For real, I really want to hear all the wacky and potentially true conspiracies Hexbear users have. It would be nice to have a conspiracy spot on the internet that isn't antisemitic as well.

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I think it'd encourage conspiracism as a mindset. Look at how people are with 9/11. Humans have a natural need to seek out patterns, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia , and conspiracy theorists online link six separate plane crashes together as some kind of coordinated thing. There's no room for accidents or for mechanical/procedural issues, no recognition that coincidences happen, just straight to xenophobic or anti-government conspiracies. That's not something we should reward.

      • happybadger [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I've only had one person really bite and it gave me just enough of an idea where to take it, but every subsequent attempt has stalled. If I can just catch someone who's either really passionate about 9/11 conspiracies or 9/11 conspiracy debunking it's going to uniquely enrage them.

          • happybadger [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Just you wait until I fight you about the number of planes. "Oh yeah it was only four planes? One of them was just some random field? Well if that's a terrorist attack against corn then why don't we just make it six planes so it's extra dramatic?"

              • happybadger [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                I refuse to even define the extra two. They're just there to validate the paranoia of the person who thinks it was somehow a "deliberate attack". They can pick which two planes will make it more of a dramatic story for them.