Yep. I would also add that they were good recordkeepers — I would bet you $10 that they kept a Word file or .txt or something with the text of their drops, bc you can see them stitching text together in various places (for instance, drop 6 is a pastiche of drops 4 & 5).
You can also see this with the lost drops; content from them is recycled into later canonical drops.
This raises a question: why didn’t Q care that not all of their content was captured in the images that were circulating on 4chan, which *supposedly* represented all Q’s posts?
If you believe in Q as a prophetic figure, that really IS a problem — everything they posted is vitally important, but IIRC many of the early graphics started with what’s now canonical drop 14. And Q didn’t object to this at all!
Q didn’t say “look harder, I first posted 10/28.”
In fact, Q *endorsed* the accuracy of these erroneous graphics. But don’t take my word for it: take Q’s, in drop 101.
“Graphic confirmed,” Q wrote. (Note that it does indeed start with drop 14, as you can see from the close-up.)
If, OTOH, you *don’t* see Q as a prophetic figure — if you think Q was there to harvest that sweet, sweet audience attention and didn’t really GAF about anything BUT being a 4chan celebrity— the problem goes away.
In that case Q’s conduct makes PERFECT sense.
In that light…
Let’s take a look at the REST of drop 101, in which Q purports to be ordering the “extraction” of Obama to occur the next day (presumably from Manila, because drop 102 contains latitude and longitude coordinates from the Philippine capital).
Whoever’s making these predictions knows damn well Obama’s not going to be arrested by a team of military operatives tomorrow.
But they also know the board’s gonna go NUTS at the idea that he *will* — for a short while, they can ride the wave of joy and adulation.
And when it doesn’t pan out, that’s fine! They’ve already survived the First Great Disappointment, when the arrest they specifically predicted didn’t happen.
They saw how anons who were invested in the story helped them come up with an excuse to pivot away.
So there was really no downside to LARPing hard — only more hits of that sweet, sweet attention. 🤷♂️
Anyway, this concludes Amateur Psychoanalysis Hour
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A lot of conservatives seem to think that "woke people" view whites as intrinsically evil by dint of their race.
This is a lie!
White privilege is exactly the kind of social arrangement set up by conquerors *everywhere* throughout world history.
We reject it *bc it's unjust.*
So it's not that white people are somehow uniquely evil. That would be a ridiculous assertion to make.
They're doing what people *do* with power -- they've created institutions and practices that bestow privileges upon them, making it less likely they'll LOSE their power...
and more likely that they, and their descendants, will *keep* that position of social power -- which, after all, makes their lives easier in various ways, small and large, visible and invisible.
May I humbly suggest that elected Democrats stop calling their opposition “Republicans” and start calling them “the party of January 6th?”
Never, *ever* miss a chance to call them what they are. Label them with that shit. *Define* them with that shit. Put them on the back foot!
“But Origins,” you say, “that’s clunky and unnatural.”
So what? So were Newt Gingrich’s appellations for Democrats. But they worked. They changed political culture in this country and tarnished the Democratic Party’s brand.
Moreover, it’s not all that clunky! Here, try this on for size:
“My opponent, from the Party of January 6th…”
Or
“The Party of January 6th can’t be trusted with power—not at any level. And do you know why? Because they’ll use it to make sure the NEXT coup succeeds.”
We have *definitely* reached the “bargaining” stage of JFK Watch 2021.
“They have to be safe,” explains a woman to a steadily dwindling audience in a QAnon live chat. “That’s why everything keeps changing.”
“Hold the line,” urge others.
A caller from Ireland says, “We won!”
Also: don’t be a dick in the replies. These people aren’t stupid; QAnon, like any other cult, meets their emotional needs in the short term & absolutely ruins their lives in the long term.
So: are they stupid? No. Dangerous to democracy? Yes. Victims? Kinda.
Life’s complicated.
The audience is dropping off little by little — roughly 400 people departed in about 15 minutes.
The current speaker is big into numerology, and is explaining how this is a “beautiful gift” but “people who don’t have an open heart and open mind… will never experience” it.
There’s a VERY blurry livestream of the
Dallas gathering awaiting the return of JFK (Sr? Jr?).
Looks like a couple hundred people on the Grassy Knoll with another gathering right across the street. People are shouting gematria into the camera: “You’ll find out = 165.”
The streamer is yelling for people to “get out of the road.” They seemly have gotten excited by a red car driven by a person w/flamboyant hair, which stopped near them.
I am unironically glad she’s being a get-back coach for them. I’d like us to get through this w/no casualties.
I’ll update this if anything unexpected happens but in all likelihood it’ll be a pretty standard Great Disappointment: people will be crushed at first but will swiftly rationalize.
I'm listening to a livestream of QAnon believers waiting in Dallas for JFK (Sr. *or* Jr.) to return. Could be tomorrow, could be as soon as 11 PM Central tonight!
"See, that's what I'm wanting to know: at what price have we won?" asks the host, WILDLY outkicking his coverage.
Anyway, the vibes are generally pretty positive. In particular, folks are pumped up about the revalue -- when the worthless Iraqi dinars they've bought will suddenly be worth $1 apiece & they'll be rich.
Stream ended. I found a YT channel with not-quite-live footage.
People at the event are claiming that OAN and Right Side Broadcasting are there for the big reveal tonight and "everyone" will be there tomorrow.
I'd be shocked if either outlet knows this is happening.
There *is* no equivalent among Democrats, but we need to build one in a hurry if America is gonna survive.
First, because it’s true; that’s how bad the situation has gotten. Second, bc unilateral disarmament’s killing us — we need radical action but the base doesn’t want it yet.
*split up California into a zillion small, reliably blue states to control the Senate for decades to come;
*expand SCOTUS before the conservative majority destroys our chance to deal with climate change;
* pass laws making it illegal for candidates and officeholders to claim an election was stolen or *will* be stolen, unless they can prove it in court, w/real penalties attached (this is the most narrowly targeted way to prevent a J6 redux, & the Constitution’s not a suicide pact)