When uncertainty and hardships spread across the world, such as during wars, economic depressions, and pandemics, people often grow suspicious of the ruling elite, creating all sorts of narratives about the challenging events.

However, not all of them sound as ridiculous as flat Earthers. So Reddit user Specific_Shop_3975 posted a question on the platform, asking, "What's a conspiracy with the most evidence to back it up?"

From modern art to NSFW Steam games, here are some of the most popular suspects.

#1

“OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True modern art is just money laundering nobody pays 2.2 million for a blank canvas u/Zigxy added: The brilliance of modern art money laundering can't be understated. For example:

Alfred wants to pay Brad $100k for a bribe.

Brad wants this money to be 'clean' to avoid authorities looking into him. Brad 'sells' a worthless modern art piece for $100k. Alfred has now successfully transferred the bribe to Alfred. However, Brad is now in possession of a painting which the 'market' says is worth $100k. Down the line the Alfred might be able to sell this now 'valuable' piece of art to a third party for $50k, $100k, or potentially at a profit!

Poultry_Master123 , Antenna Report

Sum Guy
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2 years ago

In South Africa, they use nightclubs a lot. every week, there is some receipt floating around for people paying $100 000- for alcohol in a club in one night

Sum Guy
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not really a problem, but if a bottle of ace of spades which usually cost about $500 dollars in all other clubs cost about $2000, that raises a lot of eyebrows

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OK this happened ONCE. A danish artist sold a blank canvas for $76,000 and, after a lawsuit, has been ordered to pay the money back. He called the piece "Take the Money and Run".

Donkeywheel
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2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yeah, and law enforcement agencies around the globe are so dumb that they can’t understand this very obvious fraud. Seriously… All the transactions must be declared, and your Brad will be asked where his worthless art piece came from before selling it. He will be asked to provide track records. Modern art may occasionally be used for some schemes (just like any industry) but it’s not money laundering for a very simple reason : the number of relevant assets (= art pieces) is actually very small, such as the number of big players. And thus tracking everything is quite easy and it’s not inconspicuous at all.

mulk
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where is the conspiracy in this example? It's "just" money laundering...

Marion
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not exactly the same issue (money laundry) but the absurd prices for any art has destroyed the whole market. „Good investments“ for the (uninterested) rich.

DarkGlassSphere
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2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an artist, I have no doubt about it. It sounds so rational in our crappy world. And it do not exclude the possibility, that some works of some artists were /are really sold for that prices too.

Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the US, it's commonly believed that mattress stores are money laundering enterprises. There are 3 mattress stores in my small city of 45,000 people, and at least 20 more within a 30 minute drive. It's not like you buy a new mattress frequently, so the market is limited. Yet they all seem to thrive.

Michael Largey
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2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, under the mattress is where you keep your money until you launder it. So there is a genuine demand

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm an impressionist. While in prison, I sold a painting for a bag of jalapeno poppers. Monet never sold a painting for a bag of jalapeno poppers. I win!

John L
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't even really a conspiracy theory....it's facts.

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    #2

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True That our governments are turning us all against each other to distract us from the blatant wealth manipulation, corrupt practices, nepotism, cronyism, among hundreds of other big issue things. Their plans working a treat and the people as a whole can't see what's happening and start working together against it.. We are losing our privacy, our rights and our sense of connection with one another. We drift away while they get more and more powerful. People hand away their rights like they're going to get them back and never question it when it's not. Our planet had to deal with another of the world powers attempts at control and that's COVID or should I say the reaction to it. I was always a believer it happened naturally but as time goes on it becomes more apparent it wasn't. We are bodies hanging from the roof being bled dry slowly but if this keeps up we aren't just f****d like a world war or nuclear war, if we don't do anything we will lose whatever control we have and we will never get it back.

    Magic-Kushroom , Aditya Joshi Report

    RamiRudolph
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why conspiracy theory? This is true for sure!

    Corvus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is no evidence, whatsoever, that COVID was created artifically, or released into the world deliberately.

    CanadianDimes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the UK, the upper class has done a tremendous job in convincing the working class that the middle class is the enemy. Here, the distinction between working class and middle class is more cultural than economic (I've met people in typical working class professions that make more than I do, and I'm solidly middle class). It's a great way of deflecting from the fact that the upper class is screwing everyone else over and holds all the power and makes all the sh*tty decisions.

    Tucker Cahooter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice to see a picture of the Australian House of Representatives used to illustrate this

    Zobi123
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was with them till the COVID bit.

    ADJ
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is not a conspiracy. For Polish government this is the base, foundation if you will, of their rhetorics.

    Elizabeth Tayler
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely believe this, but it's the corporations doing it. Of course I realize people in government are tied to those corporations in various (money making) ways.

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    #3

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True Jan 6. It is quite literally the most well-documented event in history because so many people filmed it. A lot of those people filmed themselves doing it with their phones. We live in a strange time.

