Page 5 | Silly little conspiracies you believe in

Soubriquet · 2025-06-26T15:40:21+00:00

Not serious ones like Diana was murdered etc, but silly little ones. For example, when it comes to wipes in a packet, I’m positive they rig it so more than one wipe comes out at a time. Then they make the sticky reseal not as sticky so they dry out quicker meaning you have to go and buy more instead of using what you’ve got

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Soubriquet · 27/06/2025 09:45

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 27/06/2025 07:45

Cone-gate. My theory is local councils don’t pay for enough storage for all their traffic cones so once a road works is finished the councils put up more road works elsewhere so they just move cones to a new place. That’s why there is always roadworks going on with no one seemingly working there and loads of unnecessary cones 😂Random cones everywhere!

That’s hilarious!!!

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AutumnFog · 27/06/2025 09:42

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 27/06/2025 09:31

This is true! I am sure of it...

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It actually is if short sighted. Your eyesight gets worse the less long distance work that the eyes have to do.
The optician told us that's why they don't give glasses for low levels of short sighted vision in children, and for my own glasses a different optician told me to make sure I'm not always wearing them to stop sight deteriorating faster.

AutumnFog · 27/06/2025 09:38

JohnTheRevelator · 26/06/2025 17:10

I agree with you about the wipes. It's damn near impossible to get just one out of the packet after the first few. And if you try to stuff it back in,it inevitably dries out. Just another ploy to make us buy more.

I found this issue with huggies but not pampers

eqpi4t2hbsnktd · 27/06/2025 09:31

Katemax82 · 26/06/2025 17:39

My husband thinks once you become a glasses wearer your eyesight rapidly declines...

This is true! I am sure of it...

Taytayslayslay · 27/06/2025 09:27

Mr beast (YouTuber) is actually a lizard person not a real human being

quantumbutterfly · 27/06/2025 09:01

silkypyjamas · 27/06/2025 08:54

The game show Pointless is just that.. eg. how can they prove that 1 person named a country beginning with X - game shows should be questions that are either correct or not. I reckon they just say 1 person said it to avoid paying the jackpot at the end (which is usually not worth it for the effort put in anyway)

I swear I've seen the counters on 'tipping point' move by themselves.

silkypyjamas · 27/06/2025 08:54

The game show Pointless is just that.. eg. how can they prove that 1 person named a country beginning with X - game shows should be questions that are either correct or not. I reckon they just say 1 person said it to avoid paying the jackpot at the end (which is usually not worth it for the effort put in anyway)

quantumbutterfly · 27/06/2025 08:54

TheNewVillageIdiot · 27/06/2025 08:25

Had a good laugh at Big Umbrella and Big Bay!

Biscuits. Used to open at the end and you'd fold the extra wrapping around to keep the rest fresh. Now they have those strips that open the pack two biscuits down, so you have to eat those two biscuits plus another 2-3 (usually 3!) to get some spare wrapper to fold up! I have a cuppa and have no choice but to eat 5 biscuits!

(I probably could still open them in the traditional way if I tried, but still...)

You are so right! But I like the sound of 'big biscuit', there's a marketing opportunity in there somewhere.

proximalhumerous · 27/06/2025 08:53

RamsaySnowsSausage · 26/06/2025 17:09

Definitely think 'big-purse' uses a lot of pressure to ensure women's clothes have either non or useless pockets to make sure they keep buying handbags and purses. Not sure of the logistics but definitely makes sense.

What is a non pocket? Stitching that's meant to look like a pocket?

quantumbutterfly · 27/06/2025 08:52

FangsForEverything · 27/06/2025 08:19

Toothpaste pricing is a long term social economics experiment.

Roadworks are a long term psychology experiment, the white coats have moved on from rats.

When I'm unable to find things at home because they've 'been moved' I know it's really my other half practicing 'environmental enrichment' (like zoos making animals hunt for their food ) and obviously I'm incredibly grateful for the exercise....

Also, in the words of 'calvin & hobbes' , television is the opiate of the masses.

Taytayslayslay · 27/06/2025 08:49

Raquelos · 26/06/2025 16:58

The fact that you never get lids on pots of cream or yoghurt anymore, just the peel back foil, meaning it's harder to keep them for more than one use.

It frustrates me so much, I love hummus (think that's how it's spelt lol) and recently all the pots have these lids 💔

JackJarvisEsq · 27/06/2025 08:43

The petrol pump thing bothered me when I was young and mostly paid cash but these days I just fill till it clicks and since it’s pretty much all debit card I’m not fussed about how much it is

actually, that’s not true I’m very fussed about how much it is and why I buy my fuel at Costco which is about 10p a litre cheaper than the station a mile from it

FrangipaniBlue · 27/06/2025 08:38

deeahgwitch · 27/06/2025 08:30

It used to really annoy me to go over the pounds and into the pennies.
Now I just roll with it eg - £49.03 when I was aiming for £49 - no problem.

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Same!! I’m convinced it’s cos they know people will carry on and round up…..

just filled up this morning….. £50:02 they got out of me and not a penny more 🤣

quantumbutterfly · 27/06/2025 08:37

Loyalty cards collect data, it's kind of alarming how much info is out there about our daily comings & goings.

https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/articles/2018/07/08/strava-polar-revealing-homes-soldiers-spies/comment-page-1/

Anne McCaffrey wrote a short story in 1973 predicting how unguarded people get with everyday computer use., but as 'they' say 'if you have nothing to hide...'. Not sure if 'they' say that in China & Russia.

