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What’s the most batshit belief you’ve ever known someone to hold

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Ifyouwannabe1 · 04/08/2022 10:46

just met up with a long time friend (lovely, but utterly away with the fairies) who honestly believes the earth is flat as well as a whole host of other similarly crazy things. It got me thinking what’s the most batshit thing you’ve ever known anyone to think?

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WhereTheLightningBugsBlaze · 04/08/2022 15:57

A lady I used to work with said that Harvey Price was blind, as katie sunbathed in a bikini when she was pregnant.

she also said if you get shingles and they join up in a ring around your body you will die.

Dinoteeth · 04/08/2022 15:59

RelentlessForwardProgress · 04/08/2022 15:50

That Magpies and Killer Whales are related....Apparently Magpies dive into the ocean and become baby Killer Whales........this was said by someone with a university degree and a proper job(!)

Do they also think Penguins 🐧 are related? 😂

Dwrcegin · 04/08/2022 15:59

The world used to be black and white and Humans invented colour.
Lesbians having sex can get each other pregnant so they need contraception.
There are RFID chips in vaccines.
Ghosts are real.

Rainbowshit · 04/08/2022 15:59

@Trying20 it's more how irate people get when we say we don't think humans can change sex. That it has permeated government, healthcare, education etc.

It's utterly batshit and like being in the emperor's new clothes.

Can you tell us how you think humans change sex?

ChampagneCommunist · 04/08/2022 16:01

JamTuesday · 04/08/2022 12:26

Andy Warhol in A to B and Back Again said something about not eating honey because it was bee sick.

Beekeeper here. That is sort of true. Bees take nectar from flowers, store in their stomach, then regurgitate it back in the hive

Coyoacan · 04/08/2022 16:02

It's sad to see Jewish people thinking that any criticism of someone else who is Jewish is anti-semitism.

I criticise some Jews, admire others and I do not take it personally if you criticise someone of my race, religion or nationality.

QueefofSheena · 04/08/2022 16:04

My mother believes that once you get to 93 you are exempt from any kind of law. I’m not sure what she’s planning to do in her new life as a crime lord.

SummerLobelia · 04/08/2022 16:04

Jewish people are certainly able to be criticised (like anyone else) if they do things that are criticism-worthy.

Believeing that there is a global conspiracy and a world run by Jews and prominent Jewish families such as the Rothschilds and Soros plus that jewish people eat food made from the blood of Christian babies is anti semitic.

Do you understand the difference?

RelentlessForwardProgress · 04/08/2022 16:04

Dinoteeth · 04/08/2022 15:59

Do they also think Penguins 🐧 are related? 😂

😁

Trying20 · 04/08/2022 16:05

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Derrymum123 · 04/08/2022 16:06

That if you say 'Thank you' when somebody blesses you when you sneeze, a fairy will die. Of course this is bat sh*t. Otherwise all the fairies in my garden would be dead by now and they are all still alive playing in the hedgerow whenever I am not around. 😉

RuthBrenner · 04/08/2022 16:06

QueefofSheena · 04/08/2022 16:04

My mother believes that once you get to 93 you are exempt from any kind of law. I’m not sure what she’s planning to do in her new life as a crime lord.

That's hilarious and I'm looking forward to the thread all about her criminal antics 😂

Mulhollandmagoo · 04/08/2022 16:09

Some of these are brilliant 😂 how do you all keep straight faces?

The podcast conspiracy theories' is a bit nuts, they did an episode on lady Diana, where they discussed the idea that she was still alive, and living happily ever after somewhere with some new children!

ChampagneCommunist · 04/08/2022 16:09

@Sirius3030 Seriously? Apart for a few species of coral reef fish, which "change" via sequential hermaphroditism, which animals would those be?

Elephants? Horses? Maybe my cat?

What’s the most batshit belief you’ve ever known someone to hold
NeverDropYourMooncup · 04/08/2022 16:09

Maireas · 04/08/2022 11:26

There's already been a cure for cancer found, but "Big Pharma" are suppressing it because they make more money from treatment.

Usually, the cure is 'sageing the body from inside'. With cannabis. Lots and lots of cannabis.

CPL593H · 04/08/2022 16:10

A friend (2 degrees, one from the LSE) thought Brussel sprouts grew underground. Well, I knew about chlorophyll, didn't I. My DH then asked if I was really aware how they grew.

It would make sense if it was in neat rows, like tiny cabbages. Well, I still think so.

Emotionalsupportviper · 04/08/2022 16:15

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 04/08/2022 15:34

My mother swearing down 100% and actually seriously believing it, that there are 13 months in a year. She said each month has 4 weeks, and 4 times 13 is 52... there are 52 weeks in a year, so there are 13 months in a year.

No amount of black and white proof, multiple calendars shown to her, and mentions of all months but one having 4 weeks and 2 or 3 extra days, would make her say or believe any different. Crazy! Grin

October is the cruellest month . . .

Dwrcegin · 04/08/2022 16:15

Just remembered this one - people who have blood transfusions take on the personality of the blood donor.

Trying20 · 04/08/2022 16:15

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Emotionalsupportviper · 04/08/2022 16:16

OCTEMBER!!!

Bugger you, Autocarrot!

As God is my witness, I will be avenged!!!!!

Fluffymule · 04/08/2022 16:17

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This thread is titled “ What’s the most batshit belief you’ve ever known someone to hold”

Therefore a number of people replying ‘that humans can change change sex’ are examples of it being a ‘really extremely relevant’ thread upon which to say it.

The idea of sex-shifting human beings is absolutely batshit.

UnshakenNeedsStirring · 04/08/2022 16:19

Louise0701 · 04/08/2022 10:47

That kier starmer would make a good PM.

A donkey would be a better PM than the one we have now.

SecretMoomin · 04/08/2022 16:19

Re. Biden being a paedophile - I don’t know what to think there.
Before he was president there were loads of videos of him sniffing girls’ hair and holding them in a way I would not be comfortable with if they were my children (and videos showing parents keeping their daughters away from him).
Many of the videos were removed once he was president, but some crop up.

Hillary Clinton being in a child sex ring seems like typical bullshit made up because so many people can’t cope with a strong woman and make up stuff. See also Michele Obama being a transwoman.

Furball · 04/08/2022 16:22

That Darwins theory cannot be true as nothing has evolved any further in their 60 year life time

KisstheTeapot14 · 04/08/2022 16:22

A friend lived with a 'guru'. He wasn't, he was just a man who was mentally disturbed, clever and knew how to use his position to get whatever he wanted. He obviously convinced quite a few though, possibly hundreds. I got swept into it for a while but I couldn't batten down my inner scepticism forever.

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