"Bro, it's just a joke." Unfortunately, it's not all fun and games with the Birds Aren't Real meme. It's been a few years since I looked into it, but if you lo

"Bro, it's just a joke." Unfortunately, it's not all fun and games with the Birds Aren't Real meme. It's been a few years since I looked into it, but if you look at the regular accounts on reddit that participate in that sub, there is a very heavy overlap with other less fun conspiracies and degeneracy, such as hate subs, Trump supporters, actual flat-earthers, and other deplorables. Racists, Nazis, and other hate groups often use jokes and irony and other systems of plausible deniability to act as cover and deflect consequences for thier behavior.