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I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I'd rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t know … all of it 🤷

Seriously, our world and reality are complex enough that we make up ideas and theories that are useful but likely untrue in some way that isn’t negligible. But so in need of useful operating theories are we that we peddle and believe them.

Constantly questioning everything is way too tiring for a species that’s still very much in the survival mode or stage of evolution.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That meat, dairy, and eggs are essential for a healthy diet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They're semi-essential unless you're knowledgable enough to get the right proteins without them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Here's one that I saw on Facebook just yesterday: People getting upset and kicking up a fuss about the installation of a protected bike lane on a street, claiming that it causes traffic congestion and blocks emergency vehicles. This is truly a triumph of brainwashing or motivated reasoning. The pictures clearly show cars causing the congestion, and it's the carswhich would block the emergency vehicles. It's just that cars are so normalized and internalized that people can ignore the evidence provided by their own eyes, with the help of self-told lies about how another lane would fix congestion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The correct usage of the word "c*nt" in Australian culture.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The WEF really is infiltrating governments with their pawns. One of Canada's national papers is finally acknowledging this, and its the more left one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
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