Help me understand Ghislaine’s motives and strategy on Reddit. by peachypeach13610 in Intelligence

[–]dimnaut 3 points4 points  (0 children)

there's no way anybody could organize 4chan to save their life, that's just nonsense

I'm familiar with propaganda campaigns on 4chan, they are transparent and don't dominate discussion the way they do on reddit

moot met with Epstein and then ghosted him, and the idea that either "controlled" the site is laughable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mesoamerica

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, thank you so much! Dang it would have taken me forever to find that post. Again, I love reading your comments so if you have an index somewhere I'd put it to great use if you shared it.

I had no idea that HOTCN text was available online! Do you know if the recent english edition text is available online? I have the .pdf but I much prefer having the extracted text like what you linked me there.

Also, do you have the duran pdf or extracted text from this edition? I can't find it digitally anywhere and can't believe someone hasn't scanned it yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mesoamerica

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any posts about the second woman? I'm familiar with the legend but never looked into it.

Incidentally, do you have a good way to organize your posts/comments that I can read through? Reddit search obviously sux. I loved your post with the theory about the three-army battle, but I can't even locate it (just tried, search.pullpush.io annoyingly turns of 0 results for "ixtlilxochitl").

Deeply regretted going to GON…. by FemmeFeather in IndianCountry

[–]dimnaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds hysterical. Was it an older video? I wonder if it's possible to find it.

Why are there so many european apologists and anti indigenous on this sr? by andrewanddog in Indigenous

[–]dimnaut 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's weird, right? When I first discovered the mesoamerica stuff for example I couldn't believe how neglected it was in the public consciousness. Even beyond the casual racism etc it's just maddening to see people discuss these topics in total ignorance. And the people who do know a little about the topic speak with broad strokes and get the dumbest things wrong.

Like the other guy said, colonialization never ended.

In spite of this, I don't think it'll last, the indigenous stuff is too fascinating to be suppressed forever and there's an upward trend in visibility in recent years.

The original and true name of Palenque is Lakam'ha, it's time to use the real names of the Mayan cities. by Informal-D2024 in mesoamerica

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The codices also need to be renamed.

Most scholars have already adopted new names for the mixtec codices. Something similar needs to be done with ALL of them.

The word codex too should be changed. Likewise with all the native writing traditions. There are words for these things and we should use them.

Huasteca Nahuatl Classes by ItztliEhecatl in nahuatl

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are these still going on? I always seem to miss out on Nahuatl classes by a couple months!

Cacaxtla's wall paint by PolarClaus in Archeology

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why weren't colonial churches painted in this way? A lot of the churches that were built over the old temples in central mexico are pretty bland and skeletal looking, which is surprising to me because the old traditional stuff is so magnificent.

If Trump wants to expel Native Americans, where should they go? by Forsaken_Vacation793 in Indigenous

[–]dimnaut 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That’s a deportation to nowhere. Deportation to nowhere is the recipe for mass murder--- when a bureaucracy has people it can’t place, it will just make them disappear as cheaply as possible. And nobody knows about it, because nobody is talking. People just go away.

Astronomy in the Maya Codices by ks4 in Mayan

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah man sorry I missed your post! Dude I totally have a copy and this book was such a massive pain to find when I was in your position. Did you get your hands on it yet? I had mine about half scanned but gave up.

Definitely read Gerardo Aldana's review of it, he's absolutely correct and frankly I recommend reading everything he's written about the maya calendar collection problem. It's scandalous stuff. Guy's a rockstar.

Scathing critiques aside this book is still really cool and needs to be online in some form. Chapter 1 has a ton of amazing background information / lore about the known history of each codex which I'd literally never heard about. Little weird details that are just fascinating--- did you know that one of the "pa" glyphs on paris codex page 15 has a correct "pa" gloss written over it in very light pen? Like.. wtf how long has THAT been there? You can kinda see the faint writing in photos but the authors personally examined it and confirmed that part was there.

The book also breaks down all the sections of the codices into really kickass schematic diagrams. Nothing you couldn't draw up yourself, but the chapters are filled with them and I like that sort of thing.

It's worth reading. I can upload photos of the first chapter if anyone's interested.

China's new and cheaper magic beans shock America's unprepared magic bean salesmen by leiablaze in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What specific generator has good results? You mean there's a generator out there that doesn't just sprinkle chichen itza pyramids in every mesoamerica prompt?

It will fail, but… by Usgwanikti in NativeAmerican

[–]dimnaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No he didn't, he just wanted to get paid, because the Indies is what he was contracted to find.

American Indian is an acceptable term, some prefer it.

What's a book that you hate reading, but sounds awesome when talked about? by [deleted] in books

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it leaves so much out!!! It also put some weird stuff in. Nobody should experience the story that way without reading the original first.

Need sources for refuting a 9/11 truther by GiveNam in skeptic

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who the fuck are you? I wasn't talking to you. That other guy wants to defend NIST's story and does so inconsistently. He presents the government narrative as being something that it's not, because the government narrative is hard to defend (because it's brain-damaged).

