[Continuation] Qanon Conspiracy Theories Part Two - Page 74

gregthehammer · 18th January 2021, 05:44 PM

My wife says to me "I have to pee". Being the smartass I am, I says, "I have two Qs". Which then led me to ponder if I have a Q problem. Maybe like alcoholics or overeaters, I need to go to a Q anonymous meeting. This led me to further ponder if there is a Q-anon anonymous.

The Moog · 18th January 2021, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by gregthehammer

My wife says to me "I have to pee". Being the smartass I am, I says, "I have two Qs". Which then led me to ponder if I have a Q problem. Maybe like alcoholics or overeaters, I need to go to a Q anonymous meeting. This led me to further ponder if there is a Q-anon anonymous.

Here you go :
https://www.qanonanonymous.com/
Its worth a listen anyway

eerok · 18th January 2021, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by The Moog

Here you go :
https://www.qanonanonymous.com/
Its worth a listen anyway

Also there's

https://www.reddit.com/r/ReQovery/

gregthehammer · 18th January 2021, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by The Moog

Here you go :
https://www.qanonanonymous.com/
Its worth a listen anyway

Well damn! There's a support group for everything!

Now I just need to find a bad Dad-joke support group

sts60 · 19th January 2021, 08:07 AM

Some time ago I asked Bubba when he would admit he was wrong about QAnon, and that the whole thing was a hoax. He said in this post when Trump left office without the mass arrest of Deep Staters and child sex cannibals and so on.

That hasn’t happened yet, and Trump will no longer be President in about 26 hours.

I bit-bucketed Bubba and am not interested in whatever excuse he will predictably make to avoid responsibility for the complete failure of the second-hand claims he’s been lapping up and regurgitating for years, but I thought some of the regulars would enjoy a marker.

Hans · 19th January 2021, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by sts60

I bit-bucketed Bubba and am not interested in whatever excuse he will predictably make to avoid responsibility for the complete failure of the second-hand claims he’s been lapping up and regurgitating for years, but I thought some of the regulars would enjoy a marker.

He might try the old classic of stating he was just joking and we all fell for it....

SuburbanTurkey · 19th January 2021, 10:00 AM

Wonder how many Q people will take a real red pill tomorrow. You know, accept the hard truth that they got scammed by a bunch of 4chan trolls.

No doubt Qanon conspiracies will go on, but I wonder if the Biden inauguration and departure of Trump will be a major derail point for many.

Resume · 19th January 2021, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Hans

He might try the old classic of stating he was just joking and we all fell for it....

I think he fell for his own joke.

eerok · 19th January 2021, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Wonder how many Q people will take a real red pill tomorrow. You know, accept the hard truth that they got scammed by a bunch of 4chan trolls.

No doubt Qanon conspiracies will go on, but I wonder if the Biden inauguration and departure of Trump will be a major derail point for many.

Some will wake up. Most will just traipse on to the next stupid thing. "It's all part of the plan" is the common rallying cry of idiotic cults, and a convenient disconnect from reality.

Thermal · 19th January 2021, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Resume

I think he fell for his own joke.

That's quite literally what happened to the guy who started the Illuminati thing, wasn't it? He wrote a letter to Playboy or something as a sociological gag, and ended up believing his own fiction?

Cosmic Yak · 19th January 2021, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Hans

He might try the old classic of stating he was just joking and we all fell for it....

Alternatively, he was being sarcastic. Very, very sarcastic.

ETA: Ninja'd by Bubba himself, in the Antifa thread!

SuburbanTurkey · 19th January 2021, 01:26 PM

I wonder if significant numbers of Q cranks will, rather than accepting that it is total bunk, come to the darker conclusion that it was all true, but the "deep state" won.

Especially if Q goes silent. They may just assume that the last chance for freedom loving patriots was defeated by the evil forces. Such despair could easily lead to violence.

dudalb · 19th January 2021, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by eerok

Some will wake up. Most will just traipse on to the next stupid thing. "It's all part of the plan" is the common rallying cry of idiotic cults, and a convenient disconnect from reality.

Some people will buy into any "hot" conspiracy theory, even if contradicts previously held conspiracy theories.
I am sure a lot of 9/11 Truthers became Qanon supporters, despite the vastly different politcal
views underlying them.

