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What's your favorite conspiracy theory? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Doesn't have to be one you think is true or even possible. Could be niche or mainstream. Mine is probably Mike Tyson threw that Jake Paul fight. I heavily believe Tyson did everything he could and is just old. Not to mention he's fighting a roided up good athlete in his physical prime with a limited engagement strategy. I do like hearing people argue its all staged, understandable cope.

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[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That Avril Lavigne is dead. From her second album onwards it’s been Melissa, a woman initially hired as s lookalike by her record company for things like meet-and-greets. When Avril died, the record company covered it up in order to keep making money.

I love it because:

it’s so blatantly nonsense
Lavigne has very distinctive teeth and the idea of finding an exact lookalike itself is incredibly unlikely
people believe it anyway
there’s all kind of videos comparing live footage and how different her signing voice is
some people** really** believe it
it was started by a guy on his blog with an explicit statement at the start that it wasn’t true and his intent was to demonstrate how easy it was to create a conspiracy theory…

[–] volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

it was started by a guy on his blog with an explicit statement at the start that it wasn’t true and his intent was to demonstrate how easy it was to create a conspiracy theory…

This reminds me of the guy who faked a study that supposedly claimed chocolate could help to lose weight, he put a lot of red flags in it, and it was still not only turned into headlines of numerous magazines, but was actually even published in a scientific journal that claims it does extensive peer review.

Unfortunately, this study is still referred to as of today. People still find claims that chocolate with high cocoa content can work as a weight-loss accelerator.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have to say, that part about the teeth kinda sounds almost as crazy as the conspiracy. I do believe you, but it sounds nuts.

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

She’s a vampire

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sounds like the Paul Is Dead theory. Which is totally real btw, no doubts about it.