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15. "Brown people are dumb"

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:51 PM

11 hrs ago

von Daniken in a nutshell

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Erich von Daniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90 [View all] eShirl 13 hrs ago OP

Erich... Clouds Passing 12 hrs ago #1

RIP to an explorer of possibilities. JustinBulletin 12 hrs ago #2

Alternative "facts" wolfie001 11 hrs ago #11

+1000 paleotn 12 hrs ago #5

Basically the whole premise of the Joe Rogaine Show wolfie001 11 hrs ago #10

Fascinating OC375 12 hrs ago #4

Lazy science? Oh! You mean science based on actual evidence. paleotn 12 hrs ago #6

THIS wolfie001 11 hrs ago #9

Nope OC375 10 hrs ago #17

I read that book many years ago Bayard 11 hrs ago #7

Pseudoarcheology with probably white supremacist views wolfie001 11 hrs ago #8

"Pseudoarcheology with probably white supremacist views" LudwigPastorius 7 hrs ago #22

They always fantasize about a lily-white society wolfie001 4 hrs ago #24

I've yet to see anything convincing in regards to aliens wolfie001 11 hrs ago #13

Loved Dniken's stuff as a kid, but then I grew up ... TomWilm 11 hrs ago #14

"Brown people are dumb" dalton99a 11 hrs ago #15

Yep nt wolfie001 4 hrs ago #25

Same assholes that went to Turkey looking for Noah's Ark wolfie001 4 hrs ago #26

Racist grifter. IrishAfricanAmerican 8 hrs ago #18

... trusty elf 8 hrs ago #19

Smokin' a Newport and teaching whitey how to Rock & Roll wolfie001 4 hrs ago #27

Science Fiction bmichaelh 8 hrs ago #20

Dude was a con man his whole life. LudwigPastorius 8 hrs ago #21

I was into 'Heavy Metal', the magazine wolfie001 4 hrs ago #28

Jailed for stealing from the Swiss Boy Scouts.... Mustellus 6 hrs ago #23

My god wolfie001 4 hrs ago #29

May he rest in piss sakabatou 4 hrs ago #30

This kind of thing tends to give street cred to conspiracy theories.. ananda 3 hrs ago #31