Thermal · 19th January 2021, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

I wonder if significant numbers of Q cranks will, rather than accepting that it is total bunk, come to the darker conclusion that it was all true, but the "deep state" won.

Especially if Q goes silent. They may just assume that the last chance for freedom loving patriots was defeated by the evil forces. Such despair could easily lead to violence.

Prediction: Q has to remain silent while the feces is hitting the proverbial fan. He has to cook up a palatable reset and will return, possibly with that 'the Deep State won the battle but the war goes on' shtick. He's having too much fun with these saps to disappear.

Maybe he'll try 'Q went down so I'm taking over as Q2'. Or maybe QT. That would be more fun.

sts60 · 20th January 2021, 05:23 AM

A little going-away present for his fans: Trump pardons self-proclaimed “Leninist” Steve Bannon, arrested aboard a Chinese billionaire’s yacht for wire fraud - specifically, stealing money from Trump supporters who thought they were helping “build the wall”.

Thanks, suckers!

Did ‘Q’ predict that one?

SteveAitch · 20th January 2021, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by sts60

A little going-away present for his fans: Trump pardons self-proclaimed “Leninist” Steve Bannon, arrested aboard a Chinese billionaire’s yacht for wire fraud - specifically, stealing money from Trump supporters who thought they were helping “build the wall”.

Thanks, suckers!

Did ‘Q’ predict that one?

I thought the way the WH report phrased it was... interesting

Quote:

Stephen K. Bannon – President Trump granted a full pardon to Stephen Bannon. Prosecutors pursued Mr. Bannon with charges related to fraud stemming from his involvement in a political project. Mr. Bannon has been an important leader in the conservative movement and is known for his political acumen.

'A political project'? A bit vague. And 'known for his political acumen'? So how come he got caught?

KDLarsen · 20th January 2021, 06:00 AM

Also worth noting, while all other pardons listed had at least a handful of supporters listed, Bannon had none.

Spektator · 20th January 2021, 06:23 AM

Qanon was trolled by a fake Telegram account in the name of General John Hyten. Sad.

Foster Zygote · 20th January 2021, 07:31 AM

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Wonder how many Q people will take a real red pill tomorrow. You know, accept the hard truth that they got scammed by a bunch of 4chan trolls.

No doubt Qanon conspiracies will go on, but I wonder if the Biden inauguration and departure of Trump will be a major derail point for many.

As with other cults that make bold prophesies that face-plant hard, it will probably boil off all but the nuttiest, leaving a lesser number of ultra hard-core believers.

"If you just take all of the stupid and cook it down, just cook it. Cook it down and scrape just the pure ignorance. It's like Crystal Duh." - Jon Stewart

Susheel · 20th January 2021, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by Spektator

Qanon was trolled by a fake Telegram account in the name of General John Hyten. Sad.

Was this what Bubba's dire warnings were based on?

eerok · 20th January 2021, 08:55 AM

This is an interesting article about the guy many people think is Q. He shares my suspicion that QAnon is a disinformation campaign run or at least guided by foreign actors. (I think Russia.)

‘Are you QAnon?’: One Trump official’s brush with an internet cult gone horribly wrong [politico.com]

Quote:

Since 2018, many members of the cult-like group have been convinced that its shadowy leader and founder is actually Ezra Cohen-Watnick, an intelligence specialist who worked in various Defense Department jobs before accepting a senior post on the National Security Council staff soon after President Donald Trump came into office in 2017. Cohen, who was brought in under former national security adviser Michael Flynn, became a figure of controversy when his run-ins with other intelligence officials spilled out into the press.

Quote:

Cohen, who specializes in countering influence of foreign adversaries like Russia and China, says the persistence and sophistication of some of those involved in QAnon have convinced him of a foreign presence in the movement.

“In my professional opinion, being in the intelligence world, it really appeared to be a foreign state actor or a very organized operation,” he said. “I just don’t see that level of sophistication as just an amateur thing.”

Resume · 20th January 2021, 08:59 AM

AnydaynowtrusttheplanJFKJrWWG!OBAMAGATE!!GHAZI!!Storm!!!

ponderingturtle · 20th January 2021, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

I wonder if significant numbers of Q cranks will, rather than accepting that it is total bunk, come to the darker conclusion that it was all true, but the "deep state" won.

Especially if Q goes silent. They may just assume that the last chance for freedom loving patriots was defeated by the evil forces. Such despair could easily lead to violence.

