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Steven told Bored Panda the type of interpretation of reality that recognizes only a single cause as a factor in political, social, or historical change is known as monocausal. Reality is often more complex.

"If a theory explaining an aspect of reality has monocausal tendencies (or even shamelessly presents itself as monocausal), it is highly likely to be wrong. We should develop a habit of thinking about this every time we hear a theory supposed to explain some 'hidden truth' to us. Then, if you think to yourself, 'Wow, that sounds pretty monocausal!'—it's a sign you should do your research."

Steven believes that people's fascination with conspiracy theories has to do with the desire for simplicity and clarity in an overly-complex, often-muddled world. "The world is complicated: many processes are going on that we don't have time to follow, don't have the knowledge to explore, don't have an awareness of their existence. Conspiracy theories are usually simple: in their worldview, one cause determines everything (the world is ruled by lizard people, etc.)," he explained.

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" That civilizations have risen and fallen far earlier than we currently are aware. And that ancient civilizations were way more capable than we give them credit for.

_KoingWolf_ , Jeremy Bezanger Report

Final score:

328points

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Mohammad Ammar 2 years ago

Ancient civilizations were just as smart as us. Idk why people act like they were apes. Industrialization and colonialism spread knowledge and technology across the world and made humanity seem collectively advanced. If we had no way of reaching one another some nations would still be far behind. It could be that some civilizations had a similar breakthrough in science but died out before preserving or spreading that knowledge.

127points

Sequoia 2 years ago

Without the people in the past's smarts, we wouldn't have technology today most likely.

9points

Grumble O'Pug 2 years ago

same species, same brain. Just no one came up with the groundbreaking ideas YET. I mean, considering the tech they had, they were amazing.

5points

Heather Evans 2 years ago

I sometimes imagine that I have been transported 5000 years into the past and wonder even with all of the "knowledge" that I have what good would it be? I wouldn't be an "advanced" person.

3points

Bunzilla 2 years ago

They had the same brains, they just didn't have the same accumulated knowledge we have now. But they also knew things that humans have since forgotten.

2points

Mary Rose Kent 2 years ago (edited)

Marie, I’m interested in understanding what makes you think that

2points

Vicky Z 2 years ago

There is people that think that ancient civilizations were like apes? That's news for me cause I come from a country where we have the ancients like Gods!

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Steve Riddle 2 years ago

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Shelli Aderman 2 years ago

Not a conspiracy theory. Just fact… 🤷🏽‍♀️

13points

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

Pro Tip: "Primitive" does not mean "stupid."

7points

ForgotMyPWSendHelp 2 years ago (edited)

With the way we're ruining things, primitive is starting to look way smarter to me.

5points

Eiram 2 years ago

History Channel "Aliens may have built the pyramids". Historians "Ancient people were very smart and used physics to..." "No, it was aliens". "What?"

6points

Pearl 2 years ago

Ancient physicists were the ones who laid the foundation for modern physics

5points

Indy 2 years ago

As an archaeologist I'm asked that question a lot. My answer is don't underestimate the power of humanity.

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Steve Riddle 2 years ago

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Bill Evs 2 years ago

Yep, I've thought this for a long time. Modern civilisation dates back around 6000 years and recorded history around 5000 years. Yet humans like us have been knocking around for approximately 300,000 years (even at a conservative estimate). It seems somewhat unbelievable that in all that time we have only reached the level of civilisation once (and that's ignoring ancient myths about advanced people in pre-history and evidence of advanced engineering that's ignored).

6points

Saulius V 2 years ago (edited)

I think about it alot. And it is possible that we life in one of the cycles of human civilization where there is some disaster and people almost got extinct, they go through all phases from stone age to modern civilisation like we are now and even much more advanced. Then they starting to care about environment. Start to make everything Eco friendly and decomposable. Every data and knowledge is stored in some computer-like devices. So when a new collapse of civilization comes. there no physical evidence of civilization left in 30-50 thousands years. And we could literally walk on big amount of ancient civilisations data stored in stones. Or it can be stored in diamond of some fancy ring and we never know about it because technology is lost long time ago

5points

Earl Grey 2 years ago

How exactly does this idea qualify as a conspiracy theory? Conspiracy Theory: “a belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for a circumstance or event.”

3points

Vicky Z 2 years ago

In every list there are at list five posts that don't belong there

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J Robertson 2 years ago

All anyone needs to do to understand this is to go to one of the ancient cities. Yes. I understand travel is something the privileged do but unlike when I went to Ephesus when I was 21 we now have the internet. Their population was larger than the city I live in now. They had running water and sewage. They understood acoustics that could reach every one of the 20,000'ish person audience without microphones & speakers. The ancient's were more advanced than people even realize but much of their achievements have been lost. Most people don't even know the names of their great grandparents and that's your family.

2points

karl briggs 2 years ago

If someone from any given time frame was brought forward to our current time frame and raised with our modern education - 1) They would be just as intelligent as us 2) They'd be a time traveller

2points

A Jones 2 years ago

Their technology was different, but they were incredibly smart (perhaps smarter) to current folks. I mean they worked with what they had to keep food on the table, work with trades, education, and protecting peeps.

2points

Gin. No tonic 2 years ago

Most of our modern knowledge and communications are online. If not kept up with, data self-destructs within 100 years. So it is quite possible that future civilizations will see us as much less advanced than we actually are.

