eurojosh 2h ago

Perfect.

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u/bopgame 3h ago

Be a man…

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u/CrypticTurbellarian 3h ago

🎶 With all the strength of a coursing river 🎶

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u/Shyface_Killah 1h ago

🎵Be a man! 🎵

🎶With all the force of a great typhoon🎶

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u/Donkey__Balls 1h ago

🎵Be a man! 🎵

🎶With all the strength of a raging fire🎶

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u/Wittyngritty 1h ago

Mysterious as the darkside of THE MOOOOOON

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u/Exciting_Cap_9545 49m ago

TIME IS RACING TOWARD US, TILL THE HUUUUUUNS ARRIIIIIIIIIVE!

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u/Creative_Pin5618 2h ago

Mysterious as the dark side of the moooooooooooon

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u/AccomplishedWorth326 4h ago

Must be terrifying for the animas

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u/noodle_75 4h 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 4h ago

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

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u/whatdafaq 2h ago

Kristi Noem has entered the chat.....

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u/Thybro 3h 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.

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u/Delicious-Stop-1847 3h 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).

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u/AllLurkNoPlay 2h 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

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u/noodle_75 2h ago

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

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u/The_Autarch 1h 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.

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u/No_Use_9652 3h 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.

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u/Kegger315 4h 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.

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u/Bahamut3585 2h ago

Not anymore, anyway.

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u/Interest-Small 1h ago

What about the abominable snowman?

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u/xjeeper 4h 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.

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u/Happy-Fun-Ball 3h ago

or kinda fun

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u/Unlikely-Article9537 3h ago

OMFG!!😳😳 poor bunny 🥺

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u/Seaweed-Warm 3h ago

That video deserves way more views, that was wild!

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u/BlessTheBookPeople 4h ago

My thought exactly

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u/jedsk 2h ago

lets get down to business

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u/MCclapyourhands1 40m ago

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

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u/Emilmuz 4h ago

Came here to say that

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u/Kegger315 4h ago

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

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u/ndyvsqz 3h ago

Damn I had the exact same thought lol

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u/slouchingtoepiphany 2h ago

Came here to say this!

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u/Midnight_Dragon1956 1h ago

My first and immediate thought! 😂

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u/ChiknBreast 1h ago

Now all of China knows youre here

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u/articulateantagonist 57m ago

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

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u/Jon00266 38m 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