But how many really believe that celebrities have cannibal child sex orgies, when they don't actually do anything about them? I mean at least the Pizzagate guy tried to save some kids.

SuburbanTurkey · 20th January 2021, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by ponderingturtle

But how many really believe that celebrities have cannibal child sex orgies, when they don't actually do anything about them? I mean at least the Pizzagate guy tried to save some kids.

Q very much has a "trust the plan" element. Waiting for some outside force to ride in on a white horse to slay the monsters was the expectation.

If these people start believing that Q failed in this, they may believe it is necessary to personally take direct, violent action.

JoeMorgue · 20th January 2021, 09:49 AM

Alright Bubba? Where you at? What went wrong? Why wasn't the signal given?

gypsyjackson · 20th January 2021, 09:52 AM

*insert Happy Gilmore disappointed grumpy golf guy here*

Thermal · 20th January 2021, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey

Q very much has a "trust the plan" element. Waiting for some outside force to ride in on a white horse to slay the monsters was the expectation.

If these people start believing that Q failed in this, they may believe it is necessary to personally take direct, violent action.

Doubt it. They are followers, not leaders.

I really admire the 4/8channers that pulled this off though. I mean, when you take it to Satanic pedophile cannibals and your audience doesn't realize that you are just being ridiculous... That's just art.

sts60 · 20th January 2021, 10:34 AM

Aaannnd we’re done.

A silly and obvious 4chan troll metastasized into an insipid, vicious mass delusion. The ultimate failure of the infantile ‘Q’ fantasy has finally arrived, but not before it destroyed families, friendships, and lives, killed people, and damaged American democracy.

Of course, anonymous cowards who pushed this on the Internet will simply walk away, whistling, as they move on to lapping up and regurgitating the next mass of steaming waste.

Spektator · 20th January 2021, 10:35 AM

Let us join in a moment of silence for all the lies that just died. That's long enough. We have things to do.

xjx388 · 20th January 2021, 10:50 AM

It’s highly amusing to watch my friends and family begin to grapple with the fact that “the storm” never came. At the same time, it’s also very sad.

Like my wife’s aunt. She blocked me from Facebook because I kept questioning her crazy spoutings regurgitating QBS. At the same time, her husband of 40 years was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and he is rapidly getting worse. She has it in her head that she has the truth and somehow the deep state is punishing her. Before Trump, we got on great with them and it’s sad to see both her descent into crackpottery and his into actual dementia. But it’s also kind of funny to hear her rationalizations and continued insistence that “it’s not over,” and to “trust the plan!” Just this morning, my wife showed me her post about how Biden would not be inaugurated, this was just a way to get Obama, Clinton, Biden, et al in the same place so the National Guard can unseal the indictments and arrest them all.

Craig4 · 20th January 2021, 11:00 AM

Hey Bubba,

Resume · 20th January 2021, 11:07 AM

Trumpty-Dumpty bet on a wall
Trumpty-Dumpty bet wrong and now he's out on his diaper-clad ass like the stupid mother- ****** he is.

Needs work, but meh, it's OVAH!!!

Carrot Flower King · 20th January 2021, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by xjx388

It’s highly amusing to watch my friends and family begin to grapple with the fact that “the storm” never came. At the same time, it’s also very sad.

Like my wife’s aunt. She blocked me from Facebook because I kept questioning her crazy spoutings regurgitating QBS. At the same time, her husband of 40 years was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and he is rapidly getting worse. She has it in her head that she has the truth and somehow the deep state is punishing her. Before Trump, we got on great with them and it’s sad to see both her descent into crackpottery and his into actual dementia. But it’s also kind of funny to hear her rationalizations and continued insistence that “it’s not over,” and to “trust the plan!” Just this morning, my wife showed me her post about how Biden would not be inaugurated, this was just a way to get Obama, Clinton, Biden, et al in the same place so the National Guard can unseal the indictments and arrest them all.

So your "deep state" stuff must extend over here, 'cos I've spent an hour or so listening to the inauguration and analysis of it on the BBC.

