#DEBUNKED conspiracies?

[isitcorrect]

Something unremittingly bleak about a goddamn country starting "crisis actor" conspiracy theories to deny their crimes. A term invented to deny the deaths of children at Sandy Hook in 2012 is now used to deny the deaths of children in Gaza in 2023.

As the community note says, this isn't a crisis actor. This is a guy who posts on Instagram. A influencer who posts videos online of breaking events...is seen at a lot of breaking events. To Israel, this is a sign of a conspiracy. In fact, some of those images aren't even him, or aren't even related to Palestine at all; one image included in other posts targeting Saleh Aljafarawi is a Halloween costume from Thailand. That article says "pro-Israeli accounts" tweeted this, but it's the literal, official Twitter account of Israel posting this shit, next to their comedy sketches that somehow make trans people the punchline bc fascists only have one joke the whole world wide I guess

Like. It's not new for a government to deny the reality of its atrocities. It is new for that government to outright use a conspiracy theory term devised by Alex fucking Jones, or to, when called on doing so, defend it as a "meme" (also bizarre to see hardcore Zionists use a term crafted for especially antisemitic conspiracy theories). Everything rancid about the world in 2023 congealed into a single tweet, right here

[kittygrimm88]

I have a theory about who MC shouldn't trust as Taiga told her.

Instead of anyone from the ghouls, the ones she shouldn't trust are the professors like Hyde. The theory that goes with this one would also be that she isn't actually cursed but something completely different. After seeing how the academy was doing with Lyca, it would make a lot of sense.

[lizardsfromspace]

"The drones over New Jersey are just planes" And who built the planes? Oh, you still believe the official story about the Wright Brothers? Like a little baby sheep??? You think we make a big metal tube and put big metal fans on it to make it go? Even though no one has EVER flown on one and talked about flying on one later??? Watch out baby, here comes the airplane, except it DOESN'T, bc all that's coming in are LIES

[obscuarysghoulnextdoor]

Tokyo debunker Conspiracy Theory #734.01:

They're all the traitor. It just depends on who you pick in the beginning.

[fulcrumforce66]

SPOILERS BELOW FOR EPISODE 12

I haven't seen anyone post about this yet, so thought I'd bring it up...

Are we just going to ignore the fact that Ren wished away HUNDREDS of people and there wasn't any indication if they came back?

After everyone disappears, Haru, MC, and Towa seem at a loss for words. Ren is the only one that speaks up and awkwardly expresses relief.

Then the cat anomaly shows up and the gang's attention gets refocused to that. The people don't get mentioned for the rest of the chapter. Understandably a lot happened in a short amount of time, so I can see it being easy to forget things in the heat of the moment.

Here's the kicker though - when they meet the sheepdog god in the next chapter, NO ONE THINKS TO MENTION BRINGING ALL THE PEOPLE BACK!

Both Haru and Ren make wishes for themselves to return to normal, but then the chapter ends. There's no indication in the remaining chapters that anyone made a wish for the people to return or for everything to return to normal on the farm.

So now the big question is what happened to the people???

Did the gang just conveniently forget to wish the people back once they returned to normal?

Did Haru decide it was too risky because the god didn't have enough power and might make things worse?

Does wishing people away mean you also forget that they existed entirely?

Could this just be a silly little plot hole the devs overlooked, that I'm reading way too much into? (.... most likely honestly 🫠)

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TUNE IN NEXT WEEK WHEN I DISCUSS WHY THE CHANCELLOR'S BIAS AGAINST DOGS WAS THE REAL REASON HE LOCKED AWAY LYCA 🙀

[thymbraeusrising]

If i could go back in time, I would share these screenshots with young Milo and tell him how much of a legend he's going to be.

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Gotten a few asks about this so let me clarify:

Atlantis the Lost Empire is NOT Nazi propaganda nor is it an endorsement of Nazi beliefs.

It's another example of a piece of media that has taken inspiration from a conspiracy theory which unfortunately has ties to the Nazis' obsession with proving their bonkers Aryan race theory.

The Nazis were obsessed with finding and creating ANY sort of historical/traditional link to validate their agenda, no matter how utterly ridiculous or entirely separate from reality that link was. They were obsessed with the mystical and the occult. Pseudo-science and pseudo-archaeology were their literal bread and butter.

In this instance, Plato's story of a sunken ancient city is not special for being co-opted for the Nazi's purposes. What has lead Atlantis to becoming a popular conspiracy theory in modern times is due in part to the steady popularization of pseudo-science as well as bad faith actors promoting a racist conspiracy theory as genuine fact.

The majority of conspiracy theories you hear about today actually have roots in fiction. For example, the Hollow Earth conspiracy theory finds it's origins from science fiction novels dating back to the 1800s. The Philadelphia Project can also trace its origins to a UFO writer who claims he was receiving secret confidential intel from a former US mariner. And yet there are are people who genuinely believe there is a secret world hidden in the center of the earth and that the US government was experimenting with and succeeded in creating a portal to another dimension.

So is the case with Atlantis. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World was written by Ignatius Donnelly in 1882 as a means to express his desires for a populist government and world. He was extremely misguided in his belief that Plato's story was factual and he employed the use of hyperdiffusion-a popular method used in countless conspiracy theories-to argue that all ancient societies were basically all descended from one even more ancient people.

