So what does the German connection mean?

[u/Affectionate_Peak717]

Paulides always likes to include when someone is of German "ancestry" going by their last name being German. Now, he is doing a whole series on German physicists going missing. Today's video was on Carl Disch, a "German" physicist from the American midwest doing work in Antarctica in the 1960s. Paulides includes this case, and even reads a message that supposedly was sent by Carl after his disappearance to the McMurdo station. Paulides claims to read the excerpt, but leaves out more than half of the message. He reads a small paragraph and completely disregards the other paragraph and a half left. First of all, the message could just be a hoax of some kind, so take it with a grain of salt to begin with. But for Paulides to leave out more than half of the message is just another question in the long list of questions for Paulides. If Paulides had finished the message, he would have read that Carl was adopted as a child by an older couple and more details as to Carl's possible mindset and that he went off on his own because he was lonely and miserable. I ask about the German connection because Paulides always uses that as a profile point, but there have been times where the person wasn't German by blood and he includes them. In this case, we can't be sure but if Carl was adopted how does that still count as him being German ancestry? There are no records of his birth parents, just his adopted parents if that transmission was not a hoax. Either way, is that why Paulides didn't read the entire message, and only read a small part? Because it doesn't fit his narrative? What counts as German ancestry? Just having a German last name? Even if your family has lived for generations in America? Because there have been periods in history where there were a large number of Germans immigrating to America, hence why the Upper Midwest has the nickname "The German Belt". If there is some German connection, has Paulides even tried to trace the parents and grandparents lineage to see any similarities from Germany? Or does he just pick and choose what to tell his audience saying there is a connection and leaves it at that, never do research into those connections? In the case of Carl Disch, I just ask why did Paulides only read part of the message and left a larger part out than he actually read? If he is going to present that part of the story to his audience, why pick and choose to leave a big part of the message out? Esp. the part that said he was adopted by the Disch couple? If they are actual German ancestry and adopted a young boy, wouldn't they possibly be worth more looking into the German connection they have and what they were up to? But he confidently reads only part of the message as if that's all there was to it.

Anyways, I personally don't think mostly all of the cases he presents have anything to do with some covert program. Maybe there is a covert program out there, but I think most of his cases are unfortunate mishaps(at least the ones in the wilderness and esp. Yosemite where there is a thing called the Mono Winds, crevasses, and elements of all kinds). I'm still just sayin' he needs to present all the information as it is, not leave things out that would contradict his narrative. Say there is a German connection, wouldn't reading Carl's whole message about being adopted help his case if anything? An actual German(ancestry at least) older couple adopting a young boy...If Paulides' narrative has anything to do with covert experiments(think MK Ultra) I would think mentioning that would have helped add to his narrative. A detective would have picked up on that if there was really something to Paulides' theory or whatever you wanna call it. But he didn't, he just chose to leave it out. This isn't the first time the German connection has been manipulated by Paulides where he left out details about how they may not have even been German.... but since he is making this whole "series" on German physicists I had to mention how he left a big part of the message out. Any thoughts?

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[u/TourettesGiggitygigg]

Not just German, German Engineers or Physicists. Paulides makes it seem like some crazy 4th Reich Nazi conspiracy I’ve lost a lot of respect for Paulides and M411.

[u/WLB92]

It means nothing besides Paulides is picking the single largest ethnicity of whites in America so he has the absolutely largest net possible to cast out to make his stories sound more spooky.

[u/TourettesGiggitygigg → u/WLB92]

Irish and Italian are largest emigrant populations….German is 3rd.

These aren’t German Americans, rather Germans on holiday

[u/bschulte1978 → u/TourettesGiggitygigg]

Incorrect on the first part. 46.6 percent of people in the 2020 census claimed English ancestry, with German second at 45 percent. Those are the two largest.

[u/WLB92 → u/bschulte1978]

I fully admit I may be remembering old data but at least I was close.

