They are probably coughing because of the cigarettes car exhaust fumes air pollution goddamn libs
Comment on I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
LOL. Imagine seeing asbestos truthers coughing on their deathbed swearing that it’s completely harmless and that there’s a global conspiracy against it.
Worx@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I mean, we can probably just find/replace asbestos for Covid - it will be the same people making the same crazy claim.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Many crazy ideas seem to go hand in hand. If you’re into flat earth nonsense, there’s a pretty good chance you also oppose vaccines, drink colloidal silver and believe in intergalactic lizards.
themurphy@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
It actually matches a specific personality type, and is sometimes not even related to general intelligence.
Some of these people are choosing dumb, and are not born with it.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Seems to be an emotional/psychological thing. People end up in conspiracy circles for a variety of reasons, and stupidity isn’t the dominant one. Some psychologists speak of subclnical psychosis, paranoid ideation etc. if you have those kinds of symptoms, conspiratorial thinking begins to seem increasingly appealing.