re: How to deal with conspiracy theory parents

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Old people and the internet are a dangerous combination

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This site is now mostly old people on the internet.

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How to deal with being a disappointment to my parents

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FIFY.

Better question is why are people starting to believe/ask all of these questions all of these conspiracy questions.

If all of the crazy “conspiracy theories” were proven wrong then they wouldn’t be as easy to believe, but a lot of them are proven to be right later.

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Old people and the internet are a dangerous combination

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Not as dangerous as young people and the internet. Kids are killing themselves and chopping off their dicks at record rates because of social media and you guys are worried about grandpa screaming about forest fires.

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How do I stop my retired parents from watching Fox News and walking around grumpy and pissed off all day?

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they’ll probably be happier when you move out.

Kill shot

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Refer them to the Political Talk so they can see the truth.

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True.

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Parents are constantly thinking everything is a conspiracy with the latest being the Maui fire.

“Isn’t it odd all the fires started at the same time?!”

“I just want to know the real truth!”

There’s being skeptical and then there’s being irrational. It’s getting hard to hold any meaningful conversation since everything ends up deteriorating to these comments. I guess some people get weird as they get older and interact with society less.

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tell them that if they have time to worry about stuff like this then they have way too much time on their hands and need more hobbies.

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tell them that if they have time to worry about stuff like this then they have way too much time on their hands and need more hobbies.

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They have other hobbies. It’s letting the family know about all the illnesses of your relatives you haven’t seen or talked to in 20 plus years.

I wonder if you’ve ever considered the possibility that your parents might know more than you on certain matters? I mean, they’ve clearly been on earth longer to have more observation experience, so is it possible that they might have more insight to recognize that with smoke usually comes fire, regardless if they know all of the inner workings or not?

I mean, it’s not as if the Maui fire doesn’t smell like a bonfire or anything, and people are far from being little doves in a nation rife with corruption as this one.