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njdevil
11/01/09

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Im gonna use the same argument I have always used with regards to Moon Landing conspiracy theorists:

If it were faked, Russia would have known. And they would not have let the US bullshit it. So shut up, you friendless, irritating attention seekers. #apollo17flag
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GreyHammer
11/02/09

@njdevil: i never got how conspiracy people think that our enemies at the time would let us get away with the bullshit. its my biggest "fuck you" to crazy anti moon landing yokels. #apollo17flag
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prometeum
10/31/09

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Maybe if this hadn't happened during the cold- "propaganda" -war era, people wouldn't be so wary about the credibility of this event. Russia and the USA were really desperate to show which had the biggest rocket and could jack it the farthest.

Personally, I don't believe anyone has ever reached the moon yet: even with multinational support, a simple space station in Earth's orbit is barely sustainable so I can't fathom anyone reaching the moon 40 years ago in a tuna can equipped with far less technology than a cd-player but it doesn't matter; supporters and detractors will keep fighting over this until somebody arrives there in less shadowy circumstances. #apollo17flag
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GreyHammer
11/02/09

@prometeum: you are a moron. #apollo17flag
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jeffk
10/31/09

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Shopped, here's original #apollo17flag
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chauncy that billups
10/31/09

@jeffk: holy crap! the moon IS capable of sustaining life! #apollo17flag
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jgrow2
10/31/09

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The word is "jibes," by the way. It's NOT "jives." Both words are considered slang, but they mean opposite things.

When things "jibe," they agree. When someone "jives" you, it means they're bullsh*tting you. Especially in 1975.
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Rosa Golijan
10/31/09

@jgrow2: Ah! Correction made. Thank you. #apollo17flag
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SkipErnst
10/31/09

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(Note: My comments never seem to show up and this one will probably be no different.)

Anyone who thinks that yet more proof of already known facts is somehow going to change the minds of folks who don't believe those facts is just as insane as the "moon landing is a hoax" conspiracy theorists.

Such is the wonderment and power of a grand conspiracy. It can never be proven or disproven because it is so big that literally everyone in the entire world could be in on it. You think one more picture is going to forever debunk it? Pffft. #apollo17flag
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Rosa Golijan
10/31/09

@SkipErnst: Surprise. You just needed to be approved, which you are now.

Happy commenting and happy Halloween. #apollo17flag
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Jake712
10/31/09

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If all the photos and videos and audio and rocket launches and stories from those who were there and stories from those who worked on getting those there and laser reflections and moon rocks and moon dust compiled and shown to them so far hasn't convinced them, then a couple of blurry photos of gear you can go see in the Smithsonian or footprints in dust, shown to them 40 years later, in an age where any 4chan butt-monkey can pirate Photoshop and fake it in one porn-fueled night in his mom's basement, cannot possibly convince them.

There is no evidence of the moon landings or the 9/11 towers or the earth being round or that contrails are contrails and not chemtrails or that Evlis is, in fact, dead and not living in Tweed, Ontario that will change this because the problem is not with the evidence, the problem is within them.

Once again, there is not a problem with the evidence. No amount or quality of evidence will ever change this. The problem is elsewhere, and there's nothing we can do about it. #apollo17flag
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GreyHammer
11/02/09

@Jake712: seriously i know people who think dinosaurs didn't exist that its a conspiracy. these yokels are fucking batshit. #apollo17flag
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Anrkist
10/31/09

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Please keep the conspiracies coming. Without them, we wouldn't get to see Buzz Aldrin punch people on Youtube. #apollo17flag
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dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!
10/31/09

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Wondering why my previous comments in this article aren't showing up. Even when people replied (love that new feature btw). But instead I get that image that the comments failed to load... almost sounds like I'm quietly being erased... #apollo17flag
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10/31/09

@dambo29: It's not just your imagination. There's some kind of bug. Happy Saturday to us all. #apollo17flag
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dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!
10/31/09

@Rosa Golijan: Happy Saturday and Halloween! Que vivan las brujas! #apollo17flag
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Homerjay is utterly alone.
10/31/09

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Did I miss something? What happened to the flag? #apollo17flag
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Lorem Ipsum
10/31/09

@Homerjay is utterly alone.: I think it was in an earlier article... The flags were made of nylon, which would fade and break down because there's no atmosphere to filter the strong UV from the sun.

Or maybe it was retrieved by the Area 51 aliens. #apollo17flag
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james-am
10/31/09

@Homerjay is utterly alone.: Budget cuts #apollo17flag
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Brett Benedict
10/31/09

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I'm no moon skeptic, but if I were couldn't I just as easily say these are as fake as anything else? #apollo17flag
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Sockatume
10/31/09

@Brett Benedict: For those people there is no piece of evidence which, even in principle, could prove the moon landings happened. It's a matter of faith. #apollo17flag
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10/31/09

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Of course we landed on the Moon. There's the garbage we left behind to prove it. #apollo17flag
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Moonshadow101
10/31/09

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Obviously photoshopped.

You can tell by the fact that there are LIES IN THAT PICTURE. DIRTY, DIRTY GOVERNMENT LIES!!! #apollo17flag
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ripfire
10/31/09

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Photoshopped!!

*ducks under table* #apollo17flag
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Adam
10/31/09

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So a NASA probe took a picture of the Apollo 17 site, and you think that will make the conspiracy nuts give up?
Look, I love everything about the space race, and don't doubt that it happened, but this is NOT going to convince them. Maybe if a probe from another country did this, like China; but a US probe, or a US telescope, or a US anything, is not going to do it. #apollo17flag
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jepzilla
10/31/09

@Adam: You think a probe from another country would be enough? The conspiracy theorists figure the Soviets were in on the scam for some reason. #apollo17flag
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aliskaba
10/31/09

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When are we going to be able to whale on the moon? I'm so pissed we can't do it here on earth. Screw you PETA. #apollo17flag
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Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo
10/31/09

@aliskaba: Unforunately, there's only only one whale on the moon, and that's Willzyx. #apollo17flag
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aliskaba
10/31/09

@Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo: I think that the whole, "There is only one whale on the moon" is a conspiracy. I've got lighting, testimonies, etc. that can prove you wrong.

Gonna go buy, [thereareseveralwhalesonthemoon.com] #apollo17flag
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