a fan told me i couldn’t find his flight

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[@dutchieboy80]

"I never post live, well first of all I never go outside" Said Rainbolt, the American who lives in Thailand and is currently staying in Sweden

[@HelloIAmDan]

well done sir you narrowed down his location to a whole country

[@douba_plusa]

@@HelloIAmDan they're pointing out the contradiction that rain bolt says he doesn't go outside yet he moved from the Americas to a country in Asia and is currently staying in a country in Europe

[@stat251097]

but he is still staying inside

[@Nappse]

@@stat251097 With all his stuff? He doesn't know who watches all his stuff. He's gotta be careful out there.

[@Bbknuckles]

@@stat251097 Sometimes you have to go outside to stay inside 🤯

[@theduckgamerr]

“Yo bro what do you do for a living?” “Dox people”

[@spartanbeast3575]

POV: you work for the FBI

[@KyleBaran90]

To be fair, he used publicly available information. Most people (especially younger generations) have terrible opsec and don't understand how much information they leave behind online. Now imagine having access to *internal* data that LEOs have access to on top of that. Crazy.

[@theduckgamerr]

@@KyleBaran90 yeah

[@Hinotori_joj]

I met a kid in highschool with a lot of money. I asked him how he had so much money and thats what he told me without hesitation. Later that year he got expelled for doxxing a teacher and multiple students.

[@spartanbeast3575]

@@Hinotori_joj yo that's crazy

[@nickm2015]

If I post a picture of a blade of grass this man will dox my entire family 💀

[@SportezMemes]

lmfao

[@FortyGV]

fr 💀

[@Friendly-Neighborhood-Asexual]

I get this is a joke, but he's pretty chill and only does it with consent and for good, or just challenges he finds

[@riccardoesclapon549]

bro don't challenge him like that, he'll use your default profile pic to find you so you can give him a pic of a blade of grass

[@Duckyosis]

“Oh i know that blade of grass its in this town in slovakia”

[@jipcoumou4935]

"i never post live, well first i never go outside" -rainbolt 2024. The man that is in the top of knowing how outside looks

[@spartanbeast3575]

and lives in a foreign country

[@DariusMo]

@@spartanbeast3575 what does that even mean

[@GhostOfJulesVerne]

"I never go outside." -The guy who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro

[@DjQwEEkPTinBF]

@@DariusMo he is constantly just going to live for months in different countries

[@ikkue]

@@DariusMoIt means that he's living in Bangkok, Thailand.

[@dbradley2497]

I like this because it's not about memorizing every inch of the earth like people assume... it's about getting good at using the tools that we have at our disposal.

[@gamesbond0078]

like memory of the entire earth xd jk totally agree

[@nb6175]

He knew about that specific rock formation which was the linchpin for the entire thing. Lets not kid ourselves here that this is just a trick of knowing the right resources to use. This is literally years of memorizing very specific details about every part of the earth.

[@lemonkey-gd]

@@nb6175 tbf that rock formation is quite well known, its a popular vacation spot and even without immediately knowing that specific rock its ez to find out where the guy was given the rest of the context

[@jakeerikssn4534]

@@lemonkey-gddefinitely sped up the process but he could’ve easily found the hotel without knowing about the rock formation

[@batcrow6224]

@@nb6175 He could've easily image searched the rock formation/hotel. The person who posted this took pictures of very prominent landmarks that could be easily searched backwards even with no knowledge whatsoever. You can double check this for yourself by taking screenshots of the video and then copy pasting into google lens.

[@rumilb]

"it looks like the flight is lifting off because... it doesn't look like it's landing" you can tell cuz of the way it is!

[@BLASTED246YT]

I wanted to find where he said that and I clicked on the exact point first try

[@alno1019]

this is an Aspen. you can tell it's an Aspen because of the way it is 😅

[@alexlowe2054]

It's because the plane is angled up, not down. Which means it's climbing. That only happens if the plane is taking off, or going around after a missed landing. Considering the very clear weather, a go-around is unlikely, and taking a picture after a go-around is also unlikely. So, it's likely landing. It's also turning towards the mountains, which only makes sense if the plane is taking off. There likely aren't any runways in those mountains, so a landing isn't likely. It's more likely to be taking off, pointing towards the mountains.

