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Snowden Demystified: Can the Government See My Junk?

An anonymous reader writes Comedian and journalist John Oliver set out to understand US Government surveillance in advance of the June 2015 expiration of section 215 of the Patriot Act. What resulted was a humorous but exceptionally journalistic interview of Edward Snowden which distilled the issues down in a (NSFW) way everyone can understand. Regardless of whether you view Snowden as a despicable traitor or an honorable whistleblower, it's worth a watch.

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  1. The government can see my junk?!?!? by NotDrWho · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uh...I just got out of some very cold water, but normally, it would be HUGE, I swear.

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    SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
    1. Re:The government can see my junk?!?!? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Funny

      So we'd be DDOSing (Distributed Dick Overload Strategy) the NSA?

      Turning their day jobs into Chatroulette?

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      "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
  2. a total failure. by nimbius · · Score: 4, Funny

    Speaking on behalf of the NSA, no, we cannot as youve asked, "see" your "junk." We have collected so much vast knowledge of your human anatomy from the comfort of our underground high security facilities that it would be difficult to explain to the lay-citizen how we experience their reproductive organs. In our patented high security JunkChamber the bits and pieces as you call them of nearly every human being who has ever entered or lived in the united states for more than 70 years is experienced at our leisure. Junk from the mid 19th century as well as african american junk which was at the time deemed 3/5ths junk, is painstakingly simulated and recreated in our private parts simulator.

    now you may be asking, "what does this do? how does this keep me safe?" but let me assure you the details of which are so complex your poor mind would hardly have the fortitude to endure even a cursory explanation. Whats important is that you remember thanks to this compendium of human evolutionary anatomy (in 3d and projected oftentimes 6 stories tall) has kept us safe from terrorism for eons. Now return to the television, for the idols of america will begin soon and you'll not want to miss the opportunity to tweet and text your friends and ours about the events as they unfold, and the products you aspire to consume.

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  3. Re:Pedantic but Needed Suggestion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uniting and
    Strengthening
    America by
    Pictures of
    A
    Turgid
    Rod on the
    Internet
    Or
    Telephone

  4. Re:The McClure's magazine of Twitter Generation by ganjadude · · Score: 4, Funny

    hi. im Troy McClure. you might remember me from such shows as the simpsons. also Death.

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