It’s almost exactly that.

The rabbit hole with these people runs deep, and it’s a very weird cross-section of virulent racists (both white and non-white) who see the entire American paradigm as specifically racist towards them exclusively, outright secessionists, and very pro-American types who simply think that taxes…

Turns over what I presume is an American Passport and then claims to not be a citizen?

Fucking brilliant.

This is true, but to be charitable, perhaps it was a sense of justifiable cruelty. Leaving two people to do an utterly miserable death is horrific, yet it was a response to them attempting to usurp what limited power she had at the time, as well as an attempt to steal her dragons. Yes, leaving bodies on display is…

You bring up some very poignant points about the “Hollywoodification” of the show, as well as the general pull towards stories which focus on either individual, against-all-odds heroics, or pure displays of power by a singular entity, especially when it comes to TV narratives.

Unfortunately, we see all-too-often that…

Most of my friends who are GoT nuts have more issues with season 8 in general, rather than the ending specifically.

Their issues (in no particular order) are: The entirety of the Battle of Winterfell (poor lightning, Sansa deciding to barricade herself and the rest of the non-combatants in a crypt during a battle that…

Thank you for the kind reply. A few things.

Exactly.

I can only imagine the feeling it must be to have the multi-billion dollar company you have 32 years of a life to seem more than ready to take your case to trial, especially if you know that the overwhelming majority of these cases get settled well-before any trial gets scheduled. 

I’ll bite, since apparently you were so pressed in the middle of the night to respond.

1. People aren’t merely implying he was murdered, they’re both implying and outright stating that Boeing did it, or that the evidence (of which there’s none for murder) points to Boeing having a hand in it. You’re right that some…

Why do you care so much? What’s your angle on trying to gaslight me and the rest of the public? You think the public can’t recognize when someone is trying to pull the wool over?

You wildly underestimate the speed, accuracy, and control that the government can perform with when it is a matter of national security.

No worries, and I understand completely.

I’m a millenial myself, and I can only imagine how difficult it is for the generations younger than us — who grew up during a time where not just internet, but fast internet was part and parcel to life — to be able to accurately assess and sift through purposeful bullshit and…

You’re not wrong, but people wildly overestimate both the number of security cameras and CCTV that’s available in the US, let alone the methods utilized to maintain said cameras and data.

Charleston, SC (where the hotel was) isn’t London. Not only that, but most people wouldn’t have their attention called to a random…

It’s just wild to me that someone will assert that the “most likely explanation” is suicide, simply because someone else they’ve never met said so, and especially when this claim is made by someone who has never met the man in question.

I admittedly haven’t watched most of his stuff since before he really hit it big, but that was 10+ years ago at this point, so I’ll gladly defer if his recent offerings have been subpar.

That being said, I never went to him for in-depth technical knowledge. He often just had review samples a lot earlier than smaller…

Admittedly, I haven’t watched him in years (pre-Covid), and even before that, I usually watched other reviews. His earlier stuff was better, but that’s 10+ years ago at this point. 

Marques isn’t bad, per se, but he’s one of the few really early Youtubers who is still actively doing his thing, so he’s built up a lot of goodwill and a massive fan/viewerbase in the intervening years.

That being said, he got his start and still makes most of his money reviewing tech hardware. So, while cars have…

Maybe not Boeing themselves for reasons all of the above, but a stakeholder with a major stake in the company?

You’re right.

On a different article about this case, I said to someone that Barnett was at the cross-section of potentially three major causes of suicide: non-stress related health issues, stress, and financial trouble.

It’s been reported that he retired from Boeing due to health issues, and he was a 62 year old man.…

Certainly weirder shit has happened, and that can’t be entirely discounted.

However, people are doing things in reverse, and instead are discounting the most likely explanations first and charging headlong into the most outlandish explanations. Not only that, but their reasoning is spurrious beyond belief, not to…