https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1674507379306557462
A spy balloon that doesn't collect data kinda sucks at what it's supposed to do. Almost like it's not a spy balloon, weird
Such a bullshit headline, they can't even acknowledge that maybe there was nothing nefarious going on, even though the second half of the sentence all but confirms that.
spy balloon wasn't spying, eh? well it's a good thing they got that spy balloon. i'm glad the Pentagon looked into that Chinese spy balloon and now we can all rest easy knowing that the Chinese spy balloon which wasn't spying got shot down and investigated
For the price of the missile used to shoot down the balloon,
you could take two ridestwo people could take one ride on an OceanGate submarine.they should have just listened to Ariana and Just kept breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin' smh
Balloons that do not collect or send information aren't spies you fucking dipshits.
It's kinda nice to get news like this months or years in advance of libs.
Thinking about Havana Syndrome right now
Bring this up to a lib and they will think you are insane for even remembering it
That just raises further questions! Even a weather balloon would collect data
Or that realtime data uplink to anywhere in the world isn't that important for a climate research balloon
while i'm sure this is a bit, they have to pretend it didn't collect any data because if they admit to the data being benign they lose the plot
threads on this are really funny because so many are saying uhhhh actually the US military is just pretending its not a spy balloon so they dont look bad/give up what they know about the spy balloonI'm glad Reddit is committing ritual suicide by cutting off third party apps. I hope that site dies a quick and ignominious death, to be barely remembered by a few in 10 years like Digg.
Unlikely. Every existing company will continue to exist forever. We're stuck in the end of history and keep getting remakes and reboots and rebrands of the same things over and over
Historical Inevitability x Fukuyama is the cursed crossover nobody wanted.
so they don't look bad
because letting an enemy float their alleged spy balloon for almost an entire week over their territory before suddenly going "oh shit" and pissing and shidding for another week before setting like 10 million dollars on fire to shoot a balloon down somehow isn't looking bad?
First, we blow up the balloon, saying that it is a spy balloon. After we've blown it up, we will intentionally make ourselves look like fools by publicly admitting that it was just a weather balloon. Nice!
This whole debacle hit the news cycle a day after Tyre Nichol's bodycam footage was released
: OMG WHAT ARE THE ORIENTALS UP TOO??!?!?!?!
: haha baloon go prrrrthis might be down to Blinken's recent fruitless trip to China, where it was made clear that China won't perpetually negotiate with someone who will turn around and undermine them. Blinken said last week regarding the balloon "That chapter should be closed.”
