>b/c /pol/ developed a reputation for aggregating breaking news (often untrue but thrilling) On New Year's Eve 2015 I saw mention of the Cologne mass attacks o

>b/c /pol/ developed a reputation for aggregating breaking news (often untrue but thrilling) On New Year's Eve 2015 I saw mention of the Cologne mass attacks on women by refugees *as they were occurring* on, yes, 4chan/pol/, and checked /r/worldnews and /r/europe to find out more. I didn't see anything and—naively, I soon realized—assumed that it was another /pol/ "it's happening" dank maymayism. (Cue "/pol/ was right" couplet)