2points

Dodie Rippentrop 2 years ago

What I would've given to see the library in Alexandria.

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PADNA 2 years ago

I always mention Babel tower. It was described with such detail that there is no coincidence that at very least previous civilization was advanced enough to build sky scrappers and being able to use a common knowledge in doing so (being able to communicate and collab).

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Brian Bennett 2 years ago

It's just like it is today we super civilized people build on the backs of other civilizations, but if we're not careful with the world maybe our civilization will have no back to build on!

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François Carré 2 years ago

I recommend that excellent new book by David Wengrow and late David Graeber : https://www.parislibrairies.fr/livre/9780241402429-the-dawn-of-everything-a-new-history-of-humanity-david-graeber-david-wengrow/

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Annie Bieber 2 years ago

Neanderthals Anyone? "Scientists" painted them as knuckle dragging prehuman, unintelligent beings, when in fact they had art, had ritual burials etc...😤

0points

Frankenfrog 2 years ago

How's this a conspiracy? Do you even know what the word means?

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I I 2 years ago

i love watching how they built things, mind boggling they did it all with man power

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Mx. Croteau 2 years ago

this is true not only of ancient civilizations, but more modern ones. for example, clothing manufacturers from the 18th and 19th centuries were incredibly intelligent regarding fabric blends and what best to wear in the weather. clothing was also designed in such a way where, instead of needing to change one's body to fit the "fashionable silhouette" you could change the shape of your body using padding and illusion.

0points

Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago

...that's not a conspiracy

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Downunderdude 2 years ago

How is this a conspiracy theory?

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UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago

The rise and, more importantly, fall of complex, and economically and socially advanced civilizations should teach us all an important lesson about how fragile each of our own nations are.

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Bunzilla 2 years ago

So, here's the thing. People might ask, but where's the proof? Okay, first of all... anything but a stone structure has an exceedingly low chance of surviving. Second of all, sea levels have risen since ancient times. Take a look at light at night maps of the world. Most of civilization is clustered around the sea and other bodies of water. Those areas are now mostly underwater. And, again, unless they're made of stone, no trace of those would survive. It's also difficult to date stone structures. We can make our best guesses, but if a stone structure has had continual occupation, or repeated occupation, it makes it a lot more difficult to ascertain the true age.

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Analyn Lahr 2 years ago

And aliens had nothing to do with it.

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zak 2 years ago

So the number 2 conspiracy on the list is not an actual conspiracy? 🤣

0points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

Yeah, I absolutely think this is true. Again, not really a conspiracy. More just a point of debate in different areas of archaeology and history, etc.

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Twodogsandapicnictable 2 years ago

Where is there a conspiracy in realizing that ancient civilizations existed and did things we don't understand?

0points

kathoco 2 years ago

Okay, but this isn't really a conspiracy theory.

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Nugua 2 years ago (edited)

It's not a thing of importance. The people who "imported" arabic numerics into Europe had simply no idea where the Arabs got them from. But they got them from the Arabs, so they called them Arabic.

9points

"They present (at least at first) a clear and lucid vision of the world—often based on Manichean [good vs. evil] opposition. They give the false impression of thoroughly understanding and explaining the world in a simple way." Other reasons for the spread of conspiracy theories include teleological thinking, e.g. thinking about the purpose of something rather than its cause. Although Steven doesn't think that the moral aspect (that's the "good vs. evil" part) isn't the core element that explains why conspiracy theories are so popular, there's still a strong correlation between the two.

"Studies prove that people who believe in one conspiracy theory are much more likely to believe in another. In this sense, I think that every conspiracy theory is wrong. They differ only in scale, but they are all part of the same mechanism."

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" There are theories that many famous female stars who were blacklisted (Megan Fox is a good example) were blacklisted because they refused to sleep with directors and producers.

reddit , Josh Jensen Report

Final score:

303points

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Lav Oravaf 2 years ago

a friend of mine wanted to start her career in TV, she started with commercials and ended up in a quiz show as an image girl. the very famous quiz presenter used to organize lots of (let's called them) " staff parties " where it was more let's see who he can easily F. First time she went to one of those parties she refused to be "nice" to him and that's where her TV career ended. that was back in the 90s. now she is a happy mum :)

115points

Joseph M. Pierre, a professor of psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, told Bored Panda during an earlier interview that conspiracy theorists tend to focus on certain events when twisting the truth for their own purposes.

“It is true that certain historical events do tend to attract conspiracy theories and there is evidence that times of societal upheaval or crisis when people are feeling unsafe and desperate for clarity offer a kind of fertile soil for conspiracy theory beliefs,” he said.

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" David Miscavige, the chairman of the Church of Scientology definitely murdered his wife and is getting off scott free for it. Him and his wife got into a pretty heated argument in 2007, and she hasn’t been seen since. Lawyers hired by David claim she is still alive and devotes 100% of her time to work at the church of scientology, which is why she hasn’t been seen since August 2007. In 2013, a former member of the church had filed a missing person report that was closed after a few officers had “spoken and seen Mrs.Miscavige”, even though there’s no evidence whatsoever of this meeting. All missing person’s reports now are turned down since this investigation is forever closed.

