Birds are coming for us

[gowlerk 2,246]

Government birds that is. I had not heard of this before. It started as a joke but is showing how conspiracy theories can begin and just take off as people love to feel like they are in on the secret. This is brilliantly illustrated here. Google "birds aren't real" to find out the inside scoop.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/podcasts/the-daily/why-would-anybody-claim-that-birds-arent-real.html

[JoeWeber 2,810]

1 minute ago, gowlerk said:

Government birds that is. I had not heard of this before. It started as a joke but is showing how conspiracy theories can begin and just take off as people love to feel like they are in on the secret. This is brilliantly illustrated here. Google "birds aren't real" to find out the inside scoop.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/podcasts/the-daily/why-would-anybody-claim-that-birds-arent-real.html

This truth is indisputable: if you don't keep moving the birds will get you. So, "roll 'em, roll "em, roll 'em, keep them doggies rollin' "

[gowlerk 2,246]

4 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

This truth is indisputable: if you don't keep moving the birds will get you. So, "roll 'em, roll "em, roll 'em, keep them doggies rollin' "

https://birdsarentreal.com/

Wake up

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

It's a rather sad testimonial to the state of the world when I can no longer tell if this is satire or people actually believe it.

On a similar note (this one is satire):
https://newsinfection.com/2021/08/smoke-detectors.html

[Phil1111 1,149]

Its all just a bunch of quasi capitalists trying to create jobs for themselves. A uniquely American phenomenon like the Elvis is alive movement.

[gowlerk 2,246]

1 minute ago, Phil1111 said:

Its all just a bunch of quasi capitalists trying to create jobs for themselves. A uniquely American phenomenon like the Elvis is alive movement.

Interesting to me is that the guy who started it was raised in a strict christian fundamentalist family and came to reject the beliefs in his teens. Gives me some hope.