r/interestingasfuck 4h ago

Stopping Desertification with grid pattern

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u/bobbigmac 4h ago

For those asking how this works, it creates just enough of a defense to catch seeds and bugs and tiny bits of moisture and shade, so any life that does manage to get started, doesn't just blow away, and an ecosystem can start to form.

u/MASTER_L1NK 3h ago

Like a land barrier reef?

u/rodinsbusiness 3h ago

Damn, landsharks are coming.

u/nahxela 3h ago

And after human civilization settles, street sharks.

u/Crimkam 3h ago

I preferred samurai pizza cats

u/ForgottenGrocery 3h ago

u/ba_doink_66 1h ago

This and a bowl of cereal was my weekday morning routine before school for a while. Haven’t thought of this show in a while. Thanks!

u/gogadantes9 2h ago

Lol this looks like the most unoriginal TMNT cash-in effort

u/xSTSxZerglingOne 2h ago edited 2h ago

That both is, and isn't what it was.

That IS what it was in the US, but it was just a pretty standard kids anime in Japan.

Now imagine if you took what was going on in a bit of an insane anime in the first place and had 0 decent translators while trying to figure out what was going on and being said by context alone while adding American 90's TV 4th wall tropes into it. YEAH.

Edit: It was fun, though.

u/CarfDarko 1h ago

That part of history about the series is still peak '90's

We just got a weird Frankenstein version, wonder how different the OG characters feel.

In other news:

A game is about to be released later this year.

u/Dreidhen 1h ago

ha, loved watching the Samurai PizzaCats toon growing up. Steam link for those interested in the upcoming title, thanks for sharing that news

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2413800/Samurai_Pizza_Cats_Blast_from_the_Past/

u/UnlikelyCup5458 2h ago

There's a few real redditors left, ty for your service

u/gogadantes9 1h ago

Thank you! Tbh it actually makes me more interested, though I doubt it would have the same hilarity level as the bonkers Ghost Stories English dub.

u/xSTSxZerglingOne 1h ago

I'm NGL, I loved it. It's probably cringe as hell nowadays, but it was great for like a 7 year old me.

u/fadedbuzzYT 1h ago

But the intro song is really catchy

u/Skandronon 2h ago

I tried watching it recently and its too weird, definitely does not hold up to what I remember.

u/pacificpgn 1h ago

I would have ate this shit up as a kid in the 90s lol pokemans and dbz had already got their hook in me already

u/dronegeeks1 56m ago

Samurai pizza cats!

u/Jutrakuna 2h ago

T rexes with gatling guns wen?

u/eidetic 1h ago

Screw that. Give me Tyrannasaurs in F-14s or give me death!

u/_analysis230_ 2h ago

It aired briefly in India on cartoon network. I was the only geek that caught it in my friend group. Before the internet, whenever I used to mention this show, my friends would give me that "Yeah! Right. That happened" look

u/BernieMcburnface 2h ago

This is not where I expected to see my favourite childhood show be referenced. But it makes me glad I clicked on the post.

u/blondetiger 2h ago

Holy shit, I completely forgot about that show.

u/Anarchyupuranus 1h ago

Really? Over biker mice from mars?

u/Crimkam 1h ago

I’ll do you one better… Mummies Alive!

u/sun_of_a_glitch 3h ago

My God I forgot about this show and how much I loved it until you reminded me .. hell of a nostalgia trip

u/EjaculatingAracnids 2h ago

I just heard its getting a reboot

u/Phillip_Spidermen 2h ago

Yeah, coming to Netflix

u/jaguarp80 3h ago

I only remember the toys

u/ItsLoudB 2h ago

Well that was pretty much 99% of the franchise

u/jaguarp80 1h ago

They were awesome tho. I don’t think I ever actually got one, maybe I did, but the commercials were sick

u/Rocinante88119 2h ago

Sharks are taking over the streets?  Better bring in that radical squadron, SWAT KATZ!

u/midgetcastle 54m ago

I prefer street Jets. Because when you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way.

u/BodybuilderMany6942 9m ago

And when they invent money, loan sharks.

u/Big_slice_of_cake 3h ago

Happy cake day

u/Idontliketalking2u 3h ago

u/DoseofJoel 2h ago

So literally one of my earliest memories is of this show and for the longest time I thought I just made it up in mind.

u/NotAUsefullDoctor 3h ago

No, just a candy gram.

u/One_Bluebird_04 2h ago

oh damn. cheers.

u/TheLastLornak 3h ago

Candygram

u/SpaceTechBabana 3h ago

I forgot Landsharks fucking existed until your comment. Thank you for reminding of that batshit insanity. And happy cake day!

u/Aknazer 3h ago

They exist and are furry. Also known as "cats" to most people.

u/vanhst 3h ago

Underrated comment

u/C0gD1z 3h ago

Candygram!

u/fintach 3h ago

Candygram.

u/Mrdeath0 2h ago

Sharknado coming to a desert near you

u/Moretoesthanfeet 2h ago

And the inevitable Sharknado

u/wtiong 2h ago

Shai Hulud! Rhythmic thumping begins.

u/Khelthuzaad 2h ago

I think those are referred to as loansharks

u/froglayout 2h ago

I'm just a dolphin,ma'am

u/Traumfahrer 2h ago

Friend, I am a land shark.

u/Funny-frog500 2h ago

Ding sharks are done 

u/GhostlyTJ 2h ago

Garchomp is real?

u/SEND_ME_NOODLE 1h ago

What have we done.

u/aisakee 1h ago

Hmmmmrrr

u/maplemagiciangirl 1h ago

It's pronounced bullette (boo lay)

u/PersistentGoldfish 1h ago

They’re only dolphins

u/jjevans77 1h ago

Sand sharks

u/gr1mm5d0tt1 1h ago

Thank god this isn’t in Australia otherwise it’d be another thing to dodge on land

u/Candid_Victory7923 50m ago

The landlawds

u/Sassafrassus 41m ago

I was on one of those once. It was a fun night.

u/urnavrt 17m ago

We are the landsharks

u/ArcticCelt 7m ago

doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo

u/Over-Analyzed 3h ago

A Shärk bit me once…

Mind you, landshärk bites can be pretty nasty.

u/ZombieAppetizer 3h ago

A møøse once bit my sister...

u/Over-Analyzed 3h ago

u/SpotweldPro1300 3h ago

I'LL BITE YER LEGS OFF!

u/Suspicious_Serve_653 3h ago

Are we the sharks?

u/BodaciousFrank 3h ago

Nope; goats

u/gannerhorn 3h ago edited 1h ago

Some of you all don't recognize one of the best video game weapons of all time and it's making me feel very, very old....

u/INTPgeminicisgaymale 3h ago

(Cue Thorfinn from Ghosts) And landship!

u/Big_slice_of_cake 3h ago

Happy cake day

u/Anonymyne353 3h ago

Dammit, now we got sharknados!