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Coworker. I told him to fuck off with his conspiracy bullshit. But back when I patronized him, one thing he said was that he didn't consider belief a binary as in that you either believe something or don't. He viewed all beliefs as a continuum. You can believe one thing 10% and another thing 90%, but he wouldn't let me pin him down as to whether he "believed" any particular thing or not.

All while trying to convince me "tall white aliens" run the U.S. government and Sandy Hook was faked by a bunch of actors and the U.S. military had invisibility technology and planes that aren't dumping weather-controlling chemicals don't leave trails in the sky. Pretty standard QAnon-level bullshit. But if I asked him if he believed any of those things, he wouldn't answer. Honestly, it makes sense as a dishonest rhetorical tactic.

Dude also literally drinks borax in his juice cleanse drink.

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[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

My father told me that Bill Gates designed and distributed COVID. Iirc to reduce world population or sell vaccines or whatever.

From that time onwards, I felt I could not guess whatsoever anymore what he'd believe to be true. All the belief in energy and human influence through thought alone and even across distance solidified that feeling.

[–] Elaine@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just the other day my friend told me that if I put TikTok on my phone the Chinese government will connect my phone to all my other devices and accounts so they can get my juicy data.

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[–] ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Back a few years ago, some Facebook-style rumors were spun to list reasons margarine is supposedly bad for you, including the idea that it's made of plastic (totally forgetting the fact we have the FDA), and now nobody in my family will buy it even though butter is worse for you (and less ethical).

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