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re: I have a family member who does all of his “research” on YouTube & Facebook

Posted on 9/3/25 at 12:32 pm to
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
7879 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 12:32 pm to
I get most of my research done here.
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
5577 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 12:33 pm to
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Don’t even get me started on people who over generalize, make up statistics, and think that they are being funny when they are not.


Or are so soft, that they spazz and identify you as their intellectual enemy not for having an opposing view on a topic, but merely having a different take on a topic for which you generally agree.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30739 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 12:34 pm to
Is he triplets? I know a few folks like that.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27109 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 12:34 pm to
Are we related?
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
6254 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 12:38 pm to
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really big on cryptocurrency, thinks 9-11-2001 was all a conspiracy covered up by the U.S. government, says ivermectin will “clean” COVID vaccines out of your blood, thinks all artificial sweeteners will make you gain weight and give you dementia, and thinks his Donald Trump memorabilia coins/mementos can be traded in at banks for lots of money.

Probably the worst one is that he thinks the Nile River in the Bible is actually the Mississippi River.

I agree with all of that, plus the earth is flat
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27109 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 12:51 pm to
Elvis isn’t dead. He just went back home.
Posted by Ping Pong
LSU and UVA alum
Member since Aug 2014
5916 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 12:54 pm to
its a lot easier to fool someone than it is to convince them they have been fooled.

good luck
This post was edited on 9/3/25 at 2:22 pm
Posted by sta4ever
Member since Aug 2014
17367 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:23 pm to
I still believe that the LSU OL refused to block for Jordan Jefferson the night of 1/9/12.
Posted by Theduckhunter
South Louisiana
Member since May 2022
1284 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:27 pm to
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knows things no one else knows.


I think this is the driver behind a lot of the conspiracy theories. That, and the gross oversimplification of very complex things.

Also, there are conspiracy theories that are plausible and some proven to be true. This helps them justify that they’re right on pretty much anything they want to believe. There’s never any shred of doubt, it’s only black and white.
Posted by BDPops85
Member since Mar 2020
192 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:28 pm to
if you think you are the smartest person in the room, you aren't.
Posted by AmosMosesAndTwins
Lake Charles
Member since Apr 2010
19013 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:28 pm to
I swear if my wife screenshots one more Instagram post saying ______ is bad for you I’m going to lose my fricking mind.
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
4379 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:30 pm to
You need new relatives who can actually think for themselves and don't have a room temp IQ.

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he thinks the Nile River in the Bible is actually the Mississippi River

Yikes.

quote:

Poliboard poster lock

100%
Posted by Lexis Dad
Member since Apr 2025
4379 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:31 pm to
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Elvis isn’t dead. He just went back home

Thanks Tommy Lee Jones.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
20727 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:38 pm to
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I think I've seen that one. Apparently the fertile crescent is actually the Gulf of Mexico.


Uh oh. This thread is about to get derailed.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15530 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:41 pm to
yeah I know somebody like that. Refuses to vax there kids for anything. Always brings it up and then gets offended when folks ask questions. Says let me send you my research and the research is always a facebook or instagram post.

They are obese as all get out. Brags about never bringing their kids to the doctor. The kids are sickly as all hell.

I hunt with a guy who says he has proof that CWD isn't real whenever it comes up. His proof is a video of a Ted Nugent rant.
This post was edited on 9/3/25 at 1:44 pm
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Member since Feb 2013
10055 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:57 pm to
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He doesn’t have an education beyond high school, but he thinks he does great research and knows things no one else knows.



I have a family member who does the same thing, but they are 65, retired and had a VERY successful Engineering career
Posted by StrongOffer
Member since Sep 2020
6220 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 1:58 pm to
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Uh oh. This thread is about to get derailed.
Haha that's fair. 30 years of saying it one way is hard to shake.
Posted by ILurkThereforeIAm
In the Shadows, Behind Hedges
Member since Aug 2020
724 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 2:13 pm to
I think you're talking about my uncle. Does he type IN ALL CAPS?????

Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15530 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 2:14 pm to
quote:

if you think you are the smartest person in the room, you aren't.


Yeah it has always amazed me that the dumbest people out there are the ones who think they know everything. Too dumb to realize they're dumb.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
38780 posts
Posted on 9/3/25 at 2:19 pm to
As far as dumb conspiracy theories go the idea that the United States is actually the ancient biblical world is probably the dumbest of the lot

He’s not so far off on some of the other stuff though
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