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)

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      I think it's more like they can't acknowledge it or people start frothing at the mouth and organizing hunting parties, sorta like how we decimated the wolf populations across the country

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        We don't really have that much livestock (the old joke is farming here is a great way to make a small fortune if you start with a big one) and it was mostly ranchers that wanted to kill wolves for having the audacity to kill cows the ranchers didn't want to spend money to fence in.

    • FactuallyUnscrupulou [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Just had this discussion around a campfire in the Adirondacks. Nearly everyone agreed Wolves and Mountain Lions are in upstate NY except for the one person who said, "Well the DEC hasn't said so, therefore they're actually Coyotes and Bobcats".

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Even if it isn't full blown wolves we've got coydogs which are a mix of coyotes and wolves which are just bigger meaner coyotes