[@k03hl3r]

@@alexlowe2054 Also probably one of the easiest way to tell that it's a takeoff is at that altitude in an approach the plane would be gear down and at least 20 degrees of flaps. The flaps in his photo are up.

[@theplaneguy45]

@@k03hl3r actually, you can see that the flaps are down about 10-20˚. You are not wrong that the flaps show takeoff though, as they would be closer to 30˚ or 40˚ if they were landing.

[@ronngiang644]

Bro finna stalk people in space using light years to calculate the exact position of a spaceship

[@playerpgy]

at this point I wouldn't be surprised if he knows how to find you indoors.

[@spartanbeast3575]

Mars geoguesser next update, Elon Musk edition

[@tricksor6589]

Using stellar parallax and the constellations to determine your exact coordinates in the universe

[@Yrubully64GD]

finna is crazy

[@spartanbeast3575]

@@tricksor6589 your pfp is my face when reading this comment

[@patrickconnelly7940]

I would never in my life tell Rainbolt he CAN'T find something. I value what little privacy I have

[@matthewstuckenbruck5834]

Tip: Next time you lose your wallet, just say "I bet rainbolt CAN'T find my wallet" and wait for the video to drop

[@BigBoySnap]

Well, I guess you don't value your privacy enough. You just gave away too much information with your comment and your default profile picture.

[@BigBoySnap]

He will find you!

[@evillbunny2]

It doesn't matter anyway -- a dozen different tech companies know exactly where you are right now

[@harrikangur]

Him and LockPickingLawyer.. nobody in the world could hide.

[@AtlasComedy]

Did bro say lemme find his hotel real quick 💀💀

[@MyNameIsSalo]

not only that, he found where the plane was landing and at what time too

[@Adaho6]

@@MyNameIsSalo AND where he was sitting at

[@phucm1282]

Bro find his hotel as a random sidequest lmao

[@MarcelVos]

I think the most important takeaway here isn't that Rainbolt knows every place on earth. He had no idea where exactly the scenery outside of the place was. No, the most important thing is that a lot of people most way too much info about themselves online to make this possible. If this was the only image Rainbolt had access to and it wasn't posted on the day of the flight then I don't think he would've found it. But all the context clues about the user that posted it make it possible. If I posted a random image of a street in a town I cycled through to school every day he probably wouldn't be able to find it, but if I then also posted where I live and where I went to school then it's suddenly quite easy.

[@greensleevez]

Ah the days when the powers of OSINT, Sherlock Holmes and Asperger's Syndrome/Autistic Spectrum Conditions look exactly the same.

[@JosiahBradley]

You think Rainbolt could find the location of a random guest in RCT2?

[@1998marijn1998]

"If this was the only image Rainbolt had access to and it wasn't posted on the day of the flight then I don't think he would've found it." I think he would have found it, but it is way harder and takes longer.

[@geekymonkey]

The takeaway is a combination of: bits of information, tools at our disposal, a sharp mind

[@SKDemon0]

It would still be extremely easy to find the exact flight with just that image (and the knowledge that it was tweeted live), it's an aerial view spanning miles with multiple defining landmarks which is arguably better info than the streetview in GeoGuessr. It would just take longer since he couldn't immediately confirm it's Mexico at that exact airport, he'd need to manually look over the map where he thinks it is to find it.

[@plzletmebefrank]

... Punching in 9-11 while trying to find an airplane flight...

[@blackassassine2562]

and it was headed to New York.....

[@Natoree]

Ok bro, why did you have to do that? 😔

[@Watermalone119]

Good to know u find humor in the deaths of thousands of

[@Muchinoi]

@@Watermalone119 Did you forget to finish your sentence

[@plzletmebefrank]

@@Watermalone119 Did I say I found it humorous? No? Huh. Okay then.

[@MaxRovensky]

To make your travel Rainbolt-proof, only fly VFR in small general aviation planes without ADS-B transmitters

[@TacgnolSimulacrum]

Sounds like something Rainbolt would say "You definitely need to fly close enough to the ground for all landmarks to be easily visible, and fly general aviation so that I can use un-secured IP cameras to find your tail number"

[@max2themax]

He's gonna use WSPR radio data to track the irregularities in radio wawes being picked up by radio stations globally and track the position of the plane that way.

