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[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 12 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Batshit insane conspiracy theories are pushed to discredit all conspiracy theories with actual evidence.


Women's pants have small pockets on purpose to increase handbag sales.


Surveillance of the general public is much, much worse than people believe and the view of being considered weird and paranoid is deliberately encouraged.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I 100% believe #2 and #3, but especially the #2.

[–] tane@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

100% to third one. I posit that’s how they got Luigi (knew where he was basically the entire time imo) and why the actual arrest was so weird and kind of botched

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 3 points 11 hours ago

...either united 93 was shot down or the USAF was incompetent; i put odds on competence...

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

In the movie Moana she hits her head while trying to escape the thrashing waves. when she wakes up she's on the beach and has magic water powers.

I believe she is actually dying and everything after that point in the movie is a fantasy in her head as she slowly dies. she knows this deep down and struggles with the concept of death immediately after when her grandmother dies, thus sending her off on a journey to save her people (herself).

she then follows Maui who guides her along to the afterlife (even takes a small detour to the underworld). when she finally meets Te Fiti the goddess is in a state of duality (life and death). only after restoring Te Fiti to her living state does she return to her people where they welcome her back to the land of the living.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Uno changes the rules every few years so that people have different ideas of which "house rules" are canon. Being "the game that people argue over" keeps it in the public consciousness much better than "that game that's kind of fun to play two rounds of occasionally"

[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I'm actually stealing this as an explanation next time I'm at a house party and someone whips out the uno cards.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago

Bullshit, uno and its precursor crazy eights is hands down the best card game ever created. We even played that in big groups in jail and had a blast. The house rules thing is bullshit, agree on something beforehand and play, no stress.

I will say that anyone who doesnt play stacking draw cards is losing out on a ton of fun though.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Companies add water to meat to make it heavier so they can charge more.

I once left a pound of frozen ground beef from the farmers market in water but the packaging was damaged, so it was watery. I patted it dry with paper towels. Months later I bought ground beef from a store and it felt like the watered patter dry beef. I even dried it using 2 paper towels afterwards…

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Frustrating if true, since I've heard several people float the same conspiracy while shopping in my store, despite this not being something that we do. The price of meat (at least in Canada) has just risen to absurdities post-pandemic. I don't even buy it anymore.

[–] agit68@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Typically it's not the chain that sells it. It is the processor before it gets to the store, think of the prepackaged meats with the weight stamped on a sticker. Or even bulk bags of parts.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

My parents have a local butcher in town. It’s about half the price of the supermarket and excellent quality.

[–] Bubs12@lemmy.cafe 2 points 9 hours ago

This is absolutely a thing with chicken. Always go for the “Air-Chilled” chicken if you can afford it.

https://www.eatlikenoone.com/air-chilled-chicken-whats-the-difference.htm

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

There is advertisment in Netflix that is a company saying they don't do this like other companies. It is real

https://aboutseafood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/USDA-Added-Water-Regulations-Summary.pdf

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

A company in Camada, Lilydale, used to market their chicken as "no water added"

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 9 points 22 hours ago

high-steak conspiracy theory

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eipstein didn't kill himself.

I mean, the stakes seem pretty low right now.

[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Dude how do we know he’s really dead?

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago

I was the piano wire

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