Conspiracy Theory Poker - I'll See Yours And Raise This One.

[grumbler]

One of the more famous ones (In America) would have to be McCarthyism.

It did actually exist you know.

Can you prove it, without relying on suspect historical materials?

[Grey Fox]

The Apollo program was abandoned because when 11 landed, Aliens informed Nixon that the moon was offlimit & should not return there.

He was allowed 6 more landing tho. Which should be credited to his surprisingly awesome negotiation skills.

[Zeus]

One of the more famous ones (In America) would have to be McCarthyism.

It did actually exist you know.

Riiiiight riiiight. 

[Razgovory]

What about the one where there is a race of robotic dwarves who live in the center of the Earth and kidnap women to rape and torture them.  This one is not clear how many actually believed it (since it was originally couched in fiction), but the author certainly did and there's evidence that others did as well.

[Admiral Yi]

Those people who think aspartame kills you.  Why aren't I dead, dudes?

I mean, I've got my problems, but if aspartame is as poisonous as some people think I'm betting 12-20 diet sodas a day for ten years probably would leave a more marked effect than a caffeine addiction.

Dude, do you have any fucking teeth left?

Why would a person lose their teeth from drinking diet soda?

[Razgovory]

One of the more famous ones (In America) would have to be McCarthyism.

This is somewhat forgotten today.  The thrust of McCarthy's (and other Republicans) arguments at the time was not just that the government had communists in it.  That the communists in the State Department somehow caused China to go communist, which is of course absurd.  This was largely a populist argument to win the election of 1950 ( which was successful).  It quickly spiraled out of control to the point where partisans were attacking the army and even accusing Eisenhower of being a communist, at that point it Republicans moved to put a stop to it.  I think it should be seen as a manifestation of Conservative populism that seems to creep up every so often.  Today it's the Tea Party, in the 1990's it was the Militia Movement etc.

[Razgovory]

Those people who think aspartame kills you.  Why aren't I dead, dudes?

I mean, I've got my problems, but if aspartame is as poisonous as some people think I'm betting 12-20 diet sodas a day for ten years probably would leave a more marked effect than a caffeine addiction.

Dude, do you have any fucking teeth left?

Why would a person lose their teeth from drinking diet soda?

Lizard People.

[Malthus]

Those people who think aspartame kills you.  Why aren't I dead, dudes?

I mean, I've got my problems, but if aspartame is as poisonous as some people think I'm betting 12-20 diet sodas a day for ten years probably would leave a more marked effect than a caffeine addiction.

Dude, do you have any fucking teeth left?

Why would a person lose their teeth from drinking diet soda?

Curb-stomped by angry milk retailors? 

[Josquius]

Bildeberg- did you know that people who attend that meeting then become powerful?

[Ideologue]

What about the one where there is a race of robotic dwarves who live in the center of the Earth and kidnap women to rape and torture them.  This one is not clear how many actually believed it (since it was originally couched in fiction), but the author certainly did and there's evidence that others did as well.

Where did the robotic dwarves come from?   Thetans?

[Tonitrus]

What about the one where there is a race of robotic dwarves who live in the center of the Earth and kidnap women to rape and torture them.  This one is not clear how many actually believed it (since it was originally couched in fiction), but the author certainly did and there's evidence that others did as well.

You clearly got the conspiricy wrong.  The Sasquatches live towards the center of the Earth, not robot dwarves.   

[Razgovory]

What about the one where there is a race of robotic dwarves who live in the center of the Earth and kidnap women to rape and torture them.  This one is not clear how many actually believed it (since it was originally couched in fiction), but the author certainly did and there's evidence that others did as well.

Where did the robotic dwarves come from?   Thetans?

Dero, DEtrimental Robots.  Weird bullshit back in the 1940's.  Was published in the pulps, with claims that it is true.  It was moderately popular for a while.  It turned out the author was a mental patient and his stuff was rewritten by the  publisher.  It's not clear if publisher believed or disbelieved it.

Another one is that Wilhelm Reich was being persecuted by the Government because of his findings.  Reich had been a respected psychologist and student of Freud.  As he got older his work became stranger and stranger, to the point where he thought he could channel sexual energy to create clouds.  Or destroy clouds, I forgot.  UFO eventually got involved.

[Camerus]

Now I feel better about my 2-3 diet sodas a day.   

[Ideologue]

What about the one where there is a race of robotic dwarves who live in the center of the Earth and kidnap women to rape and torture them.  This one is not clear how many actually believed it (since it was originally couched in fiction), but the author certainly did and there's evidence that others did as well.

Where did the robotic dwarves come from?   Thetans?

Dero, DEtrimental Robots.  Weird bullshit back in the 1940's.  Was published in the pulps, with claims that it is true.  It was moderately popular for a while.  It turned out the author was a mental patient and his stuff was rewritten by the  publisher.  It's not clear if publisher believed or disbelieved it.

Another one is that Wilhelm Reich was being persecuted by the Government because of his findings.  Reich had been a respected psychologist and student of Freud.  As he got older his work became stranger and stranger, to the point where he thought he could channel sexual energy to create clouds.  Or destroy clouds, I forgot.  UFO eventually got involved.

Orgone is real, dude.  I use it to power my alternative fuel vehicle.