Find the conspiracy

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#1

death_isthe_begining

Jul 17, 2010 5:41:56
Here is the idea, find a conspiracy (the more absurd the better) based off something on tv, newspaper, or something along those lines. Post it.



The orbitz chick is really very rude. Think about it she interrupts people every time you see her. She also seems to make people happy when she does so, I posit that there is some chemical concoction in the gum that makes them docile.
#2

ADHadh

Jul 19, 2010 3:34:38
Why? Nothing will trump this anyway.
But I dare you to try.
#3

boraxe

Jul 19, 2010 8:52:33
Why? Nothing will trump this anyway.
But I dare you to try.


Except that is clearly a parody. Real conspiracy idiot sites look like this:
www.patriotsaints.com/News/911/Conspirac...
www.911sharethetruth.com/
www.educate-yourself.org/nwo/
whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/B...
#4

ADHadh

Jul 19, 2010 9:58:06

Except that is clearly a parody. (...)


You sure? It really reminds me of that Alex Jones guy.
There again there's Poe's Law...
#5

boraxe

Jul 19, 2010 11:28:56

Except that is clearly a parody. (...)

You sure?


Of course not, but is seems pretty likely to me. It's not so much the content as the execution: the design and use of language is far too competent, lacking the histrionic mouth-foaming fervor of most conspiracy nuts or the naive idiocy of a moron like Glenn Beck. It could be legit, but it doesn't feel so.
#6

ADHadh

Jul 19, 2010 11:49:03

Of course not, but is seems pretty likely to me. It's not so much the content as the execution: the design and use of language is far too competent, lacking the histrionic mouth-foaming fervor of most conspiracy nuts or the naive idiocy of a moron like Glenn Beck. It could be legit, but it doesn't feel so.


Ah, good points!
It still has weird connections pulled from nowhere, like the eye thing (masons and Egyptians and oh my!).
#7

boraxe

Jul 19, 2010 11:56:12
Ah, good points!
It still has weird connections pulled from nowhere, like the eye thing (masons and Egyptians and oh my!).


I think he's cribbed the vocabulary from other "real" conspiracy sites, just applied it to something absurd to make a point.
#8

EscherEnigma

Jul 19, 2010 17:17:19
Hah.  Saw this today, and it made me think of you conspiracy nuts:
conspiracy.jpg
(click for full-size)
From the comic Doc & Raider [link].