SMELLYJELLY72 , Freedom Mag Report

Final score:

278points

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K Witmer 2 years ago

Leah remini has been trying to bring attention to this for years. She asked where she was at a wedding and was punished by the church until she got out. Now she's followed and threatened

140points

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Nothing's actually happening in Area 51. The government just keep it so people will focus on it and ignore the shady stuff happening somewhere else.

mrwizard24 , Oliver Pacas Report

Final score:

266points

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Max Power 2 years ago

Dolce base is the 2nd distraction, most of all the secret stuff happens in Dumbs. Deep underground military bases. Away from aerial photography.

52points

tiefling_sorceress , Julian Santa Ana Report

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" The fashion industry makes too much money from purses to care about making pockets for women easily available

Final score:

244points

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Burs 2 years ago

I never understood this idea. I dont think that purses and pockets are incompatible. I want pockets for my hands and phone but I always carry a small backpack for everything else (wallet, keys, sunglasses...)

97points

“Over the past 60 years, the assassination of JFK, the death of Princess Diana, and 9/11 are the most obvious examples of national traumas surrounded by conspiracy theory beliefs. We should acknowledge that many conspiracy theories, like the idea that the Earth is flat, aren’t really based on any kind of obvious traumatic event,” the professor explained to Bored Panda.

“People who believe in conspiracy theories are also often attracted to the Manichean narratives that conspiracy theories offer, involving battles of good and evil pitting against each other in an almost apocalyptic fashion. So, it should come as no surprise that conspiracy theories might sprout up from World War II—a real-life apocalyptic battle between good and evil,” the expert said.

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" With the number of millionaire/billionaires that are psychopaths or similar, there must be a few super rich serial k***ers out there.

By extension there must be people making money supplying victims in the same way Epstein was supplying girls to the wealthy who wanted to scratch an itch. With the money, power and influence would come governments and intelligence agencies willing to overlook or cover up terrible actions for leverage.

Ungreat , Ruthson Zimmerman Report

Final score:

230points

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Nugua 2 years ago (edited)

This is not conspiracy, it's pure statistics.

16points

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" The art trade. These million dollar art shows/individual pieces that go for insanely high prices are just a way for money laundering

BenMcIrish , Ruben Ramirez Report

Final score:

214points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

Or for the rich to display their wealth. In any case, it's bullsh*t.

57points

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" So my dad actually confirmed a popular conspiracy theory.

I told him about the “laundry detergent caps have the full line too high on purpose”, and he told me this was true. He interned at P&G, and they taught him the full line was for “the highest level of cleanliness our product can give”. You can get away with using much less detergent.

Burnnoticelover , No Revisions Report

Final score:

200points

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Carries 2 years ago

Yes, but if you read the back of the bottle, it usually tells you this

90points

Meanwhile, Lee McIntyre, a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, told Bored Panda that when debating conspiracy theorists like Flat Earthers, you should ask them upfront what evidence they think would be enough to prove them wrong.

“I used that question in person at FEIC [Flat Earth International Conference] 2018 and it was very telling. Most of them just said ‘proof’ and I said ‘proof of what?’ They couldn’t be specific. This shows that their beliefs weren’t really based on evidence in the first place,” the expert said how conspiracy theorists tend to think.

#10

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Secret societies definitely exist.

reddit , Thought Catalog Report

Final score:

163points

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Vorknkx 2 years ago

Secret societies do exist, but they are pretty small, unimportant, and definitely do not control the world (or anything significant). They are just social clubs for bored rich people.

124points

UndividedIndecision , Taras Chernus Report

#11

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" New Coke was a way for Coca Cola to switch from real sugar to corn syrup without people noticing.

Switch to the new formula that everyone hates, keep it for a while so that people demand the old one back, then switch it back after enough time has passed that people wouldn't notice the relatively subtle change

Final score:

154points

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Cracked actually had a really interesting article on that. https://www.cracked.com/article_31998_7-ways-coca-colas-cocaine-connection-goes-deeper-than-we-realized.html

26points

butterthenugget , Mackenzie Marco Report

#12

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" That the world is controlled by s select few ultra rich. Of cause it is because they are doing all the back door deals making each other even more money.

Final score:

152points

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Luther von Wolfen 2 years ago

There seems to be a lot of evidence for this one.

47points

“At one session I heard many Flat Earthers talk about losing family members, getting kicked out of their churches, losing jobs… who would do that for fun? These are hardcore science deniers. As hard as it might be to accept, there are people who believe this stuff and are willing even to put their lives on the line for it! One rocket guy crashed trying to prove Flat Earth. They aren’t pretending,” McIntyre told Bored Panda.

#13

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" I quite like the missing cosmonauts theory. It's unlikely but seems like it could have been possible. It boils down to the idea that Yuri Gagarin wasn't the first man in space. He was just the first man in space to survive the entire process.

donutnz , NASA Report

Final score:

147points

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Monday 2 years ago

Quite likely, but at least one of the more famous "missing cosmonauts" was a hoax. There were supposedly audio recordings of a female cosmonaut burning up after a malfunction on their ship but it was found to be (iirc) an Italian woman faking the recording for a radio station.

35points

Swiftblitzkrieg , Unseen Histories Report

#14

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" The FBI murdered Dr. Martin Luther King. Too much evidence to ignore

Final score:

136points

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Mister E 2 years ago

"murdered" is ok, but "killed" is censored?

109points

#15

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Google Maps only asks you for feedback on its navigation when it knows it did a good job.

