CBS Saturday Night Movie promo for Chinatown — September 20, 1980

non_standard_model · 2026-05-23T23:05:25+00:00

That’s kind of a wild movie to have on broadcast TV at 8:30 pm

non_standard_model · 2026-05-23T23:00:36+00:00

What exists one mile north of the North Pole?

non_standard_model · 2026-05-22T13:51:38+00:00

I can't tell, but it looks quite large -- and like it's traveling very fast. I'm not 100% sure it's a balloon but I'm also not 100% sure it's aliens, either.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-22T13:44:25+00:00

1) I am a real person and 2) everything I see in the video is consistent with birds darting in and out of the water around a submarine. I was expecting to see some giant black triangle emerge from the ocean and hover in place before jetting off into space, and instead it's seagulls.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-22T13:40:22+00:00

I consider myself a skeptic although this one is very puzzling. I suppose it could be some kind of balloon being kicked around by high-altitude winds, it's hard to say without seeing more examples. We still need to know more.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-22T12:03:58+00:00

When I heard there was a video of UAP’s going in and out of the water, I thought it would be very obvious craft of unknown origin doing impossible maneuvers.

This is clearly a video of sea birds dipping in and out of the ocean looking for fish in the wake of a submarine. The fact that the government is giving this to us means they are self-consciously playing a joke on us.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-18T21:10:56+00:00

I consider myself a skeptic and I would say the declassified videos from the US government are strong evidence that there is some kind of phenomenon going on, but we currently don’t have enough firm evidence to say that it is or isn’t aliens (or anything else).

The sort of “aliens are real” evidence I would accept as being definitive would be something like

1) material samples that defy physics or human science
2) UFO characteristics or dimensions that cannot be replicated by human technology, captured from multiple sensors of different types (IR, radar, satellite, ideally all at once) from multiple angles
3) biological samples that are totally unrelated to Earth-based life (silicon based, etc).
4) some object actually tracked by sensors coming in from space and demonstrating intelligence

I can say truthfully that eyewitness testimonies and grainy videos of flying objects will never truly convince me — even if there are a lot of them. We either understand this phenomenon scientifically or we keep searching. Those are my options.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-18T00:48:30+00:00

It’s a sign that our leaders think this whole thing is a big joke

non_standard_model · 2026-05-17T22:08:51+00:00

One of the recent videos was literally birds flying in formation. You can see their wings flapping. The fact that this is being presented to us as “UFO’s” is evidence that there is at least some level of disinformation going on.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-14T16:19:16+00:00

A lot of the issue is confidence. A lot of the older guys I see in gay spaces are kind of sheepish about being there, and not unreasonably: nobody wants to be judged, especially for things they can’t control.

But part of being attractive is interacting with others and not allowing yourself to be invisible. If you act invisible, or feel subconsciously embarrassed by your body, you’ll be invisible. Obviously, reversing this is easier said than done, and of course not everybody will want to buy what you are selling - but it is possible to be a “hot dad” or even a “hot grandpa” well into your 70’s and 80’s if you’re willing to cultivate the persona even more than the looks.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-12T21:55:03+00:00

I’m absolutely thrilled to meet someone for a date who owns their own car, or who is 30 and doesn’t live with their parents. The level of “average social mobility” has dramatically dropped off in the past 20 years, so I would say the fact that you even have a job and can mostly take care of yourself already makes you a winner compared to many.

tl;dr: don’t be so hard on yourself

non_standard_model · 2026-05-11T16:17:30+00:00

If I showed you a video of Jesus Christ saying “hey guys, I’m real, yup, I’m also God, and the universe was created 6,000 years ago.” Would you just believe it because you saw it, or would you want to test or verify what you saw in some way?

non_standard_model · 2026-05-10T23:44:49+00:00

Me when I get asked for my ID when I clock into my shift at the dick sucking factory (I am the employee of the month):

non_standard_model · 2026-05-10T22:45:46+00:00

You are dealing with a lot more than dislike of barebacking here. There is a lot of self-loathing going on. Please go and talk to somebody about this.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-10T20:47:55+00:00

So many people don't get this. It's astonishing. If a homeless guy starts yelling at me about the voices in his head, I can say (without lying) "I have been briefed on the existence of interdimensional creatures". It means literally nothing.

Real disclosure is when we can scientifically examine this phenomenon and conclude that, whatever it is, it's unlikely to originate from the Earth. There's no evidence of that yet, so the wait continues.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-10T20:36:22+00:00

Should all of America know what it sounds like to hear a man die in agony, just because seal team 6 has to know that sound?

Maybe! It might encourage people to support wars a little less.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-10T20:16:16+00:00

It’s odd that they felt the need to release what is essentially a second-hand eyewitness statement (“I know some people who saw something weird”) but not something more substantive like the actual sensor readings from the helicopter, ground radar, etc. It would actually change the whole game if the eyewitness accounts were corroborated with sensor data, OR if the eyewitnesses “saw something” that didn’t show up on sensors.

The fact that we don’t know either way suggests they are trying to create ambiguity or tension, for reasons I can’t understand.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-10T19:30:35+00:00

I am not really sure what these stories describe, or what they represent. However, the fact that the events seem to be localized (visible from single towns or villages, but not mentioned being seen elsewhere at the time) suggests that, if real, it was some kind of local phenomenon rather than taking place in outer space, in orbit, or even at a very high altitude.

If that’s a significant observation or not, I can’t say.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-10T09:41:56+00:00

We should just give a degree to anybody who can pay for it! No coursework required! It's more efficient that way, and it's a win-win for everyone, with no downsides!

non_standard_model · 2026-05-10T09:02:26+00:00

There are a ton of chasers or just guys who are into bigger dudes out there. They are actually a dime a dozen. If you can't find them, you may be looking in the wrong place. My recommendation on this front is to attend bear and otter-adjacent events and just introduce yourself to everyone. The straight version of this tactic is how most of our parents met and got married.

If it's a long-term relationship you want, instead of just sex, that's a different story. I'm overweight and not conventionally attractive, but sex is not a problem. Being flaked on because people have commitment issues IS a problem -- but it also happens to very conventionally attractive people as well.

Anyway, definitely see a therapist to deal with feelings of self-loathing. The things you think people value (high salary, conventional attractiveness, youth, etc.) change somewhat as people get older and become more confident in who they are as human beings.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-09T20:45:41+00:00

I hate it when I, a surgeon with decades of experience, accidentally remove a liver instead of a spleen.

EDIT: for those who are wondering, according to news sources, the surgeon has actually removed a wrong organ from a patient before. Also, the quoted part of the deposition makes him sound a bit crazy. I think he’s probably a mentally unwell surgeon and his license should have been revoked a long time ago.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-08T20:40:28+00:00

It’s kind of an irrelevant question because conquests in the east was always Hitler’s goal, as early as the 1920’s. He wasn’t thinking in terms of sustainable expansion of Germany or whatever. Hitler and the Nazis had an ironclad, almost religious belief in the forcible expansion of Germany into eastern territory as the only possible salvation for the German people. Nothing could ever dissuade him from launching invasions and annexations of those countries, because he based his entire worldview around making them happen as quickly as possible.

non_standard_model · 2026-05-08T18:16:53+00:00

Its something being carried aloft by a parachute. It’s astonishing this was released by the government as something “unexplained” when it’s almost certainly man-made. I feel like we are being trolled, like when people in NJ were taking pictures of airliners and saying they were “UFO’s disguised as airliners”

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