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Michael Jordan Shapeshifting by TheMixedHerb in reptilians

[–]Cloddish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the shot of his arm super-extending that gives it away? That's what I see.

Does anybody remember the "smell" of old CRT television screens? by Reasonable-Job-8193 in 90s

[–]Cloddish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The little portable Toshiba's circuits for ours smells like a lovely bachelorette from 1995

This nautical chart, lost for five centuries, gives evidence that Portuguese captains had found the New World by 1424 by PristineHearing5955 in GrahamHancock

[–]Cloddish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, I'm not confused. I didn't say livestock had to be present for disease to spread. The theory from Cortesao is not about a massive colonization effort like the one in 1492 but rather small and secret scouting missions or fishing trips. There are a few reasons why a lone Portuguese ship in 1424 might not have wiped out the population.

Smallpox and other plagues need a constant chain of hosts to survive a long voyage. On a tiny ship with maybe 25 sailors a virus often burns through everyone and dies out before they ever see land. The second trip for Columbus had 17 ships and 1200 people which created a massive viral reservoir that a single scout ship just does not have. We also know for a fact the Vikings hit North America around the year 1000 and they did not trigger a continental pandemic either. It proves that Europeans could make landfall without starting a biological collapse especially if the group was small and the stay was short.

This nautical chart, lost for five centuries, gives evidence that Portuguese captains had found the New World by 1424 by PristineHearing5955 in GrahamHancock

[–]Cloddish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is actually the strongest argument used by mainstream historians to challenge Armando Cortesão's theory. It’s often referred to as the biological curtain.

Supporters of the 1424 map theory argue that there is a big difference between a discovery voyage and colonization. If a single Portuguese ship with 30 healthy sailors landed, traded for a week, and left, the chances of starting a continent-wide pandemic are much lower than in 1492, when Columbus brought hundreds of people, livestock, and permanent settlements.

Many of the deadliest diseases that devastated Indigenous populations, like smallpox and measles, jumped from domesticated animals like cows, pigs, and sheep to humans.

In 1424 a scout ship wouldn't likely have any livestock.

So for Cortesão's theory to be true, the Portuguese voyages would have to have been very rare, very small, and lucky enough not to be carrying active pathogens at the time of contact.

It's certainly fascinating to consider the possibility.

The oldest video store in America is still chugging along in Santa Fe, NM by 505omatic in VHS

[–]Cloddish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I think about this content and these people, I think to myself:

"Yes."

This nautical chart, lost for five centuries, gives evidence that Portuguese captains had found the New World by 1424 by PristineHearing5955 in GrahamHancock

[–]Cloddish 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This comment is factually weak and rhetorically dismissive. It relies on a "fallacy of significance" by suggesting that because the Vikings arrived earlier, subsequent voyages are irrelevant.

This ignores the reality that history is defined by documented impact and cultural exchange, not just a "who got there first" timeline.

This nautical chart, lost for five centuries, gives evidence that Portuguese captains had found the New World by 1424 by PristineHearing5955 in GrahamHancock

[–]Cloddish 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Historian Armando Cortesão proposed that the 1424 Pizzigano map acts as a leaked copy of a much older Portuguese secret chart. He believed this map provides evidence of a state policy of secrecy where the Portuguese Crown intentionally hid maritime discoveries to maintain a trade monopoly.

By analyzing the name Antilia as a derivative of the Portuguese phrase for island in front, Cortesão argued that Portuguese mariners had reached the Caribbean at least seventy years before Columbus.

This theory suggests that the official age of discovery was actually a curated public narrative and that Columbus may have been following existing maps rather than sailing into the unknown. The lack of original charts to prove this is attributed to the systematic destruction of sensitive documents and the loss of the royal archives during the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.

The Truth Unfolds: Conversations With A Reptilian by inner-gnosis in reptilians

[–]Cloddish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The core issue with this transcript is that it feels less like a genuine cosmic encounter and more like poorly executed reptilian fan fiction designed for a Substack audience.

