Conspiracy theorists... are they all just a bit thick?

Conspiracy theorists... are they all just a bit thick?

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coldel

7,871 posts

146 months

Monday 25th March
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Yes that’s my thoughts too … this is the psychology of a CT when it’s shown they are wrong they literally double down endlessly into CGI AI Fake etc

AW111

9,674 posts

133 months

Monday 25th March
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coldel said:
Yes that’s my thoughts too … this is the psychology of a CT when it’s shown they are wrong they literally double down endlessly into CGI AI Fake etc
But in this case it was the agencies calling out the family photo as being edited, and the refusal to provide an unedited copy, that started the rumour frenzy.

Challo

10,146 posts

155 months

Monday 25th March
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Blown2CV said:
coldel said:
Blown2CV said:
are you joking? Haven't you looked at the internet since that video came out?! If anything it's worse! They all think it's a fake background, deepfake of her, they are pulling out images of her wearing the same jumper years ago as 'proof'... they all firmly believe she's dead and this is just what they are going to use in a few months as the reason why she died.
Wow no I haven’t seen this.

Person wears jumper they have worn before shock horror haha what on earth. Some people do wear the same thing twice … headcases
I think their point was that it was an AI fake based on old footage or something... anyway it's massively worrying that people seem to have these beliefs, but the palace have been doing some weird stuff too, you might say.
I saw something on twitter claiming it was AI, then someone said it was just old footage infront of a greenscreen as the flowers aren't moving.

Someone else claiming its odd how Charles has cancer, now Kate and it must be to do with the vaccines. banghead

coldel

7,871 posts

146 months

Monday 25th March
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Challo said:
Someone else claiming its odd how Charles has cancer, now Kate and it must be to do with the vaccines. banghead
For some, they are so far down the rabbit hole there is no escaping, what a terrible existence that must be.

Notch 8

251 posts

8 months

Monday 25th March
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coldel said:
Challo said:
Someone else claiming its odd how Charles has cancer, now Kate and it must be to do with the vaccines. banghead
For some, they are so far down the rabbit hole there is no escaping, what a terrible existence that must be.
Yep. All too predictable. It played straight into their hands.

MightyBadger

1,979 posts

50 months

Monday 25th March
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coldel said:
For some, they are so far down the rabbit hole there is no escaping, what a terrible existence that must be.
Yep, I had a mate who used to be like this. Constantly talking about how everything is against us, was always stressed and depressed. The way he was finished his marraige and lost a load of mates too. Sad all round really.

BabySharkDD

15,077 posts

169 months

Monday 25th March
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AW111 said:
coldel said:
Yes that’s my thoughts too … this is the psychology of a CT when it’s shown they are wrong they literally double down endlessly into CGI AI Fake etc
But in this case it was the agencies calling out the family photo as being edited, and the refusal to provide an unedited copy, that started the rumour frenzy.
The news agencies didn’t do much until ‘conspiracy theorists’ showed the images were poorly edited the obvious errors.

As a former photo editor, I’m amazed that something so poor was released (twice rofl )

coldel

7,871 posts

146 months

Monday 25th March
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BabySharkDD said:
The news agencies didn’t do much until ‘conspiracy theorists’ showed the images were poorly edited the obvious errors.

As a former photo editor, I’m amazed that something so poor was released (twice rofl )
Or a photo editor spotted the issues, given the rules of photography going through agencies that the edits broke, it then got dropped from their lists.

A conspiracy theorist spotting it would have then gone on to postulate some wild ideas as to why it was edited, anything away from simple user error, and usually all completely made up with no evidence but presented as such.

Blown2CV

28,817 posts

203 months

Monday 25th March
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the agency that syndicates the photos was the one to remove it from circulation.

James6112

4,364 posts

28 months

Monday 25th March
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My own mother is way down the Rabbit hole i’m afraid.
Tory Party member, defaced the last leadership ballot ‘bring back Boris’
Saw her at the weekend. ‘I was watching a Katy Hopkins video today’….

Of course I wind her up about the ‘flags’ on shirts she would never buy / Berxit / Nobody cares about Ulez!

Keeps her going I guess.

Blown2CV

28,817 posts

203 months

Monday 25th March
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James6112 said:
My own mother is way down the Rabbit hole i’m afraid.
Tory Party member, defaced the last leadership ballot ‘bring back Boris’
Saw her at the weekend. ‘I was watching a Katy Hopkins video today’….

Of course I wind her up about the ‘flags’ on shirts she would never buy / Berxit / Nobody cares about Ulez!

Keeps her going I guess.
I wouldn't call her a conspiracy theorist on the basis of the above, but I guess she could also be.

Chromegrill

1,083 posts

86 months

Tuesday 26th March
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coldel said:
Yes that’s my thoughts too … this is the psychology of a CT when it’s shown they are wrong they literally double down endlessly into CGI AI Fake etc
Some people have ulterior motives for pushing conspiracy theories, and it shouldn't be a surprise if much of the amplification of the rumours surrounding the Princess of Wales was done deliberately by Russian agents intent on sowing division and uncertainty, as outlined by this BBC report.

Though some people reading that will believe that, precisely because it's being reported by the BBC, it must be a conspiracy theory that Russian agents are behind all that.


Al Gorithum

3,718 posts

208 months

Wednesday 27th March
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Well that didn’t take long. Laurence Fox is a nutter…


coldel

7,871 posts

146 months

Wednesday 27th March
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Was that bridge a key strategic target then? If so, why?

Byker28i

59,855 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th March
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Al Gorithum said:
Well that didn’t take long. Laurence Fox is a nutter…

Oh there's lots more - usual suspects




And of course - Lara Logan, it was a terrorist attack
https://twitter.com/i/status/1772756706482647502

Byker28i

59,855 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th March
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Byker28i said:
Al Gorithum said:
Well that didn’t take long. Laurence Fox is a nutter…

Oh there's lots more - usual suspects




I had to look up DEI - Diversity, equity, and inclusion, beats blaming Woke as usual I guess

And of course - Lara Logan, it was a terrorist attack
https://twitter.com/i/status/1772756706482647502

Al Gorithum

3,718 posts

208 months

Wednesday 27th March
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coldel said:
Was that bridge a key strategic target then? If so, why?
Stops Mustangs (a symbol of Freedumbs) being delivered. Or something....

coldel

7,871 posts

146 months

Wednesday 27th March
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Of course we cant rule out foul play this early on, but usually terror attacks are designed to be exactly that, terror that maximises civilian casualties. This happened in the middle of the night, with minimal people around/on the bridge. Why not do this during peak hours?

But yes as usual we have people on social who speak like its the truth, without a single shred of evidence.

Caddyshack

10,815 posts

206 months

Wednesday 27th March
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coldel said:
Was that bridge a key strategic target then? If so, why?
I guess it would be as 200 million dollars of trade passes through there on a very frequent basis. Look at the issues the Panama canal caused with supply chains.


I am not a believer by the way. Nothing more than a ship crashing.

coldel

7,871 posts

146 months

Wednesday 27th March
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Caddyshack said:
coldel said:
Was that bridge a key strategic target then? If so, why?
I guess it would be as 200 million dollars of trade passes through there on a very frequent basis. Look at the issues the Panama canal caused with supply chains.


I am not a believer by the way. Nothing more than a ship crashing.
Im sure it wont be long before that is cleared though. So more tactical than strategic.

So what terrorist organisation are they laying the blame at? Given they seem to have a lot of information on it wink