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Silly little conspiracies you believe in

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Soubriquet · 26/06/2025 16:40

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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x2boys · 26/06/2025 19:30

Katemax82 · 26/06/2025 17:39

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

My husband thinks the same 🤔

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I said silly little conspiracies. Nothing serious.

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Soubriquet · 26/06/2025 19:23

Jean8 · 26/06/2025 18:09

It’s certainly got my niece nagging for a baby! And why on Earth did this news make Good Morning Britain?! Mummy Pig was interviewed FFS.

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WHY DID the birth of a cartoon pig make headline news?! It was so odd.

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Soubriquet · 26/06/2025 19:22

WooleyMunky · 26/06/2025 18:16

How do you know if you've never called at a quiet time?

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Cos I can call on different days, different hours and I always get that message

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quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:59

Jean8 · 26/06/2025 18:52

By card in a shop. Surely this tracking doesn’t extend to card use in shops too?!

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It's all useful data..........
Was it 'catcher in the rye'?

Rocketpants50 · 26/06/2025 18:56

6 times I have had to go through the same temporary traffic lights today, every single time they are red.

There is a crossing I always cross at walking, everytime I have just missed it to go green so have to wait until it goes through the pattern before able to go green again but if I am driving through same lights I will always get stopped by a red light as green man is showing.

FanofLeaves · 26/06/2025 18:56

InNewYorkNoShoes · 26/06/2025 18:07

I actually believe this.

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Me too.

I had to sit through the film though and oh my god. I wanted to murder them all.

I really like the one about Catherine’s wedding dress

101Alsatians · 26/06/2025 18:56

Katemax82 · 26/06/2025 17:39

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

My 46 and 43 yr old siblings think the same!

Squinting all over the place.

Being super short sighted and a glasses wearer since 11,do not understand their rationale🤣

GintyM · 26/06/2025 18:54

The spoon in Nutella jars is deliberately designed to just about not fit — so you end up licking the lid like a gremlin.

Jean8 · 26/06/2025 18:53

quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:30

mind reading software.....👤

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Stop it! I can’t deal with this level of Black Mirror! 😅

Jean8 · 26/06/2025 18:52

quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:40

Did you pay by card or buy it online?

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By card in a shop. Surely this tracking doesn’t extend to card use in shops too?!

NattyFox · 26/06/2025 18:51

Mobile phones are designed to break after 2 years when your contract is up.

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quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:40

Jean8 · 26/06/2025 18:19

What I can’t seem to understand is how on Earth my new book is now in my suggestions on Amazon. I haven’t bought books on there for ages and then they tended to be a different genre to this recent one. I also haven’t spoken about these books as my husband doesn’t really read and certainly not about this topic! Weird…

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Did you pay by card or buy it online?

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 26/06/2025 18:36

Anything you buy to help with something actually makes it worse.

tuvamoodyson · 26/06/2025 18:32

Needhelp101 · 26/06/2025 17:11

I don't disagree with you at all but I learnt (on here!) to keep the packet upside down. Keeps it closed and harder to dry out.

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I keep mine in a zip seal sandwich bag once opened.

quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:31

quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:28

it has now....I'm waiting for my others to be proven😎

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the paint one is also true....

quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:30

Jean8 · 26/06/2025 18:19

What I can’t seem to understand is how on Earth my new book is now in my suggestions on Amazon. I haven’t bought books on there for ages and then they tended to be a different genre to this recent one. I also haven’t spoken about these books as my husband doesn’t really read and certainly not about this topic! Weird…

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mind reading software.....👤

quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:29

Orangemintcream · 26/06/2025 17:55

That is a perfectly reasonably explanation…except why only one sock ? Why never both ?

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lurking black holes wait till your socks are alone......

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 26/06/2025 18:29

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.

Indeed. They packed in the plastic that is easier to recycle, too. Bloody Rodney Whitchelo.

quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 18:28

WooleyMunky · 26/06/2025 18:15

That isn't a conspiracy theory though, it has been openly admitted and proven that that is what smart devices are doing.

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it has now....I'm waiting for my others to be proven😎

Jean8 · 26/06/2025 18:19

WooleyMunky · 26/06/2025 18:15

That isn't a conspiracy theory though, it has been openly admitted and proven that that is what smart devices are doing.

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What I can’t seem to understand is how on Earth my new book is now in my suggestions on Amazon. I haven’t bought books on there for ages and then they tended to be a different genre to this recent one. I also haven’t spoken about these books as my husband doesn’t really read and certainly not about this topic! Weird…

WooleyMunky · 26/06/2025 18:16

Soubriquet · 26/06/2025 17:28

“We are having a higher call volume than normal. Please hold. Your call is important to us”

Yeah yeah yeah. You ALWAYS say there is a higher call volume

How do you know if you've never called at a quiet time?

WooleyMunky · 26/06/2025 18:15

quantumbutterfly · 26/06/2025 17:21

.... random conversations in front of your phone changes the adverts it targets you with.......👂

That isn't a conspiracy theory though, it has been openly admitted and proven that that is what smart devices are doing.

Crushed23 · 26/06/2025 18:11

Toothpaste adverts show twice as much toothpaste on a toothbrush as you actually need.