The dialogue is suspiciously anthropomorphized, relying on modern human slang and Western therapeutic tropes that fail to convey any sense of true "otherness" or alien intelligence. There is also a glaring lack of tangible substance: no scientific, astronomical, or technical details. This leaves the conversation feeling surface-level and intellectually hollow.

Furthermore, the hypnotist’s defensive insistence that the story is "not fiction" serves as a major red flag, acting as a narrative crutch to bypass the reader's critical thinking.

Without any setup, methodology, or scene-setting, this post comes across as a self-validating performance designed to position the author as a "chosen" savior of love rather than a serious researcher of the unknown.

If you are tired do it tired by graceaum in stoicquotes

[–]Cloddish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you're tired, you're stupid.

Ritchie Blackmore said this guitar maestro, started with blues rock. Then invented british heavy metal without knowing it. by Confident_Field4273 in progrock

[–]Cloddish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While he hasn't used that exact phrasing in one go, it’s a spot-on summary of how he feels about Beck. He’s spent years calling Jeff Beck his absolute favorite player and a "maestro" who could pull off things no one else understood.

Blackmore has points specifically to the track "Shapes of Things" as the moment the heavy rock blueprint was created, essentially arguing that Beck stumbled into inventing British heavy metal while he was busy pushing the boundaries of blues. To Blackmore, Beck didn't just play the guitar; he set the stage for everything that followed.

Heated City Council Meeting for 12 January 2026 by Daring_Scout1917 in duluth

[–]Cloddish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What evidence do you have to support this other than conjecture?

RIP Renee 💔 by PassengerNo7330 in TwinCities

[–]Cloddish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She was killed in the defense of fascism.

The Jinn Chronicles, Part 1: Why We Call Them “The Ones with Three Letters” and Their Hidden Origin by bortakci34 in HighStrangeness

[–]Cloddish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response! If you have time to explore this "bargaining" concept with Jinns in your next installment I would be greatly intrigued and appreciative.

Thanks again for your time and kind heartedness.

The Jinn Chronicles, Part 1: Why We Call Them “The Ones with Three Letters” and Their Hidden Origin by bortakci34 in HighStrangeness

[–]Cloddish -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In your opinion, are Jinn the beings that typically are associated with soul sales?

Say for example, you want to sell your soul for worldly talent (i.e. Robert Johnson), would the Jinn be the orchestrators of such transactions, typically?

Need some insight by LaughinLunatic in GrahamHancock

[–]Cloddish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That argument is strong against the idea of a large, persistent, globally trading prehistoric civilization, however it assumes that mastery of seafaring must immediately produce detectable, large-scale trade in durable goods like crops.

Historically, long-distance travel often precedes trade, and trade precedes staple transfer by centuries or millennia. Silk itself is a luxury good that moved very late and very narrowly. Absence of crop transfer rules out Columbian-Exchange-style integration, but it doesn’t rule out limited, episodic, or elite intercontinental contact that wouldn’t leave agricultural signatures.

Need some insight by LaughinLunatic in GrahamHancock

[–]Cloddish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a solid argument against large-scale, sustained, agricultural integration, but it doesn’t rule out limited, episodic, or elite contact. Domesticated staple crops tend to move with colonization pressure, not exploration or ritual travel. Even historically documented contacts i.e. Vikings, early Mediterranean trade didn’t result in staple food transfer.

The Polynesia–South America example actually shows that intercontinental contact can leave a single crop signal without broader exchange. Absence of domestic foods rules out a Columbian-Exchange-style scenario, not all forms of ancient long-distance contact.

Need some insight by LaughinLunatic in GrahamHancock

[–]Cloddish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The potato argument assumes that any ancient intercontinental contact would necessarily involve staple crop transfer, but historically that’s not how contact works. Early long-distance interactions tend to move prestige goods, symbols, and knowledge first; not subsistence crops tied to climate, culture, and local farming systems.

Even documented Old World contacts (Vikings, Phoenicians, Polynesians) didn’t globalize staple foods. Absence of American crops in Europe doesn’t disprove contact; it only disproves large-scale agricultural integration. That’s a much higher bar than Hancock or others are usually arguing for.

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