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Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 1st March 2024, 03:18 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,540
Posted By JesseCuster
I just learned a wonderful word while watching...

I just learned a wonderful word while watching YouTube.

Ultracrepidarian.

It perfectly describes one of this thread's interlocutors.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th February 2024, 04:41 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,540
Posted By JesseCuster
Silly Vixen. They didn't shoot them, they kicked...

Silly Vixen. They didn't shoot them, they kicked them into a giant bottomless pit.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2024, 06:48 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,540
Posted By JesseCuster
Why shoot the Captain if the crew was going to be...

Why shoot the Captain if the crew was going to be squirreled away on secretive rescue flights that would take them to somewhere where a flight registered as a cargo plane that was actually a CIA...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th February 2024, 06:42 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,540
Posted By JesseCuster
Why would not having Captain Andersson's body...

Why would not having Captain Andersson's body prevent the Swedish prosecutor from not finding any criminal activity related to the investigation into the sinking of the Estonia that would warrant a...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 18th December 2023, 10:42 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
Jesus wept. Are you aware that within the...

Jesus wept.

Are you aware that within the last couple of days you snidely asked someone else for something other than a Twitter post as evidence for something, when you're using YouTube comments...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th December 2023, 06:43 PM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
Vixen, how do you know how Bedfordshire fire...

Vixen, how do you know how Bedfordshire fire service files fire reports? How do you know that they have a 'tick box' sheet that is filled out by 'the bod' at the fire station?

Have you got any...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th December 2023, 10:56 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
First of all, what is an "authenticated...

First of all, what is an "authenticated journalist? Don't answer that, it's something you made up to make something you read on twitter sound authorative.

Secondly, why are you hanging your hat...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th November 2023, 06:50 AM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,540
Posted By JesseCuster
It's in the same place as the source for the...

It's in the same place as the source for the Atlantic lock only being installed to make people feel safer and how she knows the contents of the captain's contract.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th November 2023, 06:46 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
I read the article and then read it again, slowly...

I read the article and then read it again, slowly and carefully.

There's nothing there to indicate or imply that the witness said the car park "collapsed almost immediately". Other people on this...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th November 2023, 11:35 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
I'm hoping the offered explanation is funnier...

I'm hoping the offered explanation is funnier than the attempt to explain list angles. I think it might be.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th November 2023, 11:30 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
What does that have to do with a consumer battery...

What does that have to do with a consumer battery exploding when it's squashed by a hyrdaulic press? :confused:
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th November 2023, 11:28 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
That channel features video of all sorts of items...

That channel features video of all sorts of items and materials exploding quite violently and satisfyingly after being put under the press.

Batteries in consumer home tools explode and throw out...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th November 2023, 10:59 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
Could you please highlight or quote the bit that...

Could you please highlight or quote the bit that says that the floor collapse "happened almost immediately"? I can't find it in that screengrab anywhere.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 9th November 2023, 10:53 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
So you didn't claim that welding does not involve...

So you didn't claim that welding does not involve melting steel or that welding machines can't melt steel?

Because you also said the following:So how does a welding kit work if it can't even raise...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th November 2023, 12:15 PM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
Faked photos on Twitter, Tommy Robinson and the...

Faked photos on Twitter, Tommy Robinson and the far right, Hamas's attack on Israel, Rishi Sunak's wife's investment in some car company, patsies being arrested, etc.

These things may or may not...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 8th November 2023, 11:55 AM
Replies: 1,868
Views: 45,541
Posted By JesseCuster
I just read this entire 40+ page thread and I...

I just read this entire 40+ page thread and I wish I hadn't. I did learn the following however, apparently I'm dumb because I think that I'm melting steel when I do some welding at work.

You can...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th October 2023, 04:32 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,540
Posted By JesseCuster
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpo...

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=14177731&postcount=2800
You are here quoting Karl Lehtola as saying that the EPIRBs did not transmit a distress signal because they were...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th October 2023, 03:02 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,540
Posted By JesseCuster
Vixen, if "tuned" merely means "tested", then why...

