Current Events > Guy at the bar hit me with a new conspiracy theory I'd never heard before

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The titanic was sunk intentionally

every time I hear a new one of these Im always so surprised

The iceberg was paid off by Mandela

Pretty sure I've heard this one before. Was "for" tax purposes/insurance/whatevers right?

"9/11 never happened and was a CGI movie directed by James Cameron" is still the wildest one I will ever hear IRL

A 4th jet was supposed to crash in Chicago during 9/11 but the government accidentally put their time travel device onboard and it accidentally went back and hit the titanic.

Wake up sheeple!

That's an old conspiracy theory, going that it was insurance fraud involving her sister ship The Olympic, i think

It's completely bogus, though

Heineken14 posted...

Pretty sure I've heard this one before. Was "for" tax purposes/insurance/whatevers right?

he said it was because all the richest families were on the titanic and they didnt want a centralized bank system (or something like that)

and I was like damn that seems like an intense solution to that problem

Sunk by a uboat

MICHALECOLE posted...

he said it was because all the richest families were on the titanic and they didnt want a centralized bank system (or something like that)

and I was like damn that seems like an intense solution to that problem

Well that's what I get for thinking almost logically for a conspiracy theory. lol

MICHALECOLE posted...

he said it was because all the richest families were on the titanic and they didnt want a centralized bank system (or something like that)

and I was like damn that seems like an intense solution to that problem

Okay, i stand corrected. That is a new one i've never heard before

There's a somewhat compelling piece of that conspiracy where JP Morgan (or some other uber powerful banker/business type, but I believe it was him) had a special room for the voyage, but canceled his trip at the last minute and made out like a bandit when the thing sank or something like that.

It's almost certainly just a coincidence, but it's the type of thing that conspiracy theorists go fucking ape shit over.

The iceberg was a Templar agent it seems!

I heard one that Paul McCartney died in a car crash ans the Beetles just hired a lookalike to replace him so the money train could continue >_>

He's got a point. Icebergs can't melt steel beams.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

I heard one that Paul McCartney died in a car crash ans the Beetles just hired a lookalike to replace him so the money train could continue >_>

Thats old bro get outta here with that old shit

MICHALECOLE posted...

he said it was because all the richest families were on the titanic and they didnt want a centralized bank system (or something like that)

and I was like damn that seems like an intense solution to that problem

But weren't the rich people the first on the life boats?

havean776 posted...

But weren't the rich people the first on the life boats?

I mean youd think if they really wanted to make sure this worked they go and poke a hole in every lifeboat before hand

havean776 posted...

But weren't the rich people the first on the life boats?

Yea...

Edit: To expand on this just a bit, looking it up, it appears as though the "rich people" in question were John Jacob Astor IV, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Isidor Straus,and they did supposedly die on the ship. So if there was a real conspiracy to sink the ship and it was about specifically eliminating those people... they did succeed!

There's a few of them out there though. There was one where they pulled the old switcharoo with its sister ship, another where it was all about getting the insurance policy, another where they were trying to fuck with the banks or whatever.

The problem with conspiracy theories is that whoever is writing the theory just injects whatever insane belief they have into it, then work backwards to make the pieces fit.

buddhamonster posted...

Yea...

Edit: To expand on this just a bit, looking it up, it appears as though the "rich people" in question were John Jacob Astor IV, Benjamin Guggenheim, and Isidor Straus,and they did supposedly die on the ship. So if there was a real conspiracy to sink the ship and it was about specifically eliminating those people... they did succeed!

There's a few of them out there though. There was one where they pulled the old switcharoo with its sister ship, another where it was all about getting the insurance policy, another where they were trying to fuck with the banks or whatever.

The problem with conspiracy theories is that whoever is writing the theory just injects whatever insane belief they have into it, then work backwards to make the pieces fit.

Yeah my favourite one is flat earthers. Why would every goverment pretend the Earth is round.
"So they can get money to pretend to explore space!"
But why wouldn't they explore space just because the Earth was flat?

havean776 posted...

Yeah my favourite one is flat earthers. Why would every goverment pretend the Earth is round.
"So they can get money to pretend to explore space!"
But why wouldn't they explore space just because the Earth was flat?

Conspiracies appeal to stupid people because they help stupid people feel like they're smart.

Touches on the central bank idea, but is mostly about the Olympic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAnMgKAqfi4