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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 19 points 2 months ago

What's the joke?

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 76 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

People ate referring to the 80s movie “The Thing” where a creature is dug up from under the Antarctic ice, and it turns out to be a shapeshifting carnivore.

Edit: here you go https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Also Maccready's hat:

[-] ProstheticBrain@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

It's a reference to a film called The Thing.

[-] Chuymatt@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

The thing.

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