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Q-a-bong / eXploring News 2020.12.02

Published on: December 2nd, 2020 | Last updated: November 30, 2020 | Written by:
OMG Tunnel Of Death
Down the fake death rabbit hole.

What’s The Goss?!
Not only does NYC have it’s first black owned photography store (photodom), we now also apparently have our first graffiti store run by a female latina graffiti writer. Jakee has apparently opened this shop in Harlem. NYC might be going through a rough patch but the graffiti game here has exploded—seems like a great time to open such a shop.

In closer to home goss, this coming week I’ll be dropping our latest book: Exploring 5 Pointz. Should be shipping just in time for the holiday too. Stay tuned to the various social media accounts (mostly Instagram) if you want to grab a discount code.

Subway Madness
Will Biden pull up with cash to bail out NYC’s subways? It seems likely, but that hasn’t stopped allllll the newspapers from doing their best doomsday prophet acts predicting an end to the subways as we knew it.

Who wants to tell them that no, it’ll never go back to ‘normal’?

Also, the MTA shouldn’t get a dime of funding until they start automating some routes. Don’t at me!

Also, y’all heard about this crazy copper heist? Half a million dollars worth of copper. GONE. Hate to say it but it sounds like an inside job.

That New Tunnel Smell
Holy shit Japan really? People were told to evacuate their homes as a tunnel project from hell threatens to swallow their buildings.

Periodic reminder that Cuomo is a fucken snake.

Shorty’s Short Shorts
There was a murder/shooting at a ‘bando warehouse party in Phoenix last week and I’m like srsly? These people need better guest lists. Worst thing that ever happened at one of our parties was someone too drunk to get home!

A long abandoned building in Olean (NY) is going to be restored. Yo Chris what’s poppin?!

LOL Carole Baskin having to deal with the dirty, graffiti filled dump that was Joe Exotic’s zoo is so on brand for 2020. Seriously, the only thing that can make 2020 more 2020 would be for Trump to pardon Exotic (which very well might happen).

Activists in Las Vegas are checking in on that city’s mole people.

…When you working on your old ass house and find it is practically built out of booze!

Bando BBQ
Syracuse reported two ‘bando building fires in one morning. Which city will outperform them? It’s barely winter, the economy is in the toilet, and homeless are trying to stay warm.

International Update
Holy shit you can buy this huge Irish mansion complete with hidden tunnel for under $1M USD. That’s some temptation right there.

Fearless GOONS in South Africa picked their way through utility tunnel so they could loot a power plant.

A set of three buildings “worth 144 floors” was imploded in Abu Dhabi last week. Apparently these abandoned buildings had sat vacant for over thirteen years.

UK mine rescue teams are bent about Urbexors going into mines and acting like fools. At least them urbexors are smart enough to stay away from all the fatbergs they got going on over there.

And that’s a Wrap:
You want to know the most fun thing about maintaining a website with an open (yet moderated) comments section? YOU GUESSED IT.

This week’s insane comments come directly from the amazingly twisted world of Q Anon itself! The story seems to be this: someone in the right wing alternate reality found this page on the LTV site. (Note: IT WAS POSTED IN 2007). Also note: It is extremely sarcastic. I posted it to mock all the retards in the world who believe in endless mystery uncharted tunnels, satan worship, baby and animal sacrifices, all that spooky scary stuff that religious zealots pedal.

I’ve never publicly posted where the tunnel is, but for the sake of argument, I’ll add context: it’s under an abandoned hospital that is well known to urban explorers. The only people who have used this tunnel in the past five decades have been, you guessed it, urban explorers. The tunnels only connect to a few buildings on hospital grounds with no connection to any other tunnel networks. I know. I personally looked. Explorers are often nitwits. We tag up creepy stuff, prop up old medical mannequins to scare other explorers, you name it. It’s all in good fun/bad taste. That anyone in Q land would actually believe we found proof of their sick, twisted fantasy about kids being kidnapped and transported through tunnels, speaks volumes to how absolutely stupid these people are.

It also speaks volumes that this person wasted their time trying to spread their lunatic nazi agenda on a web page on *this* website. Straight to spam from here on Moica! BYE BISH!

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