I went a few times a couple years back when the propaganda and information warfare was really heating up... Are the users still going full force that it's really really real and it's juuuuust about to bust loose?

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expatriado 6 points 7 days ago

everything that goes up must go down in history as an ufo

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Diddlydee 6 points 7 days ago

Not anything. No one could confuse a lake or the Whitehouse or a stick of spaghetti as a UFO. It needs to be flying first and foremost.

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insanemantis 8 points 7 days ago

Pretty sure at least one lake could be mistaken for a UFO

There used to be a lake right over there. Ducks would eat in it, children would swim in it, it was a great lake. One day these ducks were in the pond, and the temperature dropped so fast, that the lake just froze right up. The ducks didn’t die, they flew away and took that whole lake right with them. To this day I hear that lake is somewhere over in Georgia.

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AnalogAllamma 2 points 6 days ago

Reminds me of the birds lifting a whale in the sky when Twitter was struggling back in the day.

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ivanafterall 3 points 6 days ago

Lights reflecting on water are often a source of mistaken UFO sightings.

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TranquilTurbulence 2 points 6 days ago

If you throw a stick of spaghetti fast enough, people can’t identify it.

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01189998819991197253 1 point a day ago

Are we not all on a giant ball that's flying through space?

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im_fine_sandy 5 points 7 days ago

I think that's part of the point of the term.

Instead of saying you saw "an alien", you merely saw something you couldn't identify.

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biofaust 3 points 6 days ago

Outside of the US, most of us know this. We are just nicer people.

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NaibofTabr 3 points 7 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/...

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kryptonianCodeMonkey 2 points 6 days ago

pokes dead possum

"Goddamn UFO. Stinkin up my lawn."

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ChaoticNeutralCzech 2 points 6 days ago

Yeet it to make it flying. Yes, it's a dumb idea, as mentioned in the post

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mrfriki 2 points 7 days ago

Heck my coffee mug almost turned into an UFO this morning, luckily it all ended in a small splatter.

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dontbelievethis 1 point 5 days ago

Nothing is an UFO if you're knowledgeable enough.

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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showerthoughts

@lemmy.world

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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