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LuckyCharms

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Thu Apr 11, 2024, 04:33 PM Apr 11

LOL we're fucking doomed. [View all]

Last edited Thu Apr 11, 2024, 05:27 PM - Edit history (1)

I lurk on social media.

There's this local wingnut that I check in on.

There was a heavy blanket of cloud cover in my area during the eclipse, so you couldn't see a damn thing.

This guy made an entirely serious video of himself after the eclipse.

All serious and concerned-like, he expressed his absolute astonishment that the Government caused the clouds so he could not see the eclipse. I think he's talking about Chemtrails, or whatever the hell those assholes believe in. He put his tough face on at the end of the video and stated "UNACCEPTABLE".

Now, this was notable in my eyes because his video had over 100 likes, and several comments agreeing with him.

I know many of the people who agreed with him. They're my neighbors, and friend of friends. In real life, I know these people.

Seriously deranged, and there's so many of them.

Standing right next to me in the grocery store. Drawing my blood for medical tests. Whatever.

When did this shit become so weird? Or, was it always like this, but they kept under their rocks until relatively recent years.

Over 100 likes? And no one called him out? C'mon.

Makes me not want to leave the house.

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LOL we're fucking doomed. [View all] LuckyCharms Apr 11 OP
It is clearly a cult. The 'amen's' to utter idiocy and vile bigotry are obligatory. Voltaire2 Apr 11 #1
It really is scary. You make small talk with these people and you think LuckyCharms Apr 11 #2
There does seem to be a big difference PatSeg Apr 11 #23
There are bdamomma Apr 12 #73
They are ignoramuses who somehow feel that Diamond_Dog Apr 11 #3
He self-identifies as LuckyCharms Apr 11 #5
Once they climb aboard.... SergeStorms Apr 11 #32
"bat-shit crazy pheromone they exude through their conspiracy gills" dameatball Apr 12 #66
That's the psychology of it in a nutshell Random Boomer Apr 12 #69
That must be a Q thing a MAGA yesterday said his son got a picture of a UFO doc03 Apr 11 #4
Access to Netflix? KT2000 Apr 11 #45
You're right, it is scary... Think. Again. Apr 11 #6
Sort of like that scene from 1984. How many BootinUp Apr 11 #7
I believe that is from Catch-22, but I get your point...nt Wounded Bear Apr 11 #15
Nope, 1984. reACTIONary Apr 11 #31
OK, but I know for a fact it was in Catch-22...the book, at least...nt Wounded Bear Apr 11 #36
This is a great quote from Catch -22, which I cannot help but think of Trump and the Rethuglicans when reading it. OMGWTF Apr 11 #40
Except the "hero" Yossarian was not the trump-like character... Wounded Bear Apr 11 #50
I never read it, but... reACTIONary Apr 11 #48
I didn't recall the scene from 1984 at first. In Catch-22 it was on a ruse by Yossarian... Wounded Bear Apr 11 #51
+10! reACTIONary Apr 11 #54
... meadowlander Apr 12 #58
Here's your quote DBoon Apr 11 #27
Mr. Rogers knows his finger count mockmonkey Apr 12 #70
A friend asked me Monday, So even if we where the funky glasses, MerryBlooms Apr 11 #8
I have had DENVERPOPS Apr 11 #44
I total respected this guy and his wife before. Both college grads. MerryBlooms Apr 11 #49
How did you keep from laughing in his face? Trueblue Texan Apr 12 #64
The thing that amazed me the most DENVERPOPS Apr 14 #77
"was it always like this" bucolic_frolic Apr 11 #9
That type has always been around, but you needed to go to bars... JHB Apr 11 #10
Maybe they're thinking of cloud seeding, which is happening. CrispyQ Apr 11 #11
The stupid was always there NanaCat Apr 11 #12
Is he also a Flat Earther and a Moon Landing denier? A HERETIC I AM Apr 11 #13
He does deny the moon landing. LuckyCharms Apr 11 #16
It takes a special kind.... SergeStorms Apr 11 #38
If you haven't seen it genxlib Apr 11 #47
Where can I find it? SergeStorms Apr 11 #56
It used to be on Netflix but it looks like it fell off genxlib Apr 12 #65
Appreciated. SergeStorms Apr 12 #68
Every maga wants to be so important that the gubmnt blocks their eclipses from them. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 11 #14
I think I saw a documentary on them back in 60's. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 11 #17
We have a local joke around here regarding Mt Rainier... Wounded Bear Apr 11 #18
You could have called him out Hieronymus Phact Apr 11 #19
Are they speaking in tongues? keithbvadu2 Apr 11 #33
ppl used to peddle that stuff for free. now there's money in it. mopinko Apr 11 #20
The interwebs have allowed flat-eartherism to become contagious. lindysalsagal Apr 11 #21
There also used to be a filter durablend Apr 11 #29
Tell him during Biden's second term Mr.Bill Apr 11 #22
Amusing, but I wouldn't recommend it. soldierant Apr 11 #34
There have always been crackpots and nutjobs. ShazzieB Apr 11 #24
"Makes me not want to leave the house." OldBaldy1701E Apr 11 #25
I went though the 60s, I'm very well acquainted with weirdness Warpy Apr 11 #26
humans aren't evolved as much as we'd like to think cynical_idealist Apr 11 #28
Did they do a lot of acid in their hippie days? DBoon Apr 11 #30
Well, the silver lining to that cloud.... rubbersole Apr 11 #35
I twisted balloons at an eclipse event for the last one TlalocW Apr 11 #37
I lived in this republican "paradise" for 20 years before he hit the radar here in 2015 mountain grammy Apr 11 #39
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin sop Apr 11 #41
You are right. You're doomed. Please keep away. I don't want to catch it. 😁 Wonder Why Apr 11 #42
LOL, they.are.everywhere....... DENVERPOPS Apr 11 #43
Look On The Bright Side DET Apr 11 #53
It makes me think DENVERPOPS Apr 14 #76
What's changed is we now have cable TV the likes of Faux and the internet to promote the conspiricies. Amaryllis Apr 11 #46
A classic - lady thinks the government directs deer WITH deer crossing signs underpants Apr 11 #52
I remember that, classic. betsuni Apr 12 #59
As it's been said so many times... Pluvious Apr 11 #55
i blame no child left behind. testing is not knowledge. i did great on my ACT math score. i was basically guessing. pansypoo53219 Apr 12 #57
I don't think it's that. Elessar Zappa Apr 12 #67
I'm curious what his reaction would be to this photo EYESORE 9001 Apr 12 #60
Clouds? He's griping about CLOUDS? I'm extremely p.o.'ed ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 12 #61
I know that sinking feeling, True Dough Apr 12 #62
A guest on MSNBC yesterday... Trueblue Texan Apr 12 #63
The internet was supposedly make Roc2020 Apr 12 #71
It was predicted by... lefthandedskyhook Apr 12 #74
This monster has brought the mental infection out lefthandedskyhook Apr 12 #72
Propaganda bdamomma Apr 12 #75
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