satire

Conspiracy theories tagged "satire."

2 articles

Birds Aren't Real

How a 20-year-old's joke at a 2017 protest became a nationwide movement, taught a generation about media literacy, and blurred the line between satire and sincere belief.

2017-01 · United States · Peter McIndoe

Debunked Alternative History

Finland Doesn't Exist

How a joke on Reddit spiraled into a 30,000-member community insisting Finland is a body of water invented by Japan and Russia for unrestricted fishing rights.

2014 · United States · Raregans (Reddit user), r/finlandConspiracy community