I use navigation all the time, and I find that when it gets me to the destination on time or earlier than predicted, I get a notification asking to rate the trip. But if it gets me there after it originally estimated, I never get that notification.

slinky317 , Mika Baumeister Report

Final score:

124points

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Ola Pe 2 years ago

It doesn’t ask your feedback because it’s disappointed with your performance 😉

60points

“Conspiracy theories have been around since Nero in the Roman Empire. They pop up in times of turmoil or mass unrest when people try to make sense of the world, but can’t. Flat Earth is in some ways just a run-of-the-mill conspiracy theory. They’ve all grown in popularity because beliefs (even fringe beliefs) are reinforced by peer approval, and that is now readily available on the internet. Virtually all of the flat earthers I met were converted based on Youtube videos. Some then went to the conferences. After that, they were ‘down the rabbit hole.'”

#16

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" That conspiracy theory’s is a term made up by the government to make true things that happen look dumb.

yeetybeet , Samuel Schroth Report

Final score:

121points

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Jyri Hakola 2 years ago

More plausible it would be say that the mainaintaining of the consipracy theories are keeping people on focusing into fictional problems that focusing real problems like pretty f*cd up US healthcare system, wages, long work-weeks and lack of vacations..

5points

kronosaurusdev , T R A V E L E R G E E K Report

#17

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" This one is small and local but still too insane to ignore and just came up today.

Just recently, our small suburban town’s favorite gas station went out of business. Everyone went there, the guy who ran it was the mayor. He retires and sells the property after an issue with the ground underneath the gas pumps. They tear down the gas pumps and keep the garage, Mavis Tire bought the property and opened a new store.

A few days after the Mavis opens, someone posts a picture on Facebook of an intersection at a road near it with nails all over the road. The guy theroizies that a box of nails fell off of a construction truck. The police come clean it up and it seems all is well. Fast forward a few days later and people are commenting on the post that they’re finding nails in their car tires. Not just from that intersection. People jokingly say “maybe it was the new Mavis guys throwing nails around” but nothing really happens.

Several weeks later, people have been posting day in and day out pictures of nails in their car tires. My dad took my car in to the Mavis in question about 3 weeks ago and they found a nail inside of the right front tire. I noticed that it was driving sort of funny but never that my tire was on the verge of exploding.

I jokingly said “people have been saying you guys have just been going around throwing nails all over the place” trying not to laugh at how insane it sounded to say out loud. The guy behind the counter said nothing but “yeah” with a weird smirk.

Over 50 people have posted on the town Facebook that their cars have had nails in their tires. My mom is driving my car now because her car has a nail in the tire.

Final score:

116points

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XSpooky_Mint 2 years ago

This is really f****d up, people could get hurt or even killed, and all because some dipshit wanted to make some extra cash

82points

#18

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" 1.) Kennedy gets elected

2.) Kennedy is critical of the CIA, his own VP and military for wanting to turn the cold war into a hot one and the willingness to perform false flag operations (Project Northwoods) to do it.

3.) Kennedy is shot

4.) His VP takes power

5.) [Classified]

CaptValentine , History in HD Report

Final score:

112points

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L. Murphy 2 years ago

I'm not saying this is true, but I will say that if you think our rulers have not killed to protect economic or ideological interests, then you might be a little naive.

52points

According to the expert, conspiracy theories can go viral and ‘infect’ new people. “It’s important to remember that these pathologies of human reasoning exist not just to defend themselves but to proselytize new members. They are virulent. They are infectious. I wish Flat Earth were the worst of them, but it isn’t. It’s the scourge of our age. And it will only continue to get worse.”

#19

The media is manipulated by the governments so they can teach us what to think, feel & believe.

HidanAnswers Report

Final score:

112points

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Burs 2 years ago

But this is common knowledge, no?

121points

#20

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Princess Diana car crash wasn't "accidental ". I truly believe P.Philip hired someone to get rid of her and have a feeling that when him, Elisabeth and Charles die some very secret conversations, emails ecc will come out.

Medelaine McCann was accidentally k**led by her parents. I don't believe they intended to do it but I do believe they covered it up and once the press ecc arrived they seen an opportunity to make money out of the situation.

mamacat2018 , Paisley Scotland Report

Final score:

110points

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

It was 1996. I doubt the royal family was using emails then. Leave the McCanns alone. You and all the other arseholes.

98points

#21

The anti vaccine movement was actually started to k*ll off people stupid enough to not get inoculated against deadly disease, thus strengthening the gene pool.

shampoo_and_d**k Report

Final score:

108points

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T. D. Bostick 2 years ago

Nope, people are just plain stupid. This doesn't explain other stupid conspiracy theories like flat earth and QAnon.

143points

#22

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" 9/11 was allowed to happen so the government could go ahead with political agendas that would've been very unpopular otherwise. There were all kinds of advanced warnings that an attack was imminent, yet they were ignored.

The attack allowed for the invasion and never-ending occupation of the Middle East, as well as the Patriot Act that allows for increased spying by the government (and was passed only about a month after 9/11).

DeathSpiral321 , History in HD Report

Final score:

100points

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Bexxxxx 2 years ago

Ohhh boy

25points

#23

The reason Disney came out with a movie called "Frozen" was so that when you Googled "Disney frozen" you would get information about the movie and not websites talking about Walt Disney's body being frozen. The same goes for "Disney on Ice."

