More Insane Conspiracy Theories From 2023

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[rebeccaanne]

“You idiot. In my opinion. Allegedly.”
- Quotable quotes by Simon, 2024

[ThatWriterKevin]

I always love seeing how much you all enjoy the conspiracy episodes.

And since I could never beat Kyle at science, I will gladly challenge him to any Magic format of his choosing.

[ku]

My uncle is also one of those religious people who don't like that, my reply was, "I'm not using it in vain, it was a short prayer to him, begging for strength or calling his attention to something"

[Misstborn]

So neat to hear Kyle mentioned! Been watching him for a good few years now and love his stuff.

[JohnDrummondPhoto]

Fun fact: the floods at Burning Man last year caused millions of triops (a/k/a dinosaur shrimp) to awaken. Imagine, hordes of tiny three-eyed crustaceans wriggling around all the festivities. Fun!

[magdalena_dewinter]

for the etsy thing: you can be charged to re list items on some websites, so some shops instead of taking down a listing while they are waiting for new stock to come in, they just make the price incredibly high so no one buys it while they don’t have stock. people aren’t trafficking children on a furniture website, and if they are they’re not gonna be so bold as to use the kids names. same for etsy.

[theswiv]

I love that changing MTGs voice didn't make her sound any more ludicrous

[FarmerEnvoyXtreme]

Timestamps

0:00 Intro
1:37 Burning Man
2:34 - 3:57 Sponsor
3:57 Burning Man Continue
12:14 Nuclear Weapons Aren't Real
20:45 Etsy Is The New Wayfair
26:47 Outro

[Grimmance]

I feel like people forget how analog tech works, especially physical analog tech like a ww2 cameras. Some of the nuclear bomb video was taken by spring loaded film cameras closer than was safe, and those videos have x-ray burn-in on them for the portion that was outside the shielded cannisters.

[briannam]

Kyle Hill reference! I did not expect that crossover of my YouTube worlds but YES love him

[JesseJoyce-cjxg]

My grandpa was present at the fourth ever atomic bomb blast, at the Bikini Atoll in 1946. He told me about helping the scientists set up cameras before the blast, and he told me what it was like to be there when the bomb dropped (he turned 18 in 1945, and he was drafted into the US Navy several weeks before Japan surrendered. Apparently, they were told that turning away from the blast and covering their faces with their hands would protect them from fallout). My grandpa was a really nice guy, and I really don’t think he would have made all that up to his grandson just to f*ck with my head.

[karlgrimm]

Remembering the South Park episode where they were trapped for 4 hours and resorted to cannibalism.

[briangallagher]

"...isn't that where people sell knitting"? is my knew favourite Simon-ism 😂

[finnthehuman]

I can't figure out how one dude got all the best editors on YouTube. Julian and Sam are amazing.

[sleepytiger]

I've also heard that a vendor on a third party website might offer a product but when they run out of the item they list it for a crazy price rather than taking it off their inventory which might hurt their store rating. So a pillow that's listed as 5, 000.00 USD might just be a deterrent from ordering vs. the impression of stock reduction

[shyfilmmaker]

About the nukes and cameras.... the tests were filmed with 16mm FILM cameras such as the Norelco FILMO-16. These cameras were entirely mechanical with no electronics

[draelon]

Speaking as a trained Radiation Safety Officer: people who don’t understand what the dispersed radio-nuclides did to the readings in the atmosphere don’t understand why pre-WWII steel is so valuable for radiation sensitive/detectors today. Hah!

[jonahs.]

Simon: You keep watching them so we keep making them.

Me: I keep watching them BECAUSE you keep making them.

I know it's a business, but when I check my alerts and it's multiple conspiracy shitposts I'm like "damn".
Whatever you do just don't ever quit youtube or I'm gonna find you.
Thanks Simon and gang! You guys are like 50% of my screen time and you do amazing work.

[digapygmy]

I’ve always wondered what the Wayfair/Etsy conspiracy theorists think actually happens if someone ordered a trafficking victim through a massive website. I just imagine some rich dude who’s really bad with money opening up his new armoire and there’s a child inside. I’d love to study these people, I’m desperate to understand their batshit logic.

[ryanroberts]

Because of a job I have, I have supplied many burning man "artists" with their propane fire art/whatever parts and controls for a number of years. About 3-6 months before orders come in. Usually a couple rush orders at the last minute. I've never been there, but they're talking about me! 😄 Maybe I should start stocking tire chains?