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Originally posted by Meaningless
Yep, they'll think you're loony for believing in that. Kind of shows the power of government doesn't it?
Originally posted by Hefficide
Because of this I now forward them every single hoax I can find with titles like 'ZOMG I SSSSSSOOOO TOLD YOU! ZOMBIE ALIEN NWO ILLUMINATI SPACE PLAGUE FROM MARS KILLZORS YOUR HOPE!!!"
Originally posted by mblahnikluver
I get nothing but mocked by people esp my family on my views.
Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by mblahnikluver
Actually I have experienced this to a degree in my real life. Two members of my family tend to dismiss anything I say because they are aware that I am a moderator on a "conspiracy" site.
Seriously it's bad enough that I can say "Nice day today, huh?" and get the reply "You need to stop reading that ridiculous stuff on the Internet!" like some automatic reflex.
Because of this I now forward them every single hoax I can find with titles like 'ZOMG I SSSSSSOOOO TOLD YOU! ZOMBIE ALIEN NWO ILLUMINATI SPACE PLAGUE FROM MARS KILLZORS YOUR HOPE!!!"
Yeah, they don't like me much.
Originally posted by Logos23
reply to post by mblahnikluver
You can't win with these kind of people.....they want to believe everything they are told in the mainstream because they feel comfortable in it.
I get very frustrated too when I attempt to have a conversation with some of my family or friend's and they just dismiss it as me getting some silly or fanciful idea off the internet....especially a subject I've researched for a few week's.
Even more frustrating when I try to tell them about a particular subject for ages and I get dismissed.....then all of a sudden someone on the TV or in some article they read say's the same thing and they all of a sudden believe it as gospel!
I was very young when I had my first child and I felt pressured into taking various kind's of pain relief including an epidural. It was a nightmare! My next two children I delivered without any kind of pain relief at all and they were both far better experience's. Good on you for taking the initiative to fully research it and make up your own mind about what you want. People don't realize or tell you that getting a negative experience during childbirth effects your wellbeing and recovery afterwards.
Originally posted by terriblyvexed
Boy howdy, do I feel you!
Another gripe I have is my sister.
I tell her something I learned from say science.com, and it goes against her
beliefs she says I'm an idiot for believing something on the internet.
Its a legitimate website, and I know enough to check out white house.com
when I warn of a political issue, but let her want to prove something,
FACEBOOK NEVER LIES!!!edit on 6-4-2013 by terriblyvexed because: i can't spell
Originally posted by mblahnikluver
I am so sick and tired of this. I am over it!
I do a lot of personal research and reading on various topics. I get nothing but mocked by people esp my family on my views. I am the one doing the researching not them! They just believe what they are told and do nothing to look into things for themselves.
Originally posted by rockymcgilicutty
I don't believe this thread. Or it's replies.
But I gave the O/P a S&F anyway.edit on 6-4-2013 by rockymcgilicutty because: (no reason given)