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JoJo Anthrax (talk) 21:23, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

February 2024

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Talk:Pentagon UFO videos. Repeatedly calling editors "pseudoskeptics" is clearly intended as an insult. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 15:54, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Labeling others "true believers" and "crackpots" is also clearly intended as an insult. Therefore, eat a dick. 217.180.214.108 (talk) 16:42, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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Please stop attacking other editors. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Knock it off. Ad Orientem (talk) 16:51, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Have you admonished any of the other editors for using the terms "crackpot", "true believer", or "pseudoscientist"? They attacked first. 217.180.214.108 (talk) 17:02, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Also, I really don't give a shit about being blocked from editing. The pages I'm interested in editing are locked down by people who are arbitrarily and tendentiously disputing good sources, even when the source is literally allowed to be cited elsewhere in the exact same article. So, I'll go ahead and get myself blocked here, even though I have nothing against you personally: eat a dick. 217.180.214.108 (talk) 17:08, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

dont say bad words! you can get blocked! Sebbers10 (talk) 17:10, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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