Why Are So Many People Completely Wacked Out?

[Herlock Sholmes]

Some people just love to be able to say ‘I know something that you don’t.’

Too many people + way too much free time + the internet = Conspiracy time.

[c.d.]

Some people just love to be able to say ‘I know something that you don’t.’

Too many people + way too much free time + the internet = Conspiracy time.

Hello Herlock,

I think you are right. It is probably very satisfying for them to say "so you are one of those fools who really believes that men landed on the moon."

c.d.

[Abby Normal]

I am still following the Rapture community. Undaunted by being wrong every single time they simply move on to a new date. Truly amazing. But wait there's more: FEMA Death Camps; manipulation of the weather by the government; Obama is the Antichrist and will announce it to the world on Halloween; Obama is a Muslim; Obama is gay; Michelle Obama is a woman; Pope Francis is the Antichrist; The Catholic Church worships Satan; Pope Francis is tied to the Illuminati; The earth is flat; the moon landing was faked; chemtrails; lizard people; shadow people; 9/11 truth movement; vaccines cause autism etc. etc. etc.

What is wrong with these people? They seem rational and fairly well educated. Can anybody explain this?

c.d.

in the words of the immortal Jim Morrison-People are strange

[Wickerman]

I must remember to proofread before I hit submit. The rumor of course is that Michelle Obama is a man.

c.d.

You can never claim that nobody reads your posts c.d.

[c.d.]

You can never claim that nobody reads your posts c.d.

Thanks for that, Wick. I now feel much better about my stupidity.

c.d.

[Herlock Sholmes]

I was trying to think of some smart arse joke about Michelle Obama as a man and c.d. to mean cross dresser but I’ll leave that one alone I think

[Abby Normal]

"My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can't prove it, but you can't disprove it either."

Christopher Hitchens

I think he meant to say Australia.

[GUT]

I think he meant to say Australia.

Sounds about right.

[Shaggyrand]

Just saw WAKE IN FRIGHT (aka OUTBACK) the other night... I just wanted an excuse to mention it because its a damn good movie.

[Steadmund Brand]

conspiracy theories have been around forever...but the internet really made it blow up...because anyone can write up anything and make it look very legit...and, well, sometimes the theories are born out of manipulation....anti government stuff to help sell weapons and "survival products" etc... but it is quite sad to see how many people buy into really INSANE ideas (flat earth etc)

Steadmund Brand

[Pcdunn]

Caught a TV documentary last night called "Helltown", about a supposed town in Ohio, Boston, which was evacuated in the 1970s by the government. It's a national park now, they saw, and the town's not the maps anymore.

Strange stories of cult groups, mysterious legends of a dangerous creature dating back to Native American days, and the very strange story of the only survivor from a military recon team sent in in the 1970s.

https://www.destinationamerica.com/tv-shows/helltown/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helltown,_Ohio

[Sam Flynn]

conspiracy theories have been around forever...

Oh, really? That's what they WANT us to believe