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No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

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Re: No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

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Post by halJordan »

hermitcrab wrote: post #9

We have lunatics in my country. But they aren't running the government (as far as I know).

Mmmhn. Or is this the self-enforced ignorance that's damning the country?

'cause if you read the article: Former Representative Matt Gaetz recently said that a U.S. Army official had told him about “hybrid breeding programs, where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create some hybrid race that could engage in intergalactic communication.”

And that's just the stuff from the article. I won't even go outside the article (it's considered domestic terrorism to point out crazies bc the crazies are "running the government")

Re: No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

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Post by snickerbockers »

FrankWilhoit wrote: post #2

Why would they? At Waffle House, that is just another minute between 0 and 59. But of course we are assuming that he teleported to the back of the line.

Isn't teleportation inextricably linked to time travel (to the extent that either one is actually possible)? My point being that the staff might not remember him yet.

He claims in the article to have teleported twice which means that he could have teleported to a future waffle house (maybe even one that has not yet been constructed) before teleporting to the present.

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Post by snickerbockers »

Ive always wondered how the motion of the earth would factor into instantaneous teleportation between to points on the same planet. Do you need to account for that to prevent yourself from being beamed underground or into space? Or does the fact that the source and destination are within the same inertial frame of reference make this one of those physics problems where the most complicated part turns out to be entirely irrelevant to the end-state?

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Post by krapp »

halJordan wrote: post #21
hermitcrab wrote: post #9

We have lunatics in my country. But they aren't running the government (as far as I know).

Mmmhn. Or is this the self-enforced ignorance that's damning the country? 'cause if you read the article: Former Representative Matt Gaetz recently said that a U.S. Army official had told him about “hybrid breeding programs, where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create some hybrid race that could engage in intergalactic communication.” And that's just the stuff from the article. I won't even go outside t…

JD Vance, the guy who is one heartbeat away from the Presidency, believes aliens are demons[0].

Pete Hegseth believes the war in Iran is a holy war that will bring about the Second Coming of Christ[1].

Secretary of HHS RFK Jr. doesn't believe germ theory is real[2].

Kash Patel believes the QAnon narrative about the "deep state" and "stolen election"[3] and has an "enemies list"[4]. Of course a lot of Republicans believe this now, it's kind of become a party platform.

Stephen Miller is a nazi[5]. Again, these beliefs have become normalized, so he's just the one example of many.

Who knows what Trump even believes from moment to moment but it doesn't seem tethered to reality. His conspiratorial beliefs have their own Wikipedia page[6].

And of course everyone remembers MTG and "Jewish Space Lasers"[7].

I think it would be easier to list everyone running the government who isn't some kind of a lunatic:

[0]https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/jd-van...

[1]https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/iran-pete-hegseth-ho...

[2]https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/14/nx...

[3]https://www.wired.com/story/kash-patel-qanon/

[4]https://newrepublic.com/article/188946/kash-patel-fbi-enemie...

[5]https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/us/politics/stephen-mille...

[6]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories_pr...

[7]https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/marjorie-taylor-gree...

Re: No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

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Post by krapp »

snickerbockers wrote: post #23

Ive always wondered how the motion of the earth would factor into instantaneous teleportation between to points on the same planet. Do you need to account for that to prevent yourself from being beamed underground or into space? Or does the fact that the source and destination are within the same inertial frame of reference make this one of those physics problems where the most complicated part turns out to be entire…

Well according to the guy making the claim, it was divine intervention, so I guess God just did the math?

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Post by arkensaw »

krapp wrote: post #24
halJordan wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mmmhn. Or is this the self-enforced ignorance that's damning the country? 'cause if you read the article: Former Representative Matt Gaetz recently said that a U.S. Army official had told him about “hybrid breeding programs, where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create some hybrid race that could engage in intergalactic communication.” And that's just the stuff from the article. I won't even go outside t…

JD Vance, the guy who is one heartbeat away from the Presidency, believes aliens are demons[0]. Pete Hegseth believes the war in Iran is a holy war that will bring about the Second Coming of Christ[1]. Secretary of HHS RFK Jr. doesn't believe germ theory is real[2]. Kash Patel believes the QAnon narrative about the "deep state" and "stolen election"[3] and has an "enemies list"[4]. Of course a lot of Republicans beli…

> I think it would be easier to list everyone running the government who isn't some kind of a lunatic:

I'm struggling to start that...

Re: No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

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Post by arkensaw »

vinceguidry wrote: post #14

I had a... weird night at the bar once, it ended early, I wasn't all that tipsy but if I kept going I definitely would have called the uber. I get to the gate and my keys fall to the floor of my car. The last thing I remember is thinking "fuck it." I wake up the next morning in my bed, feels like a normal morning, but I can't find my keys. After scouring my apartment for half an hour, I get the feeling to go check my…

you drove home drunk?

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Post by nickvec »

Phillips said on Truth Social that this happened while "heavily medicated" during cancer treatment he didn't expect to survive. What he's describing (ending up 50 miles away with no memory of the trip, feeling scared and out of control) is a textbook dissociative fugue [1]. Chemo causes delirium in 57-85% of patients [2], and the benzodiazepines, corticosteroids, and opioids typically prescribed alongside it can all independently trigger dissociative episodes [3].

He provided his own medical explanation and then attributed it to God instead.

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology...

[2] https://www.healthline.com/health/confusion-after-chemothera...

[3] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2656780/

Re: No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In

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Post by PorterBHall »

nickvec wrote: post #29

Phillips said on Truth Social that this happened while "heavily medicated" during cancer treatment he didn't expect to survive. What he's describing (ending up 50 miles away with no memory of the trip, feeling scared and out of control) is a textbook dissociative fugue [1]. Chemo causes delirium in 57-85% of patients [2], and the benzodiazepines, corticosteroids, and opioids typically prescribed alongside it can all…

I love this because it explains so much about the human mind. Rationally, it was the medication. Emotionally, it was Jesus.
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