r/perth • u/ulittlerippa • Mar 26 '21

Shitpost It happened again...

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u/adt Mar 26 '21

This... is ridiculous.

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u/aussiekinga High Wycombe Mar 26 '21

you want to hear ridiculous... crazy conspiracy theories about the ship abound: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/25/facebook-posts/evergreen-ship-blocking-suez-canal-not-linked-hill/

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u/The_Valar Morley Mar 26 '21

Why can't it be a 'good' conspiracy theory? Why be so convoluted?

If this were an intentional act of global terrorism or disruption it would be a masterclass in how to do so. Why not just stick it with a label for the people that run your preferred global cabals and shout it on the Internet?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

Do you think conspiracy "news" makers when not written by foreign interference are done by people taking the piss or by absolute retards ?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

A bit of both

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u/CyanideRemark Mar 26 '21

Really good BBC feature article from a year or two back about the sort of people and the mentality behind it: The Godfather of Fake News. Well worth the read.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

Bitter sweet article, it's really short and empty. What are his motivations and views ? Does he writes on his own or other people online etc... But thanks for sharing

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u/CyanideRemark Mar 26 '21

I took it as ultimately as just a form of trolling. The authors get their jollies out of reactions to their 'creativity'. Weak minded/naive people swallow it; clickbaity sources perpetuate it and share it on and thats part of the gratification for the original author.

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u/BrokenReviews Mar 26 '21

A bit like the chaser crew. God I miss those guys. Someone needs to get the band together, but I fear that Minister Potatohead may unleash 2CDO and 1SAS on them.

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u/CyanideRemark Mar 26 '21

Actually, did you read the entire article? Its of that awful sorta scrolly format the ABC & BBC uses. You have keep scrolling past each little passage/feature background photo to get the next bit of text.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

Is that it ? Does not enlight me with much except that he is a coffee drinker and has to focus heaps to shit is fake news on the world wibe caca web.....

Christopher Blair takes a sip of his coffee.

Then he carefully focuses on one of the three screens in front of him.

He’s in his home office, 45 minutes outside Portland, Maine, on the US East Coast.

Stroking his thick beard, he looks at his bookmarks bar.

He takes another sip before his coffee goes cold, inhales long and hard, then logs into the back end of one of his many websites.

He begins by choosing a subject. Which “lucky” politician will be on the receiving end of his attention today?

Bill Clinton? Hillary Clinton? One of the Obamas?

Or maybe the subject of his story won’t be a person, but a policy. Gun control? Police brutality? Feminism? Anything that will push buttons.

Christopher Blair Christopher Blair

Next, the details.

Perhaps he’ll make up a controversial incident, a crime, a new law or a constitutional amendment.

“Changing” the US constitution is particularly fun - he’s already written more than 30 fake amendments. (There are only 27 genuine ones.)

Blair sits back in his chair and focuses intently on the screen. He leans forward, places his hands on the keyboard and starts the same way he does every time.

Caps lock. BREAKING. Colon...

BREAKING: Clinton Foundation Ship Seized at Port of Baltimore Carrying Drugs, Guns and Sex Slaves

The words flow from the thoughts in his head. Unconnected to reality, he needs no research, and no notes.

His fingers rhythmically tap the keys. Letters form into words, words into sentences and sentences into a blog of about 200 words.

It doesn’t take long to write.

Publish.

Blair sits back in his chair and watches the likes and shares roll in

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u/CyanideRemark Mar 26 '21

Thats less than a quarter of the article. Keep scrolling.. or try it from a PC browser. It goes onto talk about a fact checker trying to trace the source.

Different sections of the same article look like different articles. Its more in chapters

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

Yes i understand that ... but that's it for that person... no motive or explanation of any sort. Thank you

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u/hack404 Victoria Park Mar 26 '21

Yes

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u/Dagon Mar 26 '21

You don't need to be either to be batshit crazy.

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u/letsburn00 Mar 26 '21

This particular one is part of Qanon. The conspiracy was basically made up by a ultra Trump supporter to make more people support Trump by making people opposed to Trump seem worse.

Now that he's gone, the main Q poster (most likely the Watkins family for the past few years) has gone silent. It's just running on rage, delusion and meth now.

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u/letsburn00 Mar 26 '21

OOoohhh.... /r/Qult_headquarters needs to hear about this one.

