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[–] 65 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Because the government can’t afford a book of matches?

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Like the "Jewish space lasers" bullshit that Margarine Traitor Greed mentioned.

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  • [–] [S] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If we had space lasers, we’d use them in Ukraine.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Jews won't use their space lasers to help Ukraine because Ukraine is full of Nazis. /s

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    But that would put the US into direct conflict with Russia. Military lasers are definitely a thing

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    They don’t exist at the magnitude you think. We don’t have space lasers that can attack ground targets yet and probably never will. At best they can jam certain systems like drones.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean we could, but we’d secretly have to get four battery modules each the size of the international space station into orbit.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    I know this will fall on deaf ears, but the best thing we can do is stop amplifying these people by posting these stories and upvoting them.

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  • [+] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I think the same people would think the same stuff. Just now they travel faster and wider.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think bouncing ideas off of each other on social media does drive them further into the rabbit hole, and leads them to ideas they might not have gotten to otherwise.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    One person starts saying things as a joke or as a griefer and people run with it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has "followers" that believe it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Trump too. The_Donald started that way.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4).

    It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which only proves how stupid they are. There is no need for lasers if a simple cigarette but thrown away carelessly is sufficient.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    And when they finally do determine the cause, nobody will ever believe them.

    Edit I want to say too, that photo is heartbreaking. It's NOT a black and white photo. I zoomed in on a little spot of red... it was a stop sign.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The fact that my mom actually believes this 💀💀💀

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    My mom thinks Biden’s a robot. So…

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They said the same thing about Canada's fires 👍

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The government do not have those types of lasers.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Yes but conspiracy theorists think that radio waves create atomic structures, so I think it's pretty clear they'll believe any old nonsense.

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Republicans only attack America to make Biden look bad. So they should start there.

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