[BugheadTorpeda6]

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]

> 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]

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.

[baggachipz]

I mean at this point, does it even matter?

[amanaplanacanal]

We should keep pushing back on this bullshit as long as possible. If it becomes no longer possible, it's definitely time to leave.

[sjsdaiuasgdia]

Exactly this. I refuse to let all this happen while I sit back saying, "Well what can I really do?"

I can be vocal. I can inform my elected representatives of my opinions. I can protest. I can defend the rights of those who are being oppressed.

These things have risks, and everyone has to make their own determination as to what risks they are willing to bear. I've decided this is too important to let the risks prevent me from speaking out. That might mean I get arrested, physically harmed, detained, or worse. So be it. I am not going to let my country turn into a dictatorship while I do nothing.

[baggachipz]

I hear you. I send my representatives messages through their channels, only to occasionally receive a boilerplate response and automatic subscription to their propaganda newsletter. I fully expect that I'll be in a roundup of "dissidents" whenever that circus happens. The fact of the matter is that the people of this country voted for this. It's what they want. I don't know how we can combat that. I speak up and scream into the void, but it ultimately feels futile.

[dataviz1000]

My first full time job coding, 2012, was creating a Netflix clone Christian entertainment streaming service, i.e. Kirk Cameron movies. I don't know too much about being an evangelical Christian outside of being tricked into a ski weekend in 7th grade and tricked into a few revivals later. I've read the Bible and Commandments like thou shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, and thou shall not kill are some quality values that I would especially like to see in politicians. Overall, I think Jesus was a very cool dude. I had no moral problem with what I was doing and I needed the job.

For some context there were only two companies sharing the building, this company and Newsmax, while Rush Limbaugh studio was right down the road at the time. There were a few developers before me who failed and some problems with a contractor shipping code that didn't work requiring me to figure out how to create a payment system. Nonetheless, I get it online, it works perfect, and they start to get subscribers. I'm watching some of the on demand and some of the scheduled shows realizing that they are injecting ultra right wing political propaganda and conspiracy theories along with movies about Biblical events.

So I give one month notice but I don't tell them why. They offer me a $25,000 raise. I say no again. They offer $1 for any subscription conversion after the first one week free incentive. That one was tough because it would have net several hundred thousand dollars for that first year. They are willing to pay massive salaries to people who help them push the conspiracy theories.

The owner of the company eventually got caught up in an office sex scandal and sold off the service.

I can understand the temptation Joe Rogan submitted to in order to take the money. I had a friend invite me a while back with a spare ticket to the Comedy Mother Ship in Austin for open mic night. Bill Burr did 15 minutes. However throughout the night one amateur comedian after another were making the most disgusting jokes about harming children. What I don't understand about Joe Rogan is how he invites people like that into his home while he has young daughters.