    Knoberchanezer , Wikipedia Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was the point of conspiracy theory saturation. All the crazy Qanon BS came to a head that day and all the conspiracies were on display. These people conspired to overthrow the USA and when that failed, they tried to blame the political left and accused them of an even stranger more convoluted conspiracy. Some people actually believe that all those peopel in red MAGA hats that day were actually Antifa. I know Antifa. I know people in Antifa. They are incapable of that level of organization. Antifa couldn't organize a birthday party much less an insurrection. No, Jan. 6th was what it was. An attempt by MAGA to overthrow the US government and nothing else.

    Darth Kittius
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to work in a call center, and one call I got had a man bragging about having been a part of the insurrection

    VioletHunter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder what they think there is to brag about? From their point of view they failed.

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    Corvus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The MAGAs were literally cheering while J6 happened and praised the insurrectionists as heroes... but once the consequences started coming, suddenly "iT wAs AnTiFa". Yeah, right.

    RamiRudolph
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a Non-American, what happened on Jan 6th? The storming of the Capitol? And what exactly is the conspiracy theory here?

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That it was actually leftist extremists who were storming the capitol, dressed and pretending to be right wing extremists. Needless to say it doesn't pass the sniff test.

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    DB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not really a conspiracy. It was a bunch of idiots who believed they were doing the bidding of the orange skinned Oompah-Loompa/Orangutan hybrid.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago

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    That's the definition of a conspiracy.

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    keyboardtek
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How smart was it to attack and vandalize the most famous of USA government buildings in an age where every potential witness carries a pocket camera? And half of the population thinks it would be good for the country for people with that mentality to be in charge?

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're stupid enough to be a Trump follower, you are easily stupid enough to film yourself committing felonies.

    Manny
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just like the stupid people who think Biden is actually doing a better job

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    Leo Domitrix
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not a conspiracy theory. That's idiocy and sedition.

    Erik Rydbom
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I don't get is that all the same people taking part in the insurrection blame it on Antifa and Nancy Pelosi at the same time. Like no, Steve, that was you.

    Newman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They thought Trump would/could save them.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he will pardon them if he gets back in the White House.

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    #4

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True The petroleum companies knew burning fossil fuels would lead to global climate change but hid the evidence of their own funded studies and did nothing to curb consumption, instead funded groups opposed to renewable, non greenhouse gas generating energy to maximize shareholder value.

    85_Draken , Dawn McDonald Report

    The Scout
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That unfortunately is not a conspiracy theory, but sufficiently proven.

    DC
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plus, we gotta admit - they met a highly anti-interested public that's busy with more important things... People, often, don't WANT to know.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah that one happened. They just didn't care. They still don't care.

    New Everywhere
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The question for me, where the conspiracy part comes in, is why don't they care? We only have one Earth.

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    iseefractals
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, this isn't a theory it's fact. Exxon commissioned environmental impact studies in the mid 70's, the results of which found that the continued use of fossil fuels would cause cataclysmic climate damage. They buried it, invested in misinformation campaigns for the public and increased lobbying efforts. This was "only" a conspiracy theory passed around by environmentalists for decades, until those buried studies surfaced and some of the people involved began to talk years ago. Despite this, people continue to justify their continued use of fossil fuels on the presumption that it's a problem for someone else to solve.

    Fabian Bernard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with tobacco industry. They knew for decades, see Philip Morris trial years ago. But eh, smoking was cool in the 80's

    BenTevye
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then there's oxycodone, the constantly misleading nutrition advice, etc., etc. Do we need any further evidence that humans will always kill each other for money?

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    DC
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They not only hid that, but they actively shut down any and every attempt at substitution of fossile fuels. Which could have had a real impact in decreasing emissions, for decades by now. The market won't sort everything out, let alone do it right. It needs a, sort of, playing field with rigid boundaries, and crossing them should eliminate you from it altogeter. Pull through with one, two large corps and they'd know their place and act accordingly. But, who's gonna pull through with it?

    Connie Hirsch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are legal discoveries with internal documents saying this.

    Kristiina
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The petroleum companies have been actively sabotaging research for renewable energy sources. This has been happening for decades.

    David A Paterson
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the exact opposite conspiracy theory. The head of the IPCC was bribed to make it look like increased atmospheric CO2 was a bad thing when in fact it is a good thing. He did that by leaving out of his reports all the good consequences of increased CO2 such as increased forest growth, improved crop yields, increased drought resistance, fewer famines, as well as the warming due to the reduction in cloud formation due to the reduction in soot pollution. He also left out that coral reefs need sea level rise to grow. It was a hatchet job aimed at killing off coal. I cried when I realised this, he had me well and truly fooled. Two thirds of the IPCC quit after the Kyoto summit when they realised how their work had been misused.

    Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My!
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To see where we are heading, just look at Venus. The temperature there averages 900°F. The atmosphere is 95% carbon dioxide. Venus was very likely habitable at one point. It never will be again, and neither will Earth.