-eDgAR- Report

Final score:

96points

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Hahaha. Cute. I guess their next movie will be based on sleeping beauty and called Cryogenic.

76points

#24

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" There is a giant money laundering cycle driven by the sale of paintings. It’s just a piece of canvas with some paint on it. I may understand some people would be willing to buy paintings from the renaissance, but modern art is definitely a huge money laundering instrument.

Kreamlin , Igor Miske Report

Final score:

87points

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Caro Caro 2 years ago

A well executed painting is not just a piece of canvas with some paint on it. It takes real skill and talent. Modern art will be "un-modern" in time so that's bs as well. Maybe art as a whole is used to launder money but so is housing, cars, and even businesses.

60points

#25

The reason hot dogs and hot dog buns aren't packaged in the same amount is so customers always have too many buns or hot dogs so they have to buy more

SirMumbopXIV Report

Final score:

86points

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Sail Westerly 2 years ago

I've always suspected this. Very annoying.

32points

#26

The whole aliens in area 51 thing was to cover up the fact it's actually a military test facility. The gov would rather have alien bs about that place than have other governments steal or sell their weapons and tech to avoid another war. Pretty smart imo.

JimmiJonJones Report

Final score:

81points

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kjorn 2 years ago

i always think it was just a story to hide the fact it's a weapon design test facility.

27points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#27

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Saturated fats and cholesterol aren't particularly bad for you, but a very politically aggressive and ethically deficient scientist named Ancel Keyes staked his career on the idea that they were, published studies with egregiously poor methodology (In his landmark Seven Countries study, he specifically picked those countries which best supported his aims while ignoring those countries that didn't) and waged a very aggressive campaign to destroy the careers of detractors (Famously Dr. John Yudkin-- who wrote "Pure, White and Deadly", a book on the dangers of dietary sugar).

Today, scientific nutritional authorities continue to drag their feet on revising the conventional medical wisdom due to the erosion to their own authority that this would represent.

Ancel Keyes was more singularly responsible for obesity in the US than any other person.

Crotchfirefly , Sorin Gheorghita Report

Final score:

81points

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Bexxxxx 2 years ago

Wait wait……this is a complicated story and definitely needs some citations 😬

47points

#28

That the US knowingly left POWs behind in Vietnam.

TheLeathal13 Report

Final score:

80points

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Bexxxxx 2 years ago (edited)

Isn’t this documented? (Legit question, not trying to be a d!ck)

51points

#29

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Jamie Lyyn Spears, Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, etc were [taken advantage of] by Dan Schneider. Nickelodeon let him get away with a lot. There’s so many feet jokes in all those shows. A lot of the interviews with those cast members get really awkward when they’re around Dan. If you got to pursue your dream career when you really wanted it wouldn’t you do just about anything? If you made Dan Schneider mad you career would be ruined and your dreams would be over.

Fletcherdl , Gareth Simpson Report

Final score:

74points

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K Witmer 2 years ago

I think a lot of child actors were taken advantage of. None of them were protected bc of capitalism.

59points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#30

That intelligent humans and advanced societies existed before the last Ice age.

YourFellaThere Report

Final score:

72points

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Sarcastic Cow 2 years ago

Intelligent humans never existed.

178points

#31

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Psychedelics are only illegal because they liberate from the consumerism narrative.

Bondie_ , Borya Report

Final score:

70points

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Jaaawn 2 years ago

Maybe but there's also the fact you can fall over, not be as alert and stuff, which isn't great when in public.

20points

#32

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" McDonald's shake machines are never actually down, the night crew people are just too lazy to clean it

GurpsWibcheengs , slgckgc Report

Final score:

68points

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Kirsty 2 years ago

Used to be McDonalds crew and there are two things that'd knock it out of order. 1. The syrup needs changing. To change the syrup you need to open a pressurised container and get it in and out of a tangle of syrup lines, if one pops off it's a couple of hours cleaning. Only certain staff are trained to change out syrups and you never wanna do it during a rush as people will trip over you. 2. The shake mix ran out and you're either waiting for someone to get out the ladder to top it up, or its been topped up and your waiting for it to reach temp, takes around 45 mins. That whole machine is disassembled and cleaned every night, all removable bits left in sterilising solution over night and reassembled in the morning. That cleaning involves various runs of boiling water and cleaning solutions being run through the lines. This is in the UK.

57points

#33

My favorite one is that UFOs are just us in the way distant future time traveling. We probably developed some sort of cloaking device so we never see them except for when it malfunctions.

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Final score:

67points

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Susoul Cats 2 years ago

my teacher had a theory about this when someone started talking about aliens in class one day. he said that the way that they "time travelled" is by them being able to travel faster than light, using Einstein's theory of relativity, which would allow them to travel back in time, to our age. And the reason why they would want to do this is because there might be some sort of plague/pandemic which they can't seem to get rid of, and they need to figure out what went wrong, and that's why aliens abduct humans/cows. Needless to say, he was an interesting teacher, he actually didn't teach any conspiracies or force it upon people, and before he explained that theory, he said "IF aliens do exist"

33points

#34

The only reason apple took headphone jacks off their phones is because Square was taking money away from Apple Pay

Pilot8091 Report

Final score:

67points

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Bexxxxx 2 years ago

No matter what the reason is, guarantee it’s just about them getting more money.

