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I too was a “daily cocaine user” in 6th grade… How many Americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows? I’d wager almost every single person who answers

I too was a “daily cocaine user” in 6th grade… How many Americans think chocolate milk comes from brown cows? I’d wager almost every single person who answers in the affirmative really just thinks it’s the funnier answer.

77pt77 2y ago
You might be surprised...
- imoverclocked 2y ago
  Yeah, according to certain studies, most of my 6th grade class has stinky cheese farts and did moderate to heavy cocaine use in the morning.
  - BeFlatXIII 2y ago
    Do cocaine as the morning pick-me-up and then some heroin in the evening to help you sleep.
mulmen 2y ago
I'm convinced this is the source of flat earth conspiracies.
- anakaine 2y ago
  I suspect there are a vanishingly small number of individuals who believe flat earth, and the rest are just doing it for the lulz.
  - galangalalgol 2y ago
    But the earth is visibly not flat! Clearly we live in a Dyson sphere.
    - bornfreddy 2y ago
      Of course it is flat! It's just the coordinate system that is curved. ;)
  - lukan 2y ago
    That is what you hope, but do you know how many people believed in the Q conspiracy? Chemtrails? Reptiloids? Bill Gates using the vaccination to control everyone through a microchip? It is the same ballpark. I wish those people pushing this, were doing it just for the lulz. But mostly they are serious.
    - 1659447091 2y ago
      I'm convinced that chemtrails came from a stoner watching some variation of How planes fly / aeronautics at 3am and heard chemtrails in place of contrails and we are now forever stuck with it.
    - ben_w 2y ago
      What I want to know is why Bill Gates got stuck with the microchip conspiracy theory when Elon Musk regularly has press conferences about the progress his team is making with actual brain microchips.
      - lukan 2y ago
        That is simple, because Bill Gates did talk about a microchip for people in an interview, but just an RFID chip, to keep track of the vaccinations. Also his foundation is doing vaccinations big scale. Even without foreign hostile agencies making disinformation, it is easy seeing crackpots mixing it all up.
        dolmen 2y ago
        And this is just the start. LLMs are very good at mixing information to produce bullshit.
        lukan 2y ago
        No worries, we can ask another LLM for verification.
        ben_w 2y ago
        Ah, that makes a decent amount of sense.
  - TeMPOraL 2y ago
    You're missing an important third group: people making money pushing these beliefs. Themselves, they likely don't believe it - but they know this type of "content" creates strong "engagement".
  - Hnrobert42 2y ago
    Behind the Curve is a good documentary about flat earthers. A lot of them seem to believe it because it gives them a sense that they have figured something out that others haven't. It makes them feel special. Others believe it, or at least continue to believe, because they find a community and connection with other believers.
    - sgerenser 2y ago
      Sounds remarkably similar to mainstream religions in the U.S.

77pt77 2y ago

You might be surprised...

imoverclocked 2y ago
Yeah, according to certain studies, most of my 6th grade class has stinky cheese farts and did moderate to heavy cocaine use in the morning.
- BeFlatXIII 2y ago
  Do cocaine as the morning pick-me-up and then some heroin in the evening to help you sleep.

mulmen 2y ago

I'm convinced this is the source of flat earth conspiracies.

anakaine 2y ago
I suspect there are a vanishingly small number of individuals who believe flat earth, and the rest are just doing it for the lulz.
- galangalalgol 2y ago
  But the earth is visibly not flat! Clearly we live in a Dyson sphere.
  - bornfreddy 2y ago
    Of course it is flat! It's just the coordinate system that is curved. ;)
- lukan 2y ago
  That is what you hope, but do you know how many people believed in the Q conspiracy? Chemtrails? Reptiloids? Bill Gates using the vaccination to control everyone through a microchip? It is the same ballpark. I wish those people pushing this, were doing it just for the lulz. But mostly they are serious.
  - 1659447091 2y ago
    I'm convinced that chemtrails came from a stoner watching some variation of How planes fly / aeronautics at 3am and heard chemtrails in place of contrails and we are now forever stuck with it.
  - ben_w 2y ago
    What I want to know is why Bill Gates got stuck with the microchip conspiracy theory when Elon Musk regularly has press conferences about the progress his team is making with actual brain microchips.
    - lukan 2y ago
      That is simple, because Bill Gates did talk about a microchip for people in an interview, but just an RFID chip, to keep track of the vaccinations. Also his foundation is doing vaccinations big scale. Even without foreign hostile agencies making disinformation, it is easy seeing crackpots mixing it all up.
      - dolmen 2y ago
        And this is just the start. LLMs are very good at mixing information to produce bullshit.
        lukan 2y ago
        No worries, we can ask another LLM for verification.
      - ben_w 2y ago
        Ah, that makes a decent amount of sense.
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  You're missing an important third group: people making money pushing these beliefs. Themselves, they likely don't believe it - but they know this type of "content" creates strong "engagement".
- Hnrobert42 2y ago
  Behind the Curve is a good documentary about flat earthers. A lot of them seem to believe it because it gives them a sense that they have figured something out that others haven't. It makes them feel special. Others believe it, or at least continue to believe, because they find a community and connection with other believers.
  - sgerenser 2y ago
    Sounds remarkably similar to mainstream religions in the U.S.