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    #5

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True In the UK there was a recent boom in American sweet shops that sold grossly overpriced import candy. They were suddenly everywhere after COVID, they didn’t sell much, but they were everywhere. Someone on TikTok theorised that they were all money laundering fronts, people started filming in the shops laughing at the prices, and staff always seemed to get really angry about it. Then it was announced last year (?) that there was a HMRC (UK’s tax wing of government) investigation started because the theory held water, and suddenly they all shut. The one in Leeds centre near Trinity currently has a notice of abandonment in the window and you can see the shelves are still stocked: the owners just ran off and left it. Sounds like another successful case for the TikTok detectives.

    u/gnommi added: This was in Private Eye as well, not just TikTok, and they also exposed the money-laundering scam that was operating out of central London 'souvenir' shops.

    fearthe0cean , Julie Marsh Report

    EmiTheEpic
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember seeing loads of these in London! I knew something felt off about all the ones that weren’t Kingdom Of Sweets!

    CanadianDimes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I remember going to Oxford Street and they were absolutely everywhere. There's been one on Villier St near Charing Cross Station for at least as long as I've lived in London, but these other ones appeared almost overnight. Also, £10 for a small bag of goldfish crackers? F*ck that noise.

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    Tee Rat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US it's a mattress stores conspiracy. "There everywhere and nobody ever goes in there." Just how many mattresses do these people think others need?

    Isabella
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In general I would not rely on TikTok "sleuths".

    Remi (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well even a broken clock... and looks like they actually stumbled onto something here

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    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The amount of American sweet shops was insane. £5 for a Twix or some s**t like that.

    Awesome At Being Autistic
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah especially when B&M carries a whole bunch of American sweets now.

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    sofacushionfort
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Closed the little candy stores. Now no one will think of London as an international money laundering center, ever again

    Paula Pattison
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ditto Turkish barbers and nail bars. I live in an area with mostly older people, there are 5 nailbars in walking distance of my house. No way are there enough people here wanting their nails done, I suspect people traffiking as well. I walked down a shopping street last week there were 6 barbers in a 500 metre stretch.

    SirWriteALot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a bunch in other european countries as well. I went there a few times out of nostalgia, eating all the candy I remembered from my childhood before we moved

    Little but Fierce
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't really a conspiracy theory, everyone knows that they're fronts. I wish Sadiq would crack down on them!

    Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in Phoenix there has been a boom in mattress stores, self storage facilities, and car washes. Life suddenly the city is full of them. Every corner. I believe they're all fronts for money laundering

    Richienotsorich
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm.calling BS on this. They closed because they weren't selling and the Internet is easier.

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    #6

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True Blackrock and Vanguard are buying up all the residential property they can in order to get the majority of americans renting from them. Estimates say by 2030 they will own 60% of residential property

    smartsapants , Pavel Neznanov Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    REALPAGE! https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/realpage-antitrust-lawsuits-over-rent-prices-consolidated-tennessee-2023-04-10/ I was reading about this the other day! This is happening. Not sure about the 60% by 2030, that seems exaggerated but yeah this is happening.

    Shina Kohana
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like my dad always said: “That’s how things are. They allow it to happen because in the end, we will own nothing and be happy about it.”

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    Memaw Mitch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my area, new apartments are being built like crazy. They can get a tax break by renting to low-income renters, so they advertise as affordable housing and that they accept Section 8 vouchers, however, they can get around this law by including there is a minimum income that is well above low-income levels making it unaffordable.

    RajunCajun
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get an offer 3 to 4 times a year from a vanguard run company to buy my house. it was just in the mail now I text messages on my phone.

    Corvus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is dubious. I could believe that it happens, but not nearly to the large extent this post claims.

    Fred L.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where is the conspiracy in there? That is just capitalism in a society where the government is prone to lobbyism and corporate influence.

    JoNo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's Blackrock and Vanguard?

    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Investment companies, they basically hand out loans for other companies (simplified). They were the ones that killed Hollywood and the western gaming industry over the last years, too

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    Newman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Monopolies always happen in some form.

    similarly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've not heard about this, but I do know that for over a decade, banks and financial institutions have been buying up property and sitting on it in order to drive up prices and sell for a profit.

    Sierra Tide
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True. Buying lots of affordable and low-income properties and then doing things that forces the tenants out, evict them or almost doubles the rent. There has been multiple news stories about it and it keeps getting pushed down social media popularity rankings. They are behind a lot of anti homeless laws and other laws that takes potential tenants away from them.

    pep Ito
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem is that investment funds based on real estate are allowed. They should be prohibited. By the way BlackRock is doing the same thing in large cities in Spain.

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    #7

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True Those stop oil activists who were throwing soup at paintings were paid by oil companies to make the public hate actual legit protesters of oil

    darkus1012 , Amauri Mejía Report

    mulk
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No evidences here... just hypothesis

    Tamra
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree with you, there is no hard evidence of this, but the cynic in me can easily believe that a powerful corporation could and would do such a thing. Power and money are potent motivators.

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    David Houde
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not oil specifically, but I ran into someone recently that was a "paid protester." I asked them what they meant and it is exactly like it sounds. They get paid to show up at protests and act like they are in support of the cause. In reality, they said most of the time they couldn't care less about what the protest is about, they are just concerned about getting paid.

    somed ay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really these things should be called “conspiracy fantasies.” “Theory” lends an inappropriate sense of credibility.

    Rabbit Lord
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The oil industry makes so much profit in giving the raw material for all that platic s**t we use like bottles, food boxes and almost everything (tell me what's not containing plastic today?), they didn't really care about that little numbers of oil used in cars.

