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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 30 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Plot twist: The aliens are among us, and are in the Epstein files - that's why such a small portion have been released.

[–] terraborra@lemmy.nz 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 5 points 4 days ago

That reptilians conspiracy is mildly frustrating to me. I, for one, would love to learn that there's a race of reptilians secretly running things. In fact, if you're out there, reptilian overlords, come find me. I love reptiles.

[–] epicthundercat@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah and they eat babies, evidently. Lizard people, aliens, billionaires... Same thing

[–] flemtone@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

I wonder what they are distracting us from this time around?

Obviously, they wouldn't keep them in the base everyone knows about

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

they are in the white house.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

One is wearing a bad hair job,. Paints itself orange. It can hardly string together a coherent sentence. Stumbles about on 'human' legs.
It's the worst alien disguise I've ever seen!

There's even a rumour it needs to rape children...to keep itself alive, or something!!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Actually, him being a giant alien roach who wears a human skin as a disguise is the most convincing theory for explaining his behaviour.

[–] n0respect@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Good interview. Give it a listen or read. Aliens don't pop up 'til the end.

Kinda wild the interviewer just let "they're real" slide by with no follow up.

[–] jedibob5@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Was he not just being facetious?

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, it seems like just a way to debunk the area 51 conspiracy. And we can't really say alien aren't real, because there's like billions of planet and some ought to be in a goldilock zone that has the exact condition we have.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, to assert that there is no alien life out there is really the more bold position. We don't have real evidence to support either side of the argument so any strong assertion (for or against) is rather dubious.

[–] III@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

It really comes down to what "out there" means to someone. Where the closer that is the crazier you are.

[–] n0respect@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He probably meant some mundane explanation, but it'd be nice to have clarity as to exactly why. I guess it was a lightning round though.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 10 points 4 days ago

Probably Obama, like most people, figures there's life on another planet somewhere in the universe, but that tge aliens haven't visited Earth.

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Yes, it's like saying ghosts are real.