In the 70's my dad used to complain about communist agitators at his union meetings & I was young enough to think him paranoid, then I read 'spycatcher'.

After Strava, Polar is Revealing the Homes of Soldiers and Spies - bellingcat

Polar, a fitness app, is revealing the homes and lives of people exercising in secretive locations, such as intelligence agencies, military bases and airfields, nuclear weapons storage sites, and embassies around the world, a joint investigation of Bel...

https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/articles/2018/07/08/strava-polar-revealing-homes-soldiers-spies/comment-page-1

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Soubriquet · 27/06/2025 08:35

comeandhaveteawithme · 26/06/2025 21:38

I refuse to use umbrellas, ever. Horrid things.

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I love my umbrella. It cost me a pretty penny but it’s been 4 or 5 years and it’s still good as new

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deeahgwitch · 27/06/2025 08:30

FrangipaniBlue · 26/06/2025 23:02

My local petrol station has its pumps calibrated to never hit £x:00

you can literally stand there going “94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99……. £1:02”

wtf?

It used to really annoy me to go over the pounds and into the pennies.
Now I just roll with it eg - £49.03 when I was aiming for £49 - no problem.

TheNewVillageIdiot · 27/06/2025 08:25

Had a good laugh at Big Umbrella and Big Bay!

Biscuits. Used to open at the end and you'd fold the extra wrapping around to keep the rest fresh. Now they have those strips that open the pack two biscuits down, so you have to eat those two biscuits plus another 2-3 (usually 3!) to get some spare wrapper to fold up! I have a cuppa and have no choice but to eat 5 biscuits!

(I probably could still open them in the traditional way if I tried, but still...)

FangsForEverything · 27/06/2025 08:19

Toothpaste pricing is a long term social economics experiment.

quantumbutterfly · 27/06/2025 08:17

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 27/06/2025 07:45

Cone-gate. My theory is local councils don’t pay for enough storage for all their traffic cones so once a road works is finished the councils put up more road works elsewhere so they just move cones to a new place. That’s why there is always roadworks going on with no one seemingly working there and loads of unnecessary cones 😂Random cones everywhere!

Sounds legit.

Steelworks · 27/06/2025 07:58

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 27/06/2025 07:45

Cone-gate. My theory is local councils don’t pay for enough storage for all their traffic cones so once a road works is finished the councils put up more road works elsewhere so they just move cones to a new place. That’s why there is always roadworks going on with no one seemingly working there and loads of unnecessary cones 😂Random cones everywhere!

Love it! Those poor, homeless cones.

deeahgwitch · 27/06/2025 07:56

Steelworks · 27/06/2025 06:43

Theres definitely traffic gremlins out there. If you are running late, you always hit every red traffic light, and/or stuck behind a bus or dustbin lorry. However, if you leave in plenty of time, the traffic lights are always green.

This 💯!!!

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 27/06/2025 07:45

Cone-gate. My theory is local councils don’t pay for enough storage for all their traffic cones so once a road works is finished the councils put up more road works elsewhere so they just move cones to a new place. That’s why there is always roadworks going on with no one seemingly working there and loads of unnecessary cones 😂Random cones everywhere!

BoudiccaRuled · 27/06/2025 07:42

RamsaySnowsSausage · 26/06/2025 17:09

Definitely think 'big-purse' uses a lot of pressure to ensure women's clothes have either non or useless pockets to make sure they keep buying handbags and purses. Not sure of the logistics but definitely makes sense.

How much do you want to fit in your pockets?
Women tend to, by choice, carry a lot more around than men - and men look bad enough as it is with wallet and phones in their pockets.

IDontHateRainbows · 27/06/2025 07:33

Yougetmoreofwhatyoufocuson · 26/06/2025 20:00

My elderly male neighbour thinks that his battery keeps failing because the police are controlling his car! He’s written a couple of negative opinion pieces on the internet and is convinced they’re onto him. Advice to get his car electrics checked falls on deaf ears.

That's not a conspiracy theory, that's psychosis.

There is a fine line.

x2boys · 27/06/2025 07:30

YankSplaining · 26/06/2025 22:48

Don’t know if this will be considered “silly” or “serious,” but…

Leonardo DiCaprio has been in a romantic relationship with Lukas Haas for many years, and publicly dates women to hide this fact. He makes the same deal with a series of young, relatively little-known models - they date him for a few years, which will make them more famous and give him and Lukas some cover, and then they can go their separate ways with both sides having benefitted from the deal. That’s why he dates women 25 and under. Older models already have established careers and are probably less interested in messing around with a fake relationship.

Lukas Haas goes pretty much everywhere with Leo, and some years ago, Lukas’s grandmother said he and Leo lived together. I’ve been hearing “Leo is gay” rumors since my family got the internet in 2002, and about half the time I see them, they mention Lukas Haas. Kate Winslet, who’s one of Leo’s close friends as well as his past co-star, said a few years ago that she could think of at least four different actors she knew who were in the closet because they didn’t want their sexuality to negatively impact their careers.

If this is true
Why is this a problem in this day and age
I can understand back in the day this happening but not now.