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Did any of them have those dumb little, loud ass engines attached? Because, if so, I understand a little more.
I don’t think so. The other article literally just mentions this person lives near a paraglider school. I’m assuming beginners don’t fiddle round with paramotors.
Gotcha. I was just somewhere and didn’t realize those things existed until I heard one. It’s like the inventor of gas powered leaf blowers just wanted to ruin some more people’s days.
There are some electric ones but yeah the gas ones are an absolute horror.
“AAAHHH! Hamas are attacking… Doncaster?”
We should study her brain
It would be more useful as a paper weight
Maybe, but I think there’s something much more insidious going on here than a random person with weird delusions. I think this is a symptom of the panic narrative that’s being boosted all over the world by far-right parties and candidates, social media, and incompetent - or at least misguided - news networks.
If you keep hearing about how the big evil is all around you - it’s your neighbors that looks different, your colleagues with a weird accent - and that that evil is coming to get you sooner rather than later, then when you see something that looks different than usual, what are you gonna think it is? The big evil you’ve been hearing so much about, of course.
This time, it’s some old lady thinking paragliders are Hamas, but many times it’s some other people saying “the gays” are trying to spread communism and infect the children.
This was my takeaway. Shes so spun up with fear she sees on TV she thought it possible it could show up at her door.
Oh no! If they take out Doncaster, who will eat all the Gregg’s?
Do you know what else terrorists use all over the world? Cars! How long will we allow these dangerous contraptions to be freely available?
So that’s why the US banned Toyota Hyluxes.
It’s not. The real reason is so much stupider. IIRC it happened partially because of eggs.
Well classical lobbying then.
Ahh that’s right. Chickens not eggs.
That depends on which came first
Don’t the chickens come on the eggs?
That’s fish.
Anyone who knows how evolution works and thinks about it for two seconds KNOWS that the egg came first.
Cars have legit gotten somewhat popular as a rampage weapon in Europe. I think knives are still number one but there’s a trend for sure.
Those poor mass murderers just couldn’t get their hands on a gun. So unfair!
You are now an admin on /c/fuckcars
D O N C A S T A H
Takes me back to the early post-9/11 days where lots of random shit is terrorism. Not back to anyplace I wanted to be, but it does take me back.
I hope he can see this, because I am doing it as hard as I can.
Real talk, we have to figure out how to handle this kind of chronic fear and paranoia, because this shit ain’t normal, but it is frighteningly common.
Like yeah this is a hilariously over-the-top example, but the amount of people you and I both know who go through life genuinely thinking that they’re going to be the victim of a kidnapping or worse at any given time is astounding. And it’s not without impact either, because this is exactly the unfounded sense of fear that conservatives/fascists seize on to manipulate the population.
I don’t know the solution, but a world where everyone is afraid of their own shadow is a literal hellscape.
There were people who went out an shot at water towers during the radio airing of War of the World’s. Floridians will routinely try to make hurricanes go away by shooting at them. Police get hundreds of calls about Venus every year.
There’s no fixing this type of stupid. All we can hope for is to keep it from spreading too far.
God damnit, stop making the case for eugenics already. Let RFK’s absurd health advice do its thing, weed them out, and we can hand out the Darwin awards in a few years.
That’s still eugenics, just as side effect
When I said no fixing I meant it. Not even genetic manipulation can fix this kind of stupid.
If I were a betting man, I’d wager this woman spends a lot of time scrolling through right-wing posts on Facebook about the “invasion” of Britain. A Brexit type, if you will.
That’s just speculation in this specific case, but the amount of fear-mongering right-wing content on social media is absolutely a contributor to this kind of worldview more broadly.
A contributor? I would call it a primary source, tbh.
The way to handle it is to find the “The Architects of Fear”, getting rid of them, and making sure no new ones take their place.
I don’t think you’ll ever be able to get fully rid of religion and terrorists
The solution is multi-factorial and will take a generation to implement. Expand the social safety net, expand public education to encompass critical thinking skills and researching skills, restrict private media monopolies that hold public consciousness in a deathgrip.
Yeah, I’ve taken drugs, too.
Sorry to Americans, but at first I thought this must have been from the US.
There would have been mention of some of the paragliders shot.
Don’t forget the GoFundMe for the mental anguish of arbitrarily murdering someone…
Dont worry. The Brits are dumb as fuck too.
sauce?
Junji Ito for sure
Gyo, it’s the same guy who created Uzumaki
Man some people just aren’t trying anymore; according to the weather forecast it’s going to rain Hamas on 17 October 2025, not 2023.
PS: Should probably mention that this is The Onion.
Bruh. Omw to post this in not the onion.
Aw naw! They’re comin’ from Bradford!
That picture is not Doncaster, It’s Devils Dyke in Sussex, UK. It is facing East toward Chanctonbury Ring (furtherest hill in the distance). Behind the photographer will be a pub and a carpark. Its a drive of about 230 miles between there and Doncaster. #justsaying
So you’re #justsaying that the chickenshit woman is also full of regular human shit?
More likely the ‘journalist’ just grabbed a stock image (it even credits Getty Images) of paragliders.
Well, duh. The photo isn’t of Doncaster because it’s already fallen to Hamas.
I’d watch this Red Dawn reboot.
