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silrana
2007-04-12 11:07 am UTC (link)

I haven't checked out her version, but I chucked the 9/11 conspiracies out the window after I found out that one of the 'proofs' that a plane didn't hit the Pentagon was that there weren't wing-shaped holes in the side of the building. These idiots were actually expecting one of those cutout shapes like when a cartoon character runs through something.

And the fire melting steel comment reminds me of one of those old sequels to Chariot of the Gods, where the writer wondered how ancient peoples could have known what skeletons looked like without X-rays.

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	dr_tristessa 2007-04-12 11:38 am UTC (link)
	How dare you suggest that Looney Tunes isn't an authority on physics! You work for the CIA, don't you? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	altoidsaddict 2007-04-12 03:10 pm UTC (link)
	God, someone tried that one out on me the other day. Watched that conspiracy movie. And the fire melting steel. Dude, that shit's combustible. And how do they think steel is formed, anyway? It doesn't spring out of the earth in the shape of a girder. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	slavekitty 2007-04-13 06:52 am UTC (link)
	Dude, have you never seen the great utensil mines where forks and knives and spoons grow like stalactites? And the vast girder caverns (conveniently located next to the rivet deposit)? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	altoidsaddict 2007-04-13 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	You're right, how silly of me - I even remember when they discovered the great Stainless Lode. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	njyoder 2007-04-14 07:20 am UTC (link)
	LOL Combustible steel? Is this a new invention of yours? Or is that just a casual attempt at changing the laws of physics? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	altoidsaddict 2007-04-14 02:38 pm UTC (link)
	I would bother to clarify that what I meant was less "combustible" and more the "fire forming steel," but every time I see you on the internets you're unnecessarily hostile and rude to just about everyone. (Like you are now.) So I'm going to go with the opinion that you're a troll and not worth further comment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenling 2007-04-14 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	My opinion is that the sun is hot. :3 Also, steel bars that exploded would be cool. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	altoidsaddict 2007-04-15 12:52 am UTC (link)
	The sun is not hot. There's an unsourced, grainy video that shows a government official making the sun out of papier-mache. Paper burns at 451 Fahrenheit, according to Ray Bradbury, so it can't be all that hot. That's just where they keep Bigfoot and Amelia Earhart when they're not using 'em. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mochibuni 2007-04-15 05:23 am UTC (link)
	So true, so true. I hear they hide candy they've stolen from babies in it, too. (Reply to this)(Parent)

njyoder
2007-04-15 02:47 pm UTC (link)

Nice backpedal. Just remember to service your bike regularly, as frequent backpedaling can lead to breakage. What you really meant was "I was complete full of shit, said something complete wrong, so now I'll pretend that I really meant something else." I'm going with the opinion that you're a completely ignorant moron who is full of shit.

I am also amused by the people in this thread who think that also seem to think that magic powers exist to alter the laws of physics. So many people think that the steel melted, but what I want to know is...who lowered to the melting point of steel?!

Please educate me some more, I want to see you backpedal again and again!

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	mistressrenet 2007-04-15 02:35 pm UTC (link)
	Alan Rickman's pretty cute too, you're right. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	edgyspice 2007-04-12 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	My personal favorite was when a friend tried to convince me that there was something fishy going on because there were no marks from the landing gear of the plane on the Pentagon grounds. Yeah, because the hijackers weren't going to crash that plane, they were just trying to land safely! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brown_betty 2007-04-13 01:30 am UTC (link)
	Wait, don't crash the plane yet, we haven't got the wheels down! (Reply to this)(Parent)

queencallipygos
2007-04-12 05:36 pm UTC (link)

I chucked the 9/11 conspiracies out the window after I found out that one of the 'proofs' that a plane didn't hit the Pentagon was that there weren't wing-shaped holes in the side of the building.

The fact that you actually even READ them puts you ahead of me. I tend to take a dim view of conspiracy theories in general, particularly when they pertain to things that I watched fucking happen...

(Sorry. Knee-jerk eyewitness spazout there.)

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silrana
2007-04-12 06:45 pm UTC (link)

Yes, one thing the conspiracy people seem to miss is that loads of people actually saw the plane slam into the Pentagon. Evidently they were all suffering from a mass hallucination.

And I will admit I tend to be fascinated with conspiracy theories. Personally I think they come out of people's desire to control their lives. They don't want to admit that a few handfuls of whackjobs could kill that many people. It takes a huge grand supersecret conspiracy by the government or Jews or multinational corporations to pull it off. It both makes them feel safer and vindicates their own prejudices.

Heavens, I seem to have wandered in Serious Business. Um... Pie?

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	queencallipygos 2007-04-12 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Pie would go good with some meat cake! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	puipui 2007-04-12 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	Heavens, I seem to have wandered in Serious Business. Careful! That stuff's a bitch to get off your shoes. I ruined a perfectly good pair like that just the other day. (Reply to this)(Parent)

squib
2007-04-12 09:52 pm UTC (link)

Yes, one thing the conspiracy people seem to miss is that loads of people actually saw the plane slam into the Pentagon. Evidently they were all suffering from a mass hallucination.

Many of them were stuck in traffic on Rt. 110. And everyone knows that our traffic causes brain numbness and hallucinations. ~~Why just last week Darth Maul was riding on my hood. I blame I-66.~~

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