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)

    • Fibby@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      John Harvey Kellogg was a surgeon who performed circumcisions. He believed they were an effective treatment for "addiction to masterbation".

      There are conspiracy theories (misconceptions?) that he popularized circumcisions in America. Or that Corn Flakes were created to curb masterbation urges - because they are so bland that obviously no one would want to jerk it after eating that.

      Idk where I'm going with this, but John Harvey Kellogg was a weird fucking dude.

        • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          "Whores" should be venerated in the hustle-grindset-gig-economy the world has created but strangely are not.

          On the real though, sex work is so weirdly moralized in the market economy when everything else isn't. They want you to monetize your free time, your thoughts, your interests, your relationships, but you monetize your sexuality they get all porky-scared

            • Egon
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              4 months ago

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              • silent_water [she/her]
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                1 year ago

                yes, of course, but people are usually mad at them for being gay, not for being sex workers

                • Egon
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                  4 months ago

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