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It appears that an anon on /pol/ was just trying to unload some crappy laptops for big bucks, but then it turned into something else entirely. Claimed that laptops listed with serial number 'TPW P4-15-NB' had dirt on Hillary. The Q idea grew from there and then others claimed to be the true source. From then on it took on a life of its own.

See for original 4chan post from 2016 containing content matching the serial numbers.

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It appears that an anon on /pol/ was just trying to unload some crappy laptops for big bucks, but then it turned into something else entirely. Claimed that laptops listed with serial number 'TPW P4-15-NB' had dirt on Hillary. The Q idea grew from there and then others claimed to be the true source. From then on it took on a life of its own. See [HERE](https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/search/text/p4-15-nb/page/4/) for original 4chan post from 2016 containing content matching the serial numbers. Compare images in the links [HERE](https://chanology.com/library/misc/Origin%20of%20Q%201.jpg), [HERE](https://chanology.com/library/misc/Origin%20of%20Q%202.jpg), and [HERE](https://chanology.com/library/misc/Origin%20of%20Q%203.jpg).

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Yeah, that's the point. You have to compare all three sources (Chanology, 4plebs, and images) to understand.

The claim is that this guy started it to sell the laptops, but then it took on a meaning of its own, then someone ran off with the Q idea. Check the 4plebs dates and compare with the serial numbers.

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But to this end anyone can lift images off the board then circle back around tying a decade's old /g/ copypasta that predates their claim (e.g. 2013) to craft any narrative they want. Am I supposed to be having fun tearing this apart?

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Multiple images matching exact serial number and claim from back in 2016
No other matching image exists in a reverse lookup

Do you understand how probability works? As far as the internet goes, this is pretty much irrefutable. Your only argument at this point would be to claim that the serial number is shopped.

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The images have the .xif stripped out so it is not as if we can determine the current year. They are high resolution but upscaling could account for that as well. The fact that they aren't on image search could also mean that they were taken by the original copypasta maker but none of that ties the images to the claim that Q was going to be used to sell laptops especially since his posts were "not named" and also miraculously unlinked in this text file. You can annotate any picture with any amount of bullshit you want and it still does not link the two together.

Claims:

Possession of laptops. Irrelevant but possibly proven. Poster of threads about laptops: Irrelevant but possibly proven. Origin of Q: Unproven. Possibly disproven considering there were 229 Q posts before November 25 2017 when the migration to 8ch happened in #230 with 0 instances of the word "laptop" which first appeared on Dec 4 2017 in #247.