Another fucking spree shooting. Great.

looool

The one that got me was the Bernstein bears, even my auto correct knows it's an E. I distinctly remember pronouncing it Stein, because of Albert Einstein until my teacher told me it was wrong and it was pronounced "Steen" but I couldn't grasp that concept, we'll because of Einstein lol I never let that go. I would have never pronounced Stain wrong, wine stain, grass stain and so forth. I was always 2 grade levels ahead of the class when it came to reading. Fast forward to now and there's an A???? And it's ALWAYS been that way ??? No deal man I refuse to believe that.. Right in my childhood.

some discussion here: List conspiracy theories here.

wait til he finds out about the coverup w/r/t the real spelling

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61USjVOaY5L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

This hasn’t been reported anywhere, I think it just happened. Look for yourself or check out this quick video (quote is at 0:30 mark)

https://youtu.be/dLVIWNjZKiE

So to recap (because I’m not trying to promote my video) it was
You like me, you really really like me
Then it went
You like me, right now, you like me
Now it’s:
You like me, right now, YOU’LL like me
Just wanted to tell the real ones here

omar little
Posted: March 8, 2018 at 4:26:57 PM
i think that's more of a JFK-type conspiracy theory, the real shit started with 9/11 and the twin towers being brought down by either explosive charges planted in the buildings or by lasers.

OTM. 9/11 spec provided the synaptic template for all this shit. It had to wait for Web 2.0 to really spread its seed but it was the real game changer

What exactly is the qualitative difference between JFK conspiracy theories and 9/11 truthers, now?

9/11 truthers more likely to imply or outright allege the involvement of tens of thousands of co-conspirators.

+ the idea that there is enough legit dark business involving the mob, Castro, Hoover, JFK et al that through sheer noise one can cobble together some conceivable narrative, whereas 9/11 theories typically involve weird science, fake missing people, trick photography etc

the only plausible 9/11 conspiracy theory I’ve come across is that they knew & let it happen as a means to get into the Middle East. I still don’t buy it. Loose Change sucks though, it gets into the whole controlled demolition bullshit. Jet fuel/steel beams is an awful & offensive meme and also stupid.

JFK has, as Simon said, fewer players & is more plausible- also there’s more conspicuously weird shit like Jack Ruby that can’t be explained w/o mob involvement imo. You’ve got motives, means, that one makes sense.

What's interesting about the new mob is there's no theory or need to supply a narrative whatsoever, it's just 'I remember it being spelt Berenstein so it's been changed, we must be living in a parallel universe now and that's the end of it'. The era when you had to find a way to blame it on Castro or lasers or aliens or w/e is vanishing.

Loose Change sucks though

I have a good Loose Change story that got excelsior'd at some point. fuck that movie

ha i'd like to hear it

pisces: we're living in an accelerated world. the disruption of tech & ubiquitous entertainment & voices & views can't be overstated imo. 9/11 destroyed the fundaments of the world we knew, the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan further eroded our faith in government, and then the 2008 crash left millions of people poor & angry. I think Gen Z is poised to be a significant force in politics & culture & being able to change the world for the better, because all of this stuff that we've lived through that prevented us from being able to plant our feet on the ground and get our bearings - that's their normal. It's all native to them, and they're not paralyzed by it like millennials & Gen X. Consider the press that both generations I mentioned got: lazy, entitled, feckless, narcissistic, arrogant, and insecure. Gen Z's first press? A fucking march on Washington for gun control. My point is that the unhinged are victims of hyper acceleration that's unprecedented in human history. Unless another crisis that destroys our coordinates occurs (a nuke strike, major cities destroyed by superstorms), I have faith that Gen Z is going to come into this crazy fucked up world and be able to fix it because it's what they're used to, their 'normal,' even though it's nothing of the sort.

my god when this or the SCOTUS thread get revived I tremble before clicking

lol yea we have drifted a bit off topic

i'm just bummed that stan & jan's son turned the berenstain bears into christian propaganda

it is weird tho isnt it. "berenstain." doesn't look right

*redpills self, fires up YouTube*

I agree that tech makes these theories fly around faster now, and draws in more people, but the infowars false flaggers just seem the same to me as the morons back in the 90s who went looking on the backs of railroad crossing signs for secret messages to the UN troops Clinton was inviting in to take over America.

