EinatYahav@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoTaylor Swift Conspiracy Theory Is Embraced by Nearly 1 in 5 Americans, Poll Findswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1300arrow-down118
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minus-squaresome_guy@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up54·9 months agoThis just in: one in five americans are stupid.
minus-squareEnderMB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49·9 months agoWe all lived through COVID, so we should already know this.
minus-squaretrafficnab@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoDeath cults are one of the few problems that tend to solve themselves
minus-squareiquanyin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoyes but not only for those who are part of them. and there’s no timeline either.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoYou can already see an improvement in the numbers!
minus-squareNo_Eponym@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months ago lived COVID is only past-tense if it’s killed you, like the 1-2000 Americans killed by COVID weekly.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·9 months ago20% is definitely a lowball estimate.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoI usually hear “30% of americans will believe anything” so the quality of the conspiracy must be quite low
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 months agoIt’s much higher than that. This is the side effect of giving idiots access to social media as a platform to spread their stupidity.
minus-squareiquanyin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agocase in point…numbers: they can be hard
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoIf you think about it, 50% of people are dumber than average
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoThat’s a sizable under-count.
This just in: one in five americans are stupid.
We all lived through COVID, so we should already know this.
Death cults are one of the few problems that tend to solve themselves
yes but not only for those who are part of them. and there’s no timeline either.
You can already see an improvement in the numbers!
COVID is only past-tense if it’s killed you, like the 1-2000 Americans killed by COVID weekly.
20% is definitely a lowball estimate.
I usually hear “30% of americans will believe anything” so the quality of the conspiracy must be quite low
It’s much higher than that. This is the side effect of giving idiots access to social media as a platform to spread their stupidity.
case in point…numbers: they can be hard
If you think about it, 50% of people are dumber than average
That’s a sizable under-count.