Or in the Nazi's own terms: "An ancient master race."

Bad actors like Graham Hancock and Ancient Aliens further popularized the Nazi's conspiracy theory (as well as many others) and Donnelly's books by spreading mass disinformation across a global scale and we are all suffering for it.

As I've already stated before, Atlantis the Lost Empire takes superficial inspiration from the conspiracy theory in the same way that Stranger Things takes inspiration from the Montauk Project. Many popular sci-fi films, tv shows, books, and video games are littered with references and nods to conspiracy theories. Everything from Men in Black to The X Files to the SCP Foundation.

If you are interested in seeing how convincing conspiracy theories can get and their very real ability to destroy actual lives, I recommend watching American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders. It perfectly showcases how conspiracy theories can suck you in and how people can easily take advantage of you once they break down your ability to distinguish fiction from reality.

My only caveat with the documentary is that I really wish the creators had emphasized even more plainly to the audience that the Octopus Murders is an actual conspiracy theory instead of leaving the question somewhat open ended. Especially in regards to Danny Casolaro's death.

I would also highly recommend watching Milo Rossi aka miniminuteman's videos as his channel is dedicated solely to debunking various archaeological conspiracy theories as well as providing fascinating education on a variety of historical topics. I really cannot overstate how wonderful his Awful Archaeology series is.

I'm going to link a few of my favorites here:

This is the first of a multiseries debunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse series.

This is Part 1 of 2 of him debunking one of the most notorious TikTokers who makes a living off of spreading mass disinformation.

I would be remiss not to mention Atun-Shei Film's amazing channel as well as Lady of the Library.

I would also recommend Kaz Rowe's channel as they provide stellar information on a wide variery of historical topics.

Tldr; Atlantis the Lost Empire and the films creators' did not set out to promote Nazi beliefs. They simply took inspiration from a popular conspiracy theory and made it something entirely unique and separate from the Aryan race agenda.

[lesbianphan]

Watching old DAPG videos and I cannot BELIEVE Dan Howell had the Audacity to pretend not to know Can your pet. He thought we'd believe that???? unreal askdj

[genericpuff]

every time i try to go easier on rachel and give her the benefit of the doubt, i find shit like this

i was literally just trying to wrap up the hades x thanatos conversation text edit that i've been posting over on my IG and felt like adding a couple extra panels so i went back to this episode (ep 215) to try and find panels of hades and hecate talking that i could segue out of the end part of the hades x thanatos conversation

and i found this

and i was like "oh yeah they visualize the doorbell ringing with a literal bell, i guess that works-"

that bell isn't rendered in rachel's usual style, it's very cell shady with zero texture

but no, no, don't do this puff, you're just being paranoid, it's just a silly little bell, are you really jumping to the conclusion that rachel and her team didn't draw this just because it looks a little off???

just throw it in google reverse image search so you can put this to rest and prove to yourself that it is, in fact, just a drawing of a bell, i don't need to be reading too much into it-

OH COME ON-

[momett]

you realize ramcoa isn’t “secret satanic illuminati shadow organization”.. right? it’s a way to describe a very specific type of abuse. are you saying cults aren’t real? human trafficking isn’t way? institutionalized abuse isn’t real? be so fr

you realize that is exactly what the chairman/president of the RAMCOA SIG, michael salter, believes.. right? in 2008 he tried to claim that a certain preschool had tunnels built under it that he implied were used for satanic ritual abuse... he is a conspiracy theorist, and one of the biggest proponents of RAMCOA.

he believes that the satanic temple is after him, the RAMCOA SIG, and the ISSTD. he believes he is being stalked by satanists who want to literally kill him.

[hearts4pearlescentmoon]

I didn’t know Chris was a conspiracy theorist /j

dunne here is spelt Dunn here though lol

here is the video

[askruimizuki]

hey Rui! if there's any ghoul at Darkwick that you could spend the day hanging out with, who do you think you'd want to spend time with the most?

I’ll be so for real with you!

I spend waaaaay too much time cooped up in Obscuary! I swear, I’m losing my touch with talking to others! It’s really sad!

Ed isn’t exactly the best to have conversations with. And his room looks like a bomb went off in it! Tragic, really. I work soooo hard to clean it.

But to answer your question!

I would spend time with Haku in a heartbeat!

He’s just easy to talk to. And, between you and me, he’s really got the whole flirting thing down! Used to practice together late at night for shits and giggles.

Man… I wonder how he’s doing…

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[19burstraat]

Rn this Jordie fic sequel is just a Kanej fic wearing a Jordie fic hat. I keep adding Kanej scenes and no actual plot lfmdjfj.

[obscuarysghoulnextdoor]

Wanna see my Jin conspiracy board where I read too much into things?

Okay, but don't come for me. Just think of me as a tabloid muckraker. You walk into my office, I'm in a tin foil hat. A coffee mug is vibrating in my hand. You see this on my bulletin board.

(Cut for frostheim spoilers and that magazine interview @romeolucci posted.)

[thenixkat]

Awful Archaeology Ep. 5: The Dendera Light by Miniminuteman