Vixen, if "tuned" merely means "tested", then why did you make so much hay out of insisting that "tuned" was the correct translation? Why go to the trouble of insisting that the EPIRBs were...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th October 2023, 01:18 PM
Replies: 932
Views: 24,540
Posted By JesseCuster
The one where Brian Braidwood famously defused...

The one where Brian Braidwood famously defused the bomb on the Rainbow Warrior?

The one where Vladimir Putin was chairman of the KGB (in 1994 no less!)?

Maybe they're all the same dimension. I...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 26th September 2023, 11:03 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
Then why are yous citing an article of his as...

Then why are yous citing an article of his as evidence? :confused:
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 26th September 2023, 09:50 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
You did no such thing. You weren't joking...

You did no such thing.

You weren't joking when you cited Hikipedia and you weren't making a joke either. You were trying to bolster your claims, and you made your usual mistake of not actually...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th September 2023, 10:34 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
What's the source for the quote in bold? It's...

What's the source for the quote in bold? It's not in the source above.

I bet Henriksson said no such thing. I'm willing to be proven wrong. [edit: This thread is the only result for searching...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th September 2023, 10:28 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
Re: The parody website that Vixen embarrassingly...

Re: The parody website that Vixen embarrassingly has used as a source:


You quoted a satirical website as a source for a claim about the Estonia sinking, and you didn't know it was a satirical...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th September 2023, 08:13 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
September 28th was not Carl Bildt's last day in...

September 28th was not Carl Bildt's last day in office in anyway you can reasonably claim with any evidence.

Even if it was, it'd be a caricature of conspiracy minded thinking to truly think that...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th September 2023, 05:20 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
Vixen, your meandering explanations and excuses...

Vixen, your meandering explanations and excuses for what it meant for 28th September to be Carl Bildt's last day is frankly pathetic and everyone can see it what for it is. You made up a conspiracy...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th September 2023, 04:37 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
I never said it was your theory. I never...

I never said it was your theory.

I never credited you with the theory.

You display an astonishing lack of basic reading comprehension for someone so boastful of their smarts.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th September 2023, 03:51 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
When asked many moons ago about why a submarine...

When asked many moons ago about why a submarine would be escorting the Estonia, the best answer Vixen could give was (this is a paraphrase) "for whatever reasons submarines escort ships".

If asked...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th September 2023, 03:45 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
At one point it was Russian commandos, loyal to...

At one point it was Russian commandos, loyal to Estonia and angry at the Swedes for stealing their radios. So they boarded the ship, took control of the bridge, shot the captain and planted...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 17th June 2023, 04:03 AM
Replies: 2,999
Views: 598,099
Posted By JesseCuster
The sinking of MS Estonia: Case Reopened Part VI

Thread continued from here http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=356236 fixed link to wrong previous threadA British submarine escorting the submarine crashed into it causing...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th May 2023, 01:51 PM
Replies: 3,532
Views: 363,390
Posted By JesseCuster
I am.

I am.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2023, 09:56 AM
Replies: 3,532
Views: 363,390
Posted By JesseCuster
It's worth noting that Vixen has made great hay...

It's worth noting that Vixen has made great hay of what a supposed superior researcher she is and how all her claims are backed up by reputable sources.

Let's not forget the continual barrage of...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2023, 09:46 AM
Replies: 3,532
Views: 363,390
Posted By JesseCuster
How you drop a feather and a stone into the sea...

How you drop a feather and a stone into the sea to a depth of 100 metres, in a vacuum, such that they hit the bottom at the same time? What in god's name are you rambling about? :confused:
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 27th May 2023, 04:35 AM
Replies: 3,532
Views: 363,390
Posted By JesseCuster
I'm afraid the discussion has turned turtle, is...

I'm afraid the discussion has turned turtle, is sitting upside down on the water, refusing to sink beneath the waves.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th May 2023, 10:04 AM
Replies: 3,532
Views: 363,390
Posted By JesseCuster
Haha. No. The laws of gravity are the same...

