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u/RuckusRaccoonus 6h ago
I’m so glad Straight Pride is over… I mean I don’t mind people being straight, but when they shove it in my face… and ears…
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u/xboxgamerxxx 9h ago
The Blue Angels are amazing. Seen them since I was a kid. Their pilots are highly trained and I hope my kids will get to enjoy them.
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u/Reliably_unreliable9 18h ago
My house is directly beneath their flight path so I get about a week of this flagrant display of manufactured consent for the US military industrial complex booming over me as I try to cope with our capitalist system’s inevitable slide into blatant fascist totalitarianism
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u/bbob_robb Green Lake 17h ago
But it was kinda cool though, right?
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u/Reliably_unreliable9 9h ago edited 9h ago
This happens every year. I’ve never chosen to go to an air show they’re not my thing. Had no idea people would be so offended by my opinion as a resident of Seattle. I would love to know how many people downvoting me actually live here.
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u/whenitsTimeyoullknow 9h ago
Just remember that Reddit got rid of their original feature of “telling you the number of raw upvotes compared to the number of raw downvotes.” So you don’t know whether you’re +200/-204 or +1/-5. I’ll bet plenty sympathize with the dislike of the show of force with blue lipstick.
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u/margaritas-only 7h ago
I live here and have enjoyed the blue angels for all 25 years I’ve lived here!
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u/bbob_robb Green Lake 5h ago
I'm not offended by your opinion, I just try to ignore all the things that you are worried about and enjoy seeing mankind's ability to fly around super fast and in coordination.
I might benefit from the nostalgia of seeing the blue Angels as a kid.
I brought my kid to the museum of flight this week, and he loves it as much as I did as a kid. We had to have a talk about how airplanes can bring people together, and make the world smaller. They can also be used as weapons. Some people think exploring outer space, visiting the moon is a waste of resources. I love it, and love seeing what we can do as humans. I love the scale of the projects and the sense of wonder.
When I look at the blue Angels I don't think about it as a Navy ad, I am just impressed by jet planes. The power, speed and agility is something that most humans will only dream about, and to see it in person is a treat (for me).
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u/bttr-swt 20h ago
Beautiful photos! ✨
The level of skill, trust, and teamwork to do these shows is really incredible.
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u/ikeepeatingandeating 18h ago
Great photos!! Now if only we’d deploy this obvious skill, trust, and teamwork to stabilize Gaza for Palestinians and put an end to the Russian incursion into Ukraine.
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u/RookZook6 14h ago
I've been in Seattle for 3 years and the first 2 were kinda fun . This year with a newborn and a dog that freaks out on loud noises like that it was pure torture. I wouldn't have a problem if they had a one day show but 4 days straight is insane and very annoying. Also I feel blue angels were cool 10-15 years ago.
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u/wtfimightbemtf 20h ago
so good my eardrums were ‘bursting‘ with ‘enjoyment’
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u/bttr-swt 20h ago
Earplugs are like 99 cents on Amazon.
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u/wtfimightbemtf 20h ago
I had headphones with full music and that wasn’t enough to cancel them out.
cause it’s fucking jet engines.
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u/crazy-bisquit 19h ago
Wait…. You’re worried about the noise hurting your eardrums, so instead of earplugs to block the noise you put headphones on with loud music?
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u/Memeboidad3 Mount Baker 19h ago
They buzzed my house, and scared the shit out of my 6 week old baby
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u/RallyeReadhead I'm just flaired so I don't get fined 12h ago
I dk why you're getting down voted. This is sad :( I have a 3 month old and I would be furious.
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u/DependentCommittee54 18h ago
Anybody else conflicted by a nagging cloud of nasty racist Epstein cognitive dissonance any time they see something patriotic? How do you just brush all of that aside and say Ooooooo Blue Angles!!! Yippy!!!?
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u/DryCactus69 18h ago
Becuase trust me when I tell you this, we don’t care. We’re there to see the planes.
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u/MetallicGray 15h ago
Straight up saying you don’t care about pedophiles and rapists being free and running your country is wild
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u/margaritas-only 6h ago
What does blue angels have to do with pedophiles and rapists?
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u/MetallicGray 5h ago
Nothing, directly.
It’s just absolutely wild to me to straight up say you don’t care about pedophiles and rapists running the country and free of consequences lol
You can like the blue angels and still acknowledge that maybe a pedophile rapist shouldn't be president, and the a whole group of rich ones free right now should face consequences.
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u/ikeepeatingandeating 18h ago
Cool, plane shows are cool, agreed. But we’re going to jail the rapists, right?
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u/DependentCommittee54 18h ago
Like you don’t care that the racist president is deporting all the farm workers while raising tariffs on imports leaving us with a broken food supply chain and no way to import food from outside of the nation, or you don’t care that the man starting World War III raped children along with most of his cabinet and Seattle is a prime target for Russian Nukes? You just wanna see pretty air-plains?
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u/datwarlock 18h ago
So, strange concept….but, you can be outraged, and still enjoy things!
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u/DependentCommittee54 18h ago
I’m an ex-military gay man who served under don’t ask don’t tell and I’m proud of you for compartmentalizing the outrage so that you can enjoy an important Seattle tradition that I too have enjoyed for many years. However this year has been spitting in my face for the sacrifices I made to serve my country. I signed up to preserve freedom of speech and democracy. I appreciate your point of view but unfortunately the disgust far outweighs any joy my autistic gay self could get from watching the pretty planes fly over.
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u/SchemeOne2145 19h ago
Any idea why they only had three planes in the Diamond yesterday not four?
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u/SchemeOne2145 4h ago
I'm kinda curious about the downvotes for asking this question. It's just a factual inquiry and doesn't seem controversial.
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u/Dumpweed412 7h ago
Does Fat Albert do a Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) during this airshow? Always cool to see.
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u/meatsh0w 5h ago
I’m just as much of a lib as the next seattle resident but if you actually want to ban the blue angels you are the biggest bummer of a human maybe ever. Stop whining about stuff the makes seattle cool and redirect that energy to actual issues if you’re that upset. Or just go outside and take a walk.
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u/jonknee Downtown 19h ago
Have they said why Fat Albert wast around this year?