You know, I have a funny superpower that sets me apart from the vast majority of Americans: I can remember things that happened more than two weeks ago. It's a bit of a curse, actually. Anyway, you probably missed it, but a while back we got a huge set of leaks / document dumps that revealed that the government was actually spying on everyone. Indiscriminately. Computers are really good at automating data-intensive tasks, as it turns out. On top of decades of other evidence (ever heard of "Five Eyes" . . . "Project Carnivore"). And then the government admitted to much of it in congressional hearings. If someone refuses to believe they're being spied on, despite multiple people telling them: "yes, we're spying on you," then I'm impressed by their message discipline, to say the least.
I can tell nothing gets past you and your super natural remember powers. These little sissies from the much less rugged stock don’t take jokes on a Jeep Wrangler forum as serious as they should. Bunch of foolish sheeple!You know, I have a funny superpower that sets me apart from the vast majority of Americans: I can remember things that happened more than two weeks ago. It's a bit of a curse, actually. Anyway, you probably missed it, but a while back we got a huge set of leaks / document dumps that revealed that the government was actually spying on everyone. Indiscriminately. Computers are really good at automating data-intensive tasks, as it turns out. On top of decades of other evidence (ever heard of "Five Eyes" . . . "Project Carnivore"). And then the government admitted to much of it in congressional hearings. If someone refuses to believe they're being spied on, despite multiple people telling them: "yes, we're spying on you," then I'm impressed by their message discipline, to say the least.
Now, is this spying going to affect the vast majority of its victims directly? No -- that's quite unlikely unless you get on the government's bad side and we're generally not important enough for that. As they say, "If you don't have anything to hide, you have nothing to fear"! But . . . #1: ya never know, and #2, there are second-order effects: just knowing that it's going on has a subconscious chilling effect on people's public and private communications.
So, yeah, some people assign this stuff more significance than they should, and can come off rather kooky, but it is a real concern, and one that Americans used to, back when they were made of more rugged stock than the current batch, take very seriously.
I know you’re much more special than us mere mortals, us benign, simple, super powerless Americans…but, I would advise against revealing your super powers to the world. Look at what happened to the mutants. The government went after them without hesitation.
Johnny B might be Big Brother! Why do you think he has a B in his username? Hey, I am just asking questions!
C'mon now, spreading malicious rumors isn't funny. lol But just know, I've noticed that you've noticed, and I'm making note of it as well... lol
I can always identify the mark of a truly intelligent and highly evolved specimen by how many times they reply to someone's single comment over a period of a few minutes.