    Tim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both are huge money makers for them.

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    Newman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate oil and protests of oil.

    Mario Strada
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know this could be true because that's exactly what I would advise them to do if they hired me. Of course, I wouldn't really, but I worked in military intelligence and psyops. It's really not that outlandish. There is software that lets you track how certain memes get traction on Social media and it's quite interesting to see who the bad actors are and who the "legit" spreaders are. The latest I have been tracking were "Ukraine sent western weapons to Hamas". They clearly are captured weapons, sent from Russia to iran and from Iran to Hamas, but it fits the narrative of some people to push the ukraine corruption angle.

    Deleila Charlie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And where is the evidence? Because there isn't any.

    María Hermida
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That why it's called "conspiracy *theory*". If there were evidence it would be a fact, not a theory.

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    Seonag Udell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stop oil interrupted a production of Les mis a few nights ago people were really annoyed about that too.

    RabidChild
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Certainly sounds like something they would do.

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    #8

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True The government deliberately leaked false information to UFO investigators to discredit them because they were getting to close to the truth. (The truth being that Area 51 was a testing grounds for spy planes and stealth aircraft and was attracting too much attention for a secret weapons facility.) u/PM_me_ur_navel_girl added: I think someone came up with the whole aliens thing and the government just leant into that since it was easier than trying to make up something else.

    4thofeleven , Paolo Boaretto Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except for the fact that UFOs predate Area 51 by decades. They called Foo Fighters during the 2nd world war. But what a good way to hide a secret spy plane base. This one in confirmed. But sorry, no flying saucers.

    ADJ
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UFO predates Area 51 not by decades but rather by millenia. Ramayana, Bible, Epic of Gilgamesh and other ancient texts mention some encounters and facts that can be interpreted as alien contact.

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    TotallyNOTaFox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's interesting how the shapes of prototypes planes changed from round to triangle shaped, and what a coincidence how UFOs changed shape as well along them...

    RajunCajun
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if the us did not believe in UFO's then they would not have a standing order to not fire on them.

    VonBlade
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The thing that frustrates me most about these, are that there are always curious nuggets of information, and rather than merely leave an article at that, it quickly devolves into ancient aliens, or hidden bases on mars, so people eliminate ALL of it. Sure it's 99% bunk, but there is enough strangeness out there that it is unlikely all to be bunk.

    keyboardtek
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody seems to have noticed that most of the UFO sighting occurred in USA. Do we have better eyesight here?

    Robert Mandeville
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They don't test secret aircraft at Area 51. They leak the UFO rumors, then use us to croudsource testing their security practices before deploying them at all US military bases. The big secret is that they're testing ways to keep big secrets

    Vermonta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They mostly practice wild aircraft maneuvers in that area. They test aircraft at another base in CA that is part of area 51. Secrets are kept for national security. Do you want hamas to get this information? Aliens, pffft.

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    Scott Rackley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this conspiracy. Why do you think aliens, technologically advanced enough for interstellar travel, would come here? To look at the landscape? Certainly not to meet us, I can assure you of that.

    Nikole
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Some alien encounters are hoaxes perpetrated by your government to manipulate the public. Some of these hoaxes are intentionally revealed to manipulate the truth-seekers who become discredited if they disclose the deliberately absurd deception.” Oh X-Files <3

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    #9

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True There is something fishy going on at Mattress Firm. How can they stay in business with a store in practically every plaza when the average person buys a new mattress every decade or so? u/ggb123456 added: Mattresses have one of the highest mark-ups in all of retail, and generally places like that have very low overhead (just a couple employees and generally low cost retail space). They simply do not require many sales to remain profitable.

    PWcrash , Stephen Andrews Report

    Isabella
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in a small town who has few posh lighting shops, which are not small. I always wondered, how they can survive, since I never saw any customers inside buying stuff.

    Ben
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They mostly rely on construction contractors buying from them. Those are not usual customers that come in and browse often. You get one large development with lots of lighting fixtures and you are doing pretty good.

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    Newman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always been in sales. I applied at one roughly a decade ago. There was one guy in there and said he did everything himself.

    GothamQueen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg I was thinking about this as a joke once, didn’t know it was an actual conspiracy theory lol. There are several of these near where we live and I have NEVER seen a customer one. Figure they could snuggle pretty much anything in or out of all those huge mattresses 😄

    keyboardtek
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The same with piano stores. They are priced so high because they sell so few. It is the only way they can stay in business.

    Lowrider 56
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I live there are 3,4, maybe 5 mattress stores all along the the same stretch of highway. Never see any customers in them. Just one or two guys sitting at their desk staring at their phones. I don't know how they stay in business.

    Lizz
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work in a mattress factory… it never ceases to amaze me how we stay in business…..

    #10

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True The stock market is rigged and there's a revolving door between them and the ones "regulating" them. Some $200T worth of derivatives based on 50 or 100:1 leverage from the largest firms on the planet, all just funny money. None of it is real 

    FuzzyParticular9283 , Yiorgos Ntrahas Report

    ॐBoyGanesh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to work for a very emotional company that is at the forefront of valuation & is the literal mastermind of the manipulation. They’re not your standard fortune 50 company, nor are they poor. It’s creepy just how manufactured the stock market is.

