#like ‘moon landing fake’

[andrewmnyard]

my dad’s got a friend named george who’s really into conspiracies so now my equivalent of ‘that sounds insane’ is ‘oh yeah? you hear that from george?’

[coquelicoq]

also while playing trivial pursuit my sister pronounced leisure [lɛʒɚ] and people were kind of razzing her for not pronouncing it [liʒɚ], and i was like well that's also how i pronounce it so i don't see what the big deal is. it rhymes with measure which is obviously very cool. and her bf was like that's not surprising, you two are the most similar people i've ever met. which was horrendously flattering and also very funny because i don't think we're that similar, but also whenever my sister and i do something the same way i always wonder if it's just because we were exposed to the same influences and forces growing up, or because she got it specifically from me. especially because of our age difference and how much she idolized me as a child, it's quite possible that many of the things we have in common are because she saw me doing them and just thought i was endlessly cool and copied me. which is INSANE to me because i think SHE is so cool, but not for the things that we have in common, for all the other stuff lol.

[veryhungrycaterpillarr]

anyway space travel is one of the coolest things we've ever done as humans and if you don't see the wonder in these images then i don't know if there's any hope for you 🪐

[existennialmemes]

Never Before Believed

Cosmological Conspiracies

The Sun is actually a strobe light. But it's on a different time scale than us, so the strobes are very drawn out, which gives us the illusion of night and day. Dusk and Dawn are being faked to keep up the facade.

Venus isn't real. It's just a light projection. No one knows where the light is coming from, but top scientists are Very Afraid of it, and research into the phenomenon is strictly prohibited.

The moon is suspended between two neighboring Realities. When the moon appears to be "waning" it is actually becoming invisible because it's phasing temporarily out of our universe and into our Lunar Partner's Universe instead.

[engagemythrusters]

if I see/hear “there’s a theory for—“ in regards to any children’s Disney movie, I immediately disregard everything said after that. Nothing worthwhile is going to be said.

[mr-magoriums-im-sorry-emporium]

"reality shifting is just lucid dreaming" bet. what if all instances of lucid dreaming are actually reality shifting. we don't know. dont underestimate my ability to counter with crazier shit & if ur person number 10 to provoke a specific crazy phrase i uinronically incorporate whatever it is into my belief system and itll all be Your Fault

[colourful-void]

Does tumblr not have a button for reporting for misinformation?

[cyndaquillt]

The 'Moon Landing Was Fake' conspiracy theory I came across on Facebook (India version):

"Their video looked like the CGI they use in their movies"

[littleoceanbabe]

just found out today that one of my coworkers is a genuine flat earther and i have never wanted to quit more 👍

[patrokleos]

Someone visiting Alaska was absolutely shocked to discover that Alaska was not just off the coast of California, like it is on all the maps. I had to explain this to her... in Alaska.

After she had traveled many, many miles and spent many, many dollars to get there.

I used to be a grader and an occasional substitute prof for an introductory astronomy lab. That means that the majority of the people in this lab are only taking it because it’s a requirement and about half of them think it’s an astrology class.

I was grading midterms and this one girl. She was so nice and I think she was a business major. Fuck. The question on the midterm was to draw a diagram of the solar system and this poor girl. This fucking girl had drawn a Mars-centric solar system. As in every planet and the sun were orbiting Mars. I now actually have a custom Cards Againsy Humanity card I got at a con that says “A Mars-centric solar system”

I had a boy argue with me that there was liquid water on the moon (this was around when they had found liquid water on Mars in ~2015) and he wouldn’t believe me that he likely meant Mars and not the moon. After I marked his answer to the relevant lab question wrong, he took it to the department head who had promptly laughed him out of the office.

And there was another boy who, during a lab in our observatory where we would look at certain things in the sky, asked where the sun was. At 10pm in November. After some questioning it was revealed that he thought the moon and the sun were the same thing.

[eddieydewr]

Hi! This may be a bit of a rant but there is something I really wanna share with someone so I hope you don't mind.