69points

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#35

FYI The moon landings were real in fact there were 6 in total and it’s not hard to achieve

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62points

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Timea Peter 2 years ago

why 6?

14points

#36

ISIS was created by the CIA

reddit Report

Final score:

61points

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Mohammad Ammar 2 years ago

It was, directly or indirectly. It's a well known fact that the power vaccum created by the U.S intervention in Iraq created jihadist groups. Also the Taliban are pretty much entirely America's creation ( its allies and the Pakistan gov at the time are to blame as well). People have a misconception that ISIS is just an Islamic offshoot cult gone rouge, they aren't.

76points

#37

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Mattress firm is a drug cartel or a money laundering company or maybe they’re laundering money for the drug cartels. I don’t know, but whatever it is, they’re up to no good.

reddit , JJBers Report

Final score:

53points

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Lance d'Boyle 2 years ago

Hmm.??? I don't know about this one. Let me sleep on it.

92points

#38

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" The Allies certainly knew about the Holocaust long before April/May 1945, they never just "happened" upon the camps as they were defeating Nazi Germany. This begs the question on why they never lifted a finger to stop the importations, destroy the rail lines to the camps, etc., but they never did despite them knowing what was going on.

llcucf80 , Erica Magugliani Report

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52points

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T. D. Bostick 2 years ago

Uhh, the had been lifting their fingers since Dec. 1941. There was just the entire Wehrmacht standing in between them and the camps.

81points

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#39

Russia is pushing global warming because it wants a warm water port, Arctic resources, and better land/ resources in Siberia.

mbbm109 Report

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41points

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adiiantryx 2 years ago

it's not pushing it, but it often blocks and vetoes discussion in global forums especially the unsc so as to prevent sustainable action on the same

20points

#40

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Trader Joe's makes their parking lots small intentionally to make it seem like it's more popular.

reddit , Can Pac Swire Report

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34points

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Mistralok 2 years ago

They do not. They are all in shopping centers with scores of other stores in them. They do not own the property, they lease it. The owners control every bit of it, (parking included) and even have a say about the individual stores themselves.

56points

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#41

The NFL manipulates it’s games just enough in order to get the best product out of their season because they are a business with billions of dollars on the line.

gmasterson Report

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25points

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XSpooky_Mint 2 years ago

The NFL is a cult, ngl

8points

#42

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Lemme just say it: "The Meteorite that wiped out the Dinosaurs could be a UFO, and we're are the aliens". Its pretty logical to alien believers. And it's just my favourite, just thought I'd say it.

reddit Report

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22points

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Burs 2 years ago (edited)

Definetly no. Mammals are from the Triasic, we are as old as dinosaurs. We just were less successful than them but we existed already. It could be a good idea if mammals originated after the meteor but we are much older.

44points

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#43

That there were two bullets that hit JFK on the fateful day of his assassination. But one of them was an accident by one of the secret service. I heard this theory on a Cracked podcast on YouTube.

Story goes like this. Oswald was the only man out to harm JFK, but his bullet did not k*ll him, it severed his spinal cord which would have left him a vegetable. But there are photos of one of the secret servicemen looking behind him and lowering his gun, his finger accidentally pushed the trigger and HIS shot was what k**led JFK.

That's why the govt was so secretive with JFK's body and autopsy they covered it up so the secret serviceman wasn't sent death threats and had his life ruined.

There's extra evidence too. The night of the assassination LBJ was walking around the outside of the White House and spooked ANOTHER secret serviceman and he was almost shot as well. When speaking about it he made a joke that all the secret service had itchy trigger fingers.

Jarman2110 Report

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22points

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K Witmer 2 years ago

Idk about these things w jfk. All evidence points to one shooter when it's broken down.

3points

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#44

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Denver Airport being a fallout shelter for the elite. The fact that it went like a billion over budget and all the symbolism.

PillCosby_87 , mike1234 Report

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18points

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Oopsydaisy 2 years ago

Why would they bother with symbolism. I would have thought the 'elites' wouldn't want anyone to know. Also, how will they get them there? In all likelihood, such an emergency will ground planes. I think you'll find the 'elites' have panic rooms or whatever a lot closer to hand than Denver airport.

19points

#45

Airplanes pollute a lot. The airlines & manufacturers knew this would be unpopular so they started the Chem trail conspiracy so that anyone pointing this out would be considered a nut job by the greater public.

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13points

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Jihana 2 years ago

BS. What you see are neither chemtrails nor pollutants but water condensing in the cold air. When you burn organic stuff you get mainly CO2 and water.

3points

#46

OJ Simpson is Khloe Kardashian's father. Rob Kardashian himself didn't want a DNA test done because he knew he wasn't the father. And if you look at Khloe, you can easily tell she has some similarities to OJ.

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7points

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K Witmer 2 years ago

Alex roldan is likely her father. He was kris' hairstylist during that time she got pregnant. Khloe looks exactly like him. She looks nothing like OJ.

20points

#47

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Pot holes aren’t fixed because it slows people down. Slower drivers means less accidents, which means less money and resources spent on emergency response.

Whoevenknows94 , Mike Mozart Report

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7points

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Debbie Barnes 2 years ago

I don't think this is true at all.. It's more the case that money is spent in other areas, (not always worthy areas), but other areas never the less.

