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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Feb 6, 2019 23:06:20 GMT -5
Rellik is NOT Killer spelt backwards.
I’m still working on my reasoning to confirm this but, trust me, I’ll get there.
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Post by jagilki on Feb 7, 2019 2:02:27 GMT -5
Serious one I've always believed.
I'm a type 1 diabetic, so that may have a large part in my belief.
I believe the drug companies who focus on Insulin / Diabetes research don't want to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. Without a cure, type 1 Diabetics have to buy Insulin for life, and they can just keep raising the cost of insulin as much as they want.
Throw in the perception by the general public that there is no difference between type 1 and 2 and that all people with Diabetes just did it to themselves and deserve it for "eating too much candy".
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Post by ayumidah on Feb 7, 2019 2:10:03 GMT -5
Serious one I've always believed. I'm a type 1 diabetic, so that may have a large part in my belief. I believe the drug companies who focus on Insulin / Diabetes research don't want to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. Without a cure, type 1 Diabetics have to buy Insulin for life, and they can just keep raising the cost of insulin as much as they want. Throw in the perception by the general public that there is no difference between type 1 and 2 and that all people with Diabetes just did it to themselves and deserve it for "eating too much candy". I've heard similar for cancer. It wouldn't surprise me.
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Post by ayumidah on Feb 7, 2019 2:17:58 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2019 2:19:34 GMT -5
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 7, 2019 4:53:31 GMT -5
Serious one I've always believed. I'm a type 1 diabetic, so that may have a large part in my belief. I believe the drug companies who focus on Insulin / Diabetes research don't want to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. Without a cure, type 1 Diabetics have to buy Insulin for life, and they can just keep raising the cost of insulin as much as they want. Throw in the perception by the general public that there is no difference between type 1 and 2 and that all people with Diabetes just did it to themselves and deserve it for "eating too much candy". I've heard similar for cancer. It wouldn't surprise me. A cure for cancer would sell more than the existing treatments, because until a way to prevent cancer is found, people will be willing to pay literally anything for a cure potentially multiple times over. Even if you cured every single cancer patient in the world this morning, by tonight there would be thousands more freshly-diagnosed patients to replace them. On top of that, who generally foots the bill for cancer treatments? Insurance companies. They wouldn't stand for indirectly handing over hundreds of millions each and every year to Big Pharma for cancer treatments if they knew Big Pharma were withholding a cure, and you can bet your life that insurance companies would sniff out any hint that a cure existed and kick up the mother of all fusses. Perhaps the biggest red flag of them all is the fact that preventions and cures exist for other treatable diseases. If the goal is to keep populations sick enough to keep paying for treatments, why eradicate smallpox? Why bring polio, measles, mumps, and rubella to the point of eradication? Surely there's more money in treating those diseases than wiping them out?
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Feb 7, 2019 15:10:57 GMT -5
I think Tupac made a double album and then 7 Day Theory in such a short amount of time because he was already thinking Suge Knight was too crazy to work with and he wanted to get out of his contract ASAP.
Meanwhile, Suge killed him because he had no further use for him once that contract was up.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Feb 7, 2019 15:25:14 GMT -5
Not sure if it counts, but I have noticed that in some cars it is getting harder to replace the battery. It used to just be easy as pie, just loosen the bracket, attach and reattach the terminals, and tighten the bracket. DONE! 5-10 minutes tops. Nowdays you need to first go online to find out how to remove superfluous plastic panels just to access the damn thing? And why? Well so you take your car to the stealership so they can tack on extra labor cost.
And don't get me started on designed obsolescence...
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Feb 7, 2019 17:59:59 GMT -5
Not sure if it counts, but I have noticed that in some cars it is getting harder to replace the battery. It used to just be easy as pie, just loosen the bracket, attach and reattach the terminals, and tighten the bracket. DONE! 5-10 minutes tops. Nowdays you need to first go online to find out how to remove superfluous plastic panels just to access the damn thing? And why? Well so you take your car to the stealership so they can tack on extra labor cost. And don't get me started on designed obsolescence... That's not a conspiracy theory, but the truth. Everything in cars are much harder to replace yourself these days. By design to bring it in to the, as you say, stealership. Heck, there are models where there's a plastic cover over the entire engine, with just openings to refill fluids.
