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What's a low stakes conspiracy theory you believe? (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/chat@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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[–] 87 points 3 years ago (11 children)

I think the story about the passengers fighting back on United flight 93 is fake and it was shot down by the military.

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  • [–] 45 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    United flight 93

    Idea for a bit: Hexbear passengers on United Flight 93 having a struggle session on whether it's okay to critically support our hijackers if they really do intend to fly the plane into the Capitol building.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Both can be true. The story is entirely plausible, though. People had cell-phones and the towers had already been hit.

    I think there's a cultural memory hole thing going on - Hijackings used to be really, really common and were usually resolved without too much violence. Being hijacked would definitely ruin your day, but the general wisdom was to just sit tight and wait to be rescued or ransomed or whatever. A lot of the time passengers would be released after the hijacker's demands were met.

    Pretty much the only reason 9/11 worked as well as it did is because up until then no one had tried it. Once the people on 93 knew what the stakes were it was, what, 150? 200 people against four or five armed with small knives? Most people aren't fighters but those are still really, really bad odds.

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