Curious to hear examples of these, Redditor BipolarSkeleton asked:
"What conspiracy theory do you completely believe is true?"
A majority of extremely wealthy people or organizations tend to be very secretive. What must they be hiding? These Redditors have a few ideas.
Money And Violence
"a lot of rich people help terrorism and movements to destabilise a nation or a region to make money from its resources or people."
– leleloy
The Pawn
"In my home city (in the UK) a heroin dealer was convicted of lacing his product with poison and causing the deaths of homeless people."
"In court he claimed that the local council payed him off to get rid of some of the homeless people in that way."
"His defense was 'why would I kill my customers.'"
"I have met one person that worked with the council and believes the story to be true, and years later I met some people that had worked with a homeless charity at the time. They claimed they knew it was the case but there was nothing they could do to prove it expose it."
– Big-Bad-Boris
In-Person Learning
"This one pertains to my university, but some people may have the same experiences with theirs."
"So students who choose my university send applications in by December. The entire COVID shutdown happens in March, around the same time university acceptances are starting to be sent out. Each first year student has guaranteed residence."
"Everyone is wondering what the new teaching model will be, and it’s announced that it’s mixed. 30% in person, 70% online."
"At this point, if you’re in first year, and all your courses are online, why pay for residence? You can do class online. But the university sees these discussions, and know they’ll lose A LOT of money if they don’t have students in residence."
"So what is announced? Almost EVERY first year has at least 1 person class. Meaning? They have to be on campus. MEANING, they have to live in residence."
"Idk if this makes sense to anyone but I thought it was interesting."
– Annoyingdragonvoid
All About Appearances
"Everyone I tell about this tells me I'm overreacting and it's just a conspiracy. But I strongly believe large companies who use eco friendly products around customers only do it to make themselves look good, and to make the customer feel like pollution is their fault when they use for example, plastic straws. When in reality using eco friendly straws barely dents the amount of pollution the company itself makes behind the scenes."
– Foohberry
People have speculations about high-profile individuals.
Slave 4 U
"That Britney Spears is either being held hostage or otherwise in a very compromised situation."
– _ellgee
Captured Or Deceased?
"Shelly Miscavige is either dead or being held prisoner by the Church of Scientology."
– anon
Shady FBI Director
"J. Edgar Hoover had ties to the mob and gave preferential treatment to certain crime families/organizations while crushing others."
"Also, his stranglehold on American intelligence made him a figure presidents feared."
– mindfeces
Failed predictions led to last-minute detours.
Change In Plans
"Disney absolutely believed that Hillary Clinton was going to win the 2016 election, so they started building her animatronic for the Hall of Presidents well in advance, and after trump pulled off a victory, instead of starting from scratch they just kinda made a couple half-a**ed adjustments to the Hillary model and put it up on stage."
– Unique_Unorque
Script Re-Write
"Trump winning literally ruined the season of South Park that year because they wrote it with the intention that trump/garrison would lose."
– chaamp33
While people are free to believe anything they firmly know to be true, it's wise to do a background check before another Pizzagate happens.
Don't be that person who goes down a dark rabbit hole and becomes confused about what is or isn't reality.
Because news flash: the earth is not flat.
Hate to break it to ya.
I can smell it from a mile away.
"One of the upstairs neighbors is throwing dog sh*t out the their window at night."- ogresound1987
I'm telling you, Mom, my teacher just doesn't like me!
"That my English teacher didn't read essays, and based grades on how we were in class."- casshmg
GiphyIt Just doesn't add up.
"My father's caregiver, she named herself as domestic partner in the will, but my father always referred to her as his caregiver, coerced him to change his will making her the executor and removing his children 30 days before she killed him."
"His death was ruled a suicide and everything went to her."
"Properties, banks accounts, valuable items, everything."
"My sister tried to fight it, but at the advice of her lawyer, she let it go."
"I 100% believe the people who signed as witness and the notary were in on it and paid off."
"I found 2 of them on Facebook."
"One witness retired the same month my father 'committed suicide' and the notary went on an elaborate vacation the following month."
"The other witness called my sister two days after my father's death while on vacation in Hawaii to tell her he was dead on behalf of the caregiver."
"It could all be coincidence and I could be drawing conclusions from coincidences, but I know my father."
"After all he had been through in life, he wasn't the kind of person to give up and off himself for no reason."- BrilliantInfamous807
"The circumstances surrounding the death of my grandfather."
"First, he died in September of 2020, but we did not find out until January of 2021."
"His so-called best friend pushed an un-notarized will through the courts in order to get his hands on my grandfather’s estate even though my grandfather had rewritten his will so that everything he had would be divided between me and my brother."
"This first will cut my mom and her siblings out by name and there was no mention of us at all."
"Second, my grandfather was a stickler about his credit."