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Post by wildojinx on Feb 7, 2019 18:18:18 GMT -5
Not sure if this counts as a conspiracy, but I've often noticed that on some channels, the commercial breaks seemed timed to go off at the same time, so if someone changes the channel, there's a commercial on that channel as well, so as to keep people from channel surfing during commercial breaks. It's not done all the time, but I have seen it done frequently.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2019 19:12:50 GMT -5
I’m not saying I’m entirely convinced but I’ve always believed it is possible a cure for cancer exists and we don’t know about it cause the government get so much money from billing people.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2019 19:32:57 GMT -5
That there have been some fixed MMA matches. I’m not thinking of any match in particular. Just that fighters have been presented with an opportunity to make more money. They would have to sign a NDA before they’d hear the proposal. Then they could accept or decline. The more the higher ups wanted a particular outcome the more money would be offered. Perhaps they didn’t like dealing with a certain fighter or really wanted to push another one. Could be that they put money on a big fight. Maybe they wanted someone to take a dive because they just weren’t marketable to them. Perhaps they wanted to change an outcome so they could make sure they were setting up a bigger money making fight down the line. Could be a lot of reasons but I’m pretty sure it must have happened at some point. I'm curious what fights you think were fixed. The problem with fixed fights is that it's extremely difficult to make it not look fake. The most famous and proven fixed MMA fight I'd say Mark Coleman vs Takada in PRIDE. Even Bas Rutten one commentary was like "something's wrong here". Another highly suspected fix was Ken Shamrock vs Kimbo. Kimbo somehow escaped a rear-naked choke by doing nothing, but lying on the mat and kicking his legs like a child until Shamrock just let go for no reason
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 7, 2019 19:55:33 GMT -5
Not sure if this counts as a conspiracy, but I've often noticed that on some channels, the commercial breaks seemed timed to go off at the same time, so if someone changes the channel, there's a commercial on that channel as well, so as to keep people from channel surfing during commercial breaks. It's not done all the time, but I have seen it done frequently. Oh they do that. Always have.
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Feb 7, 2019 20:05:28 GMT -5
That there have been some fixed MMA matches. I’m not thinking of any match in particular. Just that fighters have been presented with an opportunity to make more money. They would have to sign a NDA before they’d hear the proposal. Then they could accept or decline. The more the higher ups wanted a particular outcome the more money would be offered. Perhaps they didn’t like dealing with a certain fighter or really wanted to push another one. Could be that they put money on a big fight. Maybe they wanted someone to take a dive because they just weren’t marketable to them. Perhaps they wanted to change an outcome so they could make sure they were setting up a bigger money making fight down the line. Could be a lot of reasons but I’m pretty sure it must have happened at some point. I'm curious what fights you think were fixed. The problem with fixed fights is that it's extremely difficult to make it not look fake. The most famous and proven fixed MMA fight I'd say Mark Coleman vs Takada in PRIDE. Even Bas Rutten one commentary was like "something's wrong here". Another highly suspected fix was Ken Shamrock vs Kimbo. Kimbo somehow escaped a rear-naked choke by doing nothing, but lying on the mat and kicking his legs like a child until Shamrock just let go for no reason Please read the second sentence that I posted. I honestly had none in mind.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 7, 2019 20:19:35 GMT -5
I’m not saying I’m entirely convinced but I’ve always believed it is possible a cure for cancer exists and we don’t know about it cause the government get so much money from billing people. See my earlier post. Insurance companies pick up that tab and no insurance company is particularly easy to hoodwink, much less literally all of them, and in countries with socialised healthcare the government itself takes the hit (sure, reclaimed by taxes, but it all has to be budgeted for). Throw in the prominent politicians, world leaders, and Big Pharma CEOs who have passed away from cancer and there's some mighty compelling reasons to believe the cure doesn't yet exist. Anybody corrupt enough to let people suffer and die because it's more profitable than treating them isn't going to allow themselves to suffer and die just to keep the secret.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 8, 2019 19:20:05 GMT -5
I think Tupac made a double album and then 7 Day Theory in such a short amount of time because he was already thinking Suge Knight was too crazy to work with and he wanted to get out of his contract ASAP. Meanwhile, Suge killed him because he had no further use for him once that contract was up. Suge absolutely had something to do with 'Pacs death. Ditto for Puffy/Diddy...whatever and Biggie
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 8, 2019 20:06:10 GMT -5
My last tattoo took 4 hours and by the end my wacky artist had me almost convinced the government controls the weather
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Feb 8, 2019 20:32:49 GMT -5
My last tattoo took 4 hours and by the end my wacky artist had me almost convinced the government controls the weather Your tattoo artist is out of synch with reality. Everyone knows it's Cobra who dominates the weather.
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Post by jagilki on Feb 8, 2019 20:36:11 GMT -5
My last tattoo took 4 hours and by the end my wacky artist had me almost convinced the government controls the weather Your tattoo artist is out of synch with reality. Everyone knows it's Cobra who dominates the weather. COOOOOOBRRRRRAAAAAA!
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 8, 2019 21:00:32 GMT -5
My last tattoo took 4 hours and by the end my wacky artist had me almost convinced the government controls the weather Your tattoo artist is out of synch with reality. Everyone knows it's Cobra who dominates the weather.
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