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Woman slams selfish paragliders who 'made her think Hamas were invading Doncaster' (www.mirror.co.uk)

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[–] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 171 points 1 year ago (7 children)

To be fair, after the attacks on 9/11 I heard a fair number of comments from people who were convinced their local high school football stadium would be a prime target for international terror rings.

"Think about it, Becky. It's Friday night and the whole town of Left Nube, Indiana will be packed in there. We're sitting ducks."

It's silly, but people project their fear locally.

[–] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

At least the city I lived in was close enough to "primary nuclear strike" targets to be demolished by shockwave.

Never mind the fact that that's nuclear strike targets, not "Terrorist-hijacked-jets" target. Clearly people tend not to think rationally about these things.

[–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We live a few stone throws away from the biggest military base in this part of the country. I usually joke that we'll either be the first or the last to go if there's a war.

However, terrorists attacking that would be "putting your dick in a fire ants nest" level of stupid.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it would make more sense to attack there.

The goal of an attack is not to do a standoff with the military and win. It is tocause a lot of damage quickly, to negate the feeling of security. Attacking next to the largest military base would be perfect for that, as it creates the appearance, that the military is unable to protect the people.

But the fact is that noone can really protect against this.

Some heavy truck driving through a crowd was often more efficient than gunmen throwing grenades.

Unless specifically searching for it, any semitruck will pass most police unnoticed and could be loaded with a couple tons of explosive fertilizer, enough to destroy a large buildung, killing hundreds of people.

And the attackers either include their death as a planned result, or they run quickly after an attack, making it impossible to respond immediately.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My dad pointed out to me as a kid that the city next to us would be a nuke target because it held the US strategic reserve of silicon carbide, a substance critical to grinding parts (e.g. making weapons).

[–] Cheesus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you between the two nuclear labs in the Bay area? Those always show up as top targets and people always brought it up

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[–] imapuppetlookaway@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After 911 a woman in my city (Portland Oregon) called the police because she saw powder on the hood of her parked car - parked under trees that were shedding pollen. She though fer sher that evildoers were targeting her with anthrax spores or something. The police are required to respond to those calls with full bio-emergency gear, so it was a huge scene, road blocked off, police vans everywhere, people in full body protective gear taking samples of the "anthrax" from her car. The end result was a public announcement from the police asking the public to please use common sense before calling. The drama going on in people's heads sometimes ... yikes.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People need to remember that chances are they are far too unimportant to use expensive stuff like anthrax on them. And if they are important enough for it, then they would already know and take precautions.

[–] thetoastmonster@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you randomly pick up what appears to be a bottle of perfume and it's full of Novichok nerve agent.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Dude, you don't have to make up Left Nube, Indiana when the state has Floyd's Knobs and French Lick.

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

You mean they project their insecurities.

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[–] espentan@lemmy.world 138 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Whoever thought it was funny to parasail over the village, it was in extremely poor taste. Take your twisted hatred somewhere else

Hate of what? Gravity?

This woman should make herself available to studies of the mind.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"We investigated thoroughly and came away with no findings"

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[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

She is from rural Britain. What do you expect to find?

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 81 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s a good thing assault rifles are illegal in Britain

[–] nomadwannabe@lemmy.ca 48 points 1 year ago

Very much so. They should be illegal everywhere as idiots like this are all over the globe!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You jest. But I’ve had an 8” flying saucer shot out by an idiot when I was doing some park flying. (The saucer body was a 3d printed replica of the OG Day The Earth Stood Still film,)

it was 8” on diameter. 2) it was in a park loaded with kids

Fortunately it was bird shot and no one was harmed. But still.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbf, if it had been Klaatu, those kids would have been in peril!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It’s Gort ya gotta worry about, Klatu was just holding a telescope…

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't go to East Anglia believing that.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tell me more

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Farmers in East Anglia are authorized to be armed. Guns are quite available in the UK outside of the cities and the gun law allows for them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBsR49m9SFE

[–] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, farmers tend to keep a shotgun around in rural areas, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find a farmer with an AR-15.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The farmer who lived next to me had an SA80 A2, so yes, they have them and they are legal. They just have to get police permission first.

[–] PowerGloveSoBad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes they even have sea mines.

Been deactivated, probably

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 70 points 1 year ago (2 children)

how does this get covered?

there's a fella that lives in an alley near me that is always saying weird things, can we get a reporter over here and publish a story?

[–] Tvkan@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago

It's ragebait.

[–] Guntrigger@feddit.ch 15 points 1 year ago

If you call the Daily Mirror they probably will.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just like the idea that Hamas got all the way through a plan to invade britain that required them to train for aerial operations, arrange for a plane, convincingly penetrate british airspace from another EU country and yet they couldn't figure out how to buy paragliders that weren't hot pink.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

A leisure paragliding club would be a perfect infiltration tactic/cover!

[–] febra@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

Main Character Syndrome

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

mirror.co.uk

Ah yes, the highly respected Daily Mirror. I am 100% convinced this is a real thing that happened.

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[–] huginn@feddit.it 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet she complains about her kids being chronically online never noticing that she's chronically watching the shittiest con news

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably watches GB News

[–] huginn@feddit.it 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah I didn't really know what the equivalent of Fox News was on that side of the pond.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

SLAMS!

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Genius that one

[–] rkk@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

long range paragliders

[–] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like planes with missing steps

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually, a lot of planes are missing steps, they have to drive some up to them at the airport (🥁)

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[–] JewGoblin@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

9/11 hysteria all over again

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

lol found the Brexit voter

[–] TedJ70@aussie.zone 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Enemy gliders!

If you're old enough to remember this, don't forget to take your ibuprofen. 😉

https://youtu.be/K5tnQTQbBkA

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Were they still in the air when she slammed him?

[–] dumdum666@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

I smell a plot for Four Lions 2.0!

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I wonder how long it'll be till Tucker Gott gets reported for being in Hamas.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

They shouldn't have painted the HAMAS and Palestinian flag on their paraglider!

Oh wait, they didn't?

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I think the Mirror made this up

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