"He had the best credit score out of all of us, but when he was found there were tons of unpaid statements lying around his living room, which was incredibly abnormal."
"Third, I don’t even know where this man is buried."
"I know he was cremated, but I don’t know where his ashes are."
"There was no autopsy as far as I know either, his cause of death was listed as a heart attack."
"Lastly, that 'best friend' has a daughter, and I know she knows something."
"She spoke to my uncle and all she could talk about was how devastating the loss was to HER and HER family, and how she had such fond memories of coming over to play basketball and watch my grandfather put together cars in the 70s."
"My mom, her brothers, and my grandmother have absolutely no memory of these people."
"I don’t care about the inheritance."
"It was never even about that."
"I just wanted to be able to say goodbye, you know?"
"Why didn’t they call and tell us he died?"- User Deleted
It's all a scam!
"The ongoing construction on major city expressways is an embezzlement scheme."
"They’ve been doing construction on the same part of the expressway in Chicago for over 20 years."
"It’s never getting done."
"They’re just pocketing money."- oneder_them
construction crew GIFGiphySome people are too thin skinned.
"YouTube got rid of displaying dislikes for viewers because companies complained about being ratioed."- Hoppy_Croaklightly
A house of ill repute?
"My neighbor has 'friends' over every few days."
"They are all wealthy based on the cars they drive."
"I saw one guy pacing nervously before entering her house."
"I also saw a guy brushing his teeth by his car before going in."
"You know what I'm thinking."- lookssharp
We know what you're up to, Reddit.
"That over the past year or so, Reddit changed their algorithm to make sure more videos make it to the front page."
"And introduce their sh*tty video player."
"All of this just to increase key user engagement metrics to inflate their valuation prior to their announced upcoming IPO / stock market debut."- Volkovy.
Jimmy Fallon Smile GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonGiphyA sad cover up.
"When I was 15 a kid in my class died and the cops ruled it suicide."
"I have just discovered some information which led me to believe he was murdered by his uncle but I can't prove it."
"And they are somewhat big shots so nothing is gonna happen."- More-Masterpiece-561
Taking what isn't theirs.
"I think that one of my relatives cashed my tax return check, which was about a week’s pay for me."
"I’ve been dealing with one of my parents nearly dying for the last two months, so I haven’t had the time to sit them down and ask 'Where’s my money, honey?'"- OfficePsycho
Knowing something is amiss, yet being unable to prove it, is like having an itch that you just can't quite reach.
Hopefully these suspicions are way off base, and there's nothing to worry about.
Otherwise, one can only hope some evidence comes to light, and soon.
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I'm waffling between G-O-D and nothing. So please give me some education.
911
Role Playing Reaction GIF by Hyper RPGGiphy"We need to look out for each other because help isn't coming."
cknipe
Peace Out
"More than 2 decades ago, a priest was giving a sermon in my church and he said 'our faith requires you to believe without question. Why call it faith if you have to ask questions?' I haven't returned to church. Not until my wedding day but you know what I mean."
asiangontear
Delusion
"When I was young I used to think that after death you would have access to a PC that you could see absolutely anything about your life. Stats, any question you had no matter how obscure, replays of moments, perspectives of others in relation to you. No matter what you wanted to know, if it was relatable to you, you could see it. I know it's silly, but as time goes on I just want it to be real, and I don't think I'd have any issue allowing myself to fall into that delusion."
eggwardpenisglands
I think nothing happens...
"Realistically, I think nothing happens. We literally experience nothing after death. Same thing that we experience before birth. We don't exist, so it's nothing. I think the tenant that we should follow while living is to try to be happy and healthy while minimizing the damage we do to each other."
"What I would LIKE to happen after death is whatever you believe in, exists. I think Christians should get to go to heaven if they truly believe in it, Hindus and Buddhists get reincarnated, and everyone else also gets to experience what they believe they will experience."
"'I would still experience Nothing. Maybe it's one of those things where at the moment of death their brain makes them experience what feels like an infinitely long moment in time where they experience their afterlife. I just think it would be neat for everybody."
Better_Meat_
Shrug
Happy GIFGiphy"Best advice I received from a dear senior on their way out. 'You win some, you lose some' shrug. Nothing divine, life is that simple and wonderful, accept it and move on."
Tune_Kindly
It all sounds pretty simple. Why are people so up in arms about Atheists?
Whatever
Bored Episode 15 GIF by The SimpsonsGiphy"I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do."
imCIK
Cool with Empty
"Nothing. [Serious]."
rumblingtummy29
"I feel this way about death. When I was 5, my grandfather died and my cousin simple said, he is dead, that means you are gone forever. Everything ends up dying, even plants and animals. I'm now in my 40's and still have this simplistic view of life and death. People think I'm ambivalent to life and death but it's just what it is."
thepigfish82
puppet-masters...
