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Pontius Dilate

Pontius Dilate

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My personal favorite conspiracy theory is that viruses are caused by radio waves, and you can link each “generation” of radio technology directly to a virus outbreak or pandemic. A co-worker sent me a video of some jackass explaining it all in about six minutes. Co-worker thought the logic was unassailable.

I also have a personal theory that if you believe in one or more of the major classic conspiracy theories (flat earth, chemtrails, etc) it’s virtually 100% certain that you believe that Jews run the world. The ultimate grand daddy conspiracy theory.

Edit: realized I didn’t post a conspiracy theory I believe. That would be Oswald was a patsy, there were multiple gunmen. I don’t even think it’s that controversial.
 
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sdifox said:
I strive to be very forgettable. Nails that stick out get the hammer.
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Old dojo saying. My rejoinder, especially after I started teaching, was when all you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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and when the entire planet rallied against him he shot himself
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Prove it. :p It's one of my favorite CTs that he escaped to Argentina. Turns out the Soviets didn't even have the body. Governments spent millions looking for him after the war, including said Soviets.
 
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Pontius Dilate said:
My personal favorite conspiracy theory is that viruses are caused by radio waves, and you can link each “generation” of radio technology directly to a virus outbreak or pandemic. A co-worker sent me a video of some jackass explaining it all in about six minutes. Co-worker thought the logic was unassailable.

I also have a personal theory that if you believe in one or more of the major classic conspiracy theories (flat earth, chemtrails, etc) it’s virtually 100% certain that you believe that Jews run the world. The ultimate grand daddy conspiracy theory.

Edit: realized I didn’t post a conspiracy theory I believe. That would be Oswald was a patsy, there were multiple gunmen. I don’t even think it’s that controversial.
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I tend to think Oswald did act alone, though the whole story around him is very confusing, hard to say what 'side' he was on. Reading about his actions I have to admit I feel oddly impressed . He set himself an _extremely_ challenging task, and he got it done.

Contrast with the killer of John Lennon, who picked a ridiculously easy target who had done nothing to deserve it. Or all those lazy spree killers who just go after the most vulnerable targets they can find.
 
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pmv said:
I tend to think Oswald did act alone, though the whole story around him is very confusing, hard to say what 'side' he was on. Reading about his actions I have to admit I feel oddly impressed . He set himself an _extremely_ challenging task, and he got it done.

Contrast with the killer of John Lennon, who picked a ridiculously easy target who had done nothing to deserve it. Or all those lazy spree killers who just go after the most vulnerable targets they can find.
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Has anyone presented a credible motive for Oswald? I've not researched it extensively but I came up pretty empty the last time I remember looking.
 
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[DHT]Osiris said:
Has anyone presented a credible motive for Oswald? I've not researched it extensively but I came up pretty empty the last time I remember looking.
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Yeah, I don't know. He went to the USSR for a while, did he not? But then there's the claim he had connections with known right-wing anti-communist people. I can't say I've really paid much attention to all the theorizing.
 
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pmv said:
Yeah, I don't know. He went to the USSR for a while, did he not? But then there's the claim he had connections with known right-wing anti-communist people. I can't say I've really paid much attention to all the theorizing.
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It seems really weird that there's no real understanding of his motive. Maybe it's the lack of social media or something.
 
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[DHT]Osiris said:
It seems really weird that there's no real understanding of his motive. Maybe it's the lack of social media or something.
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Jack Ruby removed any chance at Oswald revealing his true motive. Oops! (That was Ruby's intention IMO. He was the inside man tying up loose ends for those responsible in the smoke-filled backroom).
 
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Pontius Dilate said:
My personal favorite conspiracy theory is that viruses are caused by radio waves, and you can link each “generation” of radio technology directly to a virus outbreak or pandemic.
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Maybe not caused but mutated possibly. Radio waves have energy and that energy has the potential to do something destructive. So it's possible that not just microbes but also our own DNA is being mutated in real time as we enjoy our WiFi and 4G/5G cellular connections.
 
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igor_kavinski said:
Maybe not caused but mutated possibly. Radio waves have energy and that energy has the potential to do something destructive. So it's possible that not just microbes but also our own DNA is being mutated in real time as we enjoy our WiFi and 4G/5G cellular connections.
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It amazes me how people are so ignorant of the electromagnetic spectrum and believe the lowest frequency can cause all these issues while the items that heat their homes and food, and light up their homes and offices do not...

Non-ionizing radiation can only hurt you by burning you. If you feel heat, move away... or enjoy it with care like you do your home heating system, camp fire and stove...

No one fears visible light or infrared... yet it's easy to scare people with the one source they cannot see or feel.

Fear of radio waves is akin to voodoo. You fear the thing you cannot see touch or feel, and scammers sell you the "cure" or "protection."

"RF sensitivity/harm" is the modern day voodoo curse. It has been repeatedly demonstrated to affect people only when they BELIEVE they are being subjected to it.

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Amused said:
It amazes me how people are so ignorant of the electromagnetic spectrum and believe the lowest frequency can cause all these issues while the items that heat their homes and food, and light up their homes and offices do not...

Non-ionizing radiation can only hurt you by burning you. If you feel heat, move away... or enjoy it with care like you do your home heating system, camp fire and stove...

No one fears visible light or infrared... yet it's easy to scare people with the one source they cannot see or feel.

Fear of radio waves is akin to voodoo. You fear the thing you cannot see touch or feel, and scammers sell you the "cure" or "protection."

"RF sensitivity/harm" is the modern day voodoo curse. It has been repeatedly demonstrated to affect people only when they BELIEVE they are being subjected to it.

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Uh, have you been to a walmart recently? Or, like, ever?

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I think we can forgive not remembering what frequency ionizing starts…

Also, what if its Slayer or Metallica? I am sure those tunes can rip off a couple charges.
 
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I got my ELF blocker so I'm good.




I knew a guy that sold ELF blockers. He let me take one apart to see what was inside. It was a printed circuit board with a rectangular spiral printed on it and the parts required to drive the LED "on" light. The whole thing was about the size of an old school Walkman. Given that ELF wavelengths are in the 10,000 km to 100,000 km range, I suspect the thing did, um, nothing. :p
 
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cytg111 said:
I think we can forgive not remembering what frequency ionizing starts…

Also, what if its Slayer or Metallica? I am sure those tunes can rip off a couple charges.
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It's quite simple, anything above visible light is potentially dangerous.

Ironically, the strongest RF energy you're subjected to in your day to day life comes from space. It's the loud static you hear between stations on an analog tuner and exists on every frequency.

Yet another fact that makes people who claim to be RF sensitive hilariously pathetic.
 
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Amused said:
It's quite simple, anything above visible light is potentially dangerous.

Ironically, the strongest RF energy you're subjected to in your day to day life comes from space. It's the loud static you hear between stations on an analog tuner and exists on every frequency.

Yet another fact that makes people who claim to be RF sensitive hilariously pathetic.
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Oh man, you would have been SUPER POPULAR on any of the "covid is caused by 5g towers" threads/discussions back in '20.
 
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