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Overheard my coworker say 9/11 was an inside job and he had 'proof'
He pulled up some video showing a plane that looked weirdly small compared to the building and claimed the shadows were off. Has anyone here actually dug into those building collapse times or is it all just grainy footage and confirmation bias?
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harper_smith8d ago
The 1989 Loma Prieta quake collapsed a freeway and nobody screamed conspiracy.
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oliverbailey8d ago
My buddy's old man was a first responder during that quake, he said people were too busy saving lives and pulling folks out of the Cypress structure to start wild theories. It's crazy how different the reaction was back then compared to now, social media just amplifies every random thought. From what he told me, the engineering failures were pretty clear cut and nobody had the bandwidth to look for hidden agendas.
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quinnmitchell8d ago
Yeah that's a really good point. Back then people were just focused on digging each other out, nobody had time to spin wild stories. Kind of makes you wonder if all this instant info is actually making things worse instead of better.
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