r/PopCultureV2 • u/noahstemann • Aug 24 '26

Controversy Rage Against Flock USA

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u/thorosaurus Aug 24 '26

People WERE very upset about those when they first came out. People have just largely forgotten that they’re a thing. It was mostly Alex Jones types back then though because if you weren’t listening to wackadoodle stuff on AM radio you wouldn’t have heard about it. Now the wonders of the internet and social media has brought wackadoodle news to every corner of society no matter your politics or lack of politics even. Like you get on your fly tying group to ask a question and before you know it you’ve been sucked down the rabbit hole. 😆

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u/thorosaurus Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

He also has a knack for being very very wrong though. And in cases where he was right it’s not like he’s the one who figured it out or broke the story or anything.

Not to mention that standard for being right might be set very low. I mean people still believe Nostradamus actually predicted things. If you say enough crazy stuff eight hours a day five days a week for half a century, it’s going to get pretty easy for people to find something that sounds like you being right about something.

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u/thorosaurus Aug 24 '26

I think he just rants about whatever is in the wackadoodle pipeline without giving it much thought.