Current Events > Have you ever met a conspiracy theorist irl?

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Friend's brother is one of the fringe crazies:
-Eats mostly raw meat
-Has a stash of gold bars in case society collapses
-Thinks Holocaust was exaggerated
-Believes women should only be homemakers and shouldn't vote
-Thinks QAnon is real

Thing is..he's a really smart, articulate guy. His mind has just been warped by craziness.

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Do you believe that George W. Bush lied about WMDs in Iraq? Or that the Tuskegee Experiments happened? Congratulations, you're a conspiracy theorist.

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Garioshi posted...

Do you believe that George W. Bush lied about WMDs in Iraq? Or that the Tuskegee Experiments happened? Congratulations, you're a conspiracy theorist.

Those are accepted, mainstream conspiracy theories. I'm talking about the fringe ones with little basis in reality.

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Suchomimus posted...

Those are accepted, mainstream conspiracy theories. I'm talking about the fringe ones with little basis in reality.

I'm just saying that using "conspiracy theory" so dismissively is a bad idea. All conspiracy theories are not equal.

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the raw meat thing is so gross and makes no sense

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I'm internet friends with one, he also denies aspects of the holocaust and thinks 9/11 was an inside job.

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So was the revelation that Iraq had chemical weapons that were classified as WMDs end up being a lie or something? I remember that story coming out from some declassified reports a while back.

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Yes. He was a neighbor, and I always thought he was a cool ass dude. He was the person that got me my first taste of PC gaming. Dude would let me play "No One Lives Forever," while we talked about wild and crazy shit.

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also on topic yeah I knew one once but he was a friend of a friend and I haven't talked to him for years. he was basically a young Joe rogan cause he was into mma somewhat professionally but also super into conspiracy theories

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two,
George soreass, moon landing

silver bars, iPhone camera

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Jabodie posted...

So was the revelation that Iraq had chemical weapons that were classified as WMDs end up being a lie or something? I remember that story coming out from some declassified reports a while back.

Not the ones Bush claimed they had; they were left over from when the US assisted Iraq's WMD program in opposition to Iran.

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My dad. Everything is a liberal conspiracy. COVID-19 is meant to take down Trump. JFK was the last real democrat, since then they have been Chinese (or USSR when I was younger) spies meant to destroy America. He also thinks that fire departments are a scam and should never be mandatory to fund. Same with police.

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Suchomimus posted...

Eats mostly raw meat

I dont see how that is relevant to conspiracies.


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No but if the topic of JFK comes up or recently the Epstein guy I kinda sense fishy business in those two. If we get into reptillians, Sasquatch, hitler surviving I kind of back off those because they're bullshit.

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My co-worker thinks his friend's smart TV is a spy for Obama. Said he asked it if Hillary killed Epstein and it powered off. Upon powering up again it supposedly started playing dumb, responding with things like saying it doesn't know who either of them are and such.

He also says his car calls and reports his activities to the government. He's gonna disable it's wifi capabilities to cripple their info gathering or something.

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For what would pass as a conspiracy theorist on this board - yeah, quite a few. Coworkers. But I think this boards threshold is pretty low for that standard.

As far as more outlandish conspiracy theories...maybe a high school friend and one specific coworker.

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Suchomimus posted...

-Has a stash of gold bars in case society

I don't think this one is even remotely crazy at all.

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Yes. Its me. But theyre not conspiracy theories.

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Suchomimus posted...

-Has a stash of gold bars in case society collapses

I have a stash of potassium iodide pills in case society collapses.

one of my old employees was a 9/11 truther and moon landing denier.

I called him out on it every chance i could. It was funny.

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