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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:13:06 PM EDT
Do people into this stuff think most people are sheep, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant, simple, dull, fools, and they know "what's actually going on" and they are more enlightened, sharper, and smarter than everyone else.
I have a few acquantances that are big into conspiracies or Q anon stuff and that seems to be their motive. This would me anecdotal data on my part. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:14:09 PM EDT
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I think many are driven by being morons
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KY, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:15:35 PM EDT
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With the more .GOV gets caught in lies the more credible the conspiracy theorists sound
People are waking up to this nonsense from the media/gov propaganda machine |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:15:52 PM EDT
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One of the few redeeming qualities of the internet at large is the transparency of motivations
 Don't ruin it by telling them though |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:16:34 PM EDT
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I don't think it's feeling superior as much as it's feeling special.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:17:25 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JimEN: Do people into this stuff think most people are sheep, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant, simple, dull, fools, and they know "what's actually going on" and they are more enlightened, sharper, and smarter than everyone else. I took an Anthropology course back in the day called "Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents" which was basically about why people believe crazy things. The gist of it was, yes, people want to believe they have some special knowledge that others are too stupid to realize. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:18:14 PM EDT
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SC, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:19:21 PM EDT
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My favorite conspiracy theory is that everything's going to be okay.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:20:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Hesperus]
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 Futurama - And a single conspiracy nut no one will believe That said I do find myself haunted by a question. If most of our current leadership was made up of lizard like entities wearing skin suits who are working towards the extermination of mankind then what could be done about it? They are above the law. They could take off their skin suits and eat live human babies live on C-Span in the halls of Congress and nothing could be done about it. |
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IA, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:20:34 PM EDT
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 George Carlin - Stupid people |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:21:04 PM EDT
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Since 2020 what's the difference between a conspiracy and the truth?
about 8-12 months. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:22:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hector_X: I took an Anthropology course back in the day called "Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents" which was basically about why people believe crazy things. The gist of it was, yes, people want to believe they have some special knowledge that others are too stupid to realize. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hector_X: Originally Posted By JimEN: Do people into this stuff think most people are sheep, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant, simple, dull, fools, and they know "what's actually going on" and they are more enlightened, sharper, and smarter than everyone else. I took an Anthropology course back in the day called "Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents" which was basically about why people believe crazy things. The gist of it was, yes, people want to believe they have some special knowledge that others are too stupid to realize. The premise of the OP does the same thing, doesn't it? The non-conspiracy theorists see themselves as superior intellect, and by sharing this stance on the internet it feeds the OP's sense of superiority. Conventional thought is superior to the crazy ideas of those dummies who think the truth is being hidden by some agenda. Maybe... I am really here for the guilty/not guilty threads and dinner pics. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:22:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CastleBravo91]
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Originally Posted By JimEN: Do people into this stuff think most people are sheep, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant, simple, dull, fools, and they know "what's actually going on" and they are more enlightened, sharper, and smarter than everyone else. I have a few acquantances that are big into conspiracies or Q anon stuff and that seems to be their motive. This would me anecdotal data on my part. I've met quite a few people like that. This one dude at work was talking about the whole "birds aren't real" thing, which I always thought was just a joke. He was talking about some video where a bird hovered like a Harrier jet (not a humming bird). I was like "you know they can fake videos real easily, right?" |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:24:57 PM EDT
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It's usually the dumb, uneducated lovers in life that need something to make them feel better about themselves. They need to feel smarter and more in the know about something or anything.
