Dirty Hazy
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Post by Dirty Hazy on Dec 29, 2010 4:48:33 GMT -5
*thread retitled*
Bigfoot, Bermuda Triangle, aliens, Men in Black, Roswell, Loch Ness Monster, intelligent life living underground on Mars, aliens under our own oceans, Atlantis, hollow Earth, Mars's hollow moon(Phobos, I think?), ghosts, chupacabra(sorry about the spelling maybe), gnomes, elves, leprachauns, sprites/pixies/fairies, time travel is happening right now, secret catacombs or other under the Sphynx, the great pyramids, tin foil hats, mind reading, fortune telling, not sure where to draw a line here because some of these might not be considered "conspiracies".
I left off One World Government and Religion for obvious reasons, let's keep this topic on the rails.
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Post by Orange on Dec 29, 2010 5:02:32 GMT -5
I love reading conspiracy theories, but find it hard to believe in hardly any of them. The only one I really believe in is Bigfoot, other than that I can take them or leave them. They are fun as hell to read though
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 29, 2010 5:26:37 GMT -5
Bigfoot, Bermuda Triangle, aliens, Men in Black, Roswell, Loch Ness Monster, intelligent life living underground on Mars, aliens under our own oceans, Atlantis, hollow Earth, Mars's hollow moon(Phobos, I think?), ghosts, chupacabra(sorry about the spelling maybe), gnomes, elves, leprachauns, sprites/pixies/fairies, time travel is happening right now, secret catacombs or other under the Sphynx, the great pyramids, tin foil hats, mind reading, fortune telling, not sure where to draw a line here because some of these might not be considered "conspiracies". Well, actually, aside from maybe the MIBs (and even that is debatable), none of what you've listed can be considered a conspiracy, even if it ever turns out they're real. It seems the word "conspiracy" is being used for anything paranormal-ish or extraordinary these days. This is NOT what the word means! Anyway. I believe in extraterrestrials (I just find it silly to imagine that in an inifinite universe, there would be only ONE inhabited planet, especially considering we've discovered over 400 planets with conditions similar to Earth's), and possibly that some of them might have even visited us. I also believe that governments know more about them than the general public (hey, they DO make a LOT of research on UFOs and extraterrestrials). However, I do NOT believe that they are hiding extraterrestrial bodies, let alone actually have contacts with extraterrestrial leaders. I mean... what would they gain from hiding it? As for actual conspiracy theories... the only one that really has merits to me these days is Kurt Cobain not committing suicide. You've got to admit that the absence of fingerprints on the gun, the fact that his credit card was used after his death and the lines apparently added to his "suicide" note are pretty weird to say the least. However, I don't believe Courtney Love did it. She may be a useless, embarrassing mess, but I don't see her killing for monetary gain, not to mention she probably had more to win with him alive than dead. And I love how Guitar Hero II has the line "when in doubt, blame the singer's girlfriend" during one of the loading screens. Also, I feel it is my duty as a human being to laugh at the face of 9/11 "truthists" who gleefully ignore facts and common sense to expose their "truth". Yeah, sure they want the truth, even though they refuse all evidence that it was NOT an inside job (obviously those proofs were fabricated by the government!). You know, for truth. Not for the attention it gets them, for truth.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Dec 29, 2010 5:29:49 GMT -5
I hope this is acceptable to say despite the politicalness, but whenever people start talking about New World Order theories, I always start talking, deadly serious, about how "it's definitely a real thing" and going into details about their plots and leaders - but I'll be talking about the wrestling stable. I like to see if people will catch on and get the joke.
As far as conspiracy theories in general, they can be fun to read about, but it's kinda upsetting to know that some people actually believe some of this stuff.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Dec 29, 2010 5:35:44 GMT -5
This has always been my opinion, and it's kind of vague, but I truly believe that there's more to the Kennedy assassination than we've been told. I don't know if it's a full on "conspiracy", but there's something there that the general public doesn't know. Also, I believe in Bigfoot.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 29, 2010 5:49:52 GMT -5
I hope this is acceptable to say despite the politicalness, but whenever people start talking about New World Order theories, I always start talking, deadly serious, about how "it's definitely a real thing" and going into details about their plots and leaders - but I'll be talking about the wrestling stable. I like to see if people will catch on and get the joke. As far as conspiracy theories in general, they can be fun to read about, but it's kinda upsetting to know that some people actually believe some of this stuff. And the worst part is, if history has taught us anything, it's that conspiracies ARE a real thing (Watergate, anyone?), but guess what? If some people really went to the extent they supposedly go to pull strings behind the scenes and cover it up, they aren't going to let some random Internet guy expose it on their website, publish books about it, make conferences and all that crap.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2010 5:53:44 GMT -5
Oh man. I love conspiracy theories.
