obscureharrypottercharacter's definitions
A theory that some fact or information is being hidden from the general public—a conspiracy—for whatever reason. These views are generally not held by most people or media (which is often part of the point—if something *is* being hidden, most people wouldn’t know).
Possibly the most well-known and widespread conspiracy theory is that planet Earth is actually flat, not spherical, and that this fact is covered up, keeping people in the dark.
A conