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Posting memories from late 90's to late 2000's everyday until I get bored, day 13 - The Balloon Boy Hoax (www.youtube.com)
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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Full on white privilege. Can't imagine the story would have ended up as quirky if us-foreign-policy

[–] witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

Internet Historian made a video about Balloon Boy that posits that the candid “confession” of the boy was a misunderstanding on live tv, and the cops leaned on them to admit it was a hoax under threat of deporting his wife, an immigrant who speaks ESL.