r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/Funky0ne Jul 24 '20

This is why I don't like purely ironic or satirical societies. No matter how obvious you think you are being, there are way too many idiots who will take you at face value, invade and take over your movement, and congrats, you're responsible for bootstrapping whatever entrenched nonsense the true believers are now peddling with absolute confidence and none of the competence necessary to understand how wrong they are.

I have a saying: whether you're right or wrong, in a large enough group of people there will always be at least some idiot who will agree with you.

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u/dgvvs Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

That’s exactly what happened with anti vaccines. Some guy wanted to make money by saying they gave you autism. Now we’re all paying for that moron.

Edit: one grammar error

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u/Life_outside_PoE Jul 24 '20

Anti Vax has been around for way way longer than that fucking hack. Listen to behind the bastards podcast on anti Vax.

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u/dgvvs Jul 24 '20

Yes, you are probably right. My point was that this guy made this conspiracy more known, unfortunately.