PunchingBag

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great shot! Is it me, or does it have an expression reminiscent of Chicken of Chickenthoughts?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like a wasp pretending to be a fly, really. Might just be the Beedrill shape it kind of has.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Just giving my opinion, but I did not care for the Orville. I'm a big fan of wonderment and adventure in Star Trek, with a healthy dose of exploration and philosophical consideration. In my experience, Orville spent all of its time on trying to be Star Trek: The Snark Generation and trying to make Seth MacFarlane look like a cool space captain. I think around the third or fourth time MacFarlane had said something incredibly offensive to the person he was meant to be diplomatically engaging with, but since he said it in his quick Family Guy aside voice it was apparently okay, that I got pretty tired of the show. It was way too much of a badly written ego trip for MacFarlane and not nearly enough science fiction fun. I was left feeling like the Orville was what would happen if Brian from Family Guy tried to write Star Trek, that it was more of mockery of science fiction than a positive addition, and I never went back.

In my further opinion, Lower Decks, meanwhile, is knocking it out of the park. I've heard a lot of good things about Strange Worlds as well, though I haven't had opportunity to check it out yet.

EDIT: Yeah, I figured this would happen. Hooray the internet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Man, I had such high hopes for Anthony Mackie. He's been great in everything else. Can't out-act bad writing, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Coulthart asked him specifically about Kirkpatrick's statements that there is "no credible evidence" for any extraterrestrial technology.

I just rewatched the relevant clip from the Coulthart interview. Grusch stated that he knew Kirkpatrick for 8+ years, before AARO. He stated specifically that he informed Kirkpatrick in an attempt to draw attention, and that Kirkpatrick never followed up with him. He goes on to say that Kirkpatrick could have done all the same investigations that he, Grusch, had, but chose not to for whatever reason.

So not AARO generally, but Kirkpatrick specifically is who Grusch referred to. I amended my comment to compensate for my bad memory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

No way to migrate posts and comments, is there? It'd be a shame to lose the little spark that was already here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Man, Coulthart... needs to stop talking so much. He's already been wrong a few times about things he said were definitely coming, and the more he speculates, the more he erodes his credibility.

He got the Grusch interview. I don't believe anything he has said since has been particularly relevant or accurate, and he's making a great deal of money off of all of this.

But hey, maybe he does know something. We can but hope.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is what has Congress so interested, more than the possibility of aliens. There's a chance that this could lead to tracking down the trillions in missing taxpayer money that the Pentagon has "lost" over the years.

EDIT: Except Burchett, I think that guy really wants it to be aliens.

 

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