I wonder (IE this is almost certainly bollocks) whether an increased belief in large-scale conspiracy theories is influenced by increased awareness of actual large-scale conspiracies, less Stonecutters-style centralisation than 'everyone knows but no-one says' that ensure that, say, African Americans are generally getting the worst end of the economy whether it's up or down, or women have been vulnerable whatever their level of fame.

the first time i heard the 'various sports stadiums around the country are being quietly eminent domained by FEMA to serve as future concentration camps' story in 2002 it was from a middle aged african american guy in Atlanta. He also told me about how blood pressure medicines were deliberately formulated to reduce male libido and thereby ensure continuous reduction in African-American population.

i remember digesting it similarly to what you just described, asking myself 'if i had lived your life,would i be so confident that this is paranoia'?

Andrew otm.

Per Alfred's point, I kinda wonder if we couldn't migrate general gun control conversation to the gun control thread. It really does feel dreadful and shitty to see this thread constantly floating to the top of SNA.

plus, just wait a week or month and it'll rise to the top of the thread because of the news, anyway (also dreadful and shitty.)

xp agreed

This thread might also be good for some of this discussion: conspiracy theories that ended up being true

#BREAKING UPDATE: Active shooter reported at veterans home in Yountville. Shots reportedly fired near main dining hall. https://t.co/HUYTeBbxSF [Photo: @NapaRegister] pic.twitter.com/3JqLzkP2J1

— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) March 9, 2018

hostages, jesus

That's right across the freeway from The French Laundry.

holy shit :(

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Active-shooter-reported-at-Yountville-veterans-12741622.php

more info on the shooter

not much info on the hostages

pres conference confirmed 3 hostages

Very sad to read that all three hostages are dead. Their killer also took his own life.

jesus

A veteran, yet again. "Service" is a reliable cofactor for this mayhem.

oh god how tragic.
i read that the veteran had been asked to leave the program he’d been getting treatment from, and that the hostages were employees and part of that specific program.
i’m guessing that was one of a number of contributing stressors to set this off.

i guess he originally took 5 hostages & released 2? i can’t imagine how they are feeling now

more details here
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Active-shooter-reported-at-Yountville-veterans-12741622.php

man. horrible.

gunman was only 36.
everything about this is just awful.

The women who were murdered today in #Yountville have been identified:
-Dr. Jen Golick, therapist
-Dr. Jen Gonzalez, psychologist
-Dr. Christine Loeber, Executive Director of the Pathways program https://t.co/Grf1OFCsSo pic.twitter.com/fJZKiREOjs

— 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚎 (@resisterhood) March 10, 2018

God dammit

Just found out that my friend and former neighbor’s cousin was the psychologist who was killed.

as expected, florida will seek to kill Nikolas Cruz. there are already 347 other people who are scheduled to be murdered by the state, though, so everyone is going to have to wait a while before killing another person makes everyone else feel better.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/nikolas-cruz-death-penalty.html

if you'll excuse me i have to get back to watching my 24/7 stream of animals fighting each other while i snarl and gnaw at a synthetic rope toy

Get it up to 365 and you could legally kill, one day at a time, for a year, huzzah!

great idea! what the US needs to do is go ahead and clear out the backlog of hundreds of people on deathrow, maybe in a public place where large crowds of civilians can gather around and witness the awe-inspiring power of the state. then we can go ahead and just kill one person a day. since we don't care enough about spree shootings to try to prevent them, we should soon have enough mass murderers queued up to kill one off in prime time, every night.

http://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article205168669.html