Does this mean it was really Trump in a Biden mask and Pence in a Harris mask? And the soundtrack was re-dubbed to change the names I heard? Or that it wasn't Lady Gaga singing but really Kid Rock?

marting · 20th January 2021, 11:14 AM

The thing that always amazed me was the dichotomy of Trump supposedly a victim of the "Deep State" while "Q" was presumably a part of the Deep State too. A part that was going to rise up with DJT in the lead and bring to justice/execute all sorts of evil pedophiles and Democrats. The Deep State at war with the Deep State. There's a difference between comic books and real life.

Axxman300 · 20th January 2021, 11:19 AM

They're claiming Biden is a hologram now.

Resume · 20th January 2021, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Axxman300

They're claiming Biden is a hologram now.

Yes, because they are credulous, deluded dead-enders.

zorro99 · 20th January 2021, 11:24 AM

QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends: ‘We all got played'
The administrator of 8kun, the longtime home of the mysterious Q, says it’s time to move on

Craig Timberg

Followers of the extremist ideology QAnon saw their hopes once again dashed Wednesday as President Trump left Washington on the final day of his presidency, without any of the climactic scenes of violence and salvation that the sprawling set of conspiracy theories had preached for years would come.

As Trump boarded Air Force One for his last presidential flight to Florida, many QAnon adherents — some of whom had earlier this month stormed the Capitol in a siege that left at least two QAnon devotees dead and others in jail — began to wonder whether they’d been duped all along.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/techn...og44q7hopSrShE

eerok · 20th January 2021, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by marting

The thing that always amazed me was the dichotomy of Trump supposedly a victim of the "Deep State" while "Q" was presumably a part of the Deep State too. A part that was going to rise up with DJT in the lead and bring to justice/execute all sorts of evil pedophiles and Democrats. The Deep State at war with the Deep State. There's a difference between comic books and real life.

Comic books make more sense than QAnon.

Mike! · 20th January 2021, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Axxman300

They're claiming Biden is a hologram now.

Tell me that's a joke, please.

dudalb · 20th January 2021, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Mike!

Tell me that's a joke, please.

It's not, sad to say.

18th January 2021, 05:44 PM	#2921
gregthehammer Muse Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 721	My wife says to me "I have to pee". Being the smartass I am, I says, "I have two Qs". Which then led me to ponder if I have a Q problem. Maybe like alcoholics or overeaters, I need to go to a Q anonymous meeting. This led me to further ponder if there is a Q-anon anonymous.
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18th January 2021, 06:02 PM	#2922
The Moog Critical Thinker Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 289	Originally Posted by gregthehammer My wife says to me "I have to pee". Being the smartass I am, I says, "I have two Qs". Which then led me to ponder if I have a Q problem. Maybe like alcoholics or overeaters, I need to go to a Q anonymous meeting. This led me to further ponder if there is a Q-anon anonymous. Here you go : https://www.qanonanonymous.com/ Its worth a listen anyway
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18th January 2021, 06:16 PM	#2923
eerok Quixoticist Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: ON Canada Posts: 3,572	Originally Posted by The Moog Here you go : https://www.qanonanonymous.com/ Its worth a listen anyway Also there's https://www.reddit.com/r/ReQovery/
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18th January 2021, 07:03 PM	#2924
gregthehammer Muse Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 721	Originally Posted by The Moog Here you go : https://www.qanonanonymous.com/ Its worth a listen anyway Well damn! There's a support group for everything! Now I just need to find a bad Dad-joke support group
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19th January 2021, 08:07 AM	#2925
sts60 Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,699	Some time ago I asked Bubba when he would admit he was wrong about QAnon, and that the whole thing was a hoax. He said in this post when Trump left office without the mass arrest of Deep Staters and child sex cannibals and so on. That hasn’t happened yet, and Trump will no longer be President in about 26 hours. I bit-bucketed Bubba and am not interested in whatever excuse he will predictably make to avoid responsibility for the complete failure of the second-hand claims he’s been lapping up and regurgitating for years, but I thought some of the regulars would enjoy a marker.
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19th January 2021, 09:55 AM	#2926
Hans Philosopher Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8,461	Originally Posted by sts60 I bit-bucketed Bubba and am not interested in whatever excuse he will predictably make to avoid responsibility for the complete failure of the second-hand claims he’s been lapping up and regurgitating for years, but I thought some of the regulars would enjoy a marker. He might try the old classic of stating he was just joking and we all fell for it....
Hans Philosopher Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8,461

19th January 2021, 10:00 AM	#2927
SuburbanTurkey Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,017	Wonder how many Q people will take a real red pill tomorrow. You know, accept the hard truth that they got scammed by a bunch of 4chan trolls. No doubt Qanon conspiracies will go on, but I wonder if the Biden inauguration and departure of Trump will be a major derail point for many.
	__________________ Gobble gobble

19th January 2021, 10:19 AM	#2928
Resume Troublesome Passenger Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18,866	Originally Posted by Hans He might try the old classic of stating he was just joking and we all fell for it.... I think he fell for his own joke.

