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Viral Article Claims CERN Is About To Make Contact With A Parallel Universe
But yeah. Joke aside, 2020 has probably been the year with the greatest concentration of pseudoscientific woo in living memory. Ya know, global pandemics tend to bring stuff like that. Also, crazy-ass celebs touting their stupidity as if it were a virtue, and let's not forget asshole presidents who normalize disinformation and make crazy stuff mainstream for their own benefit - or actually any other schmuck with an Internet access at their mom's basement who has had sufficient neuron activity between their sole two brain cells to realize that the cost of making misleading or outright false claims is minimal to none.
You'd think in our age of instantaneous and complete information, people would be more informed, rational, open-minded and... Oh for fuck's sake. Who am I fooling? Being open-minded can go both ways. It could go so far the other way that you'd have your skull cracked open from too much openness, your brains sticking out in the wind, and all kinds of crazy stuff getting in. Don't believe me? Still unconvinced? Well, do bear with me then.
Here's my pseudoscientific review of this weird, weeeeird year 2020.
All the Covid-related conspiracy theories. From "China did it in a lab" to Bill Gates' 5G microchips coming to us with the vaccines, to population control, etc. I'd need days if not weeks to go into full detail here. You know the story (well, most of it; new versions tend to pop up faster than acne on your teenage kid's ass).
Conversely, all the purported Covid treatments. Need I mention injecting bleach, or putting "very strong light" into the human body to combat viruses? And all the other "medical" advice you've been cringing hearing?
Flat Earth FTW, yo! A guy flew a rocket to the Earth's edge - or rather, into that general direction anyway. It didn't go that well. They still can't find most of his bones. There've been other, less glorious attempts by other, less ballsy pioneers of Truth. Still waiting for that proof, though. I've got patience.
The New Age woo. It's a full-fledged industry now. Worth millions, if not billions (not sure, haven't measured it yet). From Eastern gurus teaching folks how to get rich and happy through breathing hard, to sticking needles into their skin to heal anything, etc. It's a whole universe of stupid! And the Hollywood celebs LOVE it! They regularly rant about it on the Teevee, so it must be true!
Miscellaneous: sacred geometry, quantum nonsense, astrology, channelling, crystals, dolphins, extrasensory perception, pyramid power, shamanism, acupuncture, ayurveda, aromatherapy, brainwaves, chakras, chromotherapy, crystal healing, fruitarianism, iridology, reiki, you name it. Still related to the preceding point. I've got a special place in my heart to quantum nonsense. Deepak, I luv ya man, you hear me? You've opened my eyes, man! All those geeks with their PhDs and decades of peer-reviewed research calling themselves Doctors in Physics can suck my super-entangled... erm, quark, or something.
Organic food, veganism, vitalism, wellness, you got the idea? Those folks know no limits. Latest thing I've heard, paleodiet. You pick roots in the wild and you eat them. Good luck with that. They forgot to mention killing wild animals for food, though. That's evil now, I suppose.
Homeopathy! Couldn't help putting that into a category of its own. The idea that some useless shit getting infinitely diluted in water would make you feel better, as stupid as it may sound when I'm explaining it to you this way, has actually gotten under the skin of millions of people, many of them supposedly smart, intelligent, forward-thinking folks with good background and decent education. Needless to say, some folks are making good money out of this! And secretly laughing their ass off in private.
Political conspiracy theories. David Icke is still writing books, last I checked. But it's not just him of course. Apart from the classic ones (Bilderbergers, Illuminati, global government, etc), quite a few new ones have sprung up lately, what with Don the Big Orange Head spewing insanity left and right through every outlet he could lay his pink plump paws upon. And don't be fooled - this ain't gonna go away anytime soon, folks! Sorry.
But maybe it's more LULzworthy this way, eh? Or is it? Cuz when these guys bring their asses to the voting booths, and usher the next gen of crazy-ass douches into your local or federal legislature, things ain't gonna look so giggly, eh?
Happy holidays anyways! Right now there's stuff to be eaten, drinks to be drunk. First things first. We'll worry about worrying stuff when the time comes. Now just focus on keeping healthy, wouldya? So, careful with the booze!
