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Shall we make a joint writing course for conspiracy thinkers/writers/inventors?

Asked by rebbel (35549points) September 5th, 2021

In which we give either a do or a don’t when it comes to (re) inventing a (new) conspiracy theory.
It seems that lately, in my opinion, they go overboard when constructing them.
Alien lizard humanoids?
Really?
Baby blood drinking, eating babies???
C’mon…

I think we have some great (wannabe) writers in our midst, so if y’all wanna join in!

I’ll start.
Do: keep it ‘believable’ (don’t go overboard on non-existing technology, ie nano-chips in vaccins).

Don’t: do not come with the Rothschilds again; surely there are other wealthy and powerful families (the Rothschilds star in too many a theory already; it gets boring by now).

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JLoon's avatar

You mean like Viral Troll School? Only if we figure out a way to monetize it.

I’m not letting some tumpstunned wingnut bunker rat rip off my creativity without paying.

Zaku's avatar

No, we should not.

People who invent conspiracies for no reason are not people it would be good to train to write more believable conspiracies. It’s good that they are easily detectable as nonsense. The actual oligarchs already take advantage of their BS to distract and discredit angry attention from themselves.

rebbel's avatar

Okay, maybe I should have added that this would be a humorous exercise.
Not meant to publish.
Or to school said looneys.

JLoon's avatar

@rebbel – You’re assuming that those booger eaters wouldn’t take it seriously…?

janbb's avatar

I agree with @Zaku . I see no reward in developing conspiracy theories. Their might be some humor to be derived from “Springtime for Hitler” but none for conspiracy theorists today. They’re too likely to be believed by some lunatic fringe.

filmfann's avatar

DON’T depend on the Masonic Order, the Zeitgeist, the Illuminati, the Communists, the Fascists, or the Alien Overlords as all controlling puppet masters.

DO focus on the heads of news media organizations, hypocritical religious leaders, and power hungry politicians.

Nomore_lockout's avatar

Here’s a semi oldie but a goodie. And it is actually one doesn’t rely on the Usual Suspects. Well, sans the CIA and FBI. Supposedly, D. B. Cooper of highjacking plane fame was a rogue CIA agent, and this has been confirmed by his prior C/O in Viet Nam. The FBI has been using disinfo on the public all these years saying he had never been captured or positively IDd. They knew all along where he was and who he was, and allowed him to live out his life in Mexico, as well well as keep the money. To avoid embarrassing the Government. Well, I didn’t say it made sense. “Now D.B. Cooper was a travelin’ man he travelled on the North West flights. Well he asked them for some money in twenty dollar bills, and then – he just dropped out of site.”

Nomore_lockout's avatar

Never knew there was a comic based on him, looks interesting.

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