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After the April 8th eclipse, what do you think will generate the next conspiracy theories? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 7 months ago by Trollivier to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (4 children)

What does an eclipse have to do with conspiracies?

[–] kboy101222 31 points 7 months ago

Honestly, save yourself the brain rot.

If you must know, right wing nut jobs have started saying this is the second coming or some such other insane shit

[–] jbrains 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A solar eclipse has been interpreted as a harbinger of doom since the dawn of time. The conspiracy theory is merely a modern evolution of this trend.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They happen about once every 18 months, and people seem to keep their cool about it. Last time we had one in the US the biggest news was that Trump stared directly at it without eye protection.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

The pandemic, qanon, the big lie, probably a bunch of other things turned many somewhat normal people into science denialist conspiracy theorists, even people who weren’t traditional conservatives. If you are a science denialist you need something else to explain the world around you, conveniently there are many myths surrounding eclipses.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this was my first thought too. What conspiracy theories about the eclipse?

[–] Trollivier 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Oh sweet summer childs.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Damn. There was literally a partial (full? idk partial for me at least) eclipse in the US during Trump’s term, which is how we got that amazing image of that fucking loser staring straight at the sun. Why do these inbred fucks thing this is eclipse is any different than any other eclipse that has happened?

Unrelated question, does anyone know if eclipse glasses expire? I’ll search this on my own but was curious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The glasses shouldn't expire, at least not so quickly. But scratches might render them unusable.

Edit: See https://youtu.be/luTU6VFWeYY?t=5m24s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Thanks for that video, I’ll check my shit tomorrow to make sure they’re still good, that way I’ll still have a day to make one of those pinhole slit viewer things if they’re not. Also JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THAT LAST ECLIPSE WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO WHAT.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Man... I'm feeling better every day about leaving Reddit, and most other social media, for that matter. What the fuck is wrong with people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Don't tell him that palm trees often bend at an angle towards each other and form an X shape. There are people who have a fear of the number 13 and it's known as triskaidekaphobia. This person seems to have something similar but with the letter X.