i have a friend with a Q anon sister-in-law (from rural BC) so it will be interesting to hear dispatches straight from the horse's mouth
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:19 (five years ago)
My birthday is the 17th of the next month. Am *I* the Q-weapon?
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:19 (five years ago)
Actually I'm pretty sure Q Anonymous was Joe Klein
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:24 (five years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/GEUSDlR.jpg
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:25 (five years ago)
https://www.sonypictures.com/sites/default/files/styles/max_560x840/public/title-key-art/qbert_onesheet_1400x2100.png?itok=xRzjzflM
I'LL BE BACK
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:26 (five years ago)
have a good life!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:26 (five years ago)
I would like to learn the whole story of this one day, like who was behind it and what their motives were
― treeship., Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:26 (five years ago)
Q as Folkfive friends navigate their relationships in an increasingly hostile world
― scanner darkly, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:27 (five years ago)
Q was invented by Chapeau Trap House for purposes of malarkey
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:27 (five years ago)
it was actually me who started it, and i have proof
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:27 (five years ago)
I’m leaning toward prank that got out of hand and that trump lazily folded into his “stop the steal” movement. But it could have been a psyop conducted by a hostile power.
― treeship., Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:28 (five years ago)
"She was just 17/If you know what I mean"--took 50 years, but now we finally do.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:29 (five years ago)
Lightly read this yesterday... seems like there's something there:
Was QAnon—America's most dangerous conspiracy theory—inspired by Italian artists
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/was-qanon-america-s-most-dangerous-conspiracy-theory-inspired-by-italian-artists
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:30 (five years ago)
It seems more or less confirmed that it began life as a shitpost, then sold the account rights/access to the highest bidder (profiteering goons or whatever)
btw did you guys ever notice what letter we have to use when we excerpt someone else's post????
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:32 (five years ago)
I used to have a FB friend who was big into all the QAnon garbage who kept sharing stuff from a group called "Cindy Q Lou" and honestly the name of the group bothered me more than the conspiracy theory
― frogbs, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:34 (five years ago)
I posted this on April 2, 2018:
https://imgur.com/gallery/UWIZt
https://i.imgur.com/C1KwvXb.png
https://i.imgur.com/LvJPiwo.png
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:34 (five years ago)
a few weeks earlier, i was watching trump on tv, and he looked straight at me and said "now you're q2", then went back to his speech.
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:36 (five years ago)
if you read this you might be a q2
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Osaka_RMS_Queen_Elizabeth2_06bs.jpg
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:37 (five years ago)
I'm afraid I have been merely designated a 'Qt', which feels of lower rank
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:38 (five years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/9WvnxQC.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/Fmis6WK.png
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:39 (five years ago)
wait a second, isn't Queen Elizabeth important?? i mean, historically?
Join the q
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:39 (five years ago)
realize your q
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:41 (five years ago)
Have I got a Q-tip for you all
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:42 (five years ago)
http://fujifilm-dsc.com/en/manual/x30/button_q/use_q-button/images/ill_bd_up_button-q_480.gif
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:44 (five years ago)
it's such a vibrant conspiracy
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:44 (five years ago)
J'aQse!
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:45 (five years ago)
Come hop in my jaQzzi, it's shaped like a Q and no it isn't comfortable, not even a little bit
holy shit, andy! and there's even a giant arrow pointing directly to it
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:49 (five years ago)
ver-Q signalling, for when you have to signal a new version of Q
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:49 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ifTAuOUFnA
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:49 (five years ago)
Quincy Jones was an early version of Q but he said to much to the magazines so they had to make a new one
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:50 (five years ago)
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1B20/production/_113544960_qcollage.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:50 (five years ago)
too much, even, one must keep one's grammar even under Q-ress
oh fuck Andy you have just blown the whole sodding gaff
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:51 (five years ago)
inamongst all of this flimflam it is striking to note that a thread on our very own I Love Music claiming that Stereolab has a future is 37 full new answers to the good
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:55 (five years ago)
Not even Q could have predicted that
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:57 (five years ago)
https://i2.wp.com/www.desitablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/desita-for-speed-queen-101.jpg?fit=993%2C692&ssl=1
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:58 (five years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/Stacey_Q_Two_of_Hearts_1.jpg/220px-Stacey_Q_Two_of_Hearts_1.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:59 (five years ago)
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/TpgAAOSwal5YCsYA/s-l500.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:00 (five years ago)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Zpi0qpS2L.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:02 (five years ago)
once you're woke, you can't unsee it... it's everywhere!
