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Advanced_Shoulder_56 t1_j96xgfk wrote

Did someone actually say they were von numan probes? Or weren't or... you know.

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DaveKellett OP t1_j96y362 wrote

oh gosh no...that's just hyperbole for the joke. But for a few days there, the sci-fi writer in me was like why is General VanHerck saying “We’re calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason.”

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3vi1 t1_j97m9j5 wrote

That reason being that they didn't want to look like dumbasses if they turned out to be sophisticated drones.

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DaveKellett OP t1_j97rl69 wrote

Mayhaps! they were bonkers inconsistent for about a week there

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