• SEND_NOODLES_PLS@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I know it pales in comparison to most others here, but that Star Wars theory about Jar Jar Binks being the ultimate Sith mastermind instantly popped into my head.

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    The UPS driver for my old office building told me trumps not racist or even appealing to racists , he wants to build the wall because there’s an underground supercomputer in Mexico thats going to open a portal to hell and flood the world with demons.

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    That there is an all powerful supreme being that demands our worship or else we will suffer for all eternity after our death.

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    That’s like asking who the craziest person is. Like, there’s so many to choose from, and they get less and less well known as you go nuttier and nuttier.

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    The official 9/11 conspiracy theory… Literally would need to change the laws of physics for it to be true

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      There’s nothing unhinged about Time Cube. It’s just so obviously true. 4 similtaneous rotations, 4 corner earth days. Circle times square.

      Either you need to read it again, or else you’re part of the conspiracy of suppression.

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        Please be careful when making jokes, it may see harmless rubbish, but at least one person committed suicide due to their obsession with this stuff.

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          With Time Cube? I didn’t know that. You’re right, people who get really caught up in conspiracy theories can be vulnerable.

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            yeah the article in this thread mentions a young man who got into it and “differed” from the original guy who them got upset at them

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    That avril Lavigne was replaced by a clone is so incredibly silly and I honestly thought it was a joke first, but people are really obsessing over it. She recently did a podcast and acknowledged the conspiracy and laughed about it, what fueled the believers even more.

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    I haven’t been able to find this theory again because searching for it brings up the moon landing conspiracy, but some people think that there’s a second, fake moon which is why the moon rises and sets twice a day.

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    Flat-earthers, and I see it as the most unhinged for one simple reason:

    It seemingly has no – Stakes?

    Like

    With every other conspiracy, whether it be related to 5G or Fluoride in the Water or Vaccines or whatever, there is someone who is consolidating a shit-ton of power or wealth through their conspiring, y’know?

    But with Flat Eartherism… ? Like. Imagine you got control of every educational institution. You use it to convince people the planet is the wrong shape. And by doing that you gain… – What exactly? It just seems pointless? We know what people do when they have power to manipulate people on that level, because history tells us. And they generally don’t bother with the shape of the planet.

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      They’re usually also Biblical literalists, who believe that their infallible God-authored Bible says the Earth is flat (“four corners”, covered in a dome, etc), thus the globe is an attack on Christianity. The worldly institutions are all controlled by the devil, who wants Christians to doubt their Bible and their belief in God.

      https://youtu.be/JTfhYyTuT44

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      The point, for believers, is just to know stuff the sheeple don’t and feel superior. It’s a smug club, they could have picked anything to be contrarian about. It’s unfortunate that they’ve picked a very measurable thing, so they occasionally self-own with experiments. It doesn’t change their mind, though, because being right isn’t the point.

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    I actually think it’s those that get so close to the truth, before veering to the right and blaming minorities instead of those who are really to blame (by design of those who are really to blame, of course) - blaming Jews for controlling the banks and the media (it’s the obscenely rich), blaming immigrants for poor work conditions/no jobs (it’s the obscenely rich), blaming disabled people for being a burden and leeching off the tax payer (it’s the obscenely rich), blaming whichever generation is currently in young adulthood for “destroying industries” (it’s the obscenely rich), and so on and so on…

    I guess they make me angriest because the truth clearly isn’t outside of the people who believe the conspiracy’s grasp, they’d just rather punch down, solve nothing, but continue to have minor feelings of superiority (which really ties in with the key to all belief in conspiracy theories - “I have special knowledge you don’t”), than punch up and actually try to resolve the issues they whine about…

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      And on the liberal side they do the same thing except conservatives are the scape goat. Super frustrating.

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    I make a YT channel about bizarre conspiracy theories. I keep coming back to the people who make videos claiming that 5G is actually a deadly weapon on their 5G Iphone 16. Nobody has more cognitive dissonance than these guys.

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      It’s amusing seeing some of the ones that were only even really plausible (and I use the term loosely) for a brief time hold traction after that time has passed. Like the 5G ones where even if you ignore the whole technical side of it, it was a possibility before it was deployed but now it’s out there. If it was turning people into zombies or whatever, it would be doing that right now. Or if not, then what are they waiting for?

      Or covid vaccines. Yeah, when they were first being sent out, there were potential unknowns and it was possible that they were RNA coded to do who knows what instead of just giving improved immunity to covid. I have no idea how I’d even check on something like that other than seeing what happens when someone is injected with it. But lots of people were injected with each of the vaccines. And though some issues popped up, I don’t think there was an evil plan to give like less than 1 in 100 generally minor and temporary heart issues that the actual virus also gave (but generally worse). But I still see profiles on tinder that say they prefer someone unjabbed. What timeline do they think this conspiracy is operating on? “Get a covid vaccine and you’ll likely be dead within 100 years!”

      And the funniest (saddest?) part is that there are real conspiracies. Like there’s clearly a push to turn the world fascist happening right now as the billionaire class positions itself to control how society transitions into a world where not nearly the same amount of labour is required. There’s been a group aiming to suppress information about climate change and our way of life’s role in it. Russia and China both aim to no longer be 2nd fiddles to the western world, which itself isn’t the benevolent ruler it likes to pretend to be. Science closes in on solving aging but the amount of people who read this message and will have access to it are likely under 1% (unless some kind of eternal servitude setup is developed). Almost everything about our society is set up to funnel wealth to the privileged few and conservatives almost openly sabotage public services whenever they are in power. Police brutality won’t get fixed because the ruling class benefits from the enforcer class being hated by the general public–otherwise they might band together and then the rulers would be fucked. Oh, and as much as conservatives like to bitch about immigrants (illegal or not), you never them suggest going after those who employ them unless it’s the tech companies who follow the legal route. All the illegal immigration talk isn’t about stopping it but about gaining more control over them while continuing to exploit them.

      You don’t need lizard people or aliens for a good vs evil kind of narrative. Elon Musk being human doesn’t make him a good human or anyone’s friend.

    • win95@lemmy.zip
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      Sounds like you make content I’m interested in. What’s your channel called?