It's a way to feel special without having any way to prove anything. The more others don't believe what they do it enforces their feelings of superiority. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:25:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HunterPhillips: The premise of the OP does the same thing, doesn't it? The non-conspiracy theorists see themselves as superior intellect, and by sharing this stance on the internet it feeds the OP's sense of superiority. Conventional thought is superior to the crazy ideas of those dummies who think the truth is being hidden by some agenda. Maybe... I am really here for the guilty/not guilty threads and dinner pics. Some people are two sides of the same coin. Some people tend to believe all conspiracies. Some believe in none of them. Neither are correct. Weird shit happens. That doesn't mean it's all weird shit. |
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UT, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:26:32 PM EDT
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I don't know about UFOs, but a couple of years ago a lot of people wore masks and got vaccinated just to satisfy their desire to feel superior to those nasty Trump supporters.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:29:45 PM EDT
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If I have to hear another monologue about chem trails or free energy I’m going to Van Gogh my ears.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:31:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lokifox: If I have to hear another monologue about chem trails or free energy I’m going to Van Gogh my ears. Free energy?  In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics! - The Simpsons |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:55:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: neshomamench]
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"I know something that others do not" is a nearly universal component of the expressed personalities of such people. It is one of the things that makes believing such things so intoxicating. It is empowering. (It also provides answers to things they do not understand)
I am speaking of the folks that tend to be "all in" on conspiracies. Not the fact that many people latch on the the possibility of one or two "conspiracies" probably being true, and sometimes they turn out to be, on some level. I am talking about those that tend to believe "all of them" and make "knowing the truth" a part of who they are. I would rather hang out with vegans and crossfitters. Their personalities are not nearly as all in and at least they believe in something real. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:55:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: neshomamench]
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double tap
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Posted: 4/16/2024 9:57:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Morlawn66]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GarandM1: I don't know about UFOs, but a couple of years ago a lot of people wore masks and got vaccinated just to satisfy their desire to feel superior to those nasty Trump supporters. This sums it up . Would imagine most of those who complied wouldn't believe in a conspiracy even if it bit them in the ass or a stab in their arm . They were talking camps for the unvaxxed and blaming a Pangolin but the Right are the crazy ones . They were trusting science , just like the cult of climate change . Then do Russiagate , Russian Collusion . and the Laptop. The point is , what exactly is a conspiracy ? |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:01:36 PM EDT
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 First time I'm hearing of this "superiority" theory on such people... Idk, I'd lean more towards a fascination with weird shit - like people who used to read the Enquirer (tabloid garbage). |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:02:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HunterPhillips: The premise of the OP does the same thing, doesn't it? The non-conspiracy theorists see themselves as superior intellect, and by sharing this stance on the internet it feeds the OP's sense of superiority. Conventional thought is superior to the crazy ideas of those dummies who think the truth is being hidden by some agenda. Maybe... I am really here for the guilty/not guilty threads and dinner pics. Sure. Take a look at Skeptics or Atheists. Smug and superior, just like conspiracy nuts! |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:03:00 PM EDT
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On the UFO topic in particular, I think most take a real interest in it once they have a good sighting or experience that takes away the doubt that there is something abnormal going on. After that the conspiracy to hide what they are/aren't and that they exist/don't exist is a tangled web.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:03:46 PM EDT
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I blame innumeracy, black and white thinking, and a profound inability to vet sources of information.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:10:25 PM EDT
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It's easier to believe other people are controlling your life than admit you're a retard who can't make it anywhere.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:14:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TotalNovice: It's easier to believe other people are controlling your life than admit you're a retard who can't make it anywhere. Astute. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:16:24 PM EDT
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The answer is somewhere in the middle between the official narrative and the quack theory. I don't believe either, but I don't not believe. I have an open mind. Some of the quack theories are fun to read about and good entertainment.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:16:45 PM EDT
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Gaslighting thread
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PA, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:17:17 PM EDT
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Not the ones I know. They're just fucking nuts.
Flat earth nuts. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:19:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: JQ66]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GarandM1: I don't know about UFOs, but a couple of years ago a lot of people wore masks and got vaccinated just to satisfy their desire to feel superior to those nasty Trump supporters. Even started this thread... Then the like minded others have to come in a belittle those who do them no harm or much less any negative influence , because their lives must be so inconsequential and pathetic they are driven to tear down thise whomdo not think/feel exactly as they do. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:19:48 PM EDT
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I had a coworker who turned down a promotion because he thought the extra money would cause his overall tax increase to lower his take home pay.
He was also a conspiracy theorist. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:21:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: rhill]
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Especially those who say every single event of any historical significance is part of a grand, over-arching conspiracy that nobody can actually name or describe, and that every single current event is orchestrated to take your attention off this other thing over here.
