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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They have started putting vaccines in cows so everyone is maxvaxed through spike proteins in the milk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Damnnnn that's a good one. Would be so funny if trump loving conspiracy theorists suddenly went vegan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I have a warehouse full of UHT Milk bottled in 2018, DM me if interested.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

A flat disc for sure and we always see the same side πŸ’‘

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The wildfires this summer. Our changing climate is a perennial one.

Or it’ll be shit like trans people existing or something like that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Probably gonna spread some bullshit that the wildfires were started from the government using new orbital laser technology or something equally ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

So last year.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Everything will be consumed by the US election and whatever conflict arises as a result. This will result in the first organized broader scope violence since the 1860's. I expect a Kennedy level conspiracy type event that will shape the next decade or more. Getting the guy out of office resulted in a failed coup, and the man is not in jail or dead. That alone shows that the country is dead in the water. This is like Brexit; fuck around and find out how much worse in can be. It was the same with Hitler. Inaction makes it worse because it emboldens monsters. Either way, now is the time to become a tin foil hat vender.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Honestly surprised trump hasn't been sucicided. Even boing can manage that why not the CIA?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Stupid people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

This years hurricane season, which is predicted to be the worst of the past 20 years at least.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It will almost certainly be the worst year in recorded history. We have pretty much had non-stop record breaking temperatures since July last year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

The april 9th eclipse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Idk has any country allowed Americans to declare refugee status yet?

(half /s)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Honestly, with Israel at war, I'm amazed we're not seeing more crazy endtimes nonsense from the evangelicals than we already are. Probably it's only because the description of the Antichrist in their Left Behind understanding of how it's expected to go down reminds them a little too uncomfortably of the person currently dominating their voter demographic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They have already been going at it on tiktok talking about why so many county's declaring state of emergency based on recomendations from homeland security or some shit and start thinking some other event will take place which will be catastrophic

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There is at least 2 eclipse per years, so I don't see why this one would specifically generate conspiracy theories over all the others.

People will do prediction that will realize by default (Earthquake, people dying, and so on) and claim to have super power, same shit as usual

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Because this one is going over America, and Americans think the world revolves around them. In this case more literally than usual.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I don't see why this one would specifically generate conspiracy theories over all the others.

Total solar eclipse (comparatively rare) passing over a good amount of the US (also rare).

The real question is why didn't the one 7 years ago that also fit those criteria generate these conspiracy theories? (they may have, but just wasn't talked about so much)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The real question is why didn’t the one 7 years ago that also fit those criteria generate these conspiracy theories?

The main problem is you're assuming that conspiracy theorists are normal rational people who think these things through

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Trees are square! Haven't you ever seen lumber?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, where did you think square roots come from?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

What does an eclipse have to do with conspiracies?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A solar eclipse has been interpreted as a harbinger of doom since the dawn of time. The conspiracy theory is merely a modern evolution of this trend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They happen about once every 18 months, and people seem to keep their cool about it. Last time we had one in the US the biggest news was that Trump stared directly at it without eye protection.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Honestly, save yourself the brain rot.

If you must know, right wing nut jobs have started saying this is the second coming or some such other insane shit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this was my first thought too. What conspiracy theories about the eclipse?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Damn. There was literally a partial (full? idk partial for me at least) eclipse in the US during Trump’s term, which is how we got that amazing image of that fucking loser staring straight at the sun. Why do these inbred fucks thing this is eclipse is any different than any other eclipse that has happened?

Unrelated question, does anyone know if eclipse glasses expire? I’ll search this on my own but was curious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The glasses shouldn't expire, at least not so quickly. But scratches might render them unusable.

Edit: See https://youtu.be/luTU6VFWeYY?t=5m24s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Man... I'm feeling better every day about leaving Reddit, and most other social media, for that matter. What the fuck is wrong with people.