Essay talk:Can you handle the truth

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Wisest stupid stupid oneness!


ħumanUser talk:Human 21:25, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

WHY DO YOU MOCK ME?!?! I KNOW THE TRUTH! Actatroc 21:32, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

Now, what was the name of that drive-by template thing? NightFlareStill doesn't have a (nonstub) RWW article. 21:29, 15 July 2008 (EDT)
  • drive by
  • driveby

?? One of those "should" work to make it useful. So when we find it, let's transclude it to one of those easy-to-remember names. PS, Actatroc, that reply above was PERFECT! ħumanUser talk:Human 21:35, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

Ah, it was "drive-by". Dang, third try woudl have been a charm... ħumanUser talk:Human 22:01, 15 July 2008 (EDT)
This kind of thing is the reason i don't give out many personal details. But i really DO love conspiracies -- it's a weakness, i know.
-- RemBeau 21:37, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

I know i'm right. You guys can't debunk this anyway. Actatroc 21:48, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

You're right we can't debunk this, because if we do you would tell us we are delusional/being fed propaganda anyway. However a large part of your thesis hangs on words spelling. In Australia we don't spell a lot of those words that way and we don't have spelling bees. 21:51, 15 July 2008 (EDT)
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So what you're saying is that these conspiracies are really hard to organize and control, therefore they must not exist? And yes, I know what the entertainment industry seems to look like, but i know that looks can be deceiving and I don't believe everything I see on TV. Actatroc 22:07, 15 July 2008 (EDT)
(This is my other account. I can talk forwards now: be well :) I agree that we should not believe everything we see, but, crucially, we cannot accept such a complex substitute for the perceived reality unless we have extensive evidence of it. The unreliability of what we see in society doesn't give us free rein to invent elaborate conspiracy theories -- it just means there is little we can be certain of. Sulk. 22:11, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

To summarize[edit]

Why is almost the entire "essay" under that one heading? ħumanUser talk:Human 22:01, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

Um…[edit]

I must admit that this is one of the more original stunts of this nature I've come across. 2001 being prophetic I can understand, but as a prophecy of the New World Order? My congratulations. :) --λινυσ() 23:34, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

I agree. This is one of the tastiest, flavorful word salads I have ever come across. ThunderkatzHo! 23:56, 15 July 2008 (EDT)

Nomination[edit]

I thought it was really funny. Nominate for "Best of Parody".--Bobbing up 03:10, 16 July 2008 (EDT)

Well, we do have the "best of fun" category, which could launch it to random front page stardom? (PS I agree, but I think it was stolen from somewhere else) ħumanUser talk:Human 03:39, 16 July 2008 (EDT)
Yes, it's been around the webbefore it seems.--Bobbing up 03:48, 16 July 2008 (EDT)
See the next section, wherein I tested my hypothesis. I have deleted the "essay" as copy/paste spam and not original. ħumanUser talk:Human 03:50, 16 July 2008 (EDT)
Yes, I suppose we can't be the dumping ground for any ancient internet rant. Shame really, because I rather liked its gasping insanity.--Bobbing up 03:54, 16 July 2008 (EDT)
I felt the same sense of loss myself. But we also don't host the entire text of TimeCube, either. I think the text and links below would be enough for anyone who needed a laugh... ħumanUser talk:Human 04:04, 16 July 2008 (EDT)

Nooooooooo! My favorite essay! --λινυσ() 07:55, 16 July 2008 (EDT)

indeed[edit]

LUJ BQ HBL XPBZ RZ?!?! V JBAX RUG UGHEG! - Corkycrotch, 03:40, 16 July 2008 (EDT)

I nominate for deletion as spam. I searched for "people in charge of the world are evil, inbred, psychopathic, control freaks" and found http://www.fstdt.com/fundies/Default.aspx?archive=3 dated July 2004.

"You can't swallow this so just go back to believing the predigested propaganda they feed you everyday. And if you do know what's up, everybody around you will disown you, fight you and incarcerate you for speaking the truth. I just did time for thought crime. My family snitched me out to the government for what I'm about to tell you now. This is no joke. George Orwell's 1984 is now. But everyone is walking around like zombies stuck in a TV daze. If you truly desire to open Pandora's box- you have to be willing to jump out of a plane with no chute. To sacrifice comfort for truth. Because in these times ahead it will be crucial weather you are asleep or awake. To summarize: Everything you believe in very passionately is a LIE. Religion, politics- every popularized group thought. If you didn't invent it, it's been created to control you. To divide you. The masonic motto is "divide and conquer." The word "illuminati" means illumined: bright. Smart. One that can see in the dark, like an owl; one that has knowledge that the profane (you) don't have. (See the back of the dollar bill.) The people in charge of the world are evil, inbred, psychopathic, control freaks that instigate fake wars throughout centuries to profit, exterminate and keep the masses in a dumbed-down, confused state. In virtually every major "news" event, there exists a completely hidden agenda behind what was told to you. From JFK to the moon landings to 9/11 to Charles Manson to the Virginia Tech shootings to the Columbine massacre to the "education system" to the air you breathe to the food you eat, to the vaccinations you receive to the "founding fathers" to the "constitution" to global warming. That's the big one. The government is using "global warming" to gradually remove your freedoms and eventually form a one world government. Originally they were going to use a fake alien threat which Reagan talked about and that the C.I.A. promotes through science fiction, military manufactured flying saucers and government conducted "alien" abductions. That's what "The War of the Worlds" was about. To test the publics reaction. They've opted instead for environmental guilt and worship of "mother earth." And it's working."

Actually, I won't even wait for a vote, I am going to delete this junk now. Or very soon. OK, I'll wait.... opinions? ħumanUser talk:Human 03:45, 16 July 2008 (EDT)

Seems like we're going down the same route.--Bobbing up 03:49, 16 July 2008 (EDT)
Tiny minds run down the same two-lane one-way road to the same inexorable conclusion, yes. ħumanUser talk:Human 04:05, 16 July 2008 (EDT)

It's back[edit]

This uninteresting copy and paste job is back. Does someone else want to take out the trash this time? ħumanUser talk:Human 20:59, 16 July 2008 (EDT)