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Remember when he told that air stewardess he was going to cut her hands off? Classic Ian Brown!

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I’d like to clarify that it was a festival performance I stumbled upon. There’s no way I’d ever buy a ticket to see him.

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I suppose it’s the case that these people agreeing with Ian Brown don’t ever encounter anything that a scientist, scholar, historian, economist or journalist has said, because they’ve not been on Love Island and don’t post on Facebook. People like Ian Brown are their only source of information.

Loads of people just lack any form of critical thinking skills. It’s so easy to say some complete shit like that ā€œEveryone’s panicking about the virus but not everyone’s dead. Why are the government REALLY telling us to wear masks?? The media is lying to you. Wake up!!1!!ā€ And thickos read it and without thinking for a second go ā€œyeah, that’s so right!ā€ because they can’t see that there’s zero substance behind any of this sort of rhetoric.

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None of their mates have died (yet), so it’s a global conspiracy.

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Asked one of them where he got his facts from.

https://twitter.com/mantovannni/status/1303724164566650880?s=21

Well that put me in my place. Didn’t realise the level of knowledge we were dealing with here.

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Haha that’s always the answer. ā€œI could provide sources but I’d just be wasting my timeā€

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Basically ā€œDave down the pub knows this bloke who reckonsā€¦ā€

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Yeah my uncle told me years ago, can’t remember the exact details but…

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My uncle works for Nintendo and I’ve got a NES 2 but I can’t show you it.

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My uncle could have your uncle.

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My uncle’s mate who is in the army, let me fly his Apache helicopter once. It was totally brill.

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It’s fucked, this guy thought it was a hoax up until his wife died.

ā€œWe thought the government was using it to distract us,ā€ Brian explained, ā€œor it was to do with 5G.ā€

Absolute fuckwit of the highest order.

That is insane

Was in SF when the last round of wildfires hit it was mad, the air everywhere was like standing next to a bonfire, thick with that raw taste you get, had to wear a mask and couldn\t go out with our little one

Australia was like that to a lesser extent in January. It’s a crazy thing to experience.

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