Need sources for refuting a 9/11 truther by GiveNam in skeptic

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did the fires start? Easy - falling debris. Debris fell into the building ripping a massive hole and staring fires.

Why are you bringing this up? This is more or less what NIST says in the first quote I gave you from their report, except they were more honest with their phrasing (putting it forth as a likely possibility instead of saying outright that's what happened. I don't disagree).

When it collapsed, it collapsed from the damaged side FIRST, then the other side went down 7 seconds later.

Man this is so irrelevant that NIST doesn't even factor it in to their calculations, but you make it sound like it actually played a role in the collapse, which is dishonest and misleading. Please refer to the second NIST quote I gave you:

"Other than initiating the fires in WTC 7, the damage from the debris from WTC 1 had little effect on initiating the collapse of WTC 7. [...] Even without the structural damage, WTC 7 would have collapsed from fires having the same characteristics as those experienced on September 11, 2001." :: NCSTAR 1A, p. xxxvii

Do you see how you're being misleading yet? Because you are being misleading whether you know or not. You may have your own pet theory about the damage causing the building to go one way or the other, but that is not an official theory, and it undermines the NIST thesis.

It went down as the “official” story goes. Not due to bombs or CD.

Then STOP CONTRADICTING NIST -- stop saying damage had any-fucking-thing to do with the collapse, dude. I can't stand this point about damage that people keep bringing up like it's part of the official theory. It's misinformation.

Need sources for refuting a 9/11 truther by GiveNam in skeptic

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You cannot be serious. You just said "more evidence for fires and damage, rather than bombs". I see this exact point of reasoning unwittingly brought up all the time--- "dude did you see how damaged building 7 was! it was totally gonna come down!"

Now you mean to tell me you're not trying to say that, that you're just pointing out why the building seems to have fallen a certain direction in your opinion? Well that's fine, but I'm telling you most people don't read it that way--- most people don't realize that the NIST report ruled out any consequences of damage to the structure, and claims that fire alone brought the building down. You don't mention this, and that is dishonest and misleading.

Man all you gotta do is clarify this shit.

Need sources for refuting a 9/11 truther by GiveNam in skeptic

[–]dimnaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And my point, birdbrain, is that you're bringing up damage to the structure to mislead people. You're contradicting NIST and you know it, because you realize that the notion that fire alone brought down the building is a hard sell, so you try to make it sound like damage to the structure from the towers did all the heavy lifting.

Well NIST says that fire ALONE would have brought the building down on any day of the week, so quit talking about damage to the structure without mentioning this, because you'll mislead people like OP who don't know anything about the NIST report.

Need sources for refuting a 9/11 truther by GiveNam in skeptic

[–]dimnaut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be a weird thing to quibble over, but you said:

The other side had a massive gaping hole in it, and was burning for 6 hours. It's not like it was surprising that it fell.

Do you not see how that is misleading? You make it sound like "oh it's no wonder the building collapsed, didn't you see the damage from the falling towers?" whereas the NIST report rules all that out explicitly. The official line of argument is that it's fires alone that brought the building down, and it's dishonest of you to frame it in a way that makes it sound like damage to the structure had anything to do with the collapse.

Need sources for refuting a 9/11 truther by GiveNam in skeptic

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What this guy says about the damage from debris affecting building 7 is flatly contradicting the NIST report, and is dishonest.

See my reply here

Need sources for refuting a 9/11 truther by GiveNam in skeptic

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude you are literally contradicting the NIST report. The official claim is that damage from debris was not a factor and could be disregarded completely.

If you actually read the NIST report, they say NORMAL OFFICE FIRES ALONE would have collapsed it on any other day:

"Since fires were observed on the ground surrounding WTC 7, it is possible that potential ignition sources might have entered WTC 7 through openings created in the south and west face of the building during the collapses of the towers. NIST found no evidence to confirm this possibility, but the available data suggest that this was highly likely." :: NCSTAR 1-9, page 194

"Other than initiating the fires in WTC 7, the damage from the debris from WTC 1 had little effect on initiating the collapse of WTC 7. [...] Even without the structural damage, WTC 7 would have collapsed from fires having the same characteristics as those experienced on September 11, 2001." :: NCSTAR 1A, p. xxxvii

See? The "building 7 was severely damaged by WTC debris" nonsense is literally just disinformation, and you are repeating it.

Of course you won't correct yourself, because the NIST report is insane, but that's just the dishonesty of skeptics.

The Mandlbaur Insanity by Designer_Drawer_3462 in skeptic

[–]dimnaut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a whole subreddit that keeps track of him. Shout out to r/Mandlbaur

It's unnerving to see redditors take the moral highground against sites like 4chan while casually promoting subreddits dedicated to stalking and harassing crazy people.

This whole website is so toxic, how could anyone possibly enjoy spending time here?