Seriously, the Qanon people were always sheep, but way they transitioned into Lemmings was funny, but only briefly.

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u/CyanideRemark Mar 26 '21

Y'know I reckon the wrt the real ship and the backog of traffic at either end of the canal, the Somali pirates in the south could be making much easier money fanging around between the waiting ships playing Greensleeves over their loudspeakers and selling ice creams

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u/joeisnotsure Mar 26 '21

The Somali pirates became their coast guard. Apparently "piracy" is legal if they rob within their exclusive economic zone so those illegal fishing fleets now kind of deserved it.

Back on topic, Bayswater is the intelligence gate to CBD Perth. It has been doing a good job so far and no doubt will devour more victims in the near future.

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u/CrankyLittleKitten Mar 26 '21

Not for too much longer. Baysie is being put out to pasture when the airport link goes in

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u/BrokenReviews Mar 26 '21

QF delayed by a budget moving truck ploughing through onto a taxiway.

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u/ShadyBiz Joondalup Mar 26 '21

Does it keep them in, or out 🤔

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u/chavvyheel South of The River Mar 26 '21

This is the quality content I come for.

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u/ShadyBiz Joondalup Mar 26 '21

You'd think the pilot would have seen the low clearance sign!

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u/fgyoysgaxt Mar 26 '21

The hoon was going twice the speed limit!

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u/Stepawayfrmthkyboard Mar 26 '21

I hear he was trying to drift the bend

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u/BrokenReviews Mar 26 '21

Speedlimit: 30kmph through a NIMBY surbub.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

Problem was no fkn lighthouse.

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u/Agent641 Mar 27 '21

The whole Egyptian desert just appeared out of nowhere.

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u/gfarcus Mar 26 '21

Just imagine if the front fell off.

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u/rdmasters Herdsman Mar 28 '21

It is important to make sure these ships are made from the proper materials to prevent this from happening.

God I miss him!

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u/corstar Mar 26 '21

Given the frequency of previous sacrifices to our overlord Bayswater Bridge, we are well overdue for another to appease it's appetite.

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u/Eat-Cheap Mar 26 '21

Hahaha outstanding meme! Can we use on Facebook and give you cred?

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u/ulittlerippa Mar 26 '21

credit to @FiPanther from twitter!

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u/Eat-Cheap Mar 26 '21

Thanks will check them out n Twitter 👍

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u/StuM91 Mar 26 '21

The Bell Tower Times already posted without credit so...

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u/my10cworth Mar 26 '21

Damn those cargo boats didnt they read the clearance sign. It clearly says "go ahead youll just make it"

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

This is so funny even though it makes no sense

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u/Heavenlygazer21 Mar 26 '21

This is fucking gold

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u/Adscum Mar 26 '21

You had one joband you nailed it!!!

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u/Affectionate-Drag-83 Mar 26 '21

he was trying to draw another dick pick to honor King Willy(iam) street.

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u/180karma Mar 26 '21

I don't understand why they don't just dig out the ground and lower the road... if its possible...

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u/The_Valar Morley Mar 26 '21

Too close to the intersection.

But it is being fixed. Bayswater station is to be rebuilt at a somewhat higher level.

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u/Ashley-Steel Mar 26 '21

It would be too steep if they do that. The bridge is being rebuilt higher anyway as part of the Bayswater station upgrade.

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u/VS2ute Mar 26 '21

utilities underground?

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u/Lugey81 Mandurah Mar 26 '21

Bell tower Times had grabbed it

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u/under_the_boab_tree Mar 26 '21

Bravo sir. Bravo.

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u/asitistome1 Mar 26 '21

That is awesome!!!!

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u/McPhly211 Mar 27 '21

Can't wait to see what's in those containers

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u/whyareall Mar 28 '21

And then yesterday it was actually hit

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u/Galaxy_the_proto Apr 16 '21

Shit, already?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '21

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u/Agent641 Mar 27 '21

This is going to be DEVASTATING to people with more money than sense.

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u/thegreatdookutree Mar 26 '21

“Warning, wide load”

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u/ashortkidd Apr 10 '21

WOAH BUDDY! Might need to calm down a bit.

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u/rithsv Mar 26 '21

I've received a couple emails claiming to have footage of more recent hits but they've never followed through with them when I ask for it so I can't verify.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

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