Current Events > Why do anti vaxxers think they're smart?

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When theyre obviously idiots

Who cares if they have big titties?

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Because they listen to Facebook memes instead of 'fake news'. Absolute definition of smart.

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i think most people who believe in shit like cyrstals and mlms and oils and conspiracy theories do so because in their heads, this is some secret knowledge that gets them a leg up on others. and they indulge in it because they know deep down that they're uneducated fucks

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Knowing something that other people don't is generally an indicator of being "smart".

Therefore, they think they're smart.

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Trumble posted...

Knowing something that other people don't is generally an indicator of being "smart".

Therefore, they think they're smart.

No it isn't

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Trumble posted...

Knowing something that other people don't is generally an indicator of being "smart".

Therefore, they think they're smart.

this some teenager logic right there

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority

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Because they believe not blindly following whatever the government(at least the government they don't like) says makes them enlightened. They're free from some magical bind the people with power has on the majority of people.

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Because they dont want a Fauci Ouchie

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Irony posted...

so true

I'd straight up call them stupid if I were in one of my regular vindictive/petty moods, but if I'm feeling more neutral like I am right now, then I think it's more fair to say that even smart people can and often do make mistakes.

Of course, willful ignorance is also intrinsic to a lot of these people, in which case, yeah you're straight up moronic in every sense of the word.

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MixedRaceBaby posted...

i think most people who believe in shit like cyrstals and mlms and oils and conspiracy theories do so because in their heads, this is some secret knowledge that gets them a leg up on others. and they indulge in it because they know deep down that they're uneducated fucks

Isn't it better to just not assume someone's motives either way? We're often quite far off the mark whenever we do.

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ThatHorrorGuy posted...

No it isn't

krazychao5 posted...

this some teenager logic right there

It's almost as if I used quotes and italics for a reason.

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Trumble posted...

It's almost as if I used quotes and italics for a reason.

I literally had to put a /s tag on r/TropicalWeather the other day just for drawing attention to the fact that the average pleb complains about how the National Hurricane Center is purposefully inflating tropical storm and hurricane numbers with the intention of validating climate change.

What actually happened was that there was a disturbance off Atlantic Canada that was attempting to develop, which is why I made the comment. These folks appear to believe that for some reason, a tropical storm over the open Atlantic only affecting maritime shipping lanes for a day or two before dissipating shouldn't get christened a name because of...arbitrary reasons.

This sort of thing is so very common among the meteorology community that I was, again, simply astonished that these guys actually needed a bonafide /s tag when I made that post when that disturbance got its own thread on said sub.

What's interesting is that I'm autistic and a lot of people aren't; if anything, you'd think I'd be less likely to detect sarcasm than them, as opposed to the other way around.

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LinkFanatic posted...

I literally had to put a /s tag on r/TropicalWeather the other day just for drawing attention to the fact that the average pleb complains about how the National Hurricane Center is purposefully inflating tropical storm and hurricane numbers with the intention of validating climate change.

What actually happened was that there was a disturbance off Atlantic Canada that was attempting to develop, which is why I made the comment. These folks appear to believe that for some reason, a tropical storm over the open Atlantic only affecting maritime shipping lanes for a day or two before dissipating shouldn't get christened a name because of...arbitrary reasons.

This sort of thing is so very common among the meteorology community that I was, again, simply astonished that these guys actually needed a bonafide /s tag when I made that post when that disturbance got its own thread on said sub.

What's interesting is that I'm autistic and a lot of people aren't; if anything, you'd think I'd be less likely to detect sarcasm than them, as opposed to the other way around.

i honeslty think autistic people would be able to detect sarcasm better in text than normal people do. kinda inverse relationship where the autist can pick up cues when it's not inperson

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krazychao5 posted...

i honeslty think autistic people would be able to detect sarcasm better in text than normal people do. kinda inverse relationship where the autist can pick up cues when it's not inperson

I certainly communicate better online, and generally avoid IRL social interaction.

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krazychao5 posted...

where the autist

That's a slur.

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The internet.

It's easy to find sources that make misinformation seem like information, and it's easy to find people backing it.

Because they did their own "research" instead of blindly following more qualified people who did their research.
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great echo chamber, let's all put experimental drugs into our children's bodies to combat a manufactured problem. whats the worst that can happen

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I feel like it stems from past distrust of some kind of institution. Medical institution, academic, governmental, etc. Once you've had a bad experience, it's just easier to be convinced that something is off about that institution.

Most people have their own pet conspiracy. Some are just a lot more dangerous than others
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hsvhighlife posted...

great echo chamber, let's all put experimental drugs into our children's bodies to combat a manufactured problem. whats the worst that can happen

dipshit

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