[@Fs3i]

Even if you fly VFR in GA planes, in many places you're required to have your transponder on, for safety reasons.

[@rusty9959]

So basically travel with the Cartel

[@BigBoySnap]

You can travel in a Stealth Bomber at night and still not be Rainolt-proof

[@IPurgeXI]

Imagine he’s in the plane and someone goes up to him and says “rainblot made a video about you”

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎ ‎

[@teslamick1592]

@@EEEEEEEE fair enough

[@booktionary--4276]

@@EEEEEEEE The letter A is better

[@aligator-iv1ds]

imaging your in exam you text this guy he send you the full corect answers instant

[@kyrianbilbao9073]

Rainbolt is the type of guy that says "And I'll see you guys next time" and actually see us

[@EExpIrEdz]

LOL

[@alexlowe2054]

It's funny that I learned this lesson over a decade and a half ago. I was on a private forum where someone posted a vacation photo, and the person found the exact place they took the photo from. Granted, it was in a major city with multiple landmarks, but the only information was a single picture. That day taught me to never post information that could identify me online. It's surreal that there are people alive today that grew up with the internet and never learned how quickly and easily someone can find their location using just a small bit of information.

[@mischa7823]

This reminds me of a girl I was briefly chatting with a few years ago. We were just online friends and never shared our addresses. One day she sent me a photo out of her new apartement after she moved. So I've invested like 20 Minutes (I'm not as good as rainbolt lol) and then simply asked her if she "moved into City X, Specific Street Y, in the apartement Z". And she was soooo shocked. Explained to her that the photo had enough information to get this information. Anyway... That was the moment I realized I might give stalker vibes due to this kind of hobby. We didn't talk much after that. But to be fair that's mainly due to me not buying her crap in an online game xD.

[@tappajaav]

@@mischa7823 And that is even when metadata is purged. When a platform/program used to share photo/video doesn't remove metadata it opens another whole can of worms

[@iamwhatitorture6072]

That's why he put emphasis on not live tweeting. If you put out vacation pictures after the fact, it doesn't help anyone find you

[@ordinarykiwi8553]

my mother does not seem to understand this. She is so paranoid about our information online yet posts photos that are probably some of the most "haha found you" crap i have ever seen. It has taken me years to get her in the habit of blurring out super easily searchable things in photos, license plate numbers, ect ect

[@BAGUETTEO8]

I cant believe you actually found my flight😭😭

[@spartanbeast3575]

I would have not been able to make the connection even if I had the Google Earth view spoonfed to me 💀

[@rogerwilco2]

This is not hard. Some of the things Geoguesser does are hard.

[@andrewshomemovies]

Did he get your seat right?

[@BAGUETTEO8]

@@andrewshomemovies 😓 yea

[@ThisCatIsASilverCat]

wait is that actually you lmao

[@JebKJ21]

big fan, but that seat placement is incorrect. as a massive plane geek i can easily tell that the seat was much farther back, likely in the last few rows, and due to the length a321 NEO, which is what aircraft he was on. easy mistake for a non avgeek to make.

[@user-hv2gq4wv8b]

Agree, def looks good 3 seats back from wing

[@JebKJ21]

@@user-hv2gq4wv8b i would say even further, a good 7 to 10

[@Dumzuh]

Rainbolt debunked

[@christianboekhout3475]

I'm not even an avgeek and I was surprised to hear him say he's right behind the plane. Def looked a bit further back to me just based on where I usually sit on flights

[@dr.woozie7500]

Yea the wing is longer and more swept back than it looks. He looks like he's in seat 27A-28A

[@kraykyle]

Bruh, at this rate if Aliens come to the Earth, they're gonna have like a sliver of a monitor shown, and Rainbolt would then locate where the infinite universe they're from, their weaknesses, and what they do every hour of the day down to the minute

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎ ‎

[@tappajaav]

@@EEEEEEEE Yeah that's what I think when I'm reading these "funny" hyperboles

[@Pluh_pluh_pluh]

The FBI been real quiet since this one dropped

[@Quarter_Turn]

This might have been more difficult to identify if he had a connecting flight through like Houston or something.

