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u/Just-in-themiddle 19h ago
That but in Japanese
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u/Orange-V-Apple 16h ago
Context? What does βblow our shit smoove offβ mean?
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u/NukaCooler 14h ago
And the original quote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoroku_Yamamoto's_sleeping_giant_quote
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
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u/DearLeader420 6h ago
Gen Z meme slang for basically "shoot someone/yourself in the head so hard it blows your entire head off."
Direct translation "blow your/my/our head smooth off."
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u/panzerkampfwqgen 4h ago
The phrase βblow (our/his/her/their) shit smoove offβ just means shooting the subject in the head, or βblowing their head offβ so to speak
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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez 18h ago
Curtis LeMay: "Gentlemen, I need you to take 300 B-29s to Tokyo and blow their shit smoove off"
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u/ghostpanther218 18h ago
The 16 B-25 crew getting ready to launch from the uss Hornet, which is only a 3rd of the length of the runway they needed, knowing its a one way trip with their fuel amount and their going to be stranded in occupied Manchuria for god knows how long: VALHALLA!!!!
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u/Vegetable-Zone1353 7h ago
The raid was pointless but politically it prompted the Japanese high command to insist it needed an operation to take Midway, which turned out to be pretty significant
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u/PiRhoNaut 18h ago
TFW the war situation has not necessarily turned in Japanβs favor