Great. Alex Jones and other idiots are spreading conspiracy theories about the eclipse.

[thewayne]

*sigh* The brain rot is strong with this one. And I know it's not brain rot, it's an addiction to clicks.

Jones posted a clip that "illustrates how the trajectory of the most recent solar eclipse viewable in the United States, as well as the trajectory of the upcoming eclipse, form an “Aleph” and “Tav,” which (as anyone who was forced to go to Hebrew school instead of staying home and using cheat codes to make your Sims woo-hoo naked knows), are the first and last letters in the Hebrew language, signaling the beginning and end times.

In another eclipse tweet posted on March 26, which has 3.8 million views, Jones included a video of a man speculating that various Texas and Oklahoma counties had declared a state of emergency in order to usher in a billionaire-led new world order."

Uh huh.

I guess he likes drinking his own kool aid.

Many states have issued county alerts for the incoming tourists (of which my wife and I are two) who will be driving into totality path areas for increased traffic problems and potential communications problems as cell phone towers may become congested. We're driving over to Dallas Saturday and home Tuesday.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/solar-eclipse-conspiracy-theories-far-right-1234998475/

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[conuly]

In another eclipse tweet posted on March 26, which has 3.8 million views, Jones included a video of a man speculating that various Texas and Oklahoma counties had declared a state of emergency in order to usher in a billionaire-led new world order."

Wait, hold on. Is the crucial part of this belief the idea that the world is not currently run by billionaires? Or is "billionaire" code for something... but don't those nitwits already think the world is run by secret cabals?

[thewayne]

Very true.  Why they're letting him say the quiet part out loud, I don't know.

[conuly]

You think anyone can stop him?

[thewayne]

Nope.  It's possible he'll lose to the point that no network will carry him for lack of sponsors buying advertising, but pretty much guaranteed The Muskbrat will platform him.

[richardf8]

You know what else Aleph and Tav forms? A particle indicating the accusative case for definite nouns. As in
אלקס ג׳ונז שיבּר את המוח שלו.
Alex Jones shattered his brain.

[thewayne]

You're assuming he has much of a brain to shatter.

[kaishin108]

Oh jeez. :-/

[disneydream06]

How is this IDIOT allowed to continue to exist?
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Jon

[silveradept]

I can't say I believe that Alex Jones and most of the conspiracy-platformers actually believe in what they're saying, just that they have an audience to fleece and therefore they will say whatever is needed to try and gain readers and, more importantly, their dollars.

These might be jobs that could be safely replaced by large language models, since in neither case is truthfulness of what's been said necessary to succeed.

[thewayne]

I also doubt they believe most of what they spew, it's all for the bucks.  But there's plenty of gullible people, and there are also some spewers who are true believers.