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It's because explosion clouds look like cotton. (Edit: And apparently a pun on the words for cotton and clap being similar)
by quinndexter 4y ago
It's because explosion clouds look like cotton.
(Edit: And apparently a pun on the words for cotton and clap being similar)
- benj111 4y agoWell the parent said the word for bang and cotton are the same. I was just wondering if firearms became popular around when gun cotton was a thing, and so they associated the two. Or whether the two words just happen to be the same.
- hbrn 4y agoI believe the main reason is that it makes fun of newspeak used by russian propaganda. Newspeak started long before the war. Explosions are called "claps", plane crashes are "rough landings", decline is "negative growth", flood is "waterlogging", etc. It's hard to sell the idea of being greatest country in the world if buildings are exploding due to gas leaks. But if there are a few "claps" here and there, noone bats an eye. That's the idea at least.