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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago

You get the government you deserve.

They going to outlaw dihydrogen monoxide next?

[–] marius@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

At least eight states, including Florida and Tennessee, have now introduced chemtrail-coded legislation to prohibit “geo-engineering” or “weather modification”.

Happy to hear we can keep the chemtrails for mind control going

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

How it used to be a fringe thing we can laugh at and dismiss, at a time when scientific documentaries were also entertaining and enlightening.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I almost put this here, but the last part ruined the joke :/

[–] ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

another bizarre law. along with, it is prohibited to harass Bigfoot, donut holes are not to be sold and nobody is to cross state lines with a duck atop their head...

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I misread duck and lmao

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

or even control the weather for nefarious motives.

Actually, contrails do have a slight climate impact. Not controlled of course.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

Ok, what if, and hear me out, they are actually doing this to ban plans and force the reintroduction of, wait for it, trains!?

Nah, didn't think so either.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No fly zones! Gotta take a bus.

Better for the Environment. Now they need to end SpaceX.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

States give privileges to things people do for their Invisible Friend, who's not real either. What are you gonna do?

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Red meat for the specific kind of idiots who tell anyone who they can trap in a corner for 5 minutes about how aliens built the pyramids.

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