I used to be big into the woo woo conspiracy theory stuff thanks to shows on cable networks. So much so my uncle bought me the Time-Life books series about stuff like Sasquatch and ufos.
What snapped me out of it was a show about ley lines and how they hold power and mystery. They had on an international expert on ley lines who was… my school bus driver.
Almost 30 years later he’s still driving a bus, and will tell anyone who asks about his five minutes of fame.
But if those lines held that kind of power I think he’d have retired by now.
“Ancient aliens” would definitely win me a game of Don’t Get Me Started. And I’d get started with how it’s all Carl Sagan’s fault.
And I’m so conflicted because Stargate is one of my favorite franchises and is completely based on that racist bullshit. As is Battlestar Galactica. And Pumaman. And probably a lot of Star Trek episodes. Including the really racist one where Space Africa tried to buy Tasha Yar.
BTW if you like that stuff check out Miniminuteman or Decoding the Unknown on YT. They’re totally googledebonkers.
(And also, don’t get me started on Paul Bennewitz.)
There’s too goddamn many North American primates if you ask me.
And it’s not that he’s working class but that he very clearly had some kind of mental illness based on my interactions with him, which cast doubt on every other “expert” these shows had on. I had personal experience with this guy and knew he wasn’t a reliable person.
And that doubt was verified when I looked up where those other supposed experts got their alleged degrees.
I used to be big into the woo woo conspiracy theory stuff thanks to shows on cable networks. So much so my uncle bought me the Time-Life books series about stuff like Sasquatch and ufos.
What snapped me out of it was a show about ley lines and how they hold power and mystery. They had on an international expert on ley lines who was… my school bus driver.
Almost 30 years later he’s still driving a bus, and will tell anyone who asks about his five minutes of fame.
But if those lines held that kind of power I think he’d have retired by now.
the History Channel…a name that with each passing day means less and less
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“Ancient aliens” would definitely win me a game of Don’t Get Me Started. And I’d get started with how it’s all Carl Sagan’s fault.
And I’m so conflicted because Stargate is one of my favorite franchises and is completely based on that racist bullshit. As is Battlestar Galactica. And Pumaman. And probably a lot of Star Trek episodes. Including the really racist one where Space Africa tried to buy Tasha Yar.
BTW if you like that stuff check out Miniminuteman or Decoding the Unknown on YT. They’re totally googledebonkers.
(And also, don’t get me started on Paul Bennewitz.)
somebody who studied ley-lines was working-class, therefore there’s no North American primate
There’s too goddamn many North American primates if you ask me.
And it’s not that he’s working class but that he very clearly had some kind of mental illness based on my interactions with him, which cast doubt on every other “expert” these shows had on. I had personal experience with this guy and knew he wasn’t a reliable person.
And that doubt was verified when I looked up where those other supposed experts got their alleged degrees.
Come to think of it, the meme itself is also mad classist: “Maybe some people have had forbidden experiences, but fuck em they’re poor”
Cleetus’s great-great-grand-pappy fought at the Battle of Blair Mountain