• wjrii@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Little known fact, early warp engines operated on a relativistic turbine system and were powered by “burying” one gram of Bill Watterson’s ashes in engineering and then putting one of these stickers on the ship.

    As an aside to an aside, IIRC the real image is Calvin, pants on normally, slyly tying off a water balloon before his plan is inevitably foiled by a handsome and stealthy tiger.

    • borkborkbork@piefed.social
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      NGL, I wish I could grab a ride with some space-whale pirates back to the 80s, find the fuckwit who ‘repurposed’ this image and just beat them within an inch of their fucking life for crimes against one of the kindest, most sensitive, insightful cartoonists to ever live. Watterson went so far to avoid commercializing Calvin, then some fuckwit comes along with a vinyl cutter and starts churning out this absolute garbage.

  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    The nacelles don’t really light up when you hit the gas, it’s just a lighting kit but it looks badass.