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Blue Footed Booby posted:The phenomenon of quotes for emphasis is larger than just conspiracy loons. It goes all the way to the top! Seriously though, agreed. The scare quotes are a pestilence.
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So CNN asks a panellist whether a MH370 could have disappeared down a black hole; and the panellist answers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krFN7jHKNNo So with that on TV I am beginning to get why we can be debating 9/11 trutherism here.
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Halloween Jack posted:If that's the case, why are titles like NEW WORLD ORDER ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT SATANIC ROBOT SUPER SOLDIER COINTELPRO MKULTRA STASI MIND CONTROL IMPLANT part of the conspiracist's stock in trade? Cause it's just the title.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:The phenomenon of quotes for emphasis is larger than just conspiracy loons. I hate it so much.
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Strudel Man posted:You'll love/hate this, if you're not already aware of it.  The very first thing on the page was  God, it's been a long time since I've laughed so hard while also wanting to kill myself.
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loving British prog-rock bands. Don't even get me started on Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's involvment in Watergate.
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KomradeX posted:I don't get it? "I don't get it."
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moller posted:"I don't get it." Is that a grate over the actual fire alarm? It looked just like a red box to me for a moment, but looking harder I think I see the white handle of a fire alarm
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KomradeX posted:Is that a grate over the actual fire alarm? It looked just like a red box to me for a moment, but looking harder I think I see the white handle of a fire alarm It is a "fire alarm."
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Centripetal Horse posted:It is a "fire alarm." It's a plastic box over one of these-  but only ironically
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A rare instance of it being used correctly
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Isn't there a larger version of this explaining how the orange juice represents a fireball and her nametag is relevant somehow too?
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Centripetal Horse posted:It is a "fire alarm." A firefighter rolls their eyes at the crowd while carrying a smoking kitten from a burning building. "Heh."
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katlington posted:A firefighter rolls their eyes at the crowd while carrying a smoking kitten from a burning building. Kittens shouldn't smoke, it's bad for them. Too bad Big Pha"r"ma sponsors smoking to get kids hooked.
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Go home Satan you are drunk.
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So what's the deal with the crazy nuttery surrounding Bilderberg Group meetings? Apparently its where the world leaders plot to take over the world or some bullshit like that apparently.
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If they're world leaders then haven't they already taken over?
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Execu-speak posted:So what's the deal with the crazy nuttery surrounding Bilderberg Group meetings? Apparently its where the world leaders plot to take over the world or some bullshit like that apparently. It's rich people who do something they don't let any media in to see. Obviously it must be SINISTER AS gently caress! "Bilderberg Group" on Wikipedia posted:In 2001, Denis Healey, a Bilderberg group founder and, for 30 years, a steering committee member, said: "To say we were striving for a one-world government is exaggerated, but not wholly unfair. Those of us in Bilderberg felt we couldn't go on forever fighting one another for nothing and killing people and rendering millions homeless. So we felt that a single community throughout the world would be a good thing." In 2005 [group chairman Étienne] Davignon discussed these accusations with the BBC: "It is unavoidable and it doesn't matter. There will always be people who believe in conspiracies but things happen in a much more incoherent fashion... When people say this is a secret government of the world I say that if we were a secret government of the world we should be bloody ashamed of ourselves."
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Not sure if this has been addressed already, but I really hate how "United 93 was shot down" is seen as a "reasonable" conspiracy theory. It isn't. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgjWU6jXrdc&list=PL6F70E9C7EF49734B And the black box transcript (only one recovered on 9/11): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Flight_93_Cockpit_Transcript
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Execu-speak posted:So what's the deal with the crazy nuttery surrounding Bilderberg Group meetings? Apparently its where the world leaders plot to take over the world or some bullshit like that apparently. It's not as far off as you'd think. It's basically a big networking party for the elite and people they might be grooming, where they talk about different issues and political questions. They really were founded with a specific agenda, which was to prevent global conflict by fostering dialogue, globalism, etc. Sometimes it does genuinely have an effect on international relations or policy-making. What the conspiracy theorists get wrong is that they think that it's in any way special, unique or novel. To paraphrase Healy, who was quoted further up the page, it's basically the same way that politics and governance have always worked. It's just organized around a conference rather than, say, various European social events.
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Sir Tonk posted:It's pretty recent for Jones, he used to just sell DVDs. He started getting sponsored by water filtration companies and seed packs, then figured he should get in on the snake oil bandwagon. Smart move, at least from his perspective. He's just giving his audience what they want, much like any cult leader. Be fair, you could replace "cult leader" in that sentence with basically anything. Business man, entertainer, sexual partner, politician...
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Sir Tonk posted:It's pretty recent for Jones, he used to just sell DVDs. He started getting sponsored by water filtration companies and seed packs, then figured he should get in on the snake oil bandwagon. Smart move, at least from his perspective. He's just giving his audience what they want, much like any cult leader. No kidding. I remember when he used to proclaim David Icke as part of the NWO conspiracy, since he's saying everything "almost right" and then adds on the reptilians to "discredit the movement". Now David Icke is a regular on the show. Once he even said that he had "an old lady that send him a $50,000 check that was her entire life savings and he refused to cash it". Also then saying he doesn't take donations, just "buy my stuff to fund me." Now he's practically always asking for donations along with "buy my stuff".
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The bilderberg meeting was a hoot. Lots of local anti-nwo nutters showing up and trying to explain to the cops how they were being mind-controlled. Good times 
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There was an article posted in (I think?) this thread, that went fairly well into the reasons people believe in (or claim they do) conspiracy theories and why are perpetuate them for selfish reasons etc. It was a two-part article, and I can't find the links, Anyone help me out  ?