    RabidChild
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's even creepier is that it is the most accepted gauge of how well the US economy is doing.

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    axle f
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...money hasn't been "real" for a long, long time..

    CP
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tesla is or was worth more than every other car company in the world put together. The stock market is a fraud.

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched the ENRON fiasco from a front row seat. I was working for PG&E so it didn't go well for me.

    Fabian Bernard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worst: the trading market is just on autopilot mode, with trades mades by algorythms. The fastest and more predictive wins. And there are no intern régulations while it keeps on making trading companies earn money See Jérôme Kerviel trial

    Newman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aka: the federal reserve.

    #11

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True My personal favorite is that OJ Simpson was covering for his son. It explains a lot of the weird s**t in that case, like the undersized glove and why they were driving at low speeds during the chase.

    nickl104 , Wikipedia Report

    Shark Lady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The undersized glove started off as an adult's size. When it was found it was covered in a lot of blood, once it was dried it shrank. The leather was really wrinkled which was caused by the lining shrinking, by the time it was used as an exhibit in the trial it wouldn't fit any adult.

    Peter Trudell Jr
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    more the point, when OJ 'tried' the glove on in court, he was wearing a glove already (latex/non-latex) which you'd obviously have a hard time getting a glove inside a glove because of friction and that it made his hand thicker...

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    SkyBlueandBlack
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how people act like we didn't actually watch that entire chase live. Like, yes Virginia, we had helicopters and cameras and TVs back in the 90s. It's not ancient history.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    one of us, one of us, gooble gobble.

    Joe Reaves
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The son in question was a fully gown adult so if it was undersized it wouldn't fit him either.

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    #12

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True The British government deliberately put the RMS Lusitania in harms way to get her sunk to bring the USA into WW1. The fact the records have been resealed for another 100 years adds credence to this conspiracy u/hagantic42 added: Dude it's not even a conspiracy theory. The German consulate took out a two-page ad in the New York times telling people to not board because they were going to sink it. Also, at the time Britain didn't have an option but to sail the ship because it was carrying so many munitions that they desperately needed. Both governments knew the risks and they needed it to galvanize support.

    Blackmore_Vale , Wikipedia Report

    mulk
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Dude it's not even a conspiracy theory": yep

    Craig S. (EvilSausage)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is a conspiracy theory. It's a theory that states that a conspiracy was enacted by someone, in this instance, the government of the UK. What else would you call it? The problem is that so many people dismiss conspiracy theories out of hand. You can do that in many situations, as most conspiracy theories are bogus, but some are not. Take Watergate, for example. Before it came to light and was proven true, it was theorized by two journalists who followed the evidence and proved that the conspiracy was real. So the idea that the British did this is a conspiracy theory, regardless of how true it is.

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    Dusan K
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. USA didnt enter the war because Lusitania was sunk. There were much more ships torpedoed and eventually sunk, even with USA-citizens on board. Lusitania was sunk in spring of 1915, USA entered war in 1917, without one month, almost two years after Lusitania. The reason why USA entered the WW1 was the Zimmermann telegram.

    Chewie Baron
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But it did become the American soldier’s war cry, “Remember The Lusitania”.

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    Theo Blackwood
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. I studied the Lusitania extensively for a history project due to the fact my great grandfather was aboard the ship. Nothing to do with the US, it was sunk as it was carrying ammunition, that’s why it sunk so quickly

    Joe Reaves
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They weren't trying to get it sunk because they were using it to carry munitions. They knew it was in danger because like the entry says the Germans put out an advert telling Americans not to travel on it, but they wanted the ammunition more than they wanted the Americans in the war. That's why the records were resealed since it's illegal to use civilian vessels like that, but they had to admit to it eventually because there were groups of divers starting and the damage to their image of admitting they broke the rules many decades ago is much less than the damage they would have got if they'd kept the information secret and a bunch of civilian divers had accidentally blown themselves up.

    Anikulapo
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn’t help that the captain was a complete blockhead. Unless he was a martyr who agreed to get the ship sunk. Most likely scenario - he was an idiot.

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    #13

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True Professional sports are all compromised by the gambling industry.

    ScoobyJensen , Braden Collum Report

    mulk
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no conspiracy: only corruption and money laundery

    Newman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard the NFL has been rigged for years. I guess it could be. Who knows?

    Barbara Skolly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have been convinced that the Toronto Maple Leafs are paid to lose. Without winning they are one of the most profitable teams. Smaller market teams need the wins to gain the fan base.

    athornedrose
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and also, we're well aware of this. the FBI know about it. they've collaborated with trafficking operations because a lot of the money ends up in human trafficking. the nfl argued before the supreme court that they are an entertainment franchise and should be allowed to make any changes they need to to keep their audience. MLB has an exemption from anti-trust laws https://nypost.com/2019/06/01/every-sport-you-love-could-be-fixed/

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    gambling the world's oldest pastime

    RajunCajun
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2013 Baltimore vs san Fran they shut the lights off because the game was too one sided and the sports betting people were losing money on people not betting.

