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[-] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why don't the Russians, the larger of the two, simply eat the Japanese?

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] papercut@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hard to tell which ones the captive 😅

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It's just a kinky scroll.

[-] HetareKing@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Karoitan (?) and Movoiri (?) here are apparently 2.18 and 2.12 meters tall, which is huge even by modern standards, so if those measurements are accurate, the height difference between them and their captors might not be that much of an embellishment as it looks.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

Do we have independent confirmation on those measurements?

[-] HetareKing@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I looked some things up. This drawing depicts the Golovnin Incident and the person in front is Vasily Golovnin. Not sure how they got "Karoitan" from that, but anyway.
I can't find anything about his height, but I imagine if he really was 2.18 meters tall, it would be written down everywhere, so it's probably exaggerated.

EDIT: I misread, it's not Karoitan, it's Kahitan, meaning they thought his name was "captain".

[-] YaksDC@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I immediately thought this was some Star Trek parody. Those Russian uniforms are very similar. ☺️

Unfortunately we already know one of them is going to die.

this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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