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This is hilarious. Everything's flipped. "We finally have proof! it's what we've been saying!" "Of ufos?" "That the govt wants you to believe in ufos!" "Oh.

This is hilarious. Everything's flipped. "We finally have proof! it's what we've been saying!" "Of ufos?" "That the govt wants you to believe in ufos!" "Oh... well, really?" "I mean it coulda been messed with, cant trust the govt."

throwaway290 1y ago
I'm watching the x files and it's so funny how similar it is
- UltraSane 1y ago
  Did they use Alex Trebek to make people's testimony less believable?
  - throwaway290 1y ago
    Not sure who Alex is. I just meant the flipping is similar how Mulder swapped for a season from "there are aliens" to "it's all a ruse and distraction by gov"
    - ldoughty 1y ago
      Alex is best known (in general, if you know nothing else about him) for being the host of Jeopardy from 1984 until 2021. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Trebek https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Trebek
    - UltraSane 1y ago
      Alex Trebek was the host of Jeopardy for 37 years but he also had a cameo in one of the best episodes of The X-Files Jose Chung's From Outer Space where Alex and Jesse Ventura played Men In Black
      - throwaway290 1y ago
        I am remembering that ep while watching s06e19 now! I didn't watch Jeopardy (not from the US) so not familiar with the face.
        UltraSane 1y ago
        Alex was very famous in the US because he hosted one of the most popular game shows for so long.
BugheadTorpeda6 1y ago
It is literally exactly what probably a majority of UFO people have been saying for a long time. That's why it's so funny. A lot of UFO people (maybe enthusiasts would be a more apt term) are more skeptical of aliens and spaceship stuff than "normies" cause they tend to have experience getting burned. Just comes with the territory I guess. Try to post a perfectly legitimate photo of something weird looking on a UFO forum and they will forensically tear it apart in a way that would put a lot of more professional outlets to shame. I've been hearing the whole "the government wants you to believe in aliens thing" since the 90s but it goes back way further. Of course the other thing that comes along with that is believing that a lot of the "true believer" types are shills on account of their obvious and often pretty suspicious connections. The most recent one I can remember is that guy with some sort of military connections and very shady funding that went on Joe Rogan talking about starting a company to study and release technology from a crashed spaceship. The intended audience of that sort of thing is not UFO enthusiasts, it's gullable normal people that just happen to accidentally dip their toes into the subject for a split second. All in all, my opinion is that the whole thing has been a pretty sloppy display of our governments disinformation and psyop capabilities to the extent that it makes me a little bit worried for our safety. Hopefully the people that got assigned to run the UFO stories were the B team.
- baggachipz 1y ago
  > All in all, my opinion is that the whole thing has been a pretty sloppy display of our governments disinformation and psyop capabilities to the extent that it makes me a little bit worried for our safety. Hopefully the people that got assigned to run the UFO stories were the B team. We currently have a professional wrestling executive running Education, a "wellness influencer" as Surgeon General, an anti-vax brain worm as the head of HHS, and a reality tv star as the Chief Executive.
  - sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago
    Casey Means hasn't gone through senate confirmation yet to become Surgeon General. If you're a US citizen, please call your senators and express that you think a longevity pill huckster is not an acceptable nominee for this role.
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throwaway290 1y ago

I'm watching the x files and it's so funny how similar it is

UltraSane 1y ago
Did they use Alex Trebek to make people's testimony less believable?
- throwaway290 1y ago
  Not sure who Alex is. I just meant the flipping is similar how Mulder swapped for a season from "there are aliens" to "it's all a ruse and distraction by gov"
  - ldoughty 1y ago
    Alex is best known (in general, if you know nothing else about him) for being the host of Jeopardy from 1984 until 2021. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Trebek https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Trebek
  - UltraSane 1y ago
    Alex Trebek was the host of Jeopardy for 37 years but he also had a cameo in one of the best episodes of The X-Files Jose Chung's From Outer Space where Alex and Jesse Ventura played Men In Black
    - throwaway290 1y ago
      I am remembering that ep while watching s06e19 now! I didn't watch Jeopardy (not from the US) so not familiar with the face.
      - UltraSane 1y ago
        Alex was very famous in the US because he hosted one of the most popular game shows for so long.

BugheadTorpeda6 1y ago

It is literally exactly what probably a majority of UFO people have been saying for a long time. That's why it's so funny. A lot of UFO people (maybe enthusiasts would be a more apt term) are more skeptical of aliens and spaceship stuff than "normies" cause they tend to have experience getting burned. Just comes with the territory I guess. Try to post a perfectly legitimate photo of something weird looking on a UFO forum and they will forensically tear it apart in a way that would put a lot of more professional outlets to shame. I've been hearing the whole "the government wants you to believe in aliens thing" since the 90s but it goes back way further. Of course the other thing that comes along with that is believing that a lot of the "true believer" types are shills on account of their obvious and often pretty suspicious connections. The most recent one I can remember is that guy with some sort of military connections and very shady funding that went on Joe Rogan talking about starting a company to study and release technology from a crashed spaceship. The intended audience of that sort of thing is not UFO enthusiasts, it's gullable normal people that just happen to accidentally dip their toes into the subject for a split second. All in all, my opinion is that the whole thing has been a pretty sloppy display of our governments disinformation and psyop capabilities to the extent that it makes me a little bit worried for our safety. Hopefully the people that got assigned to run the UFO stories were the B team.

baggachipz 1y ago
> All in all, my opinion is that the whole thing has been a pretty sloppy display of our governments disinformation and psyop capabilities to the extent that it makes me a little bit worried for our safety. Hopefully the people that got assigned to run the UFO stories were the B team. We currently have a professional wrestling executive running Education, a "wellness influencer" as Surgeon General, an anti-vax brain worm as the head of HHS, and a reality tv star as the Chief Executive.
- sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago
  Casey Means hasn't gone through senate confirmation yet to become Surgeon General. If you're a US citizen, please call your senators and express that you think a longevity pill huckster is not an acceptable nominee for this role.

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