Not Jesse Ventura though.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 29, 2010 6:10:54 GMT -5
I remember when I was in college about 10 years ago some guys I knew were having a discussion over the moon landing conspiracy theories. I joined in and the conversation went something like this - Me - Well of course Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin weren't the first people to land on the moon. Friend - so you think the moon landings were faked? Me - Of course not, I just said Armstrong and Aldrin weren't the first. Everybody knows the Nazi's landed people on the moon first in 1942, and still have an active base up there.
I meant this as a joke, but a few years later while playing around on the Internet I discovered that this was a legit conspiracy theory (well, as legit as conspiracy theories can be), and that there were people actually taking this belief seriously.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 29, 2010 6:26:26 GMT -5
I remember when I was in college about 10 years ago some guys I knew were having a discussion over the moon landing conspiracy theories. I joined in and the conversation went something like this - Me - Well of course Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin weren't the first people to land on the moon. Friend - so you think the moon landings were faked? Me - Of course not, I just said Armstrong and Aldrin weren't the first. Everybody knows the Nazi's landed people on the moon first in 1942, and still have an active base up there. I meant this as a joke, but a few years later while playing around on the Internet I discovered that this was a legit conspiracy theory (well, as legit as conspiracy theories can be), and that there were people actually taking this belief seriously. And still, this one is nowhere near as ridiculous as 'and I need to slap myself for forgetting about it) the Reptilians conspiracy. You know how sometimes in movies or TV series they'll make fun of conspiracy theorists by showing some of them believe that lizard-people are secretly controlling us? It's a real thing. Yes, there are actually people that most if not all World leaders are, in fact, shape-shifting reptile people from outerspace. I s*** you not. Oh and naturally, as with any good conspiracy theory, the Jews are involved at some point because why the Hell not? This is by far my favorite conspiracy theory. It's just so goofy and it comes out of nowhere. Most theories at least have some kind of factual base, even though the facts are usually stretched beyond recognition but here? Some guy just came out and shouted "LLLLIIIIIIIZZZZAAAAAAARRRRRDDDSSS!!" and a bunch of people followed. But seriously, how awesome would that be if it turned out to be genuine?
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Post by Alex Shelley on Dec 29, 2010 6:31:30 GMT -5
Several years ago I stumbled upon a forum for people who believe that Digimon are real and the government is covering it up.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 29, 2010 6:37:32 GMT -5
Several years ago I stumbled upon a forum for people who believe that Digimon are real and the government is covering it up. ... this had GOT to be a joke. Some kind of roleplay forum or something. Right?
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Post by Alex Shelley on Dec 29, 2010 6:43:45 GMT -5
Several years ago I stumbled upon a forum for people who believe that Digimon are real and the government is covering it up. ... this had GOT to be a joke. Some kind of roleplay forum or something. Right? They seemed completely serious. I read through all their stuff to look for any indication of it being not serious, and I really think they were. The site is probably long gone by now, but I wish I could find it again.
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Post by Alex Shelley on Dec 29, 2010 6:53:29 GMT -5
After doing some searching, apparently the Digimon site is gone. Damn.
I figure it was probably a couple of people making shit up, a couple of mentally disturbed people, a couple of gullible people and a couple of wishful 12 year olds. But yeah, the site was absolutely insane.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 29, 2010 7:21:18 GMT -5
... this had GOT to be a joke. Some kind of roleplay forum or something. Right? They seemed completely serious. I read through all their stuff to look for any indication of it being not serious, and I really think they were. The site is probably long gone by now, but I wish I could find it again. I just googled it... you're right, they're serious. Wall banging doesn't quite cut it at this point. I'll need to take a run-up and charge at the wall.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Dec 29, 2010 7:45:58 GMT -5
Here is a recent one I heard:
The English Cricket team took a dive in Game 3 of the Ashes in Perth. They did this supposedly at the request of the Cricket Committee to get more people to go to Game 4 of the Ashes (Which is held at the 100,000 seat stadium the MCG in Melbourne, Australia).
See with Australia winning Game 3 it levelled the series at 1-1.
