BaronOfStuff Posted January 30, 2014 A man on the Sun. Whoever would have thought it possible? http://www.tweaktown.com/news/35032/north-korea-confirms-it-has-landed-a-man-on-the-sun/result.html 0 Share this post Link to post
Memfis Posted January 30, 2014 Did they employ the "Travel to the sun at night so that we don't get burned" strategy from an old Russian joke? 0 Share this post Link to post
Jayextee Posted January 30, 2014 Is this real? PLEASE tell me this is real! By which I mean that North Korea are claiming this, not the actual travel to the sun. This is hilarious. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted January 30, 2014 Memfis said:Did they employ the "Travel to the sun at night so that we don't get burned" strategy from an old Russian joke? That they did. And it seemed to work because he's bringing back sun spots. 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted January 30, 2014 This appears to be the article's source and it makes more pleasant reading than news that Kim Jong-Un has ordered the extermination of his uncle's extended family. 0 Share this post Link to post
Clonehunter Posted January 30, 2014 I was hoping they'd send Dennis Rodman. Wouldn't mind if he burned up. 0 Share this post Link to post
Zed Posted January 30, 2014 geo said:Will wonders never cease? North Koreans seem to be very special people (well, their leaders at least). Let's not forget Kim-il Sung (besides being the Eternal Leader, a.k.a. God) created the world, and Kim Jong-il could control the weather with his mind. We should learn from them. 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted January 30, 2014 GreyGhost said:news that Kim Jong-Un has ordered the extermination of his uncle's extended family. It's easy to laugh at the North Korean regime's ridiculous antics because they're so often so comically absurd. But it's easy to forget that it is a bloody, brutal dictatorship that keeps thousands of political dissidents in prison camps that by all accounts have horrible conditions. One day the regime will eventually collapse, the veil will be lifted and we'll learn about all the terrible things that have been going on there, and it won't be pretty. 0 Share this post Link to post
darknation Posted January 30, 2014 I squint at the sun and salute our glorious korean overlords. 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted January 30, 2014 Memfis said:Did they employ the "Travel to the sun at night so that we don't get burned" strategy from an old Russian joke? Yeah, I've read somewhere that it might be literally that - playing jokes on the ignorant capitalist Westerner pigs who eavesdrop on their glorious news. Kinda like when they discovered a unicorn lair. You know how it was here, people were able to spot and filter out the obvious propaganda bullshit. 0 Share this post Link to post
Quast Posted January 30, 2014 I think what is more impressive is that the dprk has developed a spacecraft apparently capable of reaching 40,000,000 km/h and having the poor juchenaut survive the g-forces. Memfis said:Did they employ the "Travel to the sun at night so that we don't get burned" strategy from an old Russian joke? Yep. "Hung traveled in the cover of darkness, as it would protect him from the harsh, and extreme temperatures of the Sun." 0 Share this post Link to post
Zed Posted January 30, 2014 fraggle said:One day the regime will eventually collapse, the veil will be lifted and we'll learn about all the terrible things that have been going on there, and it won't be pretty. While you are right, that's nothing compared to what the North Korean people will think when they finally take a look at the world and realize they have been made fun of thanks to his Great Leaders. 0 Share this post Link to post
scalliano Posted January 30, 2014 Utter shite. I visited the sun only last week. Don't recommend it, there's not much of an atmosphere. 0 Share this post Link to post
Waffenak Posted January 30, 2014 Ichor said:That they did. And it seemed to work because he's bringing back sun spots. Fascinating article, I wonder what sun spots taste like with red wine 0 Share this post Link to post
Inkie Posted January 30, 2014 Waffenak said:Fascinating article, I wonder what sun spots taste like with red wine Not unlike Sunkist, I hear. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted January 30, 2014 GreyGhost said:This appears to be the article's sourceWaterford Whispers News is a fabricated satirical newspaper and comedy website published by Waterford Whispers News. Waterford Whispers News uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases when public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. 0 Share this post Link to post
Coopersville Posted January 31, 2014 Was it on a sun made of ice? And will the research they bring back bring us closer to explaining what would happen if it collided directly into a sun made of fire? 0 Share this post Link to post
GreyGhost Posted January 31, 2014 fraggle said:One day the regime will eventually collapse, the veil will be lifted and we'll learn about all the terrible things that have been going on there, and it won't be pretty. Might be sooner rather than later. If absolutely no-one feels safe around Kim Jong-Un (with the possible exception of Dennis Rodman), it's only a matter of time before someone sticks a knife in his back. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cupboard Posted January 31, 2014 Over 5 years ago my freshman high school teacher asked quite frankly if we were afraid of nuclear annihilation. I wasn't scared then. Nor am I scared now. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted January 31, 2014 In North Korea there's no unemployment, so STFU, capitalist pigs. 0 Share this post Link to post
axdoomer Posted January 31, 2014 LOL! It's sure North Koreans are so uneducated that they believe this crap. It's absolute non-sens and their rocket doesn't look fast at all. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted January 31, 2014 fraggle said:It's easy to laugh at the North Korean regime's ridiculous antics because they're so often so comically absurd. But it's easy to forget that it is a bloody, brutal dictatorship that keeps thousands of political dissidents in prison camps that by all accounts have horrible conditions. One day the regime will eventually collapse, the veil will be lifted and we'll learn about all the terrible things that have been going on there, and it won't be pretty. If his people found out the truth, that would merit the Supreme Leader a Gaddafi-style ass kicking x10. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted January 31, 2014 Didn't happen. It's not on our Beloved Leader's Official News Agency, so don't believe that capitalist propaganda. Come and see for yourself. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted January 31, 2014 I'm happy North Korea exists and its unplugged from the rest of the world. Its like a tribe untouched by technology with their own unique beliefs. I wonder if the inhabitants of North Korea know he's an insecure idiot, but they just keep up with the act since he'll have them killed. 0 Share this post Link to post
BaronOfStuff Posted January 31, 2014 Bloodshedder said:Waterford Whispers News is a fabricated satirical newspaper and comedy website published by Waterford Whispers News. ! Spoiler This is too much fun to be ruined by the truth. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doominator2 Posted February 1, 2014 Cant wait for when they start building a city on the sun! 0 Share this post Link to post