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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 87 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Epstein victim Maria Farmer said in her phone interview posted earlier in this comm: (edited for readability)

45:52

Whitney I got it I've got to tell you something this is why I've been dying to tell you: there are only 30 women that have come forward! 30! Whitney, I saw between - I'm not kidding I'm very disturbed by this part - I saw at least five girls come in that house a day

I mean . . . really high the actual amount. No Whitney it's in it's in the thousand(s). Where are they? Where are they? Are they dead - I mean, children have to be dead because here's the thing:

I think that they had to be because here's the thing Whitney, Brad said he knows that 500 just in Florida . . . like - we can't find them! Where are they?

46:57

. . . I saw thousands of little girls . . .

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

My experience? You have to have a real human connection to talk about trauma with someone. Or have just recently gone through a traumatic experience again.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's sickening...

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 45 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

That truck holds way more than 330 gallons. I only drove B-train tankers. They haul more than the one shown, and I’d haul 13,000 gallons of fuel in two smaller tanks.

I can’t remember how much a single 53’ tank holds, but half a B-train would be 6500 gallons, which is smaller than the trailer shown.

A more accurate representation would be one of those 4’x4’x4’-ish totes with the metal cage. In fact, that’s probably how it was shipped and this is literally one shipment.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Snopes thing says it was 6 x 55 gal. barrels.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, well there you are! That sounds about right. Picture a pallet with 4 drums on it. Then half that again.

The picture here is super misleading. Also, how you gonna drive a tanker across the ocean?

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ice beam making a bridge in front of the tanker.

[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Teleporting is a thing!!!

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Why is everyone so terminally literal on the internet? That's not the actual picture of the shipment. That's just a truck. For a meme.

Saying it again. The truck is just for effect. For. A. Meme.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Because it makes it seem like he had a truckload of acid so people go “oh yeah he was definitely dissolving bodies in it,” when that’s probably not the case.

It’s subtle misinformation, and misinformation should always be corrected.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He probably wasn't dissolving bodies. The reality is that a lot of those girls came from consenting families. Either from poor families who were paid or from families who were already part of the system. Kids of supermodels who were also exploited when they were kids. It's a cycle.

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[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Those IBC totes are 250 gallons usually, and I'm not sure if they can handle sulferic acid.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Those are made from HDPE and can handle sulfuric acid. I'm not sure they would sell sulfuric acid in plastic tanks that are that large though.

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[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

From what I understand, sulfuric acid is used for maintaining PH in Reverse Osmosis water systems, but that's way more than would be needed, right? I get it's an island, so they are buying in bull, but even so...

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 57 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They also had several pools/ jacuzzi. It was basically a small resort. Buying a couple of month supply when you are on an island and everything has to be brought in by boat, not really surprising at all, especially not when you put in the context of the rest of the buying they were doing. Even basic pool contractors buy at those levels.

Also, they had an entire ocean to dump bodies into and an entire island under their control to bury them. Acid digestion seems superfluous.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 15 points 3 weeks ago

These people are not cautious. There's no way they thought enough to use movie stuff like acid.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The picture is deceiving.

330 gallons isn't that much, like 8 of these:

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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

6 of them. Those are 55 gallons. Exactly 6 of them

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Oh yeah. I think it even says 205 litres which is close to 55 gallons.

I thought I remembered people talking about "40 gallon drums". Maybe there's a smaller variant.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-epstein-ordered-sulfuric-160000576.html

Source: Snopes. Verdict: True but “probably” just for routine maintenance on Pedo Island.

I mean. The thought that he’s be such a man to kill young girls and dispose of their bodies - no one could be that horrible!

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

There’s a whole ocean of sea creatures to feed body parts to for free. I don’t think they’d be using it for that.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Also, a strong base is generally better than an acid for getting rid of biological material (or combine them - use a base then wash and soak any remaining solids in an acid).

Why yes, I do suspect I'm on a list (or several), why do you ask?

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

there's tons of stories of bodies washing up on shores after being adrift for some time, that might not be reliable for disposal of evidence.

He had a whole damn island though, a small crematorium probably would have been sufficient.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

or just dig hole and dump lye on the body there are all manner of creative ways to dispose of a body

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s probably a pain tho because you cant have any bones or things washing ashore and such. Why take a chance?

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Do bones float? I’m not sure if that would be an issue.

Anyway, I don’t share a mindset with these people, so I don’t know anything for sure.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Put it in a degradable bag with some stones, preferably throw it somewhere with a strong current. Source: watched some Dexter

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or open the abdomen. That way the gas doesn't make the body float.

I think I've seen that explanation in a documentary... but I think it would be worth trying that on the people that went to that island as clients.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why not just use a metal shredder, and fertilize the ground with them?

[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That can work too. But instead of fertilizing the ground, being in an island, is throwing it to the sea.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wasn’t it used for a water filter system?

Or at least that was the excuse.

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

I kinda go with Occams Razor on this one. Homes in the Virgin Islands buy similar materials for their water reservoirs. The Diddler Island probably had higher requirements based on use. Besides, asshole was so rich that it would have been just as easy to tie bodies to weights and drop them in the Atlantic somewhere with his multitude of boats. Yeah, it's morbid, but it is more plausible.

[–] skulkbane@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I keep seeing this but no bates number or document references?

I have found documents about buying barrels but not the contents?

[–] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] skulkbane@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Right good question. The "EFTA numbers" are really called Bates numbers, you put them on each page in a document.

The first bates number is the filename and the number on the first page in a document then each page is numberd sequentially.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_numbering

You can read about it here in the case of the Epstein files. https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1426091/dl

EFTA stands for "Epstein Files Transparency Act"

in some instances, these documents contain previously applied Bates numbers. Those Bates numbers do not reflect whether an item is responsive under the Act. Only those documents that include a Bates number with "EFTA" in its designation are those that are responsive under the Act.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There are much easier, and faster ways to get rid of a body.

This is one of the dumber ideas to come out of this.

[–] stochasticity@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

On some obscure island couldn't they just dispose of the bodies in the ocean? Even if you buried them who would come looking.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Eventually they run out of space to bury at this rate

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

people really don't appreciate the logistics of getting rid of thousands of bodies over however many decades

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

On an island in shark infested waters, far from prying eyes, the best way to dispose of bodies is obviously dissolving them in acid and not dropping them in the ocean

[–] Cellari@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like there were a lot of bodies to melt

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

[citation needed]

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

this sounds like capitalism... checks out.

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