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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)

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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i dont necessarily believe it but i think the conspiracy theory that justin trudeau is castro's kid is funny

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Frosted Flakes are not great, they're just paying Tony the Tiger to say that.

[–] Fibby@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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.

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[–] sisatici@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago

Jeff bezos didnt kill himself (duh)

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The lottery is a trap designed to catch time travelers.

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[–] laziestflagellant@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The feds are running Pokémon Go (and possibly other copycat AR games) to harvest data on human movement and shopping patterns, and the feds are the ones who forced Niantic to dismantle the remote raiding economy and focus almost entirely on in person raids.

A development studio deliberately stopping whales from dumping money into them (ie the previously unlimited remote raid passes) is kind of a jaw dropping moment.

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