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:03 (five years ago)
Don't know where else to share this, so I'll put it here.
I spent a little under a decade alternating backpacking and working in different countries, and met a lot of people. This guy I met in 2007 seemed basically fine at the time, I have certainly met a lot worse.
Here is the photo he put up on Facebook when Trump won in 2016, just before I unfriended him.
https://i.imgur.com/0fRZOSk.png
I was with this guy for a week and did not spot any sign of his being a crazed loon, he was more the "travel broadens the mind" type. So not sure if he changed, or was just hiding his terribleness from view.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:03 (five years ago)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8f/Quisp_fair_use_crop.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:03 (five years ago)
Someone told that guy that Stereolab had a future and he broke
― imago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:04 (five years ago)
https://i1.wp.com/www.back2stonewall.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Quentin-Quisp-The-Naked-Civil-Servant.png?fit=693%2C453
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:04 (five years ago)
too many hats, quentin
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:05 (five years ago)
old lunch, actualize your Q
first of all, let me lay claim to that smallest part of the jaQzzi:
https://i.imgur.com/XvRwqVQ.jpg
but then self-realize that the smallest part of the jaQzzi is exactly where you want to be:
https://i.imgur.com/C15T8aP.jpg
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:06 (five years ago)
xpost Maybe the backpacker dude is in character? Like a pro-wrestler or something
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:06 (five years ago)
The British famously love to...
― kinder, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 21:07 (five years ago)
Saving children to get laid, that's the Sound of Freedom
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 19:01 (two years ago)
did we ever get this sorted?
― rob, Friday, 12 July 2024 18:24 (one year ago)
well now that the Democratic establishment is conspiring against him, it seems likely he is Q
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Friday, 12 July 2024 18:30 (one year ago)
and he's obviously not injecting children's blood, another clue he might be Q
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 July 2024 18:55 (one year ago)
OMG if they were right about this, what else are they right about??
Fluoride in drinking water is linked with lower IQs in kids, federal report saysA new government study has determined that fluoride levels in drinking water hitting twice the recommended limit are linked to low IQ levels in children.
Experts with the National Toxicology Program, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, examined previous research on fluoride levels. Their conclusion is the first example of a federal agency finding what officials think is a link between higher levels of fluoride exposure and lower IQ in kids.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 22 August 2024 19:39 (one year ago)
anything hitting twice the recommended limit is probably bad
― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Thursday, 22 August 2024 20:22 (one year ago)
yeah and IQ tests are pretty much bullshit as well
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 22 August 2024 20:39 (one year ago)
Kinda miss these freaks... what happened to them? Seems to have died wayyy down
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 19 September 2024 19:57 (one year ago)
shhhhh... you'll wake them.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 September 2024 20:05 (one year ago)
Trust the plan, guys:
QAnon-aligned voices of the far right are threatening retaliation against a judge, a district attorney and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents for their roles in the recent raids of the Millersville Police Department and the residence of conspiracy-minded Assistant Police Chief Shawn Taylor.
Mark Finchem — the Arizona election denier who has associated with QAnon conspiracy theorists and 9/11 truthers — recently revealed in a far-right podcast that Taylor has been working with him for years, and that they are ready to train their sights on the people who are investigating the Millersville “conspiracy cop.”
“That curtain's been pulled back, and now we are absolutely ready to go after these individuals,” Finchem warned.
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Thursday, 19 September 2024 20:16 (one year ago)
I'm sure there are still some active adherents, but there must be thousands and thousands that are embarrassed by the amount of time & bandwidth they poured into this, all for nothing
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 19 September 2024 20:16 (one year ago)
They are also saying that Obama's Summer Reading list was a coded message to the Trump assassins.
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Thursday, 19 September 2024 20:18 (one year ago)
I like to think they've been continually adding to their conspiracy bulletin boards, drawn ceaselessly further into their complex webs of associates and subsidiaries and tunnels within tunnels.
