24 Conspiracy Theories People Online Think Are Spine-Chilling

So grateful this is #1. Although, tbf, this isn't a "conspiracy theory," this is actually true. While we're at it, inflation isn't the reason why everything cost so much more rn. Corporate greed is the reason. They're upping the price, making record profits, while convincing everyone the reason for the price increase is inflation.

So many people are distracted by the things that literally don’t affect them instead of focusing on things that actually do.

This is not a conspiracy theory, this is the truth.

Divide to rule. Not a conspiracy theory. Just a fact.

What's sad is this doesn't feel like a conspiracy theory. This makes sense.

The next president of the US wants to deregulate even more, exposing all of us to more toxins in our environment. So long as you can pay the high permit fee your gonna get it. I am truly frightened.

Yes and no. The biggest contributor to climate change is the huge number of people. Overpopulation used to get talked about a lot 20 or so years ago. Climate scientists very consciously stopped talking about it, because it was such a divisive topic and counter-productive. I read an article by a climate scientist maybe 5-8 years ago about this. Along with climate change comes biodiversity loss and plastics pollution, both of which are right up there with climate change as issues. And obviously, this is related to 8 billion people on the planet. But I agree that individual changes are not going to solve climate change. And pushing that onto the people is truly a very explicit strategy for these companies and the people who get rich off of them to take focus off of them.

Yep, this is why I don't feel bad about being wasteful with plastics. Take one look at the amount if plastic wrap one Amazon warehouse trashes in a day. What I use in my lifetime is practically nothing in comparison. You could say I'm partially at fault for shopping at Amazon, but I'm not sure an alternative exists that isn't just as wasteful. Products get shipped all around the world, and that creates a ton of waste because they all do it the same way.

I remember exactly when this narrative started. In 1970 (the year Earth Day was created) there was a commerical with the Native American Iron Eyes Cody where he's looking at litter & pollution as a person throws garbage out of their car which lands at this feet.Closeup of a single tear rolling down his cheek. A foreboding voice says, "People start pollution, people can stop it." Individuals are to blame. Guilt guilt guilt. So now the smuggies are driving electric cars whose only source for the lithium batteries comes from child slaves in Congo. The commerical:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OHG7tHrNM

This is why Luigi Mangione strikes terror into the hearts of the corporate masters. Regardless his actions, he's placing the blame correctly.

The moon landings were faked. NASA hired Stanly Kubrick to film the landings. However, Kubrick is a perfectionist and insisted they be shot on location.

Typical. They have an ANSA to everything!

this one made me giggle.

Where is this world going??😭

How else are you supposed to geet off of Earth without a space craft? Dreams?

This is why 98% of the pictures I post are of my pets. Well, that and I ain't that cute...

I'm pretty sure it was actually proved...

I work for a company that produces CGMs. Not Abbott. Non-invasive isn't safe enough to just throw it on the market with a watch. People will ignore / forget the warnings about its limits and use it instead of proper monitoring systems. And then die.

....OR they over promised the technology and scrapped it. It happens all the time, CEO demands certain features to be included while having zero understanding of the technology required to include this technology into the product. That's basically Tesla's entire business model.

My partner wanted a smartwatch to show emails, texts and who was calling. Trying to find a watch without the health and fitness features has been a nightmare. He misses his old Pebble.

Except that, how do you explain the science of the non-invasive monitors?! Smas as with the BP apps. How do they measure your BP when it doesn't even contact any area with an artery?!

Either that or threatened to sue them for patent breach?

The lightbulb in the fire station is still burning. It was installed in 1900…. So it can be done

This isn't true. That light bulb that's been on for a hundred years is incredibly dim. Not really usable as a light source by itself. Supposedly it's also very hot, meaning it's incredibly inefficient. Engineering a light bulb is about balancing brightness, efficiency and life span. Increasing one too much means reducing the other two.

I have LED light bulb on my desk lamp I bought a decade ago.

Light bulb lifespan and power efficiency are directly proportional. Light bulb manufacturers "conspired" to create standards that consumers could understand.

All companies do this, otherwise they would go out of business.

Erm, factory work isnt' really the big market these days. (Customer) service is. So you would want people who can read, write, and do basic maths. Maybe it's because too many continue to vote for parties who funnel tax money rather to their rich friends, while blaming immigrants. But hey, that would make voters responsible, and doesn't feel as satisfying, does it.

I disagree with this. It's not the school system that is trying to get people to fail. Most public school systems just suck because they don't have the funding. There is a correlation with school funding and quality of education.

There's a province in Canada that is introducing oil & gas as a high school elective. It's offered by a company that isn't even in that province, so best-case scenario those kids will be leaving the province when they graduate. Worst case scenario, of course, is that they are unemployed and angry about policies that advance green energy (ie, the other party's policies). We're being real open now about what we actually care about and it's not kids.

More than likely dumb people are breeding dumber kids

This is self-defeating drivel