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[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 51 points 2 years ago

It's the next circus after Chinese spy balloon.

[–] CannotSleep420@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The US is trying to distract people from Hunter Biden getting busted.

[–] swiftessay@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Probably strikes. The imperialists have no qualms sacrificing one of their own.

[–] luchuan@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago

This. Alien stories are always deployed as chaff in the news cycle when something of important is happening. This time, ya it's probably the Hunter plea that fell apart.

[–] Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

tbh i don't care either way. let the man smoke his crack and post it online!

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

and then release the thousands of people incarcerated for having smoked crack too

[–] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Western media has been spinning UFO nonsense hard recently, and it got a lot of traction when a former US intelligence agent said under oath that the US is in possession of alien bodies.

Not adding this link as a source, but more as a sauce: https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1684247875276922880

[–] lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nowdays people look back at the Roman empire and are amazed at how technologically advanced it was

In the future people will look back at the US empire and be amazed at how supremely idiotic it was

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

People look back at the Roman empire and are both amazed at how technologically advanced it was AND how supremely idiotic it was. Remember those cool lead pipes they used?

We'll do the same with the US. "Man they made some really cool shit before destroying themselves"

[–] Jonathan12345@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Well, to be fair, lead is very slow-killing, so it's hard to find out it's toxic. Even modern societies used lead in children's toys until recently.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Our lead pipes are the microplastics we've consumed our whole lives

[–] Jonathan12345@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 years ago

Yep. Except this time, the people responsible know perfectly well what it does.

[–] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

PFAS are probably worse. Microplastics are relatively inert. Ofc we have other issues like arsenic in rice.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Also, while it was not the best idea to use lead for the pipes, their water was also very hard and all those pipes quickly started building up limestone on the inside, thus costing the pipes and preventing much lead from getting into the water. So the kind of got lucky with that.

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

and gasoline.. they still call it unleaded at some gas stations

[–] SovereignState@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Lol I've lived in two apartments now that had mandated lead paint warnings for residents. More things change and all that shit.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 years ago

They did this during covid too, and no one cared. Latest 15-minute distraction I spose.

[–] Beam@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The alien body:

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 2 years ago

idk, prob some smokescreen to keep the qanon guys occupied.

There is absolutely no way the US is capable of capturing aliens capable of space travel. The same people that struggle taking down a weather balloon mind you.

[–] manucode 15 points 2 years ago

This article gives a fairly decent overview

[–] rjs001@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Because some people are crazy

[–] Life2Space@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

they might be right but

paid for twitter

opinion discarded

[–] ButtigiegMineralMap@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yea they probably bullshitting. It was probably bacteria or some stupid shit. They never once said that it’s sentient, idk if they even said it wasn’t from Earth. Even if if was, I’m picky. This is probably my dumbest take, but if there was irrefutable proof that aliens existed and it was just a bacteria that doesn’t do anything, I’d say that doesn’t count. Like I bet 99% of scientists would identify it as an alien, but like c’mon now I wanna see a real alien not some lame shit. It’s gotta have like 2 sets of breasts or like 6 dicks or a weird number of fingers or eyes or something. And Chapo made a good point: why do these “Aliens” only make contact w the USA? Sounds like lies to me, but they were under oath so they can’t be lying (😊lol)

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