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[robotrock]

Incredible

 

[123rl]

Just "national security?" So the rest of the world is safe then? Cool, thanks.

What a fool. I like Blink and I like Tom, but what a stupid decision. He'll fade away into obscurity very soon

 

[Archer]

Wait I thought I saw him at E3 with Blink 182 at Bethesda's conference...?

Maybe that wasn't him.

Blink 182 performed at a private Microsoft party at the Palladium back in 2001. Epic night out with wall-to-wall open bars, tai chi, hookers in shower stalls and a solid mosh pit.

Those fellow GAF folks that were there know what I'm saying.

 

[disappeared]

Mark and Travis won.

 

[v1lla21]

Hey mom there's something in the backroom
I hope it's not the creatures from above
You used to read me stories
As if my dreams were boring
We all know conspiracies are dumb

What if people knew that these were real
I'd leave my closet door open all night
I know the CIA would say
What you hear is all hearsay
I wish someone would tell me what was right.

 

[X-TREME GAFFER]

DO YOU BELIEVE IN HALLUCINATIONS

 

[Skunkers]

That's X-COM baby!

Edit: Fuck it, adding Tom DeLonge to my X-COM 2 team.

 

[Spring Drive]

I want to believe

 

[gogosox82]

Something really bad must have happened to this guy for him to be talking like this.

 

[Schmitty]

He is a real life Mulder

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

Wait I thought I saw him at E3 with Blink 182 at Bethesda's conference...?

Maybe that wasn't him.

Him, not. Matt Skiba, it was.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Good to see at least some people want to know the truth.

 

[OverBlood 3]

Robbie Williams of Take That fame is into the same stuff too. Fun fact.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

“I think that contact is kind of a vague description of a lot of things,” he added. “I think there has been [alien] hardware, and whether by design or by accident, it's fallen in multiple countries.”

That's how we got wifi right? It fell out of a ship.

 

[Tragicomedy]

What's his age again?

Should have been the first reply. 10/10.

 

[Boem]

What if he's the guy who finally figures it all out though.

I'm still hoping Obama gets to be the president to hold the press meeting in front of the White House where he reveals we've made contact with aliens. And I'm not even American. He's the coolest president we'll have for a while, and I can't see Hillary doing it (seeing Trump make that speech would be interesting in its own way, but would probably mean the end of the world).

 

[Rad-]

what if he's right

 

[Ethelwulf]

Tom DeLonge says he quit Blink 182 to investigate UFOs: ‘It’s a national security issue’



Oh yes, quite. Get right on that, Tom.

Paranoia symptoms right there

 

[wild wild rice]

So is he full blown Kanye or is this just a continuation of his adolescent penchant for pranks?

 

[pretty done]

...But those things didn't stop him before?

I mean, Tom was never good at either but he used to be able to at least try.

Go to YT and watch a live Blink performance with Tom in 2014. He doesn't even remember the lyrics to Dammit.

 

[keltickennedy]

Seems he is convinced....that there ARE angels in the airwaves.

 

[HStallion]

So is he full blown Kanye or is this just a continuation of his adolescent penchant for pranks?

Kanye is putting on an act, Tom seems like has some issues.

 

[PAULINK]

Those were lyrics from the heart.

 

[wild wild rice]

Kanye is putting on an act, Tom seems like has some issues.

True.

 

[Dangansona]

Too bad his fear of UFO's didn't keep him from forming Blink 182 in the first place.

Wow what a zinger!

Blink 182 was great and hopefully will be great again with the new album.

As for Tom, he wasn't an amazing musician but he had an unique voice and wrote catchy hooks and lyrics. I'm down for Matt but I wish old T was still around.

Wait I thought I saw him at E3 with Blink 182 at Bethesda's conference...?

Maybe that wasn't him.

That was Matt Skiba from The Alkaline Trio. He has replaced Tom but obviously they still sing the old songs. How did you like it?

 

[PillarEN]

The hero we deserve.

Spoiler

I love you Tom!

I mean, Tom was never good at either but he used to be able to at least try.

Go to YT and watch a live Blink performance with Tom in 2014. He doesn't even remember the lyrics to Dammit.

That's not fair. Eddie Vedder forgets lyrics too sometimes.

 

[Walter White Walker]

Quick, somebody get Tom Petty on discovering the truth about Atlantis, stat.

 

[shoplifter]

The book is actually enjoyable enough. I bought a copy when it was first released.

 

[kiguel182]

Really click bait title.

But yeah, he loves aliens and wants to do all of this weird stuff relating that so he as no time for Blink. More power to him I guess.

 

[Mad Season]

Not trying to start shit but... folks believe in a god they've never seen. Why is someone crazy to think aliens exist?

 

[HawksWinStanley]

lmao was waiting for this

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Late night, come home
Work sucks, I know
It left me hardware by the stairs,
Surprises let me know they're here.

 

[NHarmonic.]

lol, perfect.

 

[caffeware]

What's his age again?

9/10

 

[kiguel182]

But at some point a line was clearly drawn between joking around and being dead serious.

He was always serious.

He has said that the first thing he did when he got internet back in the day was search for this shit. And he has been going to sites to try and see aliens for the longest time.

The guy loves aliens and all of that stuff.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Uhhh huh

DeLonge seems long gone...

 

[The Elite]

Glad someone is looking out for our best interests.

 

[.la1n]

If it makes him happy then I'm not going to be the one to rain on the parade. I can't help but feel anything but sadness when I think of him nowadays or what Blink used to be to myself and my friends growing up.

 

[TaterTots]

I'm into UFO theories and such as well. I guess I'm a nutter to all of you lol.

 

[Feel the Swift]

When I was a kid I used to watch all of those alien mystery shows and they would interview ufologists and I thought that was the coolest job in the world.

Now that I'm an adult I wonder how the fuck those guys make money from being a ufologist.

Tom luckily doesn't have to worry about money.

 

[xDUMPWEEDx]

Tom's been into aliens and junk for quite a bit longer than that, there's interviews of him talking about it during blink's heyday in the late 90s/early 2000s. Plus the song titled "Aliens Exist" on Enema of the State.

Even longer than that.

 

[Rollo Tomasi]

That was Matt Skiba from The Alkaline Trio. He has replaced Tom but obviously they still sing the old songs. How did you like it?

Thanks to you and others for clearing that up. I wasn't physically there, and I don't think they streamed the performance. Was just watching the conference online and saw they were interviewed.

 

[Rembrandt]

i wonder how it is to be this crazy but still kinda functional.

 

[Leona Lewis]

 

[bootsthecat]

You're only batshit crazy if you're poor. This fella is simply an interesting eccentric.

 

[rodvik]

(“we don't really call it ‘aliens’…it’s much more complex than that”)

I am pretty sure its not much more complex than that.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Would the NRA let the aliens have guns?

 

[old manatee]

You guys are going to look like assholes when the aliens reveal themselves and choose him to be ambassador.

 

[Greddleok]

I'm bored to death of all of this. What went wrong? It's like Tom's a man overboard.

 

[Azalean]

I'm disappointed this hasn't been posted yet.

Yeah. Took way too long to be posted.