And that the people who make visiting the DMV or the VA or the IRS so efficient and organized and wondeful are the SAME people running the highly complex, sophisticated, multi-layered conspiracy stretching back hundreds if not thousands of years without ever once having been exposed or named. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:21:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eurotrash: I had a coworker who turned down a promotion because he thought the extra money would cause his overall tax increase to lower his take home pay. He was also a conspiracy theorist. The progressive tax system is basically rocket science. |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:21:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQyL8827WwThat said I do find myself haunted by a question. If most of our current leadership was made up of lizard like entities wearing skin suits who are working towards the extermination of mankind then what could be done about it? They are above the law. They could take off their skin suits and eat live human babies live on C-Span in the halls of Congress and nothing could be done about it. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:23:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HunterPhillips: The premise of the OP does the same thing, doesn't it? The non-conspiracy theorists see themselves as superior intellect, and by sharing this stance on the internet it feeds the OP's sense of superiority. Conventional thought is superior to the crazy ideas of those dummies who think the truth is being hidden by some agenda. Maybe... I am really here for the guilty/not guilty threads and dinner pics. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By HunterPhillips: Originally Posted By Hector_X: Originally Posted By JimEN: Do people into this stuff think most people are sheep, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant, simple, dull, fools, and they know "what's actually going on" and they are more enlightened, sharper, and smarter than everyone else. I took an Anthropology course back in the day called "Lost Tribes and Sunken Continents" which was basically about why people believe crazy things. The gist of it was, yes, people want to believe they have some special knowledge that others are too stupid to realize. The premise of the OP does the same thing, doesn't it? The non-conspiracy theorists see themselves as superior intellect, and by sharing this stance on the internet it feeds the OP's sense of superiority. Conventional thought is superior to the crazy ideas of those dummies who think the truth is being hidden by some agenda. Maybe... I am really here for the guilty/not guilty threads and dinner pics. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:24:43 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By JimEN: Do people into this stuff think most people are sheep, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant, simple, dull, fools, and they know "what's actually going on" and they are more enlightened, sharper, and smarter than everyone else. I have a few acquantances that are big into conspiracies or Q anon stuff and that seems to be their motive. This would me anecdotal data on my part. This has been my personal experience, IF the person has a high IQ. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:25:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rhill: Especially those who say every single event of any historical significance is part of a grand, over-arching conspiracy that nobody can actually name or describe, and that every single current event is orchestrated to take your attention off this other thing over here. And that the people who make visiting the DMV or the VA or the IRS so efficient and organized and wondeful are the SAME people running the highly complex, sophisticated, multi-layered conspiracy stretching back hundreds if not thousands of years without ever once having been exposed or named. He was a big 9/11 conspiracy guy. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:27:51 PM EDT
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Its a bit of that, and a bit of obsession with movies. They often completely irrationally point to "its like in ____ movie".
But mostly its just boredom. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:27:53 PM EDT
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Distinct lack of Qtard in the thread so far.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:29:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FALARAK: This has been my personal experience, IF the person has a high IQ. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FALARAK: Originally Posted By JimEN: Do people into this stuff think most people are sheep, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant, simple, dull, fools, and they know "what's actually going on" and they are more enlightened, sharper, and smarter than everyone else. I have a few acquantances that are big into conspiracies or Q anon stuff and that seems to be their motive. This would me anecdotal data on my part. They all had problems getting through life. They created 99 percent of their problems. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:33:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lokifox: The progressive tax system is basically rocket science. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lokifox: Originally Posted By eurotrash: I had a coworker who turned down a promotion because he thought the extra money would cause his overall tax increase to lower his take home pay. He was also a conspiracy theorist. The progressive tax system is basically rocket science. He didn’t understand that you only get taxed on the extra money. Tax code may be rocket science, but tax brackets are basic math. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:34:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JimEN: I brought this idea up and the guy told me there is a much higher level / quality of persons doing the conspiracy shit. He was a big 9/11 conspiracy guy. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JimEN: Originally Posted By rhill: Especially those who say every single event of any historical significance is part of a grand, over-arching conspiracy that nobody can actually name or describe, and that every single current event is orchestrated to take your attention off this other thing over here. And that the people who make visiting the DMV or the VA or the IRS so efficient and organized and wondeful are the SAME people running the highly complex, sophisticated, multi-layered conspiracy stretching back hundreds if not thousands of years without ever once having been exposed or named. He was a big 9/11 conspiracy guy. Of course. Government ineptitude and incompetence is the COVER STORY to distract you from the REAL CONSPIRACY! Everything that looks like conspiracy is part of the conspiracy. And so is everything that DOESN'T look like part of a conspiracy. Especially the stuff that doesn't. That's how you know it is!!! |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:37:15 PM EDT
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Anybody that doesn't believe what I believe or like what I like is a moron.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:39:09 PM EDT
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What about "conspiracies" that are obvious...like the intentional destruction of the nation?
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WI, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:44:58 PM EDT
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Close to zero. What a weird take.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:46:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GunwriterGrant: My favorite conspiracy theory is that everything's going to be okay. Those "Deep State" conspiracy nuts are the würst |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:47:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CyberSEAL: What about "conspiracies" that are obvious...like the intentional destruction of the nation? Your fine until you conjecture as to who what where how and why |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:49:15 PM EDT
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Obviously, we should only believe what Lester Holt tells us.
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NV, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:49:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dagoth-Ur]
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Originally Posted By JimEN: Do people into this stuff think most people are sheep, stupid, brainwashed, ignorant, simple, dull, fools, and they know "what's actually going on" and they are more enlightened, sharper, and smarter than everyone else. I have a few acquantances that are big into conspiracies or Q anon stuff and that seems to be their motive. This would me anecdotal data on my part. 1st, Q-tards Retards. 2nd. 1st. Most people are fucking idiots 2nd. Most people are fucking idiots 3rd. Most people in power are amoral at best, evil on average, Sadist at worst 3.  George Carlin on Conspiracies  George Carlin: The Illusion of Choice  George Carlin - Conspiracy Theorists and Powerful People |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 10:49:56 PM EDT
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Didn't they just charge Trump with conspiracy? ...or is that a conspiracy? This thread is confusing.
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