By not taking it seriously. You know what I mean.
Either have fun with it, or back away. Pretty clear that you don't go into a serious conversation about what people think that will devolve into a mess.
Make a joke. It's pretty simple.
Another rule that wasn’t violated.An additional rule I missed:
- Respect the moderators and the founders of the forum. The moderators do their job without pay and graciously dedicate their time.
Exactly that. Do this since 3 weeks and great to see the time I've got left since.Heh in so many ways the Internet has jumped-the-shark...I've gone out of my way to not read any Internet news for almost a month now and can honestly say I'm much better frame of mind. Have been keeping up on Covid cases locally and what the province/Federal governments are doing regarding the pandemic but man, it's so nice not to read, day-in-day-out, about....the lunacy and idiocy that has somehow become mainstream and 'normalized'.
Funny how little effort was put into this as well...it's not even a clever fake.
Heh in so many ways the Internet has jumped-the-shark...I've gone out of my way to not read any Internet news for almost a month now and can honestly say I'm much better frame of mind. Have been keeping up on Covid cases locally and what the province/Federal governments are doing regarding the pandemic but man, it's so nice not to read, day-in-day-out, about....the lunacy and idiocy that has somehow become mainstream and 'normalized'.
Funny how little effort was put into this as well...it's not even a clever fake.
Three of the most true and insightful statements I have read in any forum, anywhere, in one post. Very, very well stated, @Muad'zin !1. The internet lets likeminded people find each other and reinforce each other's crazy in an echo chamber. And there's a lot echo chambers currently.
2. I deeply worry if I'm in them myself and if I could still tell.
3. And sadly conspiracy theorists and alternate media wouldn't get this much traction if the mainstream media weren't so incredibly biased and untrustworthy. They make the North Korean state news look trustworthy in comparison.
He just went home....Elvis isn't dead!
Careful! I consider what you are doing quite dangerous!While I don’t consider myself a conspiracy theorist, I love reading about them and love seeing the “creativity” of some of the guys getting into the deep end. There’s a forum I’ve been a member of for almost 10 years (AboveTopSecret.com, which kind of went full politics over the last 4 years) and I can go down rabbit holes for hours if I don’t stop myself. Even though I don’t take it all that seriously, staying in that mind frame for too long....I can see how conspiracy theorists start losing their marbles.