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This is from 2021, but it was news to me and yeah, we all know that show is nuts, but to have it all laid out in one place is pretty amazing.

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[–] Eldritch 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

He’s gotta kill it before it develops language skills

[–] solidgrue 11 points 4 months ago

Ancient Aliens Debunked (Full 3 hour feature, YouTube) is good entertainment

[–] ClipperDefiance 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My late grandmother loved Ancient Aliens except when they said anything Christian was aliens. When that happened she would get offended and yell at the television. Her religion was real, but all the other ones were aliens.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess she wasn't ready to convert all the way to the Ancient Aliens religion he talks about in the video. But she was most of the way there.

[–] P00ptart 1 points 3 months ago

Get in the wood chipper.

[–] P00ptart 0 points 3 months ago

It's not worth even talking about and should be deleted for the sake of not giving these people a board to speak.