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I once read about a conspirarcy theory that trees don't actually exist anymore and the plants we take for trees today, are actually glorified bushes. The theor
by k__ 6y ago
I once read about a conspirarcy theory that trees don't actually exist anymore and the plants we take for trees today, are actually glorified bushes.
The theory goes on about how mountains are actually the stumps of trees of the past, which, in turn, were thousands of miles high.
The theory came from the flat earth direction.
The title reminded me of this and I found the idea hilarious back when I read it.
- djbebs 6y agoThat actually sounds like a cool concept for fantasy worldbuilding
- masklinn 6y agoIt's a pretty regular parallel / idea e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/a6w2ee/ancient_trees_an_interesting_idea_on_world/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/a6w2ee/ancient_tre... Depending what the final goal of the worldbuilding is, the difficulty might be making it into something useful / relevant.
- geoduck14 6y agoI haven't had my medicine this morning, and your comment sent me in to the weirdest daydream about mountains transforming into trees and bushes dancing around. Thanks!
- goldenkey 6y agoDo you have ADHD?
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- umanwizard 6y agoThis was popularized by a YouTube video called "There Are No Forests On Flat Earth Wake Up". For those who feel like going down a flat earth rabbit hole :)
- th0ma5 6y agoAnd if you want a chaser for any flat Earth material check out https://youtu.be/JTfhYyTuT44 https://youtu.be/JTfhYyTuT44 "In Search of a Flat Earth" probably the best documentary I have seen on conspiracy theories.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoI don't want my YouTube recommendations tainted by that.
- umanwizard 6y agoActually I’m not sure whether it was on YouTube originally. It’s not now, as far as I can tell. But there are some interesting mainstream articles on it if you Google that string.
- slver 6y agoThey're not glorified bushes, they are charging and communication hubs for birds. Because as we know... birds aren't real, either.
- pcthrowaway 6y agoThis seems like an innocuous parody truther movement - https://www.vice.com/en/article/xg8p4n/birds-arent-real-they-are-government-spy-drones https://www.vice.com/en/article/xg8p4n/birds-arent-real-they... But I really wished they would have picked something else. There are tons of posters and "legitimate"-sounding text positing this theory, which very likely has led to people harming birds to "expose" the truth of mechanization
- samatman 6y agoThis is called, on Twitter, "making up a guy and then getting mad at that guy". Please don't.
- pcthrowaway 6y agoCan you elaborate on "the guy" I'm making up? Because the Birds Aren't Real movement is quite far-reaching; I've seen posters around Canadian and U.S. cities; their cult seems to extend throughout Canada and the U.S. at least. Their posters typically just say "Birds aren't real" with a link to the website - https://birdsarentreal.com/ https://birdsarentreal.com/ A cash grab no doubt (the merch is front-and-centre after all), but their claims are presented with the closest thing to a "straight face" one can muster online.
- HelloNurse 6y agoMyths like Yggdrasil must be based on reality...
- Izkata 6y agoMeet the Hyperion tree (though it's in California): https://i.imgur.com/91lnAGL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/91lnAGL.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)