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[–] HowAboutShutUp 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Because most of them come off as the kind of people who spray vinegar at "chemtrails." I mean really, if conspiracy theorists could manage to stop seeming like the sort who'd manage to cut their own heads off if you asked them to apply Occam's and Hanlon's razors, it might be a bit easier to take them seriously.

And then when you act skeptical instead of trying to make a more well-reasoned argument their tactic is to SAY IT AGAIN LOUDER AS THOUGH YOU DIDN'T HEAR THEM THE FIRST TIME, and when you ask them for facts and sources, they offer you something made by somebody at least as irrational sounding as they do, if not more so. Also, they never, ever, ever shut the fuck up about it even if you're trying to do/talk about something else.

Like seriously, if you sincerely believe you see a problem, figure out a way to present it compellingly to the average person, then maybe people will stop assuming you're a retarded maniac. Nobody wants to hang out with a retarded maniac.