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What's a low stakes conspiracy theory you believe? (hexbear.net)

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We've got a bunch of new people now so let's bring back a classic post. What low stakes conspiracy theory do you believe that you cannot prove but feels right to you?

I'll start: I believe that dating apps have made a concerted effort to smear in person meeting people and tie it to being "creepy" through social media so you are forced to meet people online(which was the creepy option just 15 years ago)

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Food companies and restaurants have started putting out products they've released before, but keep labeling them New to draw in people who want to try new things

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Also they remove items and claim that they aren't selling in order to bring them back years later after drumming up nostalgia demand. See: Dunkaroos, Surge soda, Hershey's Cookie and Mint.

All of the above items were repackaged and sold as premium when they "came back due to popular demand". Fast food places do this a lot as well.

I paid $18 for a 12 back of 16 oz cans of Surge when it cam back because it was a childhood product.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

They did this at the Woolworths grocery stores in 2016. All the store brand products started disappearing and new "budget" brands started showing up at 50-100% the price.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

OK when is Red Bull going to bring Cranberry flavor back.

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