• Real_User [any]
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    14 hours ago

    I just don't get how they're not tired of this. There's one of these at least once per year and every time The Big One never happens. You'd think that after a few times people would get sick of it and just tune out any future doomsdays but there's always an audience for the next one

    • buh [she/her]
      hexagon
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      14 hours ago

      it feels like they're desperately trying to relive the days of hysteria around Government Control during covid that swept up a lot of the less extreme conservatives

      • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
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        5 hours ago

        during covid that swept up a lot of the less extreme conservatives

        it's funny because once the happenings actually started they insisted the disease was fake

        we're gonna have actual fucking gray aliens abducting people in front of our eyes and they'll think the aliens are fake, and that instead the FBI sprayed LSD in the chemtrails to MKultra their entire neighborhood

        • Tom742 [they/them, any]
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          23 minutes ago

          Do you think it’s just ingrained contrarianism that causes this? I’m always amazed when the narrative flips on a dime like that and all memories of the previous one seem to get erased to them.

        • RoabeArt [he/him]
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          3 hours ago

          it's funny because once the happenings actually started they insisted the disease was fake

          The thing is I know quite a few conservatives (mostly family members and people I work with) who were initially scared about the news reports of covid deaths during January and February of 2020. Then Trump and RW media pundits made it clear what their stance on covid was, and they all fell in line saying it was fake or overblown.

          These people are all told what to think.

          • Dessa [she/her]
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            edit-2
            3 hours ago

            And now liberals and even a few leftists are convinced covid is overblown and no measures are needed.