Dumbest Conspiracy Theory you've heard?

Princess Alice · 2014-11-29 01:24:04

My favorite: that electric traffic signals are a racket by the power company to get the government to spend more money on electricity, because "you could just replace it with a four-way stop and it would work just as well."

Anyone reading this who's ever been through a four-way stop on a congested street is now doubled over in laughter.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-11-29 01:27:30

I'm going with any serious assertion involving reptilians, but there are plenty of runners-up. I particularly (dis)like flouride sceptics, "sovereign citizens," and the War On Christmas.

Salix Babylonika · 2014-11-29 01:28:28

Google "Webdriver Torso"
enjoy reading about genuinely mysterious phenomenon
read comments on any article about said phenomenon
bang head against wall
repeat step 4 until unconscious

Obā-san · 2014-11-29 01:30:39

actually google "webdriver torso" and look at the google logo

Morven · 2014-11-29 01:31:45

I like the "hollow earth" conspiracy theory, and I think believers in it in the modern age are rather dumb indeed.

Salix Babylonika · 2014-11-29 01:33:07

naney said:
actually google "webdriver torso" and look at the google logo

*sinister organ*

(no but what happens actually)

Morven said:
I like the "hollow earth" conspiracy theory, and I think believers in it in the modern age are rather dumb indeed.

Alternative geographers are indeed some of the conspiracy theorists most steeped in denial.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-11-29 01:33:11

Webdriver Torso has been explained as a YouTube quality testing system, apparently—the staff confessed to it in the form of a Rickroll joke—but it is pretty darn weird, and the people who are obsessed with it are pretty darn weird themselves.

Sredni Vashtar · 2014-11-29 01:34:25

naney said:
actually google "webdriver torso" and look at the google logo

YES.

Obā-san · 2014-11-29 01:34:27

Magic Jane said:

naney said:
actually google "webdriver torso" and look at the google logo
*sinister organ*

(no but what happens actually)

the logo turns into a series of changing, colorful boxes

Salix Babylonika · 2014-11-29 01:34:36

Well I guess that closes the book on that enigma.

I am very occasionally driven to bouts of paranoia, and I suppose that is one thing I can safely put out of my mind even in that state.

Salix Babylonika · 2014-11-29 01:35:33

now if only we can figure out A858 I'll be able to sleep soundly at night.

Princess Alice · 2014-11-29 01:36:26

Sredni Vashtar said:
Webdriver Torso has been explained as a YouTube quality testing system, apparently—the staff confessed to it in the form of a Rickroll joke—but it is pretty darn weird, and the people who are obsessed with it are pretty darn weird themselves.

See for me that just raises the question of why they would conduct those tests in public

Unless they specifically wanted to fuck with people, I s'pose

Princess Alice · 2014-11-29 01:37:50

What is A858?

Obā-san · 2014-11-29 01:39:52

Central Avenue said:
What is A858?

the first act of Homestuck XIV

Salix Babylonika · 2014-11-29 01:40:05

Central Avenue said:
What is A858?

A reddit user and associated subreddit of the same name that post long, continuous strings of characters.

It's a puzzle of some sort, but even after a few years now I think of decoding, precious little has been done to unravel it. All that's known is that it's being posted by a person (it's not a bot), and that the reddit admins are somehow in on it, as it was banned temporarily on suspicion of being a bot controller, but then unbanned.

Salix Babylonika · 2014-11-29 01:41:11

There is also a subreddit and associated IRC channel devoted to solving it.

Unfortunately they are very prone to infighting, as is typical when you get a large amount of any one kind of nerd in the same place.

Klinotaxis · 2014-11-29 01:50:35

KAL007 was eaten by japanese spider crabs

well it's not that dumb really, just hilarious

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