▲ 173 ▼ Conspiracy Theorists Think the Government Used Lasers to Start Maui Wildfires on Purpose (www.vice.com) submitted 3 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Vice.com
[+] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MajesticSloth@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) I think the same people would think the same stuff. Just now they travel faster and wider. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RaineV1@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) I think bouncing ideas off of each other on social media does drive them further into the rabbit hole, and leads them to ideas they might not have gotten to otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) One person starts saying things as a joke or as a griefer and people run with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has "followers" that believe it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Trump too. The_Donald started that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4). It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/MKH6PAoUuD0 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] snooggums@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago And posting on the internet is like shouting into the void, except more people can hear idiots online than on their shitty AM broadcast. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago Yeah, just because they're posting it on Twitter instead of ranting on street corners doesn't make it a news story. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MajesticSloth@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (2 children) I think the same people would think the same stuff. Just now they travel faster and wider. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] RaineV1@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) I think bouncing ideas off of each other on social media does drive them further into the rabbit hole, and leads them to ideas they might not have gotten to otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) One person starts saying things as a joke or as a griefer and people run with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has "followers" that believe it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Trump too. The_Donald started that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4). It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/MKH6PAoUuD0 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] snooggums@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago And posting on the internet is like shouting into the void, except more people can hear idiots online than on their shitty AM broadcast. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RaineV1@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) I think bouncing ideas off of each other on social media does drive them further into the rabbit hole, and leads them to ideas they might not have gotten to otherwise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) One person starts saying things as a joke or as a griefer and people run with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has "followers" that believe it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Trump too. The_Donald started that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4). It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/MKH6PAoUuD0 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (1 child) One person starts saying things as a joke or as a griefer and people run with it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has "followers" that believe it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Trump too. The_Donald started that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4). It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/MKH6PAoUuD0 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has "followers" that believe it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Trump too. The_Donald started that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4). It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/MKH6PAoUuD0 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Trump too. The_Donald started that way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4). It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/MKH6PAoUuD0 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Atrabiliousaurus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4). It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 1 point 2 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/MKH6PAoUuD0 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] snooggums@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago And posting on the internet is like shouting into the void, except more people can hear idiots online than on their shitty AM broadcast. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jonne@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago Yeah, just because they're posting it on Twitter instead of ranting on street corners doesn't make it a news story. permalink fedilink source parent