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Quotes tagged ‘Conspiracy Theories’
Instagram has long been a place where what you see might be smoke and mirrors—a home for the best and most beautiful version of everyday life, put on display for consumption and then expensive imitation.
All of this presents a very clear narrative: A scientist was involved in questionable work and, allegedly, far more questionable conduct involving the theft of documents, and suffered the consequences of it.
The prevailing theory seems to be that the singer will be releasing a music video on the 26th, with fan accounts claiming that the images, outfits and jewelry she's been sharing on her Instagram are taken from the clip.
Among those truths: that certain cosmetics and foods contain aborted fetal cells, that the recent Ethiopian Airlines crash was a hoax, and that the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings were staged.
Why the hell do these pizzas look so consistently weird?
Dom: People say I'm paranoid, right? Well maybe you'd be a little paranoid if there was a world organization bent on your destruction. Dr. Katz: Is this your UNICEF theory again? Dom: You're not the one calling me and hanging up, are ya? Dr. Katz: No. Dom: 'Cause it sounds like your breath.
— Dom Irrera, Jonathan Katz, Dr. Katz (voice) / Dom (voice), Jonathan Katz / Dom Irrera, imdb.com
Vanessa Baxter: Can you drive Eve to soccer? Mike Baxter: [scoffing] Soccer. That's just Europe's covert war for the hearts and minds of America's kids.
...which is why so many people are suddenly allergic to peanuts. The peanuts are emitting toxins as an evolutionary defense mechanism. They're tired of being eaten, and now they're fighting back.
— Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Dale Gribble, Johnny Hardwick, imdb.com
What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it's a smart move.
A customer sipping coffee registered as a threat. Was he taking her picture?
I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I try to imagine what it’s like inside his mind, what I would do if I were him. And I’m telling you, it is all sorts of...He has no ideology. No North Star. Isn’t that the scariest thing of all?
— Melissa James Gibson, Frank Pugliese, Tom Hammerschmidt, Boris McGiver, imdb.com
It is so much easier to believe that everything is a conspiracy theory because it implies some sort of order to the world. The fact is, the world is chaos. Sometimes kids get shot. No secret intelligentsia is behind it. We just all have got to do better.
Conspiracy theories are corrosive in society at large. When they dictate national policy, they can be lethal.
One reason the Internet fosters conspiracy theories is that its system of branching, crossing tunnels is shaped like paranoid reasoning itself, and once inside the shadow maze you find yourself tracking elusive glimmers of light that recede as fast as you can follow them.