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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 23:19:57 JST myrmepropagandist

   • Charles ☭ H

   @celesteh

   YES.

   Playing along with the theory is part of the theory *takes bong hit* it's so deeeep maaaan

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 23:19:55 JST myrmepropagandist

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     • Charles ☭ H

     @celesteh

     You want a real conspiracy? Here is mine: Why do theories as sophomoric as "dead internet theory" and "NPC theory" or "simulation theory" or "Roko's basilisk" get *any* oxygen at all in media?

     These are half-baked shower-thoughts at best.

     But they are also concepts that teach helplessness and self-isolation.

     If you were the kind of person who feared the internet as a tool for grass roots organizing "dead internet theory" would make all would be activists dead in the water.

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Peter Kisner ≈ (ptr_k@dice.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Apr-2025 09:51:00 JST Peter Kisner ≈

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     • Charles ☭ H

     @futurebird @celesteh
     This all ties in to a topic I've diatribed about before. To try sum up:

     People buy into asinine conspiracies because:

     1) The crisis of epistemology: It is getting tougher to know what sources to trust, or have internal tools to discern who to trust.

     2) When you feel ignorant and powerless, latching onto ideas that seem hidden & deep, makes you feel empowered and in-the-know in ways others aren't. Even if you can't do anything, you now have "knowledge" others lack.