"I think a lot of religious people struggle with the fact that we are all just swirling units of chaos. There is no grand plan or great orchestrator. I think that’s why people who are prone to religion are also susceptible to things like Q anon and the Cabal and all that. They REALLY want to believe that there is some almighty puppet-master who determines all of humanity’s fate."
Lngtmelrker
“we’re living in a society!”
"Just be a kind and empathetic person not because you’re worried about some cosmic justice, but because it’s the right thing to do. If there is some being that created us there’s no way they actually care about believing in it or adhering to some rules from over 2000 years ago."
"Also a big thing for me is that I find the idea that you need religion or the Bible in order to have morals and ethics pretty dumb. It’s pretty f**king clear that most evangelicals have neither. But my main thing is being a good person simply because, as George Costanza once said we’re living in a society!' If you’re only a good person in order to make it to heaven you probably aren’t actually a good and moral person."
conservative_genius
That's All
Circle Of Life Loop GIFGiphy"You're born. You live. You die. That's it. After you die you cease to exist, the same as before you were born."
serefina
Believe what you want. We're all here together. So let's focus there.
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There may be no substantial evidence to back what people believe to be emphatically true, like, say, the afterlife or the existence of a higher power.
But who are we to deny them their faith in the existence of something?
Curious to hear what some of these beliefs might be, Redditor btsao1 asked:
"What is something you strongly believe in but don't have evidence for?"
How well do you know your relatives? These people had gut instincts they couldn't shake off.
Grandpa's Double Life
"My grandpa had a second family. I never knew him as he died before I was born, but my mom would talk about how he'd occasionally disappear for up to a month at a time and my grandma never once asked why because he said it wasn't her business (this was like the 50s and 60s). My mom told me that she'd occasionally have this dream where he had a second family and I think it's because deep down she suspected it."
– Fournote
It Can Never Be Revealed
"My wife's cousin's husband is an undercover CIA agent."
– tecg
Family History
"Kind of related but my mum thought she wasn’t related to her brothers as she didn’t look anything like them. Obviously my grandparents told her she was just paranoid."
"Years later we find out that my gran had an affair (my grandpa knew) and my mother was the result. This came out many years after my grandpa and grandma had died and that my mother and my siblings all had another family, her dad had died but we were living 10 doors away from one of her new siblings."
– ItchyPlatypus
People propose the idea of living creatures still out there among us.
They're Out There Somewhere
"That the Tasmanian Tiger is not extinct. Great swathes of Tasmania are largely uninhabited and still heavily forested . People wander a few metres off a track and are never seen again so dense is the bush. So my old romantic heart hopes that Tigers are still out there."
– 1999falcon
How We Came To Imagine Dragons
"I'm convinced that the myth of dragons in the middle ages originates from early findings of dinosaur fossils. It simply seems like a logical explanation to me, but I have not the slightest evidence for this theory."
– Mission-Access6314 ·
Otherworldly Beings
"That there's aliens out there. There's millions of galaxies, planet and we only discovered 1 and not even fully with the oceans being 10% or something. Even if we are the only ones (super unlikely) that would be even scarier if its just us. I wouldnt doubt advanced aliens would avoid the ghetto planet or be able to disguise perfectly as a human (and human eyes are limited there could be layers of life forms that isnt visable to our eyes)."
– AccomplishedCandy325
The Fungus Among Us
"That mushrooms are fully conscious. They help forests, they can communicate, they take over bugs brains and have them walk to a place the fungus wants and then kill it, they are older than any other plants/animals, and not to mention the insane effects of psilocybin!"
– chazmosaur
Dopplegangers
"There are clones, specifically human clones, alive right now. With the advances we made in that field in the 90’s with dolly the sheep and all that stuff there’s no way that some group of people didn’t take it a step further and create a clone human."
– Tornlinftw
If you know, you know.
The Sense Of Void
"I had an identical twin who never made it to be visible on ultrasounds. There's no evidence, just the subjective experience of the hole in the world where someone isn't."
– vewltage
We're All In This Together
"Everyone is delusional, some people just to a higher degree."
– coastermarioguy
For Good
"Being a good person is worth the trouble."
– DiarrheaButtSauce
Every Jekyll Has Their Hyde
"i believe that every single person in existence is capable of doing unspeakable things even if they don’t know it themselves and even if they never actually do."
– liteAvvikande
Graduation Theory
"that U.S universities lie about their graduation rates (the percentage of students that actually finish and graduate with a degree)"
– wayne8827
What We Eat
"Cambell’s Chunky brand soups and stews are really just dog food with extra spices."
– OrchidBest
I believe in ghosts. I believe that the departed exist on another plane.
But as much as I believe in the fact that there are apparitions and spooky specters out there, I really hope I never see evidence of their existence.
Because who has time for that?
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