I understand that calling things "conspiracy theories" has kind of fallen out of touch amongst a vast majority of the people who have paid attention to the way the world's governments act in the last decade or so, dating back to things they were doing since WW2, but there also needs to be a word you can say in polite company to describe the kinds of people who are saying "The Artemis mission is FAKE because their pictures of the sides of the moon we can't see are partially illuminated!!!!"
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@vriska you can call them conapiracy theoriest too, at least now in 2026, maybe in 2036 it will be different
@medievalwars yeah but "conspiracy theories" also describe things that are proven to be facts now, like that the CIA invented crack cocaine to put more black people in prison.
@vriska my point is that the things we consider crazy now might turn out to be right in a decade from now, following the pattern.
@medievalwars @vriska After 2012 anything is possible
@sun @medievalwars It's not possible to reach someone who believes in every single part of space missions except for the most recent thing because they thought "the dark side of the moon" was more than the title of a pink floyd record tbh
sometimes I think about what would happen if the other side of the great mastodon firewall found out that you and i are friends. do you ever think about it?
@graf @medievalwars @sun Probably the same thing that happened many years ago when people found out pete and I were friends - the worthwhile ones would either not care or voice their disapproval but continue to be friends of mine. The ones I dont want to talk to anyway would defederate or try to cancel me. back in 2018/early 2019 the matsoc types tried extremely hard to "cancel" me for the simple crime of enjoying pete. I am impossible to kill!
pete was one of the coolest people I've ever met. moon and him are tied for that position from fedi and that's saying a lot because I've met a lot of musicians over my life. I could sit with pete and moon and shop talk about shit for weeks and never get bored. I was fixing something in pl-fe last summer while sitting on the porch and pete was like "What are we hacking on let me in on this"
a lot of people on here are missing out on a lot of intelligence and people who could help them in many unknown ways if they just maybe stopped being insufferable and hating people for being friends with others, or maybe considered I can call somebody a nigger but that doesn't mean I'm going to call you or them one. shaking my head, truly
a lot of people on here are missing out on a lot of intelligence and people who could help them in many unknown ways if they just maybe stopped being insufferable and hating people for being friends with others, or maybe considered I can call somebody a nigger but that doesn't mean I'm going to call you or them one. shaking my head, truly
@graf @medievalwars @sun I intend meet both you and Pete someday but I second that so much with moon. he's one of the best friends and coolest guys imaginable and my life has been nothing but immeasurably improved by knowing him these last ten years. even my mom thinks he's great!
I wish you could see heart reacts on mastodon because I would give this reply one btw
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2you better start believing in them because vriska started it iam just codifying it