19th January 2021, 10:53 AM	#2929
eerok Quixoticist Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: ON Canada Posts: 3,572	Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey Wonder how many Q people will take a real red pill tomorrow. You know, accept the hard truth that they got scammed by a bunch of 4chan trolls. No doubt Qanon conspiracies will go on, but I wonder if the Biden inauguration and departure of Trump will be a major derail point for many. Some will wake up. Most will just traipse on to the next stupid thing. "It's all part of the plan" is the common rallying cry of idiotic cults, and a convenient disconnect from reality.
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19th January 2021, 11:02 AM	#2930
Thermal Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 13,542	Originally Posted by Resume I think he fell for his own joke. That's quite literally what happened to the guy who started the Illuminati thing, wasn't it? He wrote a letter to Playboy or something as a sociological gag, and ended up believing his own fiction?
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19th January 2021, 01:21 PM	#2931
Cosmic Yak Illuminator Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Where there's never a road broader than the back of your hand. Posts: 3,916	Originally Posted by Hans He might try the old classic of stating he was just joking and we all fell for it.... Alternatively, he was being sarcastic. Very, very sarcastic. ETA: Ninja'd by Bubba himself, in the Antifa thread!
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19th January 2021, 01:26 PM	#2932
SuburbanTurkey Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,017	I wonder if significant numbers of Q cranks will, rather than accepting that it is total bunk, come to the darker conclusion that it was all true, but the "deep state" won. Especially if Q goes silent. They may just assume that the last chance for freedom loving patriots was defeated by the evil forces. Such despair could easily lead to violence.
	__________________ Gobble gobble

19th January 2021, 02:01 PM	#2933
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 50,334	Originally Posted by eerok Some will wake up. Most will just traipse on to the next stupid thing. "It's all part of the plan" is the common rallying cry of idiotic cults, and a convenient disconnect from reality. Some people will buy into any "hot" conspiracy theory, even if contradicts previously held conspiracy theories. I am sure a lot of 9/11 Truthers became Qanon supporters, despite the vastly different politcal views underlying them.
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19th January 2021, 02:55 PM	#2934
Thermal Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 13,542	Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey I wonder if significant numbers of Q cranks will, rather than accepting that it is total bunk, come to the darker conclusion that it was all true, but the "deep state" won. Especially if Q goes silent. They may just assume that the last chance for freedom loving patriots was defeated by the evil forces. Such despair could easily lead to violence. Prediction: Q has to remain silent while the feces is hitting the proverbial fan. He has to cook up a palatable reset and will return, possibly with that 'the Deep State won the battle but the war goes on' shtick. He's having too much fun with these saps to disappear. Maybe he'll try 'Q went down so I'm taking over as Q2'. Or maybe QT. That would be more fun.
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20th January 2021, 05:23 AM	#2935
sts60 Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,699	A little going-away present for his fans: Trump pardons self-proclaimed “Leninist” Steve Bannon, arrested aboard a Chinese billionaire’s yacht for wire fraud - specifically, stealing money from Trump supporters who thought they were helping “build the wall”. Thanks, suckers! Did ‘Q’ predict that one?
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20th January 2021, 05:52 AM	#2936
SteveAitch Thinker Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: St Aines Posts: 129	Originally Posted by sts60 A little going-away present for his fans: Trump pardons self-proclaimed “Leninist” Steve Bannon, arrested aboard a Chinese billionaire’s yacht for wire fraud - specifically, stealing money from Trump supporters who thought they were helping “build the wall”. Thanks, suckers! Did ‘Q’ predict that one? I thought the way the WH report phrased it was... interesting Quote: Stephen K. Bannon – President Trump granted a full pardon to Stephen Bannon. Prosecutors pursued Mr. Bannon with charges related to fraud stemming from his involvement in a political project. Mr. Bannon has been an important leader in the conservative movement and is known for his political acumen. 'A political project'? A bit vague. And 'known for his political acumen'? So how come he got caught?
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20th January 2021, 06:00 AM	#2937
KDLarsen Illuminator Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,377	Also worth noting, while all other pardons listed had at least a handful of supporters listed, Bannon had none.
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20th January 2021, 06:23 AM	#2938
Spektator Watching . . . always watching. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 1,938	Qanon was trolled by a fake Telegram account in the name of General John Hyten. Sad.