    #14

    The Bilderberg group. Every year in summer, they meet, and people keep track of who are there. Guest lists every year. Top politicians, royalty, corporate owners. Extreme security. No protocols. There is confirmation from a variety of these people that they were there. So, what do they talk about? Are they coordinated somehow after each meeting? How much influence do they have? Well, given the extreme security, it's difficult to say. I am sure it's nothing, though. Why would those groups of people want to influence the world to suit their agendas, right? 

    Common-Wish-2227 Report

    Matt Upchuck
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always confuse them with the Build a Bear Group.

    WindySwede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "If you go down in the woods today, You're sure of a big surprise."

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    Brittania Kelli
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Read the Jon Ronson book 'Them: Adventures with Extremists.' It sounds like it's just one huge billionaires networking party that keeps all the moneyed people supporting each other and ensuring they stay the powerful few.

    Dave M
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this was really a thing no one would know they were meeting. The fact that people know and track who is there is proof that it is not what this theory thinks.

    Anne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were a secret, until well, internet happened. Then information was a lot easier to share and find. The topics and most of the guests of the meeting are however still very much a secret. It is a real thing.

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    RajunCajun
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it just the reptile family reunion

    Pferdchen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the 80's, I had a work assignment to migrate their membership contact details from one data format to another. It was probably the greatest test of my professional ethics; it was so tempting just to keep a copy for no reason whatsoever (I didn't). Based on my knowledge of the policy wonks I worked with, I wasn't concerned about all the conspiracy theories.

    Steve Hall
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now, that's a great conspiracy theory.

    Sherrie Buck
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They decide who starves, who is over medicated, who stays in war and what they can ruin next

    Gozer LeGozerian
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If love to think they actually meet but do nothing but hang out and drink and eat and laugh at all the conspiracy theorists having a meltdown

    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right, doing this for how long? Nobody told any secrets yet? Highly unlikely.

    Vix Spiderthrust
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But why would an elite group of clandestine billionaires let John Major in?

    Auntriarch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First snort-laugh of the day, thank you Vix!

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    #15

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True The switch in the US from employer sponsored pensions to self directed 401ks was done deliberately so that the average Joe would have a stake in the economy at large and be more likely to vote for business-friendly policies.

    dope_as_the_pope , Parker Johnson Report

    madbakes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's significantly less costly to match a 401k contribution than to fund pensions. Pretty simple.

    Rachel Ainsworth
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The change was driven by companies who didn't put enough funds into pensions and then couldn't pay pensions. It moves the investment risk from the company to the employee but reduces the risk to the employee of no pension.

    Stephanie A Mutti
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The argument is we as individuals are more concerned about our own money so we would be good stewards of our 401ks, but in no way are most people educated enough in the economy to be sound money managers. 401ks are garbage unless you start early and have a good money manager. It's not going to be the low level employees. More trickle down BS from the Reagan-era.

    Allen Packard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now do insurance. Obamacare has killed us. We used to have a family deductible of $500 or so. Today, after year after year of the shift of cost to the American family. It's $8000 before the insurance even kicks in.

    #16

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True Not proven yet as correlation doesn't equal causation... Use of leaded gasoline poisoned generations of children lowering their IQs and increasing violent behavior. And the auto and gas companies knew the health risks but didn't care. This lead to the huge rise in crime during the 1970s and 1980s and into the early 90s. And when leaded gasoline was banned, the generations and people since that didn't grow up breathing in lead contaminated air were less violent and lead to the sharp decrease in violence since the 1990s. The curves match up almost perfectly. But there were other factors that could have affected it, increase use in crack, heroin, and drug abuse, state violence, racism, etc. [https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lead-gasoline-blunted-iq-half-us-population-study-rcna19028](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lead-gasoline-blunted-iq-half-us-population-study-rcna19028) [https://theconversation.com/a-century-of-tragedy-how-the-car-and-gas-industry-knew-about-the-health-risks-of-leaded-fuel-but-sold-it-for-100-years-anyway-173395](https://theconversation.com/a-century-of-tragedy-how-the-car-and-gas-industry-knew-about-the-health-risks-of-leaded-fuel-but-sold-it-for-100-years-anyway-173395) [https://www.niskanencenter.org/research-roundup-lead-exposure-causes-crime/#:~:text=Based%20on%20both%20strategies%2C%20the%20researchers%20found%20that,increases.%20Removing%20lead%20from%20gasoline%20reduced%20violent%20crime](https://www.niskanencenter.org/research-roundup-lead-exposure-causes-crime/#:~:text=Based%20on%20both%20strategies%2C%20the%20researchers%20found%20that,increases.%20Removing%20lead%20from%20gasoline%20reduced%20violent%20crime) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis)

    SocratesJohnson1 , Dawn McDonald Report

    mulk
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "as correlation doesn't equal causation": that's the point!

    Ace
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, it really annoys me that people will say that but still continue to spout whatever they believe regardless. Almost as bad as "NewSurvey Shows..." headlines, which then include text such as "the results, while not statistically significant, show...". No, they don't show anything.

