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SidDithers

(44,333 posts)
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 01:06 PM Oct 2014

5 Conspiracy Theories That Are So Dumb They're Brilliant [View all]

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-conspiracy-theories-that-are-so-dumb-theyre-brilliant/

It would be nice to live in a world where there's no such thing as random tragedy and where every terrible event could be linked back to a villainous puppet master via a chain of subtle but obvious clues. We don't, though. Luckily, there is a fiercely insane contingent of people who are convinced that everything is a conspiracy, and reading their hilariously daffy theories about the exhausting web of deceit hiding behind recent events can occasionally make our indiscriminately destructive existence more bearable. Here are five of the most ridiculous examples.

#5. "The Ice Bucket Challenge Is a Satanic Baptism Ritual!"
#4. "Obama Is Spreading Ebola ... to Confiscate Your Guns!"
#3. "Robin Williams Was an Illuminati Sacrifice!"
#2. "The Two Crashed Malaysia Airlines Planes Are the Same!"
#1. "Adam Sandler Is a Modern-Day Nostradamus!"


Much hilarity with details on each CT, and links to the actual CT stuff, with the full article.

And for anyone wondering, cracked.com is not owned by, nor funded by, Kuwaiti petrodollars.

Sid

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Your sig is a tautology MannyGoldstein Oct 2014 #1
It's a statement of fact. Disprove it with an example... SidDithers Oct 2014 #2
Oh brother. MannyGoldstein Oct 2014 #3
It can be disproved if a mystery is solved and the explanation is magic... SidDithers Oct 2014 #4
I always thought a tautology was a precudure middle-aged women undergo to... Atman Oct 2014 #6
Heheh... SidDithers Oct 2014 #7
Oh brother. MannyGoldstein Oct 2014 #9
... Electric Monk Oct 2014 #12
Sorry, can't help it: MannyGoldstein Oct 2014 #13
I thought everybody already knew this stuff? Atman Oct 2014 #5
lol treestar Oct 2014 #8
Conspiracy Theories Could Influence History daredtowork Oct 2014 #10
Also, conspiracy theories are more fun. Archae Oct 2014 #11
The conspiracy theories people believe daredtowork Oct 2014 #14
Have to agree with the 'so dumb' part. Rex Oct 2014 #15
Adam Sandler? shenmue Oct 2014 #16
I have one Kalidurga Oct 2014 #17
Who had the most to gain from 9/11? Kyle! NuclearDem Oct 2014 #18
A great analysis I read long ago Jim Lane Oct 2014 #19
Kick!!!! HuckleB Oct 2014 #20
"No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are... alterfurz Oct 2014 #21
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