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Avril Lavigne replacement conspiracy theory (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The origins of the theory can be traced back to the 2011 Brazilian blog Avril Está Morta ("Avril Is Dead")

Uh uh... quite the source.

[–] SmoothOperator 23 points 2 months ago

If the claim is that someone made this theory in 2011, then yes, that's a perfectly good source. The whole theory is of course bonkers, but nowhere is it claimed that there is a shed of evidence supporting it, just that the theory exists.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I mean even the blog itself was made up, as stated in the Wikipedia article.