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Signtist@bookwyr.me 21 hours agoIt took my mom less than 4 years to go from crying in horror when Trump was elected in 2016, to crying in horror when he wasn't elected in 2020, and lamenting her inability to join Jan 6 due to her cancer that was mysteriously worsening in spite of all the 5g blockers and expensive heal-all herbal teas she bought.
Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
Damn… What happened? Did she just go down the conspiracy theory worm hole?
Signtist@bookwyr.me 17 hours ago
Yeah, she had just broken up with her boyfriend and found a bunch of "self-help" youtube videos that basically just said everyone who disagrees with you is a narcissist, then the algorithm started recommending her videos that said everyone who disagrees with you is actually an "energy vampire" literally and maliciously draining you of your life force. From there she got into all the crazy health conspiracies - which of course happened right as she was diagnosed with DCIS, which is easily treatable, but if left untreated becomes breast cancer. She dove head-first into all of the conspiracies after that, throwing money at anyone claiming to cure cancer so long as the method wasn't backed by "big science," and died of breast cancer a few years later.
Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
That’s really heartbreaking. I’m sorry for your loss.