[Albion] Those top 10 conspiracy theories

[jcdenton08]

That my Siamese cat absolutely understands every word I say, and deliberately does the opposite. He’s also wise to reverse psychology.

 

[Algernon]

Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese.
And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger adopted brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.

 

[jcdenton08]

Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese.
And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother, Colin. Or my younger adopted brother, Ho-Chan-Chu. But I think it's Colin.

I think based on their names, it’s actually most likely Ho-Chan-Chu, because that name sounds quite a bit more Chinese than the others, unless I’m missing something. What makes you think it’s Colin?

 

[BadFish]

The world ended in the late 80s and we are living in a simulation.

 

[Han Solo]

The world ended in the late 80s and we are living in a simulation.

"Living in a simulation" is old... but I don't think I've heard about the world ending in the 80s. Is that a new one? I'm more of the "dusty book" conspiracy type and can't keep up with these new fads.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I’ve wrestled, not in a Jackie Pallo way, about the Moon Landings.

Whilst in a Cold War context it was imperative the Yanks beat the Ruskies to the Moon, it was something JFK had promised in his 1961 White House inauguration speech, but surely there were too many people involved at NASA and the like for it not to have got out in the last 55 and a half years?

And Arsenal, they will always think the worlds against them

Why fake it 6 more times?

In addition if you were faking it, why pressurize a capsule with oxygen and an electrical fire kills 3 men if you’re only faking a moon landing.

 

[BadFish]

"Living in a simulation" is old... but I don't think I've heard about the world ending in the 80s. Is that a new one? I'm more of the "dusty book" conspiracy type and can't keep up with these new fads.

The silulation one isn't comletely disregarded by scientists as I understand it. Given that we don't really know what existence is.

I read about the 80s thing last year. I believe there are a few different options for when the world ended.

I loved the reasoning for the 80s being that culturally we are obsessed with it and that is our subconscious harking back to reality.

Love a conspiracy theory me.

 

[Han Solo]

The silulation one isn't comletely disregarded by scientists as I understand it. Given that we don't really know what existence is.

I read about the 80s thing last year. I believe there are a few different options for when the world ended.

I loved the reasoning for the 80s being that culturally we are obsessed with it and that is our subconscious harking back to reality.

Love a conspiracy theory me.

Can not comment on the theory itself, but it is interesting how much current culture that seeks to emulate or comment on the pre-2000s. As if people don't find modern life particularly interesting to portray and watch.

 

[METALMICKY]

Bearing in mind how quickly they came up with a Covid vaccine, I've always maintained that scientists have developed a cure for the common cold. However, it's not in the financial interests of pharmaceutical companies for it to be ever released. Too much is spent on a myriad of cold products.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

Have you ever noticed that the people who support insane conspiracy theories appear, to sheeples, to be unhinged loonies?

There's something going on.

And usually end up being proven right in many cases.....

 

[Greg Bobkin]

'Pizzagate' and seemingly every US Democrat being a nonce has got to be up there as one of the big ones.

Apparently Trump was going to reveal all when he was President last time. Maybe he forgot and he'll do it in the next four years.

 

[BadFish]

Can not comment on the theory itself, but it is interesting how much current culture that seeks to emulate or comment on the pre-2000s. As if people don't find modern life particularly interesting to portray and watch.

Its been this way since I can remember. In the 80s and 90s everyone was obsessed with the 60s and 70s. As a culture we have a tendency to look backwards, I suppose this is where we find our influences.

En example was the stone Roses phenomenon in the UK (you have to have been there to understand how a consuming this was). They took their influences directly fro the 60s The Byrds and Love are all over their seminal works. On a more personal level my dad dug out his vintage paisley shirts to wear around the time.

 

[Han Solo]

Its been this way since I can remember. In the 80s and 90s everyone was obsessed with the 60s and 70s. As a culture we have a tendency to look backwards, I suppose this is where we find our influences.

En example was the stone Roses phenomenon in the UK (you have to have been there to understand how a consuming this was). They took their influences directly fro the 60s The Byrds and Love are all over their seminal works. On a more personal level my dad dug out his vintage paisley shirts to wear around the time.

Sure, that is of course a thing. But the 1980s is starting to become a looong time ago now. Its a bit like people in the 1980s would have some sort of cultural nostalgia for the 1940s... or if people in the 90s would have said "yeah lets rave like its 1957!!"... was that really the case? I'm born in 1989 and bit too young to remember.