20th January 2021, 07:31 AM	#2939
Foster Zygote Dental Floss Tycoon Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 17,775	Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey Wonder how many Q people will take a real red pill tomorrow. You know, accept the hard truth that they got scammed by a bunch of 4chan trolls. No doubt Qanon conspiracies will go on, but I wonder if the Biden inauguration and departure of Trump will be a major derail point for many. As with other cults that make bold prophesies that face-plant hard, it will probably boil off all but the nuttiest, leaving a lesser number of ultra hard-core believers. "If you just take all of the stupid and cook it down, just cook it. Cook it down and scrape just the pure ignorance. It's like Crystal Duh." - Jon Stewart
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20th January 2021, 08:52 AM	#2940
Susheel Graduate Poster Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hyderabad, India Posts: 1,757	Originally Posted by Spektator Qanon was trolled by a fake Telegram account in the name of General John Hyten. Sad. Was this what Bubba's dire warnings were based on?
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20th January 2021, 08:55 AM	#2941
eerok Quixoticist Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: ON Canada Posts: 3,572	This is an interesting article about the guy many people think is Q. He shares my suspicion that QAnon is a disinformation campaign run or at least guided by foreign actors. (I think Russia.) ‘Are you QAnon?’: One Trump official’s brush with an internet cult gone horribly wrong [politico.com] Quote: Since 2018, many members of the cult-like group have been convinced that its shadowy leader and founder is actually Ezra Cohen-Watnick, an intelligence specialist who worked in various Defense Department jobs before accepting a senior post on the National Security Council staff soon after President Donald Trump came into office in 2017. Cohen, who was brought in under former national security adviser Michael Flynn, became a figure of controversy when his run-ins with other intelligence officials spilled out into the press. Quote: Cohen, who specializes in countering influence of foreign adversaries like Russia and China, says the persistence and sophistication of some of those involved in QAnon have convinced him of a foreign presence in the movement. “In my professional opinion, being in the intelligence world, it really appeared to be a foreign state actor or a very organized operation,” he said. “I just don’t see that level of sophistication as just an amateur thing.”
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20th January 2021, 08:59 AM	#2942
Resume Troublesome Passenger Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18,866	AnydaynowtrusttheplanJFKJrWWG!OBAMAGATE!!GHAZI!!Storm!!!

20th January 2021, 09:41 AM	#2943
ponderingturtle Orthogonal Vector Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 50,466	Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey I wonder if significant numbers of Q cranks will, rather than accepting that it is total bunk, come to the darker conclusion that it was all true, but the "deep state" won. Especially if Q goes silent. They may just assume that the last chance for freedom loving patriots was defeated by the evil forces. Such despair could easily lead to violence. But how many really believe that celebrities have cannibal child sex orgies, when they don't actually do anything about them? I mean at least the Pizzagate guy tried to save some kids.
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20th January 2021, 09:46 AM	#2944
SuburbanTurkey Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,017	Originally Posted by ponderingturtle But how many really believe that celebrities have cannibal child sex orgies, when they don't actually do anything about them? I mean at least the Pizzagate guy tried to save some kids. Q very much has a "trust the plan" element. Waiting for some outside force to ride in on a white horse to slay the monsters was the expectation. If these people start believing that Q failed in this, they may believe it is necessary to personally take direct, violent action.
	__________________ Gobble gobble

20th January 2021, 09:49 AM	#2945
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 30,721	Alright Bubba? Where you at? What went wrong? Why wasn't the signal given?
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20th January 2021, 09:52 AM	#2946
gypsyjackson Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 1,094	insert Happy Gilmore disappointed grumpy golf guy here

