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I mean, sure, but it's still completely frustrating to me. It's especially frustrating that these people are always looking for secret "codes" being spelled ou
by tombert 2y ago
I mean, sure, but it's still completely frustrating to me.
It's especially frustrating that these people are always looking for secret "codes" being spelled out by politicians, instead of actually listening to anything they actually say. I saw a meme recently that said Trump was wearing a purple tie to signify unity between Republicans and Democrats, despite the fact that Trump spent the entire talk complaining about Democrats.
It's infuriating, and it's worse than "stupid", it's outright dishonesty on their end.
- cocacola1 2y agoMaybe it’s me, but I’ve seen a general uptick in people trying to discern meaning from meaningless drivel over the years. Not to make light of the current situation, but I recall people reading tea leaves trying to divine that Rockstar would make some significant GTA6 announcement on December 27th.
- tombert 2y agoOh I hear you, and it drives me crazy for that stuff too. It's not exclusive to conservatives, I know plenty of left-leaning people who do dumb stuff like this too, but it does seem to have become the identity of the party after Trump took over.
- morkalork 2y ago"The bear is sticky"
- mcphage 2y ago> I recall people reading tea leaves trying to divine that Rockstar would make some significant GTA6 announcement on December 27th Good ol' "U R MR GAY" strikes again.
- red-iron-pine 2y agothe point behind the "firehose" disformation strategy is to keep a constant, unceasing stream of that BS going all the time. often it doesn't even involve making stuff up -- just let the rubes spew dumb ideas via social media and run some mild repost bots. the point is that there is so much dumb stuff any real, valuable speculation gets lost in the noise, and correct (if only semi-credible) discussion gets drowned out by other bits.