 

[Eeyore]

Its been this way since I can remember. In the 80s and 90s everyone was obsessed with the 60s and 70s. As a culture we have a tendency to look backwards, I suppose this is where we find our influences.

En example was the stone Roses phenomenon in the UK (you have to have been there to understand how a consuming this was). They took their influences directly fro the 60s The Byrds and Love are all over their seminal works. On a more personal level my dad dug out his vintage paisley shirts to wear around the time.

It's very true about looking backwards. Many folk talk about the good old days, like folk did in those days, forgetting all the difficulties everyone faced.

I have long since come to the conclusion that the reason why it happens is because folk realise that they are now closer to the grave now than they were then. Harsh, but I feel probably true.

 

[BadFish]

Sure, that is of course a thing. But the 1980s is starting to become a looong time ago now. Its a bit like people in the 1980s would have some sort of cultural nostalgia for the 1940s... or if people in the 90s would have said "yeah lets rave like its 1957!!"... was that really the case? I'm born in 1989 and bit too young to remember.

Fair point, I wonder if this about the fact that youth culture as it was doesn't really exist now a days. Since the invention of the internet (and a little before as the world became for connected) culture is more fragmented and divided. Kids have more choice now in what to be into so eras are no longer so clearly defined.

The 80s was clearly defined and is represented (incorrectly) by tropes that people can clearly recognise. Not so easy to do with other decades. Although my kids dress in a very 90s Baggy way.

Having said that I have noticed a bit of a Hark back to the early 2010s and the pop punk of the time.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

The world ended in the late 80s and we are living in a simulation.

Well, I was around in the 1980's and have absolutely no recollection of the world ending. You'd think it would have left quite an impression on my teenage mind but no, nothing...

 

[BadFish]

Well, I was around in the 1980's and have absolutely no recollection of the world ending. You'd think it would have left quite an impression on my teenage mind but no, nothing...

Well me too, although Wham breaking up came close

Fwiw I was looking for an answer to us apparently missing all this but didn't find an answer.

 

[Eeyore]

Well, I was around in the 1980's and have absolutely no recollection of the world ending. You'd think it would have left quite an impression on my teenage mind but no, nothing...

You weren't there when I got dumped by my first date.

 

[Cotton Socks]

The world ended in the late 80s and we are living in a simulation.

"Living in a simulation" is old... but I don't think I've heard about the world ending in the 80s. Is that a new one? I'm more of the "dusty book" conspiracy type and can't keep up with these new fads.

The silulation one isn't comletely disregarded by scientists as I understand it. Given that we don't really know what existence is.

I read about the 80s thing last year. I believe there are a few different options for when the world ended.

I loved the reasoning for the 80s being that culturally we are obsessed with it and that is our subconscious harking back to reality.

Love a conspiracy theory me.

Can not comment on the theory itself, but it is interesting how much current culture that seeks to emulate or comment on the pre-2000s. As if people don't find modern life particularly interesting to portray and watch.

Its been this way since I can remember. In the 80s and 90s everyone was obsessed with the 60s and 70s. As a culture we have a tendency to look backwards, I suppose this is where we find our influences.

En example was the stone Roses phenomenon in the UK (you have to have been there to understand how a consuming this was). They took their influences directly fro the 60s The Byrds and Love are all over their seminal works. On a more personal level my dad dug out his vintage paisley shirts to wear around the time.

Sure, that is of course a thing. But the 1980s is starting to become a looong time ago now. Its a bit like people in the 1980s would have some sort of cultural nostalgia for the 1940s... or if people in the 90s would have said "yeah lets rave like its 1957!!"... was that really the case? I'm born in 1989 and bit too young to remember.

Fair point, I wonder if this about the fact that youth culture as it was doesn't really exist now a days. Since the invention of the internet (and a little before as the world became for connected) culture is more fragmented and divided. Kids have more choice now in what to be into so eras are no longer so clearly defined.

The 80s was clearly defined and is represented (incorrectly) by tropes that people can clearly recognise. Not so easy to do with other decades. Although my kids dress in a very 90s Baggy way.

Having said that I have noticed a bit of a Hark back to the early 2010s and the pop punk of the time.

Sorry @BadFish & @Han Solo it was just the first thing that sprang to mind!

Drones & Orbs that are apparently popping up everywhere, I have no idea what the theory is but someone I know is constantly jabbering on about them!!

 

[Kalimantan Gull]