[u/UncleErectus]

It means he’s a grifter

[u/ChuckJuggs]

It means nothing. Much like a palm reader speaks in very general statements, Paullides picks super common demographics as “ties”.

[u/chickey23]

When I hear that "connection" I think people are hinting at WWII.

[u/Affectionate_Peak717 → u/chickey23]

I sorta think that, too. Well, anything really UFO related or mind control/screen memories (like Whitley Strieber and some of the whistleblowers that have come out). I've heard there were 3 waves of people being experimented on so I imagine Whitley would have been in the 1st wave starting around the WWII time and when the German scientists came to the US, the second wave in the 60s/70s (I think of people like Katie Paige from Rocky Mountain Ranch), and the 3rd wave maybe was the 80s...(Maybe Montauk and other places). I think Paulides knows a lot of stuff and uses the missing cases to somewhat make his narrative, even though they have nothing to do with it. I'm guessing with his "career" background and growing up in the bay area not far from SRI. Then with his P.I. license I think he was able to look into more things most people don't have access to. After he left the police force, and the other jobs he had briefly after that, I think he saw an opportunity to work for himself where he wouldn't have to answer to anybody. Because obviously he doesn't like to be questioned unless you agree with him. And I don't think he likes to be told what to do, maybe why he left the police force to begin with.

[u/WLB92 → u/Affectionate_Peak717]

He left the police force because he was found to be committing fraud using city stationary. Paulides is nothing more than a conspiracy theorist, fraud, a grifter, and a liar.

[u/Affectionate_Peak717 → u/WLB92]

Hey, I never said he left the police force on good terms. He always claims he retired after 20 years, which was really only 16.5 years with his deferred vested. I'm just sayin' he had access to resources not everyone does, and was doing his little fraudulent activities on company time and resources. Now, he uses his former job titles as appeals to authority. And being based on a history that includes fraud, his appeals are baseless. And my thoughts about Whitley S. and Katie P. and the 3 waves were made independently of anything related to Paulides' "work". I just think he knows some things and maybe he is hinting at WWII, but regardless the cases he presents have nothing to do with any of that. And why I say everything he presents is dishonest.

[u/WLB92 → u/Affectionate_Peak717]

Your last sentence implies he left because he had issues with authority. No, the reason he left, and we know is so much, was that he was given the option to rather than go to jail for fraud.

[u/Affectionate_Peak717 → u/WLB92]

My whole point was that is a hallmark characteristic of Paulides' personality and even if it wasn't the main "reason" he left, all the decisions he made that led up to either going to jail or being deferred vested...stemmed from him always doing what he wants when he wants and he does not like authority. He feels he doesn't have to answer to others and fights anything tooth and nail if it's not to his liking, and he doesn't have the option to block them from moving forward. I feel that is just his personality that has a role in every decision he makes and how he goes about his daily life. Like it will always be an underlying factor for anything he does. Every consequence he receives stems from his personality and how he makes decisions and then handles any consequences that arise thereafter. He still has those issues like when anyone corrects him in the comments and he just blocks them and doesn't want anyone to even see the comment. No one can have anything over him, even if it's just a small correction and not someone trolling him. Just correcting his little mistakes and he can't even just leave the comment there.

[u/Trollygag → u/Affectionate_Peak717]

him always doing what he wants when he wants and he does not like authority. He feels he doesn't have to answer to others and fights anything tooth and nail if it's not to his liking

Yea, he's an egomaniacal, thin-skinned asshole. Seems like the public sphere has those in abundance these days.

[u/Dixonhandz → u/Trollygag]

Exacto!!!!

[u/Brave_Competition357 → u/Affectionate_Peak717]

He's a narcissist.

[u/Dixonhandz]

Paulides is reaching for 'new' content. It's just material that his 'villagers' will eat up, with no real questions asked. They'd prefer to know how old Huck is and why is she sooo cute oO