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I (skim) read quite a lot of the article. I had a laugh (obvs). I then skim read the comments here. Oh fuck, I am really feeling out of place. I thought HN

I (skim) read quite a lot of the article. I had a laugh (obvs). I then skim read the comments here. Oh fuck, I am really feeling out of place. I thought HN is where we talk bollocks about important stuff, or important things about bollocks or occasionally we debate important things about important things. I'm pretty sure I did not sign up to talk bollocks about bollocks (unless orchids are involved.) This is bollocks. How do I cancel my subscription?

gerdesj 7y ago
Think I hit a nerve.
- not_skeptic 7y ago
  I thought the same until I looked into the matter. About 5% isn't crap. If you doubt, just ask what you will believe and I bet you can find your case in this subject. The other 95% is legitimate mis-identifications with a sprinkling of actual hoaxes to keep the skeptics fed well.
- andrewflnr 7y ago
  You're getting downvoted because you're wasting space with your melodrama. If you want to "cancel your subscription", just don't come to the site anymore. Or just avoid threads you know you won't like. Definitely stop whining.
sk0g 7y ago
Yeah most of this thread reads like what I imagine a conspiracy theory forum would read like. Maybe I'm pessimistic, but nothing 'alien-y' can't be explained by one of: inexplicable/ as-of-yet unrecognised phenomena - geographic/ atmospheric, military research programs, and good old fashioned fakery.
- blotter_paper 7y ago
  You're clearly unfamiliar with conspiracy forums; nobody has even brought up the Nephilim yet!
tgflynn 7y ago
I might have agreed with you, until the US Navy admitted it's encountering aircraft it can't identify, which in some cases have been described as defying our understanding of physics and aerodynamics. Being able to identify aircraft is a necessary pre-requisite for air defense because without that capability you might shoot down an airliner or ignore an incoming missile. So either $700 billion a year isn't enough to buy an effective air defense capability or something else is going on.

gerdesj 7y ago

Think I hit a nerve.

not_skeptic 7y ago
I thought the same until I looked into the matter. About 5% isn't crap. If you doubt, just ask what you will believe and I bet you can find your case in this subject. The other 95% is legitimate mis-identifications with a sprinkling of actual hoaxes to keep the skeptics fed well.
andrewflnr 7y ago
You're getting downvoted because you're wasting space with your melodrama. If you want to "cancel your subscription", just don't come to the site anymore. Or just avoid threads you know you won't like. Definitely stop whining.

sk0g 7y ago

Yeah most of this thread reads like what I imagine a conspiracy theory forum would read like. Maybe I'm pessimistic, but nothing 'alien-y' can't be explained by one of: inexplicable/ as-of-yet unrecognised phenomena - geographic/ atmospheric, military research programs, and good old fashioned fakery.

blotter_paper 7y ago
You're clearly unfamiliar with conspiracy forums; nobody has even brought up the Nephilim yet!

tgflynn 7y ago

I might have agreed with you, until the US Navy admitted it's encountering aircraft it can't identify, which in some cases have been described as defying our understanding of physics and aerodynamics. Being able to identify aircraft is a necessary pre-requisite for air defense because without that capability you might shoot down an airliner or ignore an incoming missile. So either $700 billion a year isn't enough to buy an effective air defense capability or something else is going on.