Lol? Conspiracy theorist convinces Armstrong that the Moon landing was faked

[Zvezdichko]

http://www.theonion.com/content/news...convinces_neil

What the hell is this?

[Paul Beardsley]

The Onion is a humorous magazine that features spoof (and otherwise unreal) news.

[slang]

What the hell is this?

Funny. Glad I could help.

[Zvezdichko]

Thanks This is also what I thought, but it looked so serious that initially I was shocked.

[Van Rijn]

Thanks This is also what I thought, but it looked so serious that initially I was shocked.

That's the joke. The whole article is about stuff we laugh about here, supposedly taken seriously by Armstrong over his own experience. For instance:

According to Armstrong, he was forced to reconsider every single detail of the monumental journey after watching a few persuasive YouTube videos, and reading several blog posts on conspiracy theorist Ralph Coleman's website[snip]

[slang]

They have a special take on gravity too. Extra funny if you know a bit about the Intelligent Design pseudoscience controversy.

[ToSeek]

Amstrong was swayed by OmissionControl's use of bolding and capital letters to highlight NASA's many blatant fallacies.

Maybe that's what I've been missing when I argue with these people - not enough bolding and CAPITAL LETTERS!!!

[Swift]

What has not been mentioned yet is that it was LANCE Armstrong who was convinced of the Hoax.

[SpitfireIX]

ToSeeked. That's okay, though; I think this article needs its own thread. I've started one over at JREF.

[mike alexander]

The only problem with the Onion is that it often makes more sense than the real news.

[Fazor]

Haha, here's my favorite line:

Despite having spent thousands of hours training for the historic mission under the guidance of the world's top scientists, technicians, and pilots, Armstrong said he knew the conspiracy theories were true after learning that website author Coleman was "quite the engineering buff."

I can see it now:
JayUtah: What qualifications do you have to support your argument?!! (You know, 'caus Jay often uses a multi-punctuation'al approach)
Conspiracist: Well, I'm *quite* the engineering buff!
JayUtah: Oh. Oh . . . well, then. Hmm. You got me there. Carry on.

[KaiYeves]

The Onion is satire.

No real newspaper would print space-related news as frequently as they do.

[Fazor]

No real newspaper would print space-related news as frequently as they do.

Very good point, Kai.

[LaurelHS]

I liked the article Mars Rover Beginning To Hate Mars.

[Larry Jacks]

The only problem with the Onion is that it often makes more sense than the real news.

That's because fiction has to make sense to be believable.

[Van Rijn]

Haha, here's my favorite line:

Despite having spent thousands of hours training for the historic mission under the guidance of the world's top scientists, technicians, and pilots, Armstrong said he knew the conspiracy theories were true after learning that website author Coleman was "quite the engineering buff."

Yes, I liked the bit about the part-time librarian trumping all the engineers that worked on Apollo. Ralph Coleman says it was impossible, so it was imposible!

I half wonder if the author of the Onion article had lurked here or at ApolloHoax. Of course, that isn't actually necessary - the style and claims are common enough - but it just felt so much like the stuff I see here.

[Paul Beardsley]

Yes, I liked the bit about the part-time librarian trumping all the engineers that worked on Apollo.

Part-time librarian assistant, please!

[Van Rijn]

Part-time librarian assistant, please!

That's just what the government shills want u to BELIEVE!!!





(Okay, sure, I read the article once last night and forgot that bit.)

[Buttercup]

The only problem with the Onion is that it often makes more sense than the real news.

[Glom]

Something is wrong with this article. The browser isn't casting any shadow on my desktop.

[slang]

Part-time librarian assistant, please!

Oook!

[Daryl71]

Anybody else notice that the conspiracist's name is Ralph (Ralph Rene, anyone?) and that he's a librarian's assistant (like Bill Kaysing)?

The Onion must have done their research on this one.

[SpitfireIX]

Anybody else notice that the conspiracist's name is Ralph (Ralph Rene, anyone?) and that he's a librarian's assistant (like Bill Kaysing)?

The Onion must have done their research on this one.

I caught the Rene reference, with "self-taught engineer" becoming "quite the engineering buff." The Kaysing connection is more tenuous, but you may be onto something. Still trying to figure out if "Coleman" is a play on anything.

[Extravoice]

He's been researching the subject on the Internet for years.

The whole article is made from pure concentrated win!

[KaiYeves]

Still trying to figure out if "Coleman" is a play on anything.

He has Cole Slaw for brains?

[TheOncomingStorm]

They may have convinced Armstrong but did they convince JayUtah.

[BertL]

It's real. The thing about the LM is that it's bigger on the inside, though. How could they have kept this secret for so long?

[TheOncomingStorm]

It's real. The thing about the LM is that it's bigger on the inside, though. How could they have kept this secret for so long?

So the LM is a TARDIS, who would of thought?

[gwiz]

Still trying to figure out if "Coleman" is a play on anything.

James Collier?

[GoneToPlaid]

Its amazing. Already there are dozens of Google links to various web sites which have picked up this Onion spoof and are presenting it as fact.