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Dec 29, 2010 9:26:00 GMT -5
I remember when I was in college about 10 years ago some guys I knew were having a discussion over the moon landing conspiracy theories. I joined in and the conversation went something like this - Me - Well of course Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin weren't the first people to land on the moon. Friend - so you think the moon landings were faked? Me - Of course not, I just said Armstrong and Aldrin weren't the first. Everybody knows the Nazi's landed people on the moon first in 1942, and still have an active base up there. I meant this as a joke, but a few years later while playing around on the Internet I discovered that this was a legit conspiracy theory (well, as legit as conspiracy theories can be), and that there were people actually taking this belief seriously. And still, this one is nowhere near as ridiculous as 'and I need to slap myself for forgetting about it) the Reptilians conspiracy. You know how sometimes in movies or TV series they'll make fun of conspiracy theorists by showing some of them believe that lizard-people are secretly controlling us? It's a real thing. Yes, there are actually people that most if not all World leaders are, in fact, shape-shifting reptile people from outerspace. I s*** you not. Oh and naturally, as with any good conspiracy theory, the Jews are involved at some point because why the Hell not? This is by far my favorite conspiracy theory. It's just so goofy and it comes out of nowhere. Most theories at least have some kind of factual base, even though the facts are usually stretched beyond recognition but here? Some guy just came out and shouted "LLLLIIIIIIIZZZZAAAAAAARRRRRDDDSSS!!" and a bunch of people followed. But seriously, how awesome would that be if it turned out to be genuine? There are videos from these people on Youtube, which offer apparent 'proof'. Such as George W. Bush giving a speech, recorded using a video camera pointed at a television. Their 'proof' was the green tint Bush apparently had to his skin. The same green tint provided by an old TV with the colour fading.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 29, 2010 10:53:24 GMT -5
And still, this one is nowhere near as ridiculous as 'and I need to slap myself for forgetting about it) the Reptilians conspiracy. You know how sometimes in movies or TV series they'll make fun of conspiracy theorists by showing some of them believe that lizard-people are secretly controlling us? It's a real thing. Yes, there are actually people that most if not all World leaders are, in fact, shape-shifting reptile people from outerspace. I s*** you not. Oh and naturally, as with any good conspiracy theory, the Jews are involved at some point because why the Hell not? This is by far my favorite conspiracy theory. It's just so goofy and it comes out of nowhere. Most theories at least have some kind of factual base, even though the facts are usually stretched beyond recognition but here? Some guy just came out and shouted "LLLLIIIIIIIZZZZAAAAAAARRRRRDDDSSS!!" and a bunch of people followed. But seriously, how awesome would that be if it turned out to be genuine? There are videos from these people on Youtube, which offer apparent 'proof'. Such as George W. Bush giving a speech, recorded using a video camera pointed at a television. Their 'proof' was the green tint Bush apparently had to his skin. The same green tint provided by an old TV with the colour fading. I also recall a "proof" from a video of Bush senior: his pupils supposedly become narrower... like those of a reptile!! And it totally couldn't be the light or a video glitch or anything, as we all know 80s cameras had crystal clear quality ( I THINK it was footage from the eighties, but it may be even older).
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Post by Blindkarevik on Dec 29, 2010 11:32:50 GMT -5
As far as this goes, while I get a chuckle out of cryptozoology and conspiracy theories... the part of paranormal I really want to believe in is ghosts. I love watching ghost hunting shows and reading up on experiences people have had with them, but it's a deal where as much as I want to believe entirely, I just can't until I actually experience one.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Dec 29, 2010 12:36:42 GMT -5
As far as this goes, while I get a chuckle out of cryptozoology and conspiracy theories... the part of paranormal I really want to believe in is ghosts. I love watching ghost hunting shows and reading up on experiences people have had with them, but it's a deal where as much as I want to believe entirely, I just can't until I actually experience one. I love watching the ghost hunting shows, too, especially Ghost Adventures. However, I've never seen anything on any of those shows that even remotely makes me a believer. Anytime they have "proof" of a ghost it can always be explained away logically or something worthless like those "EVPs" which require a lot of imagination to interpret. I'm a skeptic when it comes to anything supernatural, but I do like seeing ufo or ghost pictures on the internet and tv shows trying to prove existence of the paranormal. Probably because it gives me a chance to try to logically disprove something, which I enjoy doing.
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Post by ani on Dec 29, 2010 12:48:24 GMT -5
Several years ago I stumbled upon a forum for people who believe that Digimon are real and the government is covering it up. If it's not real how do you explain this?
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