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simmyb posted:There was an article posted in (I think?) this thread, that went fairly well into the reasons people believe in (or claim they do) conspiracy theories and why are perpetuate them for selfish reasons etc. There was a good article on Skeptoid about it but I don't know if it was in this particular thread. http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4264
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Time for conspiracy theorizing on XANAX! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNRvnZ8ke6w The combination of paul mccartney is dead, full on paranoid-schizo magical thinking and the slurring australian accent makes this an extra crazy listen. Enjoy! Oh that picture in the still seems to be implying that Paul McCartney is in fact Barack Obamas mother. Yes, this video is THAT crazy edit: Oh gently caress, this is completely barking. Apparently what it is is paul mccartney , barack obamas mother, dave davies from the kinks and so on are all children of alister crowley. edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vci8P_TKvto Oh god. What the gently caress is up with nutters claiming to be the defenders of "common sense" duck monster fucked around with this message at 13:25 on Jul 6, 2014 |
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duck monster posted:Time for conspiracy theorizing on XANAX! Holy poo poo
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It's a thing. A schizo acquintance of mine is certain Aleister Crowley built a huge temple in Greece where he personally devoured hundreds of infants.
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This is someone that ran against a represenative in the GOP primary in my state: http://www.timothyraymurray.com/ quote:I, Timothy Ray Murray, am a human, born in Oklahoma, and obtained and continue to fully meet the requirements to serve as U.S. Representative when honored to so. I will never use a look alike to replace my (The Office’s) message to you or to anyone else, as both the other Republican Challengers have. quote:I will NEVER use Artificial Intelligence look alike to voice what (emphasis mine) The site kinda has a TimeCube feel to it. It almost feels like word salad... And just for reference here is not too long ago he was running as a Democrat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suzo2io4xvg
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Lest we forget the great Lee Mercer who ran for president, while claiming the US military "installed an intelligence hotwire into him"
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It was brought up in another thread that the great people at Hobby Lobby likely believe that UPC barcodes and scanners are the Mark of the Beast, and for this reason they don't use them in any of their stores (much to the chagrin of their employees who have to do everything by hand). So I searched about this and found that this is an actual thing that real people believe, and it has to be the dumbest conspiracy I've ever heard of. Like, dumber than Bigfoot performing alien autopsies at Area 51 while high on chemtrails. Notably because even if you believed everything in the book of Revelations at face value, it straight up says that the mark of the beast is put onto people's forehead or right hand, and has nothing to do with marks on products themselves beyond some paranoid interpretation of the numbers on the code having a passing resemblance to 666, which still wouldn't matter because it's not a mark that goes anywhere on the human body. So does anyone have relatives or friends who actually believe in this poo poo? Do they really think every business around the entire world is in on a conspiracy to force them to commit themselves to the antichrist every time they buy milk, or at least are unknowingly participating in End Times Prophecy™? Mercury_Storm fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Jul 10, 2014 |
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Yeah, the bar code "6-6-6" thing goes back decades. I'm pretty sure I heard about it in the 80's, and it was assumed by the "The End Times is nigh!" crowd that they'd be given bar code tattoos for tracking and identification. Even Kyle in the Terminator had a bar code tat. That guy with the perfect hair and the "It's happening any day now!" show (gently caress - what is his name? His simpering wife is also on there agreeing with him) has been spending at least the past 35 years going on about all the signs. He has had the bar code meme on his show forever. Amusingly, he declared flat out that the EU was obviously the twelve-headed dragon, since there were twelve countries. Too bad they've added a few since then... So, yes. There are a significant group of people who think (I mean, seriously believe) that the bar code is a sign of the devil. Fake edit - Jack Van Impe - that's him. Google some pics of him and his wife for some truly evangelical hair!
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Hobby Lobby seriously don't use barcodes or whatever? Wow.
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MrUnderbridge posted:Yeah, the bar code "6-6-6" thing goes back decades. I'm pretty sure I heard about it in the 80's, and it was assumed by the "The End Times is nigh!" crowd that they'd be given bar code tattoos for tracking and identification. Even Kyle in the Terminator had a bar code tat. Old Jack made a movie about the antichrist coming that involved barcodes. I think it was called "Eye of the Storm." It's notable mostly because they defeat the anti-Christ by showing old video tapes of Jack Van Impe's show (Jack and crew were raptured, natch. He left a note with a box of tapes beforehand, though). Jesus never shows up, so it's like he cast himself as Christ.
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duck monster posted:Time for conspiracy theorizing on XANAX! Since we're talking Paul is dead stuff it's a good time to point out that the Beatles never existed.
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katlington posted:Hobby Lobby seriously don't use barcodes or whatever? Wow. Yep! It's like taking a time warp back to 1973 when you go to check out in one of them. They also primarily play Christian music over the instore speakers (but no Christian rock because rock is evil!) and refuse to open on Sundays. They've also refused to carry crafting items related to any non-Christian religions or holidays. Basically the company is literally run by the kind of people who believe Jack Chick tracts are 100% truth.
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Jack Gladney posted:Old Jack made a movie about the antichrist coming that involved barcodes. I think it was called "Eye of the Storm." It's notable mostly because they defeat the anti-Christ by showing old video tapes of Jack Van Impe's show (Jack and crew were raptured, natch. He left a note with a box of tapes beforehand, though). Jesus never shows up, so it's like he cast himself as Christ. So the anti-Christ watched reruns of his show and realized that Peak Evil had already been reached so he sulked back to hell?
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