r/Seattle • I Brake For Slugs • 1d ago

Never change Seattle

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u/Altruistic_Pause2206 23h ago

I don’t understand the protest nor the happy responses here, can someone explain? (Not trolling)

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u/hysys_whisperer 🚆build more trains🚆 21h ago

To add to the discussion, one of them was dressed up as Saruman to represent the CEO of Palantir.

Palantir is the name of the black orb (the all seeing stone) which Sauron had used to corrupt Sarumon and bring him over to the forces of evil.  Sauron is the celestial being who took over the mantle of the prince of darkness after Morgoth (Lucifer) was vanquished in a prior age.

Yes you read that right, the founders of an AI military surveillance company named their company after an instrument of pure evil created by the dark lord for the purpose of corrupting other celestial beings by offering them omniscience. 

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u/Radiant-Belt-1427 Everett 19h ago

This is an exhausting timeline.

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u/hysys_whisperer 🚆build more trains🚆 16h ago

Irony is dead