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I have a friend who, every time we hang out, unloads a new batch of conspiracies that never (very rarely) actually materialize. They’re also big on bragging about not watching TV, yet spend hours scrolling Twitter, letting the algorithm serve them their next obsession. They constantly pepper me with screenshots of articles, and videos tied to whatever rabbit hole they’re down this week. Honestly, I’m convinced conspiracies have become the Western male's favorite form of reality TV.

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Thursday 5∞ saintalgorithm@nostrplebs.com 5 months ago

I have a conspiracy fren too, but mine is hooked on MSM. I proposed a bet to stop consuming any "news" for a month, but he claims he just follows it to monitor bla bla. Pretty weird combo, but yeah, dumb conspiracies are opioid for the masses. Interestingly, they don't do jack shit about it anyway.

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Nic ⛄ nic@nostr.land 5 months ago

My friend is deep into the whole Q thing. His go-to phrase is, “Sit back and watch the show.” From where I’m standing, the Q movement seems like a psychological trick, where it gives people the rush of feeling like they’ve uncovered secret knowledge, but then neutralizes them by convincing them that everything is unfolding according to plan, so they shouldn’t act, but just “watch.” They do share a ton of memes, though, so... there’s that?

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