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What's a low stakes conspiracy theory you believe? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by FemboyStalin@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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We've got a bunch of new people now so let's bring back a classic post. What low stakes conspiracy theory do you believe that you cannot prove but feels right to you?

I'll start: I believe that dating apps have made a concerted effort to smear in person meeting people and tie it to being "creepy" through social media so you are forced to meet people online(which was the creepy option just 15 years ago)

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[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is a small but self-sustaining breeding population of cougars living in the Adirondacks and possibly most of upstate New York, but this will never be officially confirmed by the various government environmental agencies because then they would have to take real action to protect them. Cougars have everything they need there and there's really no reason to believe they're just walking 1800 miles and not breeding.

This is the case for a lot of other heavily forested places east of the Rockies as well.

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

oh hey, it's the Gippsland Panther but in America

Also the Tasmanian Tiger still exists, and proclaiming it extinct was actually the best way to protect it

[–] grey_wolf_whenever@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is this a conspiracy??? Im from up there and everyone seems to just accept it there

[–] FactuallyUnscrupulou@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just had this discussion around a campfire in the Adirondacks. Nearly everyone agreed Wolves and Mountain Lions are in upstate NY except for the one person who said, "Well the DEC hasn't said so, therefore they're actually Coyotes and Bobcats".

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Even if it isn't full blown wolves we've got coydogs which are a mix of coyotes and wolves which are just bigger meaner coyotes