MancWanderer Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Blimey. I sat in the company of a proper full on conspiracy theorist tonight Thinly veiled am in Malaga. Mate picked me up and took me up into the hills where he lives and to a restaurant run by a Brit who unbeknown to me is one of them I’d always mistakenly assumed that they’d fixed onto one particular topic. Hell no. This guy had a long monologue about, amongst others - Covid - how babies were deliberately killed to save old folk, various conspiracies about the different vaccines, how the arrows they put on pavements deliberately led folk to highly infected areas - illegal immigration into the UK has been funded by Labour for years to destabilise the Tories - don’t for Christ’s sake swim in the sea - there’s all sorts of underwater drones out there There was loads of other stuff but I switched off and walked away I genuinely now struggle to understand how these folk get through life, never mind run successful businesses when there’s ghosts around every corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted September 13 Site Supporter Share Posted September 13 1 hour ago, MancWanderer said: Blimey. I sat in the company of a proper full on conspiracy theorist tonight Thinly veiled am in Malaga. Mate picked me up and took me up into the hills where he lives and to a restaurant run by a Brit who unbeknown to me is one of them I’d always mistakenly assumed that they’d fixed onto one particular topic. Hell no. This guy had a long monologue about, amongst others - Covid - how babies were deliberately killed to save old folk, various conspiracies about the different vaccines, how the arrows they put on pavements deliberately led folk to highly infected areas - illegal immigration into the UK has been funded by Labour for years to destabilise the Tories - don’t for Christ’s sake swim in the sea - there’s all sorts of underwater drones out there There was loads of other stuff but I switched off and walked away I genuinely now struggle to understand how these folk get through life, never mind run successful businesses when there’s ghosts around every corner Way I’m feeling now think I’d stabbed the cunt 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 12 minutes ago, Alf Hartigan said: Way I’m feeling now think I’d stabbed the cunt 😀 It became white noise after a while and I totally zoned out. It was almost hypnotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted September 13 Members Share Posted September 13 1 hour ago, MancWanderer said: It became white noise after a while and I totally zoned out. It was almost hypnotic. Just goes to show, there are absolute zoons everywhere. Before social media, we never realised how many crazies are actually out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 9 hours ago, MancWanderer said: Blimey. I sat in the company of a proper full on conspiracy theorist tonight Thinly veiled am in Malaga. Mate picked me up and took me up into the hills where he lives and to a restaurant run by a Brit who unbeknown to me is one of them I’d always mistakenly assumed that they’d fixed onto one particular topic. Hell no. This guy had a long monologue about, amongst others - Covid - how babies were deliberately killed to save old folk, various conspiracies about the different vaccines, how the arrows they put on pavements deliberately led folk to highly infected areas - illegal immigration into the UK has been funded by Labour for years to destabilise the Tories - don’t for Christ’s sake swim in the sea - there’s all sorts of underwater drones out there There was loads of other stuff but I switched off and walked away I genuinely now struggle to understand how these folk get through life, never mind run successful businesses when there’s ghosts around every corner Haha how desperate were you to leave? I hope the rest of the holiday is less conspiracy laden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 2 minutes ago, tomski said: Haha how desperate were you to leave? I hope the rest of the holiday is less conspiracy laden Very But my mate was driving and him and his Mrs were fascinated by the loon so sat there lapping it all up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DirtySanchez Posted September 14 Members Share Posted September 14 12 hours ago, MancWanderer said: Blimey. I sat in the company of a proper full on conspiracy theorist tonight Thinly veiled am in Malaga. Mate picked me up and took me up into the hills where he lives and to a restaurant run by a Brit who unbeknown to me is one of them I’d always mistakenly assumed that they’d fixed onto one particular topic. Hell no. This guy had a long monologue about, amongst others - Covid - how babies were deliberately killed to save old folk, various conspiracies about the different vaccines, how the arrows they put on pavements deliberately led folk to highly infected areas - illegal immigration into the UK has been funded by Labour for years to destabilise the Tories - don’t for Christ’s sake swim in the sea - there’s all sorts of underwater drones out there There was loads of other stuff but I switched off and walked away I genuinely now struggle to understand how these folk get through life, never mind run successful businesses when there’s ghosts around every corner Was in the sauna at the gym and two blokes got into a heated argument about stuff like this One was a proper conspiracy nutjob. 9/11 an inside job as he'd read an article of a website and the towers would never collapse like that. If you believe otherwise it's because you've read it on the left wing biased media and they control what they want you to believe, later went onto say that Hitler was the best at doing this sort of thing and that Govts are basically men in white coats controlling what we think He didn't do social media as of you post anything the left don't like they'll get you sacked from your job and have your kids taken off you. Was a big fan of Andrew Tate though I wasn't joining in but was more worried that one was stood with the door open and was letting all the heat out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 (edited) I recommend this book as an antidote to gift to conspiracy theorists. And just for general reading for everyone else! Edited September 14 by kent_white Link didn't work! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted September 20 Moderators Share Posted September 20 little anecdote for you amongst other things I do SEO for various clients as part of the day job I work with a classic car spare parts website have been focusing on the Porsche 911 section recently to improve traffic to that as part of this been tracking various high volume terms that drive traffic to the site, analysing the results, see what works etc, basically tryign to get them to #1 for everything few things to note with google they change the results alot to match trends and seasonality for example, before Oasis announced their tour, if you searched "oasis" you'd see the fashion brand, but now you see band news and official website, with the fashion site moved down a place because google thinks you're more likely to being looking for the band another thing they've been doing recently is moving forums like reddit up to the top for certain types of search queries so anyway I'm going through the list of terms I'm tracking for the porsche 911 and I google "911 body parts" and get this result which is a bit grim and they've knocked my client from #1 to #3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted September 20 Site Supporter Share Posted September 20 2 hours ago, Zico said: little anecdote for you amongst other things I do SEO for various clients as part of the day job I work with a classic car spare parts website have been focusing on the Porsche 911 section recently to improve traffic to that as part of this been tracking various high volume terms that drive traffic to the site, analysing the results, see what works etc, basically tryign to get them to #1 for everything few things to note with google they change the results alot to match trends and seasonality for example, before Oasis announced their tour, if you searched "oasis" you'd see the fashion brand, but now you see band news and official website, with the fashion site moved down a place because google thinks you're more likely to being looking for the band another thing they've been doing recently is moving forums like reddit up to the top for certain types of search queries so anyway I'm going through the list of terms I'm tracking for the porsche 911 and I google "911 body parts" and get this result which is a bit grim and they've knocked my client from #1 to #3 Looks like an abbatoir floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimron Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglm0rjy2go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gonzo Posted September 22 Popular Post Share Posted September 22 On 20/09/2024 at 13:52, Zico said: little anecdote for you amongst other things I do SEO for various clients as part of the day job I work with a classic car spare parts website have been focusing on the Porsche 911 section recently to improve traffic to that as part of this been tracking various high volume terms that drive traffic to the site, analysing the results, see what works etc, basically tryign to get them to #1 for everything few things to note with google they change the results alot to match trends and seasonality for example, before Oasis announced their tour, if you searched "oasis" you'd see the fashion brand, but now you see band news and official website, with the fashion site moved down a place because google thinks you're more likely to being looking for the band another thing they've been doing recently is moving forums like reddit up to the top for certain types of search queries so anyway I'm going through the list of terms I'm tracking for the porsche 911 and I google "911 body parts" and get this result which is a bit grim and they've knocked my client from #1 to #3 Had a similar issue when I Googled bald and barely legal whilst querying tyre standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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