• Troy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Finland doesn’t exist is a meme. I don’t think that one is dangerous. What is dangerous is thinking it’s funny to take any meme too far, to the point where it becomes a core part of your personality. Standing pat and denying reality may feel like a fun game when it’s only a meme.

    Oh look, a bird!

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      I honestly cannot tell whos joking on the internet anymore and i fkn love it, have u seen that guy who rants about how australia doesnt exist. holy god i love it. & yeah, it’s not harmful, and majority of the people are prolly joking when they say it.

  • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca
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    I had no clue people had conspiracy theories about Denver Internantional Airport. Like WTF?

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      Have you seen that airport? It’s super weird. Crazy conspiracy theories are just the natural extension of that reality.

      (Note: Not saying I buy into the theories, just saying I understand why they exist.)

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      There’s some weird wayfair furniture sales for extremely large amounts of money (10k+) that use girls first names as the name of the furniture. The conspiracy is that it’s a front for child trafficking. Belief in this conspiracy caused a lot of real world harm.

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        holy hell thanks for that link, i’d known about the wayfare conspiracy but i didnt realize it was QANON or had such bad effects, just thought it was some ploy to lower prices

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    1 year ago

    I thought MKUltra was all but proven. (Or did I just out myself as a low tier nut job?)

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    1 year ago

    Weird infographic. Why is it a pyramid, is that supposed to give it more credibility? What is the arrow from inverted apex to inverted base indicate?

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    Thanks, i’ll be entertained for days with these. “Finland doesn’t exist” lol.

  • Smk@lemmy.ca
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    Dude, UFO should be in the first section! It’s real!11!

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      Of course UFOs are real. The problem is people conflate them with aliens, so when I say UFOs are real, they hear “aliens are real”.