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    Remi (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lead does cause all kinds of sh*t and guess where you can end up breathing it in? Vapes, that's where. They're manufactured cheaply and many of them have dangerous amounts of lead and other deadly stuff leaking into the smoke. That sh*t needs to be properly regulated yesterday.

    Sheila Ch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wasn't there also a correlation between violent crime decreasing and abortion rights?

    iseefractals
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is actually proven.....and while most countries have banned leaded gasoline (there are still a couple holdouts) for use in cars....it's still very widely used as an additive in AVIATION FUEL.

    Ace
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, it's not 'proven' that there's any link between lead use and a rising crime rate. There is no lead added to Jet Fuel. No-one with half a clue as to why it was ever added to car fuel in the first place would suggest it. Some aviation fuel used in piston engines still contains small amounts of lead, but overall usage is a tiny, weeny fraction of what's used in cars.

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    v
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Freakonomics had a write up very similar to this one but it correlated lower crime rates to the legality of abortions in the 70s. There are likely quite a few different factors that played into the whole thing but each component presents strong enough that people will take it as the "one thing".

    Limey
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Lead” as in gas and “lead to” as in caused and native English speakers just read it and understand it without a second thought. The English language is so weird.

    CP
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was an alternative to lead but it cost a little bit more. Yay unregulated capitalism!

    Fabian Bernard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beware of cognitive bias when using statistics....

    Bettye McKee
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Companies stated that unleaded gas cost more because they had to remove the lead. Not so. They had to add lead to leaded gas for engine performance.

    Isa Wan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK and what is the explanation for the high violence nowadays? It cannot be leaded gasoline anymore.

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    #17

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True That these weird low quality NSFW games that pop out in the Steam popular list until you turn NSFW content off are money laundering targets to cash in Steam gift cards obtained via various phone scams. Steam gets their 30% of the stolen money, so they don't mind and ultimately it is super difficult to prove that real people do not buy the games since nobody would ever admit to buying them. u/Flowchart83 added: Damn, that's actually a good idea if you had to launder money. It could be completely automated at a large scale. If someone gets suspicious as to why so many are purchased, 'people are perverts' is a believable explanation.

    MXXIV666 , Edgar Almeida Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK I gotta investigate this one. I been on steam for almost 20 years and never heard of anything like that. Since when does Steam do NSFW?

    TotallyNOTaFox
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quite a while now, and yes I'm not ashamed to admit that I know that. Not if you're in Germany though, as those are region locked for us

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    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pmsl 'people are perverts ' ...I cannot argue with that 😆😆😆....we all what the difference is between "kinky" and "perverted" kinky is using a feather...perverted is using the whole chicken

    mulk
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think SCAM are not conspiracy. In my opinion: too many post here mixed up "conspiracy" and Scam/money laundery/corruption.

    RajunCajun
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to look this up.......for research

    #18

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True Jar Jar Binks is the ultimate Sith Lord u/TheSharkFromJaws added: I thought this one was silly until I saw the footage of him talking behind characters that are giving dialogue, almost like he is forcing them to speak. It seems like they were building to something there.

    Adventurous_Stack Report

    Newman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But he sa so stupid.

    Corvus
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could be misdirection... Darth Sidious seemed like a nice elderly man ;)

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    Paul Pienkowski
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jar Jar's biggest victory was convincing everyone he's a moron.

    Shina Kohana
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This theory was proven to be correct. However, they shelved the idea at the last minute…

    Samiam
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was originally going to be the equivalent of count dooku, but the plot was changed

    The Original Bruno
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Geroge Bush pulled a Jar Jar Binks to get the government-paranoid Republican populist base to support the PATRIOT Act.

    Steve Hall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought he was an intergalactic blackface character.

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    #19

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True The meta-conspiracy to convince dumb people that the word “conspiracy” means “a crazy person’s imagination” Conspiracies happen every day. There’s a global conspiracy of adults to convince kids Santa is real - it’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s a conspiracy. Somewhere along the line, the word got hijacked and it immediately discredits whoever says it. It’s practically a trap to use the word, so you have to dance around it if you want to describe people planning things in secret

    Bob_the_peasant , Kajetan Sumila Report

    SirWriteALot
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. The dictionary is your friend. "the activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal".

    Alexej Dvorak
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think OP is going more for the perceived meaning, like what people first think of when they hear the word, and not dictionary definitions.

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    The Scout
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately some of those theories sometimes turn out true. I remember a case in Germany (Name was Mollat), when a visibly distressed man was seized and told the authorities that" there is a huge tax fraud conspiracy - judges, politicians, bankers, and my ex-wife is in cahoots with them...". - So they did what any sane person would, and had the man committed to an asylum. A few years later, a tax investigator was looking into a completely unrelated case and found traces of a huge tax evasion and money laundering scheme - judges, politicians, bankers, and, surpsisingly, his ex-wife WAS in cahoots with them. Trials are still going on.

    Mavis
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a difference between a "conspiracy" and a "conspiracy theory". A conspiracy is a real thing that happened, for example gang members who commit criminal conspiracy. On the other hand, a "conspiracy theory" is an idea/fantasy promoted by people who are uncomfortable with the actual truth. Take the example of JFK assassination. The ugly truth is, JFK was killed by one man who acted alone and murdered the most powerful man on earth. That fact makes some people uncomfortable, they ask how could America, the greatest country on earth, allow a lone nutcase to destroy them so easily? It had to be something else right? Something huge and powerful and sinister! And so a conspiracy theory is born.