I like to think that some became hopelessly tangled in string and starved to death. But they died noble in pursuit of the TRUTH. #wwg1wga
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaFZ5BBs0xIpMoy2tkKzd_NBa8IWPdv9y7H1MoXAevNg&s
― Nudist Oudist (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 19 September 2024 21:50 (one year ago)
i think that the ones who get embarrassed about it are the lucky ones. i think the more common outcome, the default one, isn't shame or embarrassment or self-reflection but instead falling for another conspiracy or getting dragged in deeper (oh, q was part of this OTHER thing the entire time, the more important thing). doubling down on an even more high level conspiracy can seem easier than having to face the reality of having embarrassed oneself in front of many dozens of people with weird q shit in recent years
― z_tbd, Thursday, 19 September 2024 22:12 (one year ago)
otm, it’s nefarious conspiring pedophilic turtles all the way down
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 19 September 2024 22:56 (one year ago)
There's always more pizza places
― Nudist Oudist (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 20 September 2024 01:03 (one year ago)
Maybe Qanon can solve this mystery
I won’t repeat everything the anti-Israel students said to tonight’s guest speaker at @MIT, Prof. Shahar @Kvatinsky. But there’s one thing I can’t stop thinking about:They took nine pizzas.First a student took four pizzas, left, and came back to call the veteran professor a… pic.twitter.com/3Kuy0BppuJ— Will Sussman (@WillSussmanPhD) September 19, 2024
― There’s a Monster in my Vance (President Keyes), Friday, 20 September 2024 03:04 (one year ago)
Do you think Q got the "Fork in the Road" email?
― Leprecan't even (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 February 2025 16:14 (one year ago)
Q can’t talk today. Q still so mad about Greta thunberg, Q can’t concentrate today
― z_tbd, Friday, 14 February 2025 16:25 (one year ago)
So I guess a few years back Q predicted that 3/1-3/2/2025 will be "Suicide Weekend" where all the people on Epstein's list kill themselves before being exposed. I wonder if Bondi's release of Epstein documents is playing into this theory.
― Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Thursday, 27 February 2025 19:06 (one year ago)
A friend of mine has a family member (in-law, iirc) that is evangelical and conservative. He gets along with her and her husband in person but generally avoids engaging with her on social media. Lately, however, the bullshit levels have been so high he's had to chime in with stuff on Facebook, and she replied with some pro Trump shit followed by some acronym (not the best known one). And he writes back, uh, is that QAnon? And she's all, yep, that's Q! Man, if I had a family member into QAnon I'm not sure I would feel safe around them, but I suppose that's part and parcel with this whole mess. If a friend or family member is nice and hospitable and you enjoy their company and generally don't talk politics, but you know they are also QAnon-believing evangelical Trump supporters, do you just cut them off?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 February 2025 20:03 (one year ago)
Unfortunately Q people don't seem able to have a normal conversation about anything.
― Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Thursday, 27 February 2025 20:12 (one year ago)
In my, very very thankfully, limited exposure to a Q type, they seem to be constitutionally unable to have a normal conversation without outing themselves as a crazy.
― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 27 February 2025 20:14 (one year ago)
I would assume that the movement has died way down since there are no more new missives, and also since Trump has won, etc... are they still waiting for JFK Jr. to return? Isn't RFK Jr. close enough?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 27 February 2025 20:16 (one year ago)
the ascendancy of greyscale Leland Palmer is surely enough for them to get over the JFK Jr resurrection.
― omar little, Thursday, 27 February 2025 20:17 (one year ago)
My oldest cousin is very into Illuminati theories and I just delete the emails he sends on that topic and stonewall him whenever he tries to bring it up in person or in messages. He’s had all sorts of mental health issues and indulgent/wrongheaded parenting that’s basically set him up to be a failson, so this doesn’t help.
― guillotine vogue (suzy), Thursday, 27 February 2025 20:30 (one year ago)
The thing I don’t get about “Q” is why “Q” needs to exist at all. Wouldn’t the obvious conclusion be that trump himself is Q? It’s so fucking stupid. Did Trump ever like, complain about Q leaking his secret plans?
― brimstead, Wednesday, 9 April 2025 18:48 (one year ago)
Q is John Baron
― Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 9 April 2025 18:49 (one year ago)
This is the plot to Gossip Girl (2000s version) IIRC
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 9 April 2025 18:52 (one year ago)
Q can't be Trump because Trump has demonstrated that he can't change out of his "Trump voice" through his different identities, and Q doesn't have that voice.
― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 April 2025 18:53 (one year ago)
Wasn't Q unmasked as some guys in Thailand? Should have been a White Lotus subplot.
― Iza Duffus Hardy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 9 April 2025 18:56 (one year ago)
brimstead I think it's that conspiracy theorists aren't scriptwriters, the more convoluted and opaque the better, if it was just Trump that'd be too simple
― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 9 April 2025 19:12 (one year ago)