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Images from EarthCam showed numbers on the lawn since at least Wednesday afternoon, with the number eight appearing most clearly as browned grass. It's not clear what caused the grass to brown.

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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 35 points 3 months ago

8647 cannot arrive soon enough.

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Remember when Bart put Bart with herbicide on the lawn of the school...

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Clearly aliens

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Trump just told his chief of staff to write down the nuclear launch codes somewhere where he wouldn’t keep losing them.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

If James Comey retweets this, that’s obviously a death threat.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've seen this done with fertilizer - it's too concentrated so it kills the grass, but then it disperses a bit and you get really lush grass where it was applied. For years it's a different color. Of course they'll probably bulldoze the whole area.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nice. I would have suggested gasoline, but that's way too expensive to waste right now.

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I suppose one can mix the two, but then you're stepping beyond just vandalism

[–] WrathEnchanter@europe.pub 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Fuck. Now I gotta change my PIN

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The most desirable desire path.

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

What if it was just a popular running/biking route?

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 4 points 3 months ago
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Grass samples . . . Somebody walked out there with some saltwater or grass killer, you probably want some pictures going after everyone in a 100 mile radius that bought some roundup around spring is going to be a tall order.

[–] forgetful_fox@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Who buys it? Go borrow some from a neighbor who bought it 10 years ago 😅

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Looked more like they landed a drone and created crop circles. Maybe they affixed a blade to the bottom and landed. Would explained why it fades out, blade dulled after the 8.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago

Simpsons did it!

[–] angband@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Looks like a drone, maybe. Also, application would have been a handful of hours or less before either sprinklers or rain. Mpre surfactant would have done a better job.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl -1 points 3 months ago