Followers of this blog know that I like to find three-word combinations that are linked in the What3Words.com (W3W) website or app in an interesting or amusing way. The shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, however, is not something to joke about. It is a serious reflection of how cavalier or at least accepting Americans have become about violence in general and political violence in particular. But I don’t want to digress into politics or gun control.
I will refrain from treating the matter lightly, but I think it is still poignant to note some ironic word combinations at that site. All of the following W3W combos are real and in or around the rally/shooting site.
The Podium Area
- codes.crucial.fenced
- distracted.hunter.appear
- targets.wonderfully.linked
- targets.porch.aura
- rooftop.mortal.newsprint
That last one seems prophetic. Crooks, the shooter, climbed on the rooftop, proved to be mortal, and made it into newsprint. That seems to be his only motivation.
The shooter’s Rooftop
- speech.apprehend.unusual
- celebrate.schemes.impact
- enabling.investigate.yesterday
- refers.period.botch
These last two refer to the Secret Service failures and the forthcoming investigation, I would say. Conspiracy theorists will no doubt make hay with or without knowledge of these coincidences, and that’s all they are. Still, here are two theoretically ominous combos in the shooter’s area for them:
- conspire.residual.affirms
- conspire.seamstress.refrigerate