I have a friend who I knew 'cause we were in the same club at uni. He's very eloquent and smart, so I really respect him (but mostly from afar 'cause I was shy lol). And then I saw him post about ST season 4, and about Will in particular so I mustered up my courage and messaged him "hey have u seen the parallels between Will and Vecna?". And we started talking about other ST-related stuff. We even ranted a lot about vol 2 after watching that lol. We also talked about books and TV shows and overall, I was glad ST helped me make more friends.

When the free Palestine movement became popular last year, I was not surprised when I saw him post about Gaza or Rafah 'cause well... he's just like a typical queer, chronically online, twitter user lol (both complimentary and derogatory, sometimes I find his humor funny, sometimes I just wanna roll my eyes). We have never talked about this topic and honestly I really don't feel like. I just simply carry on sharing posts and stories about discrimination against Jewish and Israeli people and anti-Hamas stuff.

And then recently I saw him posting overtly anti-Israel things, like "u think this is hot now, wait til you go to hell for supporting Israel". Not gonna lie, I chuckled when I saw that 'cause first of all, I am an atheist so whatever man I don't believe in hell anyway. Second, I don't know what other non-Jewish people who support Israel (as in 'its existence is legitimate and the people there deserve peace', not the government itself) may feel about hell, but as far as I'm concerned, Jewish people don't seem to put that much weight on the concept of hell and heaven, right?. So like "bro you should have choose something else more menacing than that lol"

Now I can scroll through that post but what irks me the most is what he chose to share today.

https://x.com/redstreamnet/status/1841561550378651724

I find it so freaking ironic how after everything that has happened in Iran recently (and how many Iranians have spoken out against the Islamic republic), this is the first Iran-related thing he posted about. Like I'm so close to just forward to him a video of Iranians celebrating the death of Nasrallah or comments/posts of Iranians thanking Israel for it, or overall just people between these two countries wishing each other peace and freedom. I'm not sure if I can call what I'm feeling "anger" 'cause it's not exactly strong as when I see people deny October 7. But there is surely a sense of resignation.

I don't see those pro-pal people as bad or evil. I actually believe that most of them have good intentions, but to me, they are too caught up in their self-righteousness and black-and-white views to acknowledge the grey area of this whole mess.

I saw you own up to your own hypocrisy a few days ago and ngl I admire you for that lol. I only think of humans as "paradoxical by nature" so a person saying conflicting stuff is normal to me. But it's annoying as hell when someone doesn't think they are capable of hypocrisy or double standards.

Anyways, have a great day. Thank you for reading all this. Sorry it's kinda long. Being concise is not my strong suit lol.

hey anon, let’s hug. if you want?

i rly don’t have much to offer bc my brain is currently mush, you probably just wanted to vent and that’s ok. i just didn’t want to leave you on read. 💚

look, i’m using jquinn even though he annoys me atm but i just couldn’t resist, lmao. like yeah, #me.

[ryderdire]

my prof: so we will be analyzing arguments and pressuive work

my nerd ass already excited:

[thecurioustale]

Cheez-Its Rejoice

I just learned from my sister (who is moving to the UK next year) that you can't get Cheez-Its in England! 😮😮😮

I take back every good thing I ever said about that two-bit island that shall not be named! 😤😤😤

* checks Internet *

They just launched Cheez-Its in the UK earlier this month!!!

GOD SAVE THE KING!!!

[therealsirsticker]

AAAAAAHGGGGGGHGHGGGGHHHHHHH MY GRANDMA IS WATCHING YOUTUBE SHORTS OUT LOUD AND ITS ALL JUST AI GENERATED NONSENSE

[halfchick]

Tumblr user disagreeing with astrology but claiming one of their genders is ‘fae’ ?????

[pynkhues]

Do you think Channing Tatum is a good actor?

I guess it depends on your definition of good? I enjoy him in comedies and think he's got a better sense of comedic timing than a lot of his contemporaries have/had which is why he's probably one of the more successful men of the crop of actors he came up with. I think the role I've liked him best in was probably Hail, Caesar? But honestly, I think that movie's underrated in general.

I'm guessing this ask has been prompted by Fly Me to the Moon which interestingly makes it seem like he's been cast as the straight man to other people's funnier roles. I'm mmm, curious to see how it goes? It's got a bit of an odd cast and the tone's not working for me in the trailer. I'll probably see it though when it comes out since I go to the cinema every week anyway.