41points

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#48

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Prince Harry isn't Charle's son, he looks more like the two men Dianna had affairs with than the Prince of Wales. He left the royal family because of Andrew's pedo cover up and the racism Megan has faced. He probably threatened to do a DNA test as leverage in the split from the royal family.

djauralsects , KoenbrNZ Report

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6points

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Claire 2 years ago

He looks like Prince Philip, his grandfather. Princess Di hadn't even met James Hewitt until after Harry was born.

49points

#49

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" Big Pharma already have the cure for major diseases. They just won't let it come to the market as therapy earns more profits than cure.

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Mohammad Ammar 2 years ago

This is the dumb conspiracy behind antivaxing, homeopathy and other dumb stuff. Downvote!

19points

#50

People Share 40 Conspiracy Theories They Claim Are "Too Logical To Ignore" I think Trumps wall is because the government fully knows that climate change is coming faster than expected. The wall is supposed to be a barrier to control the millions fleeing north.

Upintheairx2 , VICE News Report

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Lucifer 2 years ago

That's stupid. Climate change will affect the US more. More land mass, more coastal areas, more population, more extreme weather, more resources consumed. It would make sense if Mexico were to build the wall.

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Burs 2 years ago

Spanish conspiracy so most wont be interested. I believe that Juan Carlos, the ex king of spain, was behind the militar coup that happened after democracy was stablished. He made it so it it worked he would be the new dictator and if it didnt work he would win popular support by "stopping it".

18points

Vicky Z 2 years ago

Wouldn't surprise me! He has done too many things and exile is not enough punishment imo! If he was not royal he would be in prison

5points

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

The 40-hour work week was established as a maximum, not a minimum. Today, companies expect people to work a minimum of 40 hours, generally 8 hours per day. It's gotten so bad that some people "flex" about working 80 hours per week, as if it makes them better than everyone else. After work, make dinner, do the dishes, help the kids with homework, go to bed. Repeat. This leave you no time to question the status quo...or take action to change things for the better.

15points

Vicky Z 2 years ago

It's not a conspiracy it's actually a fact! It was indeed established as maximum

5points

Not Proud British 2 years ago

Here's a true one. Car manufacturers are aware of fatal flaws but never bother to fix them. Like Vauxhall when the Corsa and Zafira would set on fire, trapping the driver inside due to the self locks. This was known, but it's cheaper for them to pay compensation to the victims than it is for them to change the entire line of cars. So they are aware of the risks but allowing people to die makes more financial sense.

15points

Linouchka 2 years ago

There was a movie with this story line, I forgot the title, but I will forever remember the title given to the people in charge of doing the math between calling back and fixing, and paying compensation : they were called "pea counters"... 😳

1point

Terd Fergison 2 years ago

Most of these are just garbage. Stay skeptical. It is interesting to see what people believe, though.

8points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

A lot of these aren't even conspiracy theories to begin with. What we can be sure of is that rich and powerful people are always going to be up to no good behind our backs.

7points

John Baker 2 years ago

a) "Logical conspiracy theory" is an oxymoron, and b) most of these examples are not conspiracy theories.

6points

Phil Nohl 2 years ago

Here's something I've never heard mentioned, so I'm going to take credit for the thought. If extraterrestrials visited our planet in ancient times, one has to consider they documented what they saw since they must've had the technology to record and store images. That means one day, if the aliens make themselves known, mankind might see the pyramids being built, footage of dinosaurs, or ancient Rome, among thousands of other images. One can only hope this is the case.

6points

Good girl wanna be. 2 years ago (edited)

This post doesn't fall under the header of conspiracy, however this government ( it's the only one I have experience with) had designed our society to keep us in debt, to keep us working. Mortgages, credit cards, student loans, refinancing, monopolies, insurance premiums and many more than I can think of. Getting out of debt helps more than you know. Rule of thumb: if you have to charge it, you can't afford it, so don't. This brings peace and a piece of mind. Plus not having debt is very freeing. The fact that most of us, are just on paycheck or hospital bill from homelessness. Ive changed my mind. This is a conspiracy!!!

5points

Bunzilla 2 years ago

I know that you've got to take ancient history, especially that written by the Romans, with a grain of salt. A lot of foreign societies that we know about mostly from Roman writings were lied about to make the Romans think their own society was superior, that everyone else were 'barbarians'. They did this a LOT, to cement their supposed superiority. Back then, there was no way for people to know any better unless they travelled themselves. Remember: History is written by the victors. Another problem is later generations going in and changing things to suit them.

4points

nad krut 2 years ago

Gary Webb exposed the CIA selling crack in low income neighborhoods to fund a warlord in Nicaragua and after his career magically got de-railed he "committed suicide" with two shots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Webb

4points

XSpooky_Mint 2 years ago (edited)

There's 51 posts, do with that what you will, but they're probably gonna change it just as soon as I point it out

3points

Rage of Aquarius 2 years ago

Yep. Now just 50...🤔

5points

Tracy Sellars 2 years ago

My sister is a doctor of infectious diseases, I told her (as a giggle) that Covid was invented by them to justify their medical careers and give something other to do then deal with the oldies STDs. She had a very big giggle. Big shout out and thank you to those helping to keeping us going.

