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> oh, so we have a complete list of the names of the individuals actively trying to kill the internet?
Brian Suits told a story about his time in Iraq. Power had to stay on, water had to stay on, right? So he said that when it didn't, they'd go into a town, they'd see the guy that was in charge of the power plant, water, whichever, invariably the mayor's idiot brother or cousin or something like that. And the guy would sell the copper to someone, or he'd get drunk and not show up to work, or someone would bribe him to turn it off for a few days. So they'd start bringing the boss over to see this guy, the lieutenant or whoever would do a meet and greet with him, then photo op, and they'd sit and sip tea. And then he'd say "All right, the power needs to stay on here. It was off all week last week. If it goes off this week, we're going to take this photo of you and me shaking hands, walk through town, and make sure everyone sees that photo, and ask them if they know where to find you because we owe you money for helping us out."
So, you know, maybe these people are legit awful, or maybe these people are on the shit list of someone else.