We've got a bunch of new people now so let's bring back a classic post. What low stakes conspiracy theory do you believe that you cannot prove but feels right to you?

I'll start: I believe that dating apps have made a concerted effort to smear in person meeting people and tie it to being "creepy" through social media so you are forced to meet people online(which was the creepy option just 15 years ago)

  • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    Public programs are purposely underfunded to make it easy for people to point to why they don’t work (the average person doesn’t think about/care whether they get funding), making it easier to continue the process of privatizing everything.

    I 420.69% believe this is 100% true. It's such a great feedback loop for someone wanting to dismantle it. It doesn't work so no one uses it, no uses it because it doesn't work, and it doesn't work because it was underfunded and ill-equipped, and it was underfunded and ill-equipped because they didn't want it to work. It doesn't work so no one uses it, its perceived value is lessened so it then doesn't work.

    • raven [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      And then you can make great use of absolute numbers over more contextualized relative numbers/ Here's a made up example:

      frothingfash why did it cost 700 million to vaccinate every American??
      $700 million / 300 million Americans = $2.33 per vaccination, insanely cheap. Less than you spent on gas tax getting to and from work today.

      I'm always immediately suspicious when someone starts throwing around absolute numbers like that.

      • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        I'm always immediately suspicious when someone starts throwing around absolute numbers like that.

        Agreed! Anyone who uses tries to use math to justify why a bad thing is a good thing goes to super hell. The one where the Doom Slayer just goes buck wild. That's where they go.

        • raven [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          Self assured STEM dorks and their consequences

          • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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            10 months ago

            It’s also super frustrating that these STEM dweebs have have lucrative skillsets that the “Mark€t™️©️®️ “ “values”. Because of this they can’t justify to themselves why they should go into the public sector for the betterment of the people. STEM dorks across the board would be so much cooler if they were used for public welfare and social good.

            I totally understand why a regular non-CHUD publicly educated STEMheads would go private sector. They have bills and debt and all that jazz, and sadly the public sector jobs can’t give out those sorts of attractive salaries and benefits.

            All of this further perpetuates the cycle original post was talking about. Nerds get their education in the public then leave to private sector which hallows out the public sector. It’s just a vicious and vile cycle.