2points

Frankenfrog 2 years ago

Apparently a lot of dimwits here don't know the definition of a conspiracy theory

1point

thebossanovabird 2 years ago

Here’s a theory of my own- Shinichi Shimomura was(?) a Japanese video game designer that worked for HAL- the company behind the Kirby series. He was the director of 3 games that Kirby fans have fandubbed the Dark Matter Trilogy. However, he disappeared after Kirby’s Nightmare in Dream Land. Vanished. Gone just like that. My theory is that either he left HAL, or the more grim possibility- he died. There’s barely any info on this dude, and while he worked with Masahiro Sakurai (he created Kirby in the first place, before moving on to Smash Bros), Mr. Sakurai hasn’t worked on anything Kirby related since Kirby’s Air Ride, if we aren’t counting Smash. There’s a chance Mr. Sakurai COULD know something about whereMr. Shimomura went after Nightmare in Dream Land, but you’d have to organize an interview or something. He might not even know at all. I don’t know if my theory is true or not- I just hope Mr. Shimomura is okay-wherever he is now.

0points

AndersM 2 years ago

A few of them makes sense. Most if them are just too Qanon.

0points

Sidra Badar 2 years ago

My theory is that whenever something major happens in your/my country, it is always a cover up to distract media and public of something more significant. The major incident includes Celebrity controversies, etc that has zero impact on the lives of individuals, but all the media gives them attention. My theory is that Celebrities are Created to keep people distracted from real world, real problems.

0points

Sidra Badar 2 years ago

I have been working to make my conspiracy theories Practical. My theory is that Conflicts between countries or within a country are created by the Army, governments and the Weapon industry. Army so they keep the defense budget high and weapon industry... U know why. And the governments so they have a topic to distract the public towards an enemy from their inhumane and selfish policies. Like the conflict of Kashmir between India and Pakistan can be resolved but No one wants it since it keeps the military budget high due to the constant threats of war. And

0points

Shaista Afridi 🇦🇫 2 years ago

my conspiracy theory is that no one is truly "ugly". the golden ratio crap is based on eurocentric features and the SOLE reason that people get cosmetic surgery is because of the narrative pushed by the media to line the surgeons and beauty industries pockets. No one is ever getting unnessary invasive surgery that has weeks to months of pain and a high death rate ( e.g bbls) because they " want it for themselves" bruh its soooo obvious that the surgery and the big butt trend was pushed by the media. if you lived in a secluded remote area away from the internet ect. i know for a fact that no one, absolutley no one would find themselves ugly, because beauty in itslelf is a social construct, and ugliness is a term used to make certain people richer than they already are

-1point

Daria Z 2 years ago

This was hilarious, thank you!

-1point

Emme K. 2 years ago

There's a conspiracy theory that Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro, maybe you've heard of it before. When I heard of it I scoffed and said that it couldn't be real, but when I looked it up...everything really does fall quite interestingly into place, and it really hasn't been disproved as far as I know. There's a really good article that dives deeper into this. According to it, " Justin Trudeau was born on Christmas day, 1971. In order for his father to be Fidel Castro, his mother would have to be somewhere close to Cuba in March and April 1971. She was. In April 1971, the Trudeaus took a long “second honeymoon” all around the Caribbean. According to Wikipedia, they visited one island they declined to disclose. It is the only island they did not disclose. From Wikipedia: 'In 1971, the Trudeaus took a second honeymoon in the Caribbean to Barbados and an unidentified nearby island..' " Also look up pictures of Trudeau and Castro side by side, the resemblance is striking.

-2points

Emme K. 2 years ago

Anyways, there is probably some logical explanation to this conspiracy theory and it probably isn't true, but it's kinda fascinating. Here's the link to the article: https://medium.com/@leibowitt/of-course-fidel-castro-is-justin-trudeaus-dad-nobody-has-debunked-anything-4db6fc8a9042

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Burs 2 years ago

18points

Vicky Z 2 years ago

Wouldn't surprise me! He has done too many things and exile is not enough punishment imo! If he was not royal he would be in prison

5points

Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

15points

Vicky Z 2 years ago

It's not a conspiracy it's actually a fact! It was indeed established as maximum

5points

Not Proud British 2 years ago

15points

Linouchka 2 years ago

1point

Terd Fergison 2 years ago

Most of these are just garbage. Stay skeptical. It is interesting to see what people believe, though.

8points

Jo Choto 2 years ago

A lot of these aren't even conspiracy theories to begin with. What we can be sure of is that rich and powerful people are always going to be up to no good behind our backs.

7points

John Baker 2 years ago

a) "Logical conspiracy theory" is an oxymoron, and b) most of these examples are not conspiracy theories.

6points

Phil Nohl 2 years ago

6points

Good girl wanna be. 2 years ago (edited)

5points

Bunzilla 2 years ago

4points

nad krut 2 years ago

4points

XSpooky_Mint 2 years ago (edited)

There's 51 posts, do with that what you will, but they're probably gonna change it just as soon as I point it out

3points

Rage of Aquarius 2 years ago

Yep. Now just 50...🤔

5points

Tracy Sellars 2 years ago

2points

Frankenfrog 2 years ago

Apparently a lot of dimwits here don't know the definition of a conspiracy theory

1point

thebossanovabird 2 years ago

0points

AndersM 2 years ago

A few of them makes sense. Most if them are just too Qanon.

0points

Sidra Badar 2 years ago

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Sidra Badar 2 years ago

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Shaista Afridi 🇦🇫 2 years ago

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Daria Z 2 years ago

This was hilarious, thank you!

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Emme K. 2 years ago

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Emme K. 2 years ago

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