20th January 2021, 10:18 AM	#2947
Thermal Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 13,542	Originally Posted by SuburbanTurkey Q very much has a "trust the plan" element. Waiting for some outside force to ride in on a white horse to slay the monsters was the expectation. If these people start believing that Q failed in this, they may believe it is necessary to personally take direct, violent action. Doubt it. They are followers, not leaders. I really admire the 4/8channers that pulled this off though. I mean, when you take it to Satanic pedophile cannibals and your audience doesn't realize that you are just being ridiculous... That's just art.
	__________________ We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth among those who don't -Frank A. Clark Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect -Mark Twain

20th January 2021, 10:34 AM	#2948
sts60 Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,699	Aaannnd we’re done. A silly and obvious 4chan troll metastasized into an insipid, vicious mass delusion. The ultimate failure of the infantile ‘Q’ fantasy has finally arrived, but not before it destroyed families, friendships, and lives, killed people, and damaged American democracy. Of course, anonymous cowards who pushed this on the Internet will simply walk away, whistling, as they move on to lapping up and regurgitating the next mass of steaming waste.
sts60 Illuminator Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,699

20th January 2021, 10:35 AM	#2949
Spektator Watching . . . always watching. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 1,938	Let us join in a moment of silence for all the lies that just died. That's long enough. We have things to do.

20th January 2021, 10:50 AM	#2950
xjx388 Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 9,161	It’s highly amusing to watch my friends and family begin to grapple with the fact that “the storm” never came. At the same time, it’s also very sad. Like my wife’s aunt. She blocked me from Facebook because I kept questioning her crazy spoutings regurgitating QBS. At the same time, her husband of 40 years was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and he is rapidly getting worse. She has it in her head that she has the truth and somehow the deep state is punishing her. Before Trump, we got on great with them and it’s sad to see both her descent into crackpottery and his into actual dementia. But it’s also kind of funny to hear her rationalizations and continued insistence that “it’s not over,” and to “trust the plan!” Just this morning, my wife showed me her post about how Biden would not be inaugurated, this was just a way to get Obama, Clinton, Biden, et al in the same place so the National Guard can unseal the indictments and arrest them all.
xjx388 Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 9,161	__________________ Hello.

20th January 2021, 11:07 AM	#2952
Resume Troublesome Passenger Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18,866	Trumpty-Dumpty bet on a wall Trumpty-Dumpty bet wrong and now he's out on his diaper-clad ass like the stupid mother- **** he is. Needs work, but meh, it's OVAH!!!**

20th January 2021, 11:10 AM	#2953
Carrot Flower King Muse Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Northumberland, UK Posts: 785	Originally Posted by xjx388 It’s highly amusing to watch my friends and family begin to grapple with the fact that “the storm” never came. At the same time, it’s also very sad. Like my wife’s aunt. She blocked me from Facebook because I kept questioning her crazy spoutings regurgitating QBS. At the same time, her husband of 40 years was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and he is rapidly getting worse. She has it in her head that she has the truth and somehow the deep state is punishing her. Before Trump, we got on great with them and it’s sad to see both her descent into crackpottery and his into actual dementia. But it’s also kind of funny to hear her rationalizations and continued insistence that “it’s not over,” and to “trust the plan!” Just this morning, my wife showed me her post about how Biden would not be inaugurated, this was just a way to get Obama, Clinton, Biden, et al in the same place so the National Guard can unseal the indictments and arrest them all. So your "deep state" stuff must extend over here, 'cos I've spent an hour or so listening to the inauguration and analysis of it on the BBC. Does this mean it was really Trump in a Biden mask and Pence in a Harris mask? And the soundtrack was re-dubbed to change the names I heard? Or that it wasn't Lady Gaga singing but really Kid Rock?

20th January 2021, 11:14 AM	#2954
marting Master Poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,150	The thing that always amazed me was the dichotomy of Trump supposedly a victim of the "Deep State" while "Q" was presumably a part of the Deep State too. A part that was going to rise up with DJT in the lead and bring to justice/execute all sorts of evil pedophiles and Democrats. The Deep State at war with the Deep State. There's a difference between comic books and real life.
marting Master Poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,150	__________________ Flying's easy. Walking on water, now that's cool.

20th January 2021, 11:19 AM	#2955
Axxman300 Illuminator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Central California Coast Posts: 4,902	They're claiming Biden is a hologram now.
	__________________ Disingenuous Piranha

20th January 2021, 11:22 AM	#2956
Resume Troublesome Passenger Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18,866	Originally Posted by Axxman300 They're claiming Biden is a hologram now. Yes, because they are credulous, deluded dead-enders.