I think bouncing ideas off of each other on social media does drive them further into the rabbit hole, and leads them to ideas they might not have gotten to otherwise.
One person starts saying things as a joke or as a griefer and people run with it.
That's how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has "followers" that believe it.
I think bouncing ideas off of each other on social media does drive them further into the rabbit hole, and leads them to ideas they might not have gotten to otherwise.
One person starts saying things as a joke or as a griefer and people run with it.
That's how the flat Earth thing got its resurgence online. It was fucking joke that got taken way too far and now has "followers" that believe it.
Trump too. The_Donald started that way.
You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4).
It was all fun and games and centipedes and 420 sniper headshot dubstep memes. And then shit got real.
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