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New England Patriots

Does the section about the new england patriots really belong here haha

Should Birds Aren't Real be added to the list?

Birds Aren't Real is a satirical conspiracy which is why I am not sure whether we should add it to the list. Sönke Joppien (talk) 19:49, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

no it should not. Slatersteven (talk) 20:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First of all I would like to apologise for not seeing this talk page and thank User:Knitsey for reverting my rash edit— ~~unless a page exists.~~ ~~unless a page is created from the list of satirical conspiracies.~~ I will make a draft for satirical conspiracies based of the list. ~~it fits here, not any satirical conspiracy… this one, due to its notability.~~ I personally think it may fit in someways but outside input would be good. Legendarycool (talk) 06:56, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had to go look at the article first as I wasn't 100% sure it was satirical. There may be some who believe it because, some people seem to believe anything, no matter how outlandish.

I think its natural home is Category:Satirical conspiracy theories Knitsey (talk) 07:17, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In my theory, which I can't prove, and is thus a conspiracy theory, some birds (thrushes, robins, blackbirds) are genetically modified to pick up signals from low earth orbit. This causes them to "scream" and speak in syllables much to the torment of a human. It is a sad theory, which can't be verified. Conspiracy theories regarding the American Rangers that hunted Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan on horseback, are similar, ie. communication via satellites that somehow influence the atmospheric pressure in order to relay a low bandwidth message. In regards to the poor birds which seem to be tortured, they seem to be louder in urban centers where motor noise causes them to lose the message they are trying to relay. It's also possible, that the birds have figured out that some human listeners are "telepathic" and use their sound to repeat messages over great distances. This would require the birds to be telepathic themselves. Pissed off humans conduct viral warfare against these birds which is inhumane. We have a name for this. It's birdflu. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:D2:5728:FB00:65B5:57BA:F0DE:8688 (talk) 08:58, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

huh. Okey dokey ig....... 71.64.203.243 (talk) 15:53, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Conspiracy theories on the theme of Sustainability

There are a number of conspiracy theories relating to the idea that sustainable development is a pretext for oppression. Great Reset and 15 minute cities are mentioned in the article, though separately, and Agenda 21 is not. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 11:10, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The add them with sources. Slatersteven (talk) 11:15, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've had a go. Hopefully it's not SYNTHETIC. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 13:02, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yep this is definitely a real one I’ve seen people fall for Legendarycool (talk) 06:47, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

suggestion

under the conspiracy theory concerning the death of Nero and the suspicion that he maybe raised from the dead, at the end it says "The Book of Revelation may allude to these conspiracy theories in its description of the slaughtered head returned to life." I'd like to suggest that part is removed, since Nero is never even hinted at being a character, or playing a part in the Book of Revelation. 71.64.203.243 (talk) 15:48, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[[1]]. Slatersteven (talk) 15:50, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Port Chicago nuclear explosion theory is controversial but not debunked.

No authority is provided for the assertion that the Port Chicago nuclear explosion theory has been debunked. Since there has been no official investigation of the theory, that assertion is an inaccurate assumption, which amounts to an ungrounded counter-counter theory. On the other hand, the well-documented link to the Manhattan Project bears further investigation. A team of Manhattan Project scientists and engineers visited the site to study the "effects of the detonation" (-- note the experimental language.) They used that data to establish the first realistic estimates of the blast damage from the atomic bomb. These are some of many under-examined facts that warrant further investigation of the controversial theory. PCWitness (talk) 16:49, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]