Conspiracy theories and other assorted craziness

[Justiciar]

Belgium isn't real. Anybody that claims to be Belgian is infact part of a long-standing joke that has gotten so far out of hand that many "Belgians" themselves now take it seriously.

[Peasant Phill]

All Belgians know that Belgium isn't real. The only thing that keeps us together is our mutual love for beer, fries and an annoying habbit of trying to keep everybody happy. Luckely the first two go a long way to accompish the third.

I'm in no way implying that Belgium should seperate but we don't score to well on the aspect of effectiveness and effeciency of our government

All hail beer, waffles, chocolats and fries.

All hail beer, waffles, chocolats and fries

[doc_bean]

All Belgians know that Belgium isn't real. The only thing that keeps us together is our mutual love for beer, fries and an annoying habbit of trying to keep everybody happy. Luckely the first two go a long way to accompish the third.

I'm in no way implying that Belgium should seperate but we don't score to well on the aspect of effectiveness and effeciency of our government

All hail beer, waffles, chocolats and fries.

All hail beer, waffles, chocolats and fries

We're still closer together than say the Spanish, or the Northern Irish with the UK, or the Kurdish part of any country that has a Kurdish part...

[naut]

Belgium isn't real. Anybody that claims to be Belgian is infact part of a long-standing joke that has gotten so far out of hand that many "Belgians" themselves now take it seriously.

[Aenlic]

The fun thing about conspiracy theories is their telfon-coated ability to deflect factual debunking. This is because most well-contructed conspiracy theories rely upon some sordid, secret all-powerful group having the "proof" and either hiding it or destroying it. This way, all a conspiracy theorist need do is claim that there is or was proof, it has just been hidden or destroyed. When facts get in the way, they can easily be blamed on the all-powerful secret organization/government/aliens too, as red herrings obviously designed to detract from the "truth" of the conspiracy. Non-believers are obviously brainwashed and debunkers work for the conspirators. The more powerful the real organization/government/group, the more likely they are to be the target of conspiracy theories. That makes it easier to accuse them of destroying the proof. Too funny.

My favorite silly conspiracy theories are two which apparently occupy the same space at the same time doing opposite things to control our minds: the "vast right-wing conspiracy" and the "liberal media bias conspiracy" are just too funny. Their proponents should be sterilized to prevent such obvious nonsense from spreading in the gene pool.

They can't both be controlling the media at the same time...

Or can they?

Cue spooky music.

[The Stranger]

Belgium isn't real. Anybody that claims to be Belgian is infact part of a long-standing joke that has gotten so far out of hand that many "Belgians" themselves now take it seriously.

i should not only know it, I do know it. On the org. the Stranger is mighty. my netwerks spreads for threads and my spies are everywhere. it is not you but I that rule these dark places. All bow for Emperor Umeu the first