Viral Article Claims CERN Is About To Make Contact With A Parallel Universe
But yeah. Joke aside, 2020 has probably been the year with the greatest concentration of pseudoscientific woo in living memory. Ya know, global pandemics tend to bring stuff like that. Also, crazy-ass celebs touting their stupidity as if it were a virtue, and let's not forget asshole presidents who normalize disinformation and make crazy stuff mainstream for their own benefit - or actually any other schmuck with an Internet access at their mom's basement who has had sufficient neuron activity between their sole two brain cells to realize that the cost of making misleading or outright false claims is minimal to none.
You'd think in our age of instantaneous and complete information, people would be more informed, rational, open-minded and... Oh for fuck's sake. Who am I fooling? Being open-minded can go both ways. It could go so far the other way that you'd have your skull cracked open from too much openness, your brains sticking out in the wind, and all kinds of crazy stuff getting in. Don't believe me? Still unconvinced? Well, do bear with me then.
Here's my pseudoscientific review of this weird, weeeeird year 2020.
All the Covid-related conspiracy theories. From "China did it in a lab" to Bill Gates' 5G microchips coming to us with the vaccines, to population control, etc. I'd need days if not weeks to go into full detail here. You know the story (well, most of it; new versions tend to pop up faster than acne on your teenage kid's ass).
Conversely, all the purported Covid treatments. Need I mention injecting bleach, or putting "very strong light" into the human body to combat viruses? And all the other "medical" advice you've been cringing hearing?
Flat Earth FTW, yo! A guy flew a rocket to the Earth's edge - or rather, into that general direction anyway. It didn't go that well. They still can't find most of his bones. There've been other, less glorious attempts by other, less ballsy pioneers of Truth. Still waiting for that proof, though. I've got patience.
The New Age woo. It's a full-fledged industry now. Worth millions, if not billions (not sure, haven't measured it yet). From Eastern gurus teaching folks how to get rich and happy through breathing hard, to sticking needles into their skin to heal anything, etc. It's a whole universe of stupid! And the Hollywood celebs LOVE it! They regularly rant about it on the Teevee, so it must be true!
Miscellaneous: sacred geometry, quantum nonsense, astrology, channelling, crystals, dolphins, extrasensory perception, pyramid power, shamanism, acupuncture, ayurveda, aromatherapy, brainwaves, chakras, chromotherapy, crystal healing, fruitarianism, iridology, reiki, you name it. Still related to the preceding point. I've got a special place in my heart to quantum nonsense. Deepak, I luv ya man, you hear me? You've opened my eyes, man! All those geeks with their PhDs and decades of peer-reviewed research calling themselves Doctors in Physics can suck my super-entangled... erm, quark, or something.
Organic food, veganism, vitalism, wellness, you got the idea? Those folks know no limits. Latest thing I've heard, paleodiet. You pick roots in the wild and you eat them. Good luck with that. They forgot to mention killing wild animals for food, though. That's evil now, I suppose.
Homeopathy! Couldn't help putting that into a category of its own. The idea that some useless shit getting infinitely diluted in water would make you feel better, as stupid as it may sound when I'm explaining it to you this way, has actually gotten under the skin of millions of people, many of them supposedly smart, intelligent, forward-thinking folks with good background and decent education. Needless to say, some folks are making good money out of this! And secretly laughing their ass off in private.
Political conspiracy theories. David Icke is still writing books, last I checked. But it's not just him of course. Apart from the classic ones (Bilderbergers, Illuminati, global government, etc), quite a few new ones have sprung up lately, what with Don the Big Orange Head spewing insanity left and right through every outlet he could lay his pink plump paws upon. And don't be fooled - this ain't gonna go away anytime soon, folks! Sorry.
But maybe it's more LULzworthy this way, eh? Or is it? Cuz when these guys bring their asses to the voting booths, and usher the next gen of crazy-ass douches into your local or federal legislature, things ain't gonna look so giggly, eh?
Happy holidays anyways! Right now there's stuff to be eaten, drinks to be drunk. First things first. We'll worry about worrying stuff when the time comes. Now just focus on keeping healthy, wouldya? So, careful with the booze!
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Date: 25/12/20 17:14 (UTC)*CHORTLE*
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Date: 25/12/20 17:17 (UTC)