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* The user ''SimplePlan2009'' is likely mocking the other commenters. While the conspiracy theorists frequently claim the Apollo footage was shot on a "{{w|Sound stage|soundstage}}", the poster takes the ludicrous position that the Moon shot was faked by actors filming the scene on {{w|Mars}}, a planet that at its closest approach to Earth is over a hundred times farther away than the Moon. Landing humans on Mars (much less landing enough people and equipment to set up a soundstage) is a feat that has still not been accomplished, and if it had been possible during the Apollo era, the landing on the Moon would have been a trivial task in comparison. In other words, why go through all the trouble of faking it, if doing it for real would have been no trouble at all? | * The user ''SimplePlan2009'' is likely mocking the other commenters. While the conspiracy theorists frequently claim the Apollo footage was shot on a "{{w|Sound stage|soundstage}}", the poster takes the ludicrous position that the Moon shot was faked by actors filming the scene on {{w|Mars}}, a planet that at its closest approach to Earth is over a hundred times farther away than the Moon. Landing humans on Mars (much less landing enough people and equipment to set up a soundstage) is a feat that has still not been accomplished, and if it had been possible during the Apollo era, the landing on the Moon would have been a trivial task in comparison. In other words, why go through all the trouble of faking it, if doing it for real would have been no trouble at all? | ||
| − | The reputation of YouTube comment threads as cesspools of abject stupidity and blatant trolling is revisited in [[301: Limerick]] and [[481: Listen to Yourself]]. | + | The title text is the first reference to {{rw|Sheeple}}, which [[:Category:Sheeple|appeared a few more times]] in xkcd comics. The reputation of YouTube comment threads as cesspools of abject stupidity and blatant trolling is revisited in [[301: Limerick]] and [[481: Listen to Yourself]]. The username CrackMonkey74 appears again in [[406: Venting]] and [[574: Swine Flu]]. |
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| − | The username CrackMonkey74 appears again in [[406: Venting]] and [[574: Swine Flu]] | ||
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