lobotomybeats
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I equate conspiracy theorists with people afflicted with Pica. With Pica, a lot of times the craving to eat non-nutritive substances is caused by some sort of deficiency. They eat non-nutritive things that usually contain whatever mineral their body lacks. So a Pica sufferer who eats clay or soil usually has a iron deficiency.
This is why I equate conspiracy theorists to some Pica sufferers. What is deficient in the lives of conspiracy theorists that makes their made up, fictionalized world the more plausible world for them to live in? What do conspiracy theorists lack in their lives that causes them to always be skeptical? Truthfully, the world that conspiracy nuts concoct is actual sadder than the real world they ignore. Think of that, we have bombs killing people during marathons, yet that isn't nearly as sad as the world these theorists create. You can't tell a conspiracy theorist this either, the word "sheep" is all too readily available to them. It takes a different type of breed (read: paranoid) to be able to adopt crackpot theories in lieu of things that are remarkably obvious to others. What kind of miserable life must one lead that allows them to sincerely believe that Peter Griffin was a harbinger of things to come a month later? There has to be something that conspiracy theorists lack that most functioning members of society have. Now I'm not saying that we always know 100% of the details. But there is a huge difference in understanding that and constantly thinking you are being lied to.
This is why I equate conspiracy theorists to some Pica sufferers. What is deficient in the lives of conspiracy theorists that makes their made up, fictionalized world the more plausible world for them to live in? What do conspiracy theorists lack in their lives that causes them to always be skeptical? Truthfully, the world that conspiracy nuts concoct is actual sadder than the real world they ignore. Think of that, we have bombs killing people during marathons, yet that isn't nearly as sad as the world these theorists create. You can't tell a conspiracy theorist this either, the word "sheep" is all too readily available to them. It takes a different type of breed (read: paranoid) to be able to adopt crackpot theories in lieu of things that are remarkably obvious to others. What kind of miserable life must one lead that allows them to sincerely believe that Peter Griffin was a harbinger of things to come a month later? There has to be something that conspiracy theorists lack that most functioning members of society have. Now I'm not saying that we always know 100% of the details. But there is a huge difference in understanding that and constantly thinking you are being lied to.