[@walrusman4622]

mans got the sharpest jawline I’ve ever seen bro it looks like he’s one of those anime characters that have their jawline at a point

[@A350flyernyc]

He was not in 23A. You can see the frame of the window in the edge of the picture, and given you can only see about half the wing, that shows the wing was considerably ahead of where he was sitting. I’d say this guy was sitting in a high 20s or 30s numbered row.

[@MissesWitch]

"well first of all I don't even go outside" it is something I also absolutely abide by!~ he never goes outside, yet knows more about the outside world than anyone else!

[@NorthzYT]

Rainbolt, the man who doesn't touch grass but knows more about it than anyone else.

[@aahilmemon]

There's a point in his videos where I feel like he just made a random assumption which could have been wrong and would have led to his answer being wrong but it ended out correct either way

[@bombbuddyw9308]

if he assumed wrong, then the flight path wouldn't line up, and then he can correct his assumption, but until then occam's razor holds. It's much easier and more likely to assume he's taking a flight from new york if he takes regular flights rather than from a complete other place he never posted about.

[@MarcelVos]

It's very much possible that this guy would go to another place, but the chance is small. He clearly lives in New York because of the Strava images so why would he fly anywhere else?

[@ImperatorSupreme]

⁠I’d think that the most likely reason he’d be going somewhere else is a connecting flight. JetBlue mostly flies out of New York and Boston, but they operate quite a few flights out of LAX. So a relatively short hop to LA then a Transcon to JFK.

[@mischa7823]

It's called "making and educated guess" and it is a vital part to OSINT

[@R0CK3T_DEV_]

I like how you made this video not just as something funny, but also as a way of showing that people with bad intentions can and will do these things and that people should be careful with what they post online. you a real one bro

[@HyperHrishiHD]

Flight to nyc on 9/11 😳

[@0JUSTGOATTHINGS0]

i also thought that 😭 🙏

[@GlazedDonutMan2012]

Rainbolt could leak GTA 6 with a triple A battery.

[@danylfilatov]

Funniest shit I've read today 😆

[@FallenPlasma]

Of course it had to be from 9-11 in September 💀

[@terryliu9015]

Of course it had to be on September 11th and of course he’s flying to New York

[@FallenPlasma]

@@terryliu9015 oh sh I didn’t realize that 💀 💀

[@nobodybutme-cs4iv]

this needs more likes xD

[@loudovikoswoldberg1432]

Who up raining they bolt?

[@IdentityIAm111]

Bro, is this a different language you're speaking?

[@MrSharkFIN]

i could make your bolt rain if you know what i mean

[@TJ_the_Tism]

​@@MrSharkFIN yes please 🤤

[@CrowEdits777]

600K BOIIII congrats 🎉🎉🎉

[@xmoderkingd]

Man searched the entire earth in less than 2 minutes for a single flight location and determined time, and flight. I'm genuinely lost in the process.

[@AvgeekRPLL]

Although maybe he shouldve downloaded the photo because there could be a chance he gets the exif data which would tell the time, day, and location of the photo,

[@fero5145]

I feel this is a testament on how humans love to record and log every bit of tiny information, especially on the internet

[@haruyu123]

The reverse for me. The Internet keeps getting stuff deleted

[@skizzrz]

atp i feel like hes gonna find my location through me just watching this video

[@spartanbeast3575]

nah don't worry you're good. you don't have any videos on your channel, so he can't use some browser extension that displays channel location below the video.. and you also don't have a channel description. plus KZbin values user privacy so it's not possible to access location info publicly. plus even if you did have video, you could have simply changed your channel location to some random country and he would never know.

[@Reinkjaky]

if you're using same nickname somewhere, where you do post stuff, like twitter, than it won't be that hard.

[@spartanbeast3575]

@@Reinkjaky oh right I didn't think of that.. dang

[@deputyhobbs9683]

He found this dude because of his posts on social media. If you have no posts of real life or what you happen to be doing you're good. Posting memes wont catch you either. 4chan found a location of someone purely through the cloud position but otherwise would have no hope unless the dude clicked an ip grabber or something

[@One21M]

Just subbed you deserve it like 10 mins that's all it took for you to find out where he was at and made it looks Soo easy 🙏

[@MRe-qy7mx]

Great job! You said everything on how to find somebody's flight

[@feenix1033]

Surely the CIA would have offered Rainbolt a job by now?