Haha. No. The laws of gravity are the same under the sea as they are above the sea. As they are the same on the moon, or on the top of Mount Everest, or at the bottom of the ocean, or in deep...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th May 2023, 12:59 PM
Replies: 2,008
Views: 84,755
Posted By JesseCuster
I believe there's a name for that well recognised...

I believe there's a name for that well recognised phenomenon... Koenig Downer, something like that?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th April 2023, 02:57 AM
Replies: 2,702
Views: 284,822
Posted By JesseCuster
It's not uncommon for conspiracy theorists to...

It's not uncommon for conspiracy theorists to distance themselves from the truly nuttier ideas out there (holographic airplanes disguising missiles on 9/11) by claiming that those ideas were planted...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd February 2023, 11:40 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,184
Posted By JesseCuster
I regularly buy methylated spirits that I used...

I regularly buy methylated spirits that I used for washing 3d printed stuff, and it comes in 2 liter plastic bottles.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 16th January 2023, 04:36 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
Um, you know the highlighted terms are from...

Um, you know the highlighted terms are from differential calculus, right?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st December 2022, 10:12 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
But no-one has confirmed that " was used for...

But no-one has confirmed that " was used for minutes. That's your real error here, insisting that ' can be a valid way of designating hours and " can be a valid way of designating minutes.

It...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st December 2022, 10:08 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
An angle of 90° remains an angle of 90° no matter...

An angle of 90° remains an angle of 90° no matter what way you rotate it.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 31st December 2022, 10:07 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
Cool story bro. I've no idea what you...

Cool story bro.

I've no idea what you learning a bunch of boring details about dead composers has to do with anything on this thread though.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th December 2022, 04:09 PM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
Not only does their credibility not suffer, it...

Not only does their credibility not suffer, it improves. A willingness to admit error is a sign of intellectual honesty and critical thinking.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th December 2022, 07:12 AM
Replies: 3,532
Views: 363,390
Posted By JesseCuster
What happened to the submarines that deliberately...

What happened to the submarines that deliberately or accidentally crashed into the Estonia and caused the sinking? Has Vixen given up on that idea or pretending that it was never her original theory...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 30th December 2022, 06:48 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
Perhaps I shall lay out the discussion that lead...

Perhaps I shall lay out the discussion that lead to your claim that you were quoting other posters on the forum.]

Here is your original post:



This was followed by Jack by the Hedge saying...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th December 2022, 11:20 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
Re: The highlighted nonsense: 6ft = 6 feet ...

Re: The highlighted nonsense:

6ft = 6 feet
2' = 2 feet
⅛" = 1 eighth of an inch

So 6ft, 2' ⅛ " is 6 feet, 2 feet and an eighth of an inch. Which is a rather bizarre way to communicate a...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th December 2022, 09:35 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
But that doesn't answer the question. What does...

But that doesn't answer the question. What does 0.35" mean when you say it? Are you saying that decimal points are used to indicate hours when expressing time? That 0.35" means 0 hours and 35...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th December 2022, 09:29 AM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
You claimed that your usage of the idea of the...

You claimed that your usage of the idea of the Estonia sinking in 35 minutes "without a trace" was quoting another poster on these forums.

So who were you quoting? It's a simple question.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 27th December 2022, 10:46 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 3,693
Posted By JesseCuster
I don't know what the situation was like in other...

I don't know what the situation was like in other countries (I'm in Ireland) but I was required to show my vaccine passport on my phone exactly once (when I went to the cinema).

Apart from that,...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th December 2022, 04:22 PM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
And who uses this alternative system where a...

And who uses this alternative system where a single prime is used to indicated hours of time and a double prime is used to indicate minutes of time? :confused:
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 25th December 2022, 04:21 PM
Replies: 437
Views: 30,864
Posted By JesseCuster
And yet the symbol " is not and has not been a...

And yet the symbol " is not and has not been a notation used to represent minutes. So your tangential ramble about Babylonians and their base 60 system is entirely irrelevant and a distraction.
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