[-] PunchingBag@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

For a moment, I thought this was a cryptid instance and briefly wondered what level of crazy believes that Bigfoot will put you in the ground if you don't believe in him.

[-] PunchingBag@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The 4chan UAP larper.

A fun read, even if it's as substantial as smoke. The writer does his best to connect the dots of all the recent UAP news and sightings that have been happening. Still, his posts helped drive a fair bit of the engagement surrounding current events. The air of anonymity from places like 4chan really captures the imagination.

[-] PunchingBag@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

When I trawl the net for UFO stuff, what I see more than anything is people hoping for a savior. People hoping that aliens will save us from our economy, from climate change, from religion, from fascism, from war, from nuclear weapons, from disease, from Republicans, from Democrats, from progressives, from regressives, and mostly from ourselves.

I've been speculating that that fear is a driving force for a lot of the current UFO craze. We're in a dangerous time, things are only getting worse, and people are becoming desperate for a superhero to come and save the day.

I think we're more scared that there aren't aliens, sometimes.

[-] PunchingBag@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Depending on who you ask, they already are >_>

[-] PunchingBag@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This has been the response to everything that's come out since the Nimitz Incident. Bigger revelations have come out in the last seven years than in the last seventy. We're tired, and we're scared, I think. Aliens are going to need to really shake their cans if they want us to care.

[-] PunchingBag@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Rupert Murdoch, to answer your question.

[-] PunchingBag@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

They did last year as well. I recall there being some racy stuff that was being blocked out by black boxes placed by the admins, and people were able to track admin and mod accounts (like spez) that were placing pixels instantly with no cooldown. People were pissed then already, and the admin/mod response was basically "get wrecked we too smort lulz"

Place even last year was blatantly a ploy to give reddit more free and controllable content.

[-] PunchingBag@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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