Astronauts Discover Guns Fail in Space

Always have been Wait, guns are ineffective in space due to the lack of oxygen for the gunpowder to burn?

Two astronauts stand in space with Earth behind them, while one points a gun toward the planet. The joke combines the classic “Always Has Been” astronaut reveal with the realization that guns would not work in space because gunpowder supposedly needs atmospheric oxygen, making the speaker’s discovery absurdly obvious. It is sent as a reaction to an obvious or long-known fact. EN: Two astronauts stand in space with Earth behind them, while one points a gun toward the planet. The joke combines the classic “Always Has Been” astronaut reveal with the realization that guns would not work in space because gunpowder supposedly needs atmospheric oxygen, making the speaker’s discovery absurdly obvious. It is sent as a reaction to an obvious or long-known fact.

• @jeppa420 / 5161 2020-07-14