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To ask why people are so utterly bonkers?

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veryannoyedtbh · 05/01/2026 16:53

Reading about the man who faked being a naval officer to attend memorial events. The lengths he went to, getting a suit altered and buying medals of the internet. Was a professional teacher as well. Madness.

Then the ten people prosecuted for saying Brigitte Macron was born a man. Again, the efforts involved and they mostly appear professional people with full lives. Just mad.

Then you get the people on here pretending with fake stories or just trying to troll people. It’s just bizarre. It’s like validating you are indeed the saddest person ever.

I don’t get it. Is it the internet age? It’s like a boundary has been removed and people in freefall.

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CoubousAndTourmaIet · 05/01/2026 17:17

The potato wasn't going in the lasagne - she did explain that. Boiled potatoes with butter were being served alongside a lasagne. There's nothing wrong with that, we've done that ourselves and it's a nice combination.

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veryannoyedtbh · 05/01/2026 17:06

ShesTheAlbatross · 05/01/2026 17:00

I don’t think cheese in the bechamel is a sign of a made up thread. It’s the sign of a yummy lasagne!

The potato sounds a bit mad though.

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Not wanting to derail my own thread but I did know someone who put boiled eggs through her macaroni and cheese. Apparently it makes it delicious

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CrikeyNumpty · 05/01/2026 17:06

That man who went to the Remembrance Service said he wanted a sense of belonging. He had no armed service at all. He has been spotted at other services too. He had a uniform altered to suit high rank in the Navy (posed as a Rear Admiral no less, no lowly rank for him) and bought medals which were his downfall because he was wearing two that had never been awarded to one person before. He also just went up to the Mayoral party and placed himself dead centre in the photos. He was caught by an organisation called The Walter Mitty Something or other - they look out for these types and grass them up. So there are others doing it. Rightfully so, he had zero rights to be there in an official capacity- he could have just turned up in the crowd like any other punter. He wanted the attention. Idiot. It’s like those guys who say they were in the SAS, this is usually said to reel in women. The SAS must have the biggest military squad in the world, the amount of men who have claimed to be ex SAS.

There must be some mental illness at play. Or severe boredom with their real lives.

I am also baffled by the Macron story.

Also, that girl from Netherlands who claimed to be Madeleine McCann had an accomplice in UK, baffling.

Bigearringsbigsmile · 05/01/2026 17:05

Cheese in the bechemal for lasagne is pretty standard And maybe potatoes for a gluten free lasagne?

I think the Internet has allowed all the bonkers people to find each other easily making them more visible and vocal.

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veryannoyedtbh · 05/01/2026 17:04

I do like that the Marcon people were formally prosecuted but will it stop people? It’s like a new illness. Yes, you had people who exaggerated etc but now it’s full blown wacko stuff

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Nezukokamado · 05/01/2026 17:03

ShesTheAlbatross · 05/01/2026 17:00

I don’t think cheese in the bechamel is a sign of a made up thread. It’s the sign of a yummy lasagne!

The potato sounds a bit mad though.

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Ok…

NotAnotherScarf · 05/01/2026 17:01

I don't know, but I have been talking to people I know and think are intelligent level headed people and suddenly they come out with the maddest conspiracy theories:

There's a cabal of rich people who run the world or it's the masons
Planes are the main cause of global warming.
The poor lady who fell in a river a couple of years was murdered by the people who own the nearby campsite because they didn't like dogs.
Etc

I just don't understand why you would believe things like that with no proof or reason. Some are funny, some are ridiculous and some like the story that Muslim people were being murdered if they went to hospital with COVID cost lives.

The guy who dressed up as an admiral...why just why? If you want to belong then join the round table or a lions club or the masons and do good things

ShesTheAlbatross · 05/01/2026 17:00

Nezukokamado · 05/01/2026 16:59

She was boiling potatoes for her lasagne and putting cheese in the bechamel. Lasagne is not a complicated dish. Had to be a wind up?!

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I don’t think cheese in the bechamel is a sign of a made up thread. It’s the sign of a yummy lasagne!

The potato sounds a bit mad though.

Nezukokamado · 05/01/2026 16:59

MyPetLampshade · 05/01/2026 16:56

I don't think that thread's made up.
But in answer to the OP, folk have always been mad. Nowt as queer as folk. The internet just gives new outlets for it!

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She was boiling potatoes for her lasagne and putting cheese in the bechamel. Lasagne is not a complicated dish. Had to be a wind up?!

AMatterOfInfiniteHope · 05/01/2026 16:58