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Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by n0nc3 »

skissane wrote: post #243
artificialLimbs wrote: post #230

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If the people at the agency had integrity, they would have immediately brought these concerns up the chain or public.

Who is to say they didn't bring them up the chain, and the chain just ignored them? Try to bring issues to the public and they'll charge you with "espionage"/"mishandling classified information"/etc. Even if the charges don't succeed, you'll lose your career and the court case will ruin you.

Not just a court case though, an investigation or a "psych eval" are enough to ruin someone. Take a look at Russ Tice.

Also, read Ronan Farrow's piece from the New Yorker last week. They targeted a straight-laced DOJ lawyer with >20 years of experience. These organizations are out of control and pose a very serious threat to our freedom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Tice

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/09/how-a-cia-cove...

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Post by DanBC »

Loughla wrote: post #235
effingwewt wrote: post #231

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Internet Historian did a wonderful series of videos about this. The investigative abilities of some people is just awe inspiring. https://youtu.be/_p4h3jwJob0

The phrase "weaponized autism" used to be a thing on 4chan when I cruised that back in the day. It honestly opened my eyes to a severely under-tapped resource in the job market. Individuals with autism tend to be able to focus on tasks more, and tend to see things in a way that lets them analyze systems and logical steps phenomenally well. In the social-sciences fields, they tend to be overlooked, because of either t…

Some agencies are well aware of the benefits of neurodiversity!

https://www.gchq.gov.uk/information/daring-to-think-differen...

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by jdmichal »

effingwewt wrote: post #234
chooseaname wrote: post #70

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That and there are laws that never go away, like not spitting on the sidewalk or not chewing gum on a Sunday.

Reply below is dead but is spot-on especially for Texas. I believe it's still illegal to wear socks or a tie on South Padre Island. Sure enough, it is. Found the link[1] [1] http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,139525,...

Some of these seem perfectly reasonable to me.

> HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. No roosters

Roosters are assholes and AFAIK they're banned in most non-agricultural zoning.

> JONESBORO, GA. No profanity in front of children under 14

A bit moralistic but I could see it happening in a smaller town where people might be more aligned on such things. And looks like the population of Jonesboro is sub-5k.

> JUPITER, FLA. No roadside billboards

I wish this was true everywhere.

> STATE OF TEXAS No walking in the streets if there is a sidewalk

Only complaint I have on this one is that it's cementing car culture worship.

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I suspect others are probably over-reactions to single adverse events.

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Post by coopsmgoops »

voldacar wrote: post #318
mholt wrote: post #306

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I know. I'm sorry. I have a screenshot if push comes to shove but I'm being vague on purpose for the privacy of those in my community.

No I totally get it. Is the implication that the monolith marks a human grave?

I don't think it's a grave just a memorial. Someone probably fell off the cliff or something.

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Post by MisterTea »

dvtrn wrote: post #213
riazrizvi wrote: post #181

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Invents interstellar travel. Travels 17,000 light years across the universe. Places art work as token of greeting. First contact with human civilization. Alien scientists begin deciphering message. "It reads, 'I am from the Bureau of Land Management...'"

Let me know when this novel is finished. You've got me hooked already.

Spoiler alert: 42.

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Post by Accujack »

voldacar wrote: post #318
mholt wrote: post #306

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I know. I'm sorry. I have a screenshot if push comes to shove but I'm being vague on purpose for the privacy of those in my community.

No I totally get it. Is the implication that the monolith marks a human grave?

I think it implies it's a cenotaph.

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Post by Accujack »

OnlyMortal wrote: post #253
neya wrote: post #25

"We could just leave the Utah monolith alone and mind our business. And not summon an alien or demon or whatever during the one of the worst years in our lifetimes." This was the best part of the article.

Given the BBC based most of its news of social media... “It’s obviously Bigfoot, the human/ape hybrid the greys use when on Earth.”, says a source near to the monolith.

Use for what?

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Post by TeMPOraL »

jonathanoliver wrote: post #5
wyldfire wrote: post #4

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Or mashed potatoes? "This means something..."

UHF! I caught that reference. It took me years to understand that reference fully. When I saw UHF originally it bugged me that I knew it was a reference to something but I didn't know what. Finally, a decade later I saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind and I finally put two and two together.

For those of us who don't know: what does "UHF" stand for here?
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