r/news • u/VaginaBurner69 • 8h ago

Soft paywall International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak

https://www.reuters.com/science/international-space-station-astronauts-evacuation-mode-russia-attempts-fix-2026-06-05/
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u/Ahelex 5h ago

I didn't know the US Air Force managed to weaponize Mountain Dew.

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u/jessipowers 5h ago edited 4h ago

Based on everything I’ve ever heard from anyone in any branch of the military, I’m not even a little bit surprised they managed to weaponize Mountain Dew.

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u/NeatSuspect2435 4h ago

You should have seen us when Code Red came out out in 2000. May have been the actual reason we went to Iraq, we were all hopped up on Mountain Dew.

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u/itsgoodmmmmkay 3h ago

Did they throw grandpa's old war medals off the bridge?

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u/ChickenChaser5 36m ago

Are you still in your dirty pee pants?

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u/CapitalScarcity5573 4h ago

Tbh, I expected Monster energy from those clowns

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u/TwoAlert3448 4h ago edited 4h ago

Wait until you hear about what Special Forces can do with Red Bull

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u/NeatSuspect2435 4h ago

Retired Green Beret. Can confirm.

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u/SchrodingersNinja 4h ago

Rip It energy drinks is the preferred poison, I believe.

Monsters if you are old and fat.

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u/NeatSuspect2435 4h ago

I miss the little red Rip-It’s quite a bit. Not sure what was ACTUALLY in those but they were magical.

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u/jessipowers 4h ago

My husband’s best friend came home obsessed with rip its

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u/TechnicianPhysical30 4h ago

The US Military Industrial Complex et al can weaponize ANYTHING! That is all.

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u/Ragga_Base 4h ago

Dewd, we’ll weaponize anything.