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Couple of comments: - This is posted and discussed frequently - This was a pretty impressive feat of engineering - The most unusual thing is that this remain

Couple of comments: - This is posted and discussed frequently - This was a pretty impressive feat of engineering - The most unusual thing is that this remained secret. Because there were a few people involved and three+ can't keep a secret. They don't even have a reason to anymore. I've often wondered whether this group of folks died shortly after this.

danachow 5y ago
I admit my memory may be spotty - but was there any reason to believe this could not easily have been pulled off by 2 people - ie a married couple? Sure relationships break up but I’ve seen plenty of secrets go to a married pair’s grave.
- a1pulley 5y ago
  > I’ve seen plenty of secrets go to a married pair’s grave. Is that possible?
  - storyinmemo 5y ago
    "I don't know how yous done it, but I know yous done it!"
  - Angostura 5y ago
    Yes - the commenter murdered their spouse.
    - hn_go_brrrrr 5y ago
      With the fly swatter, naturally.
  - Retr0id 5y ago
    One can infer that a secret exists, without knowing its contents.
  - disillusioned 5y ago
    Well, if you know your grandparents have a family recipe for something, say, and they never reveal it, then sure, it's a knowable thing. But I like the cheek.
redleggedfrog 5y ago
While it was most certainly a feat of engineering, I feel that it assays a work of performance art. It is strangely disturbing, and at the same time fascinating.
- hereforphone 5y ago
  Also true. It was great.
Reason077 5y ago
I'm pretty sure that's the current UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, in the bowler hat at the start of the video. Obviously he was a lot younger back then but it's him, right?
galaxyLogic 5y ago
> ... three+ can't keep a secret. Just this week we saw the news that 2 men convicted in the murder of Malcolm-X were actually innocent. How is it possible that TWO innocent men were convicted as guilty of the same murder in the same trial? I think that is only possible if there truly was a conspiracy to convict them, rather than investigate further to find out the real killers. I think more than three people must have known that these people were innocent, since there really was no evidence against them was there? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-men-wrongly-convicted-assassinating-malcolm-x-exonerated-rcna6031 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-men-wrongly-convicted...
- irjustin 5y ago
  Seems pretty unrelated but I'll bite. Juries are terrible accurately deciding the truth. Everyone has their own agenda. Prosecutors are measured against won trials. Defenders typically aren't paid enough. People of color's conviction rates are significantly higher historically speaking. It's so easy to say "well black people commit more crimes and are worse people". If you dig beneath the surface this clearly isn't true. We're just beginning to grapple with systemic racism (like in the case of Malcolm X's murders). And I get it, there's so much wrong with the system but there needs to be some sort of system. No matter what system you put in place, it will be wrong. It won't be able to cover 100% of the cases accurately. This is all to say - if at all possible, don't get in front of a jury.

danachow 5y ago

I admit my memory may be spotty - but was there any reason to believe this could not easily have been pulled off by 2 people - ie a married couple? Sure relationships break up but I’ve seen plenty of secrets go to a married pair’s grave.

a1pulley 5y ago
> I’ve seen plenty of secrets go to a married pair’s grave. Is that possible?
- storyinmemo 5y ago
  "I don't know how yous done it, but I know yous done it!"
- Angostura 5y ago
  Yes - the commenter murdered their spouse.
  - hn_go_brrrrr 5y ago
    With the fly swatter, naturally.
- Retr0id 5y ago
  One can infer that a secret exists, without knowing its contents.
- disillusioned 5y ago
  Well, if you know your grandparents have a family recipe for something, say, and they never reveal it, then sure, it's a knowable thing. But I like the cheek.

redleggedfrog 5y ago

While it was most certainly a feat of engineering, I feel that it assays a work of performance art. It is strangely disturbing, and at the same time fascinating.

hereforphone 5y ago
Also true. It was great.

Reason077 5y ago

I'm pretty sure that's the current UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, in the bowler hat at the start of the video. Obviously he was a lot younger back then but it's him, right?

galaxyLogic 5y ago

> ... three+ can't keep a secret. Just this week we saw the news that 2 men convicted in the murder of Malcolm-X were actually innocent. How is it possible that TWO innocent men were convicted as guilty of the same murder in the same trial? I think that is only possible if there truly was a conspiracy to convict them, rather than investigate further to find out the real killers. I think more than three people must have known that these people were innocent, since there really was no evidence against them was there? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-men-wrongly-convicted-assassinating-malcolm-x-exonerated-rcna6031 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-men-wrongly-convicted...

irjustin 5y ago
Seems pretty unrelated but I'll bite. Juries are terrible accurately deciding the truth. Everyone has their own agenda. Prosecutors are measured against won trials. Defenders typically aren't paid enough. People of color's conviction rates are significantly higher historically speaking. It's so easy to say "well black people commit more crimes and are worse people". If you dig beneath the surface this clearly isn't true. We're just beginning to grapple with systemic racism (like in the case of Malcolm X's murders). And I get it, there's so much wrong with the system but there needs to be some sort of system. No matter what system you put in place, it will be wrong. It won't be able to cover 100% of the cases accurately. This is all to say - if at all possible, don't get in front of a jury.