    Craig S. (EvilSausage)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically true, but every real conspiracy, that we know of, was theorized at one point. Before it was proven, someone suspected it. Or, to put it another way, they had a theory.

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    Newman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This post is a conspiracy.

    Kyle Simonson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kind of like the way the British use the word scheme to describe government programs, whereas in the US scheme means something dastardly.

    censorshipsucks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    conspiracies: real, exist. conspiracy theories: wacky theories about conspiracies that may or may not be real.

    Craig S. (EvilSausage)
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not necessarily. How do you think real conspiracies are found out? Someone comes up with a theory and pursues the evidence. If it's a real conspiracy, they might be able to prove it. But if it isn't, then no evidence will surface.

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    Craig S. (EvilSausage)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are correct. People dismiss conspiracy theories out of hand. But what they forget is that every conspiracy that we know really happened was theorized before it was known to have happened. Watergate and Operation Condor are two conspiracies that really occurred. History confirms it. We know they were real. The question is what conspiracies are now being put in place by the powers that be? Will they ever see the light of day? And will they be believed, if so?

    Zaach
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a guy wandering around downtown Seattle in the '70s with a sign reading 'The wind is moving, it could be alive' - he is gone now

    afia kooma
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have got a point. I felt secret shame for using that description in my 20's, and I had to braze myself during my 30's, even tho its too legit.

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you telling me Santa isn't real 😲😲😲😲.... please tell me the Easter bunny, jack frost and the tooth fairy are

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    #20

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True I feel like Luigi probably is in Super Mario 64, we just stopped looking a little too soon. u/ThrowawayBlast added: I heard a rumour you had to get 100 percent on the game twice in a row. I thought to myself 'okay, I like Luigi but not that much, damn'.

    TCGeneral Report

    Jason
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like rom disassembly should be able to answer this pretty quickly

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Luigi is just Mario in green..... Mario's alter ego

    #21

    “OJ Simpson Was Covering For His Son”: 21 Conspiracy Theories With Enough Evidence To Be True Ufos are real and the U.S. government has been hiding information for decades. David grusch, who represents 40 firsthand witnesses. Testifies under oath to congress that Ufo reverse engineering and crash retrieval programs exist and are being funded without oversight or congressional awareness. Roswell Crash probably happened, and we have been studying what they found since 1947.

    WakeTurbulence200 , Albert Antony Report

    Amelia Jade
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, UFOs are coming here so often that there is a crash retrieval team and yet they're not regularly witnessed by the masses--just some people here and there. If they're here so often that we need crash retrieval teams--wouldn't they be seen as often as we seen our own planes? Also, ships from beyond our solar system have the technology to travel all this way (and apparently avoid detection), but somehow they crash so often that we need crash retrieval programs? UFOs, little green men, grays--are all some of my favorite topics. I love the idea of us being visited. But people are just willing to believe anything, even when it makes zero sense. The only things being retrieved and reversed engineered are human made aircraft from other countries.

    Gustav Gallifrey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If aliens are visiting here, why do we not see them in the pubs and bars? Basically, they're sailors, right? Voyaging across vast space. And i can tell you for sure, when sailors get where they're going, first place they head for is a bar/pub. So, if they're not in the bars/pubs, they ain't here.

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    Darth Kittius
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, anything flying through the sky is a UFO until you figure out what it is lol

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UFOs are always real. Unidentified Flying Object. I don't know that that thing is but I see it in the air. I've seen one, pretty sure it was a weather balloon. I didn't know what this flying object was so it was an "Unidentified Flying Object".

    SirWriteALot
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Testifies under oath". Oh, well then it MUST be true. Because oath, man!

    neytjie
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haven't you heard? No one lies under oath. They would never.

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    Remi (He/Him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a reminder: UFO means unidentified flying object so anything in the air that's not been identified is a UFO. For example you see something in the sky, go wth is that, it's basically a UFO sighting. When it comes closer and you can see it's a bird, it stops being a UFO and becomes an IFO instead. UFOs are real, but not being able to identify everything flying doesn't mean it's alien.

    just me
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had this argument more than once. You say UFO and all of a sudden you're a Roswell believer.

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    Toni Ahlgren
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe the aliens don't need to be from lightyears away. Maybe they just from another dimension and only 20-30 years ahead of us.

    Steve Hall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alien meat ranchers from outer space checking up on the herd.

    Rabbit Lord
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UFOs are real. They are "Unknown Flying Objects" but this does not means they are of extraterrestial source. Just unidentified objects.

    mulk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "What’s A Conspiracy With The Most Evidence To Back It Up?"- No proof her, just a testimony from David Grusch, with no evidence of his claims (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims)

    Sherrie Buck
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boo! When you already know the US government admitted to psy-oping the entire world. When you know unmanned craft can easily fly over 7,000 miles per hour. The real truth is people hang on to this hope because they want to not believe in God

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