• Joeffect@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Okay, hear me out… I have no place for this anymore because conspiracy theories are overrun by super crazy people… but that’s not my point right now…

        So, my conspiracy theory is that some government entity established satirical websites as a means to spread misinformation or to desensitize the population…

        It’s really strange that like pre 2008 (i dont have excat dates here), there were basically none of these kinds of sites, and then they started popping up everywhere…

        It’s one of those things that I believe got us to this point…

        But I’m probably crazy and wrong who knows

        • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          I can assure you with absolute certainty that satire has been an established tradition for a very long time before 2008