[@ashanteunderwood3736]

more like imagine what this guy can do by himself so imagine what the cia could do with billions funding

[@eineatombombe]

they probably have more skilled people

[@PourTheCoalToEr]

I think it's pretty doubtful either of them would be interested in each other. Rainbolt is doing what he loves and gets to make all his own choices, and I imagine he's making a pretty decent amount of money off it with how he's been traveling the world. Gov jobs have pretty mediocre pay. And I imagine getting him a clearance would be a nightmare with all the foreign countries he's been to in recent years and all the contacts he has in other countries.

[@numeritos1799]

The CIA knows about OSINT bro. Although truth be told, rainbolt is pretty good at it, especially when geographical matters are involved.

[@timewave02012]

Nation state actors don't need these skills, especially not top tier ones like CIA, NSA, Mossad, or SIS/MI6. They get the email address for the X account, cell phone linked to the email address, flight plan and hotel reservation from the email or phone, location from the original image on the phone, etc.

[@小粒]

"just how easy it is" ok dude

[@94nolo]

once you know about a few very free tools, it takes 10 minutes.

[@小粒]

@@94nolo I like to play around with overpass turbo during class lmao

[@dragovian]

Dude is gonna find the year something was took based on the stars, from a reflection of a glass

[@kylegoh9608]

this guy is the reason i almost never post photos anywhere

[@topias1447]

Definition of an OSINT pro. Excellent

[@DesertFernweh]

Most OSINT people started off playing Geoguesser

[@labiblabib1409]

@@DesertFernwehwhat is OSINT?

[@jenm1]

Normally you know which airport by the plane that takes off since certain companies are more likely to take off from certain airports depending on where they're going. Agreed, very dangerous to post this. It's more info than taking a pic in your local park.

[@b_charging]

This man is beyond any adjective.

[@HEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHUH]

I’m glad this man is using his power for good

[@azuquirtle]

You never know if Rainbolt is out there watching your stuff. In his next video he will find a picture that someone posted from their plane window, figure out the flight they are on in 3 minutes, kidnap them from the airport they land at, and deliver a public service announcement with them tied up in his basement to teach people about the dangers of posting pictures while on vacation.

[@irakli-2k]

Definitely a fed

[@Ashley.D]

Definitely agree not to share your flight pics while you're in the air, but so much of the surrounding info could have been obfuscated if the guy wasn't yapping about his whole life on Twitter

[@SebiSuper9mil]

Bro this guy ain’t humans he’s something else, an alien, AI, who knows but Rainbolt himself

[@NelsonDellis]

NO ONE IS SAFE

[@kOticVALO]

"im gonna find his hotel real quick" 😭😭

[@flynntytonidae5631]

I just did this today with a friend flying Los Angeles to Zurich. Knowing the aircraft type by heart helps a lot. I could see he was in a Boeing 777-200ER by seeing about 8 feet of the wingtip.

[@sepia2227]

Weirdly I think when he talks to like his other monitor and not directly to the camera, I prefer it, it gives him personality. We feel like we are sitting in on his session rather than being spoken directly to

[@reilysmith5187]

This is the only man on earth who could find out if your dead relatives are in heaven or hell.

[@tavafavereperamilakaisreperis]

lets go rainbolt vs geopeter

[@lewa1938]

This is just insane how quick it was... This is basically a PSA on posting photos when on vacation I guess Well done

[@yippee-vj1fo]

This is why I am paranoid. After my computer science studies I changed the way I behave online. If he can do this much with this little information, think about what big tech is doing with all of your life data...

[@WalamiFijilot]

where is mh370?

[@Pluh_pluh_pluh]

It’s always “what the sigma” never “where the sigma”. Rainbolt, can you find where the sigma?

[@spartanbeast3575]

in your math book

[@hevilmateold]

3:40 why i expected him to also say "his adress, credit card information..."

[@ankitchauhancr7]

THE RETURN OF THE KING

[@Aviation_Check]

"do not post live on vacation" more like do not post live or any photo with context wherever you are 👍👍

[@dhrititripathi6313]

you're built different T_T

[@VicJang]

Holy effing shit. RAINBOLT you never cease to amaze us!

[@AtoriKushina]

I work at an airport for PNS and yes it's super easy, we keep a log of all flights even on flight radar and all we need is the day and a picture of any part on the aircraft. The reason it makes it easy is because ALL flights are usually the same plane for most other airports like 124 2002 2062 etc we also never work on WIDEBODYS only E, CRJ, 73's and A320 family. Never post a picture of your location on a plane if you have people really trying to look for you.

[@bullymaguire8957]

I just want to see his villain arc

[@spartanbeast3575]

plot twist: his gf cheats and he's out to get the guy she's cheating with💀👌 true villain arc starts then

[@Arthur_Morgan_from_Ohio]

Holy

[@Vivtec]

"Or don't" felt like a threat lol

[@dr_ander]

Imagine an internet troll with these skills

[@SuperlexPlays]

*Thanks for 40k subscribers..* 😊😊

[@pierpaoloambrosi4740]

Bro really tweedet a picture from a plane on 9/11 💀

[@harshitsingh4105]

give this man a another planet

[@MaxLovesNascarOfficial]

*shows rain bolt a picture of a little crumb on the sidewalk* Rainbolt: “this looks like smalltown in Bosnia.”

[@thatlimabean]

what did we learn today? never get on rainbolts bad side

[@plankcaller]

nine eleven?!

[@dodgetruck8255]

Not funny

[@dodgetruck8255]

not funny

[@dimitrispapadakis2122]

funny

[@dimitrispapadakis2122]

funny

[@IbbyClips99]

Maybe funny

[@cedricquilal-lan1616]

my goosebumps has goosebumps. jeeezus!

[@karolworkowski3261]

That's just very very impressive. Real CSI stuff

[@TheQwertymon]

first ez

[@SnnowY.]

0 views ? Rainbolt fell off

[@gemyellow]

and here I thought he's just really good at geoguessr, then he throws a bunch of public info tools that we all should learn to utilize

[@rristbarrett3149]

This is truly incredible Seriously this video could literally be played for safety purposes before a flight

[@_._luckylucky_._]

If I would do a photo of a flower in my garden, he would have my full adress already

[@RainRush]

Rainbolt moving from Geoguesser to OSINT moment

[@Aerodude-kl3yi]

Rain bolt that winglet is the A320 family sharklet. The color is used by jet blue and delta. All you know from that winglet is that it is either and a319, a320, or a321 on delta or JetBlue

[@chrisbilling]

Would you consider doing more detailed breakdowns of the websites and tools you use to do these sorts of things? It may seem easy to you but for the average person like me, idk how to even start! You have a lot of knowledge on these things!

[@benjaminvdvyt]

Big whooptidoo. I once found someones location from a picture of a white piece of paper with the background being their wooden table. I used my skills to identify the wood, look up the makers in that area, and from there find out their address. This was quite a failure, but luckily there was 1 more hint I was able to find in the picture, which was their address on the piece of paper. It also had a name on it, it was my mom's.

[@iaminsideyourwall5243]

We should appreciate the fact that Rainbolt is not a supervillain, yet

[@Basta11]

This is as close to Sherlock Holmes as it gets.

[@Lucasisme_creates]

If I ever go missing call this guy

[@chronolyte7835]

Bro of course Rainbolt never goes outside, he already unlocked all the zones.

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

"He will never find this tree" *regrets words*

[@AndrewPRoberts]

Thankfully I have roommates, so even when I go on vacation there's someone else who's still home

[@ArthurTheEpicGuy]

Who needs google maps when you have rainbolt.

[@CryptoArch]

THIS IS INSANE LEVEL DETECTIVE!!!! OMG

[@anzaklaynimation]

He regretted the CIA. He considered that a dumb job.

[@TOPGLOBALFY]

i dont even dare to say hi to this bro, he might find whole family 🤣

[@JonahRakitt]

Hi rainbolt! love your videos so much!!! Pleaseeeeee teach us how to geoguess with PLANTSS

[@NickC_222]

This really goes to show that people post WAY more information that they're even aware of, or at least that they post information that implies or leads to other easily obtained information than they would ever imagine. This is just one easy example obtained from publicly available resources with a little bit of knowledge. Imagine how far someone could go with most people's profiles if they were using shady or illegal tools...

[@waynepalumbo8917]

That was magical.

[@maxemore]

This is like taking logic and experience and free online tools and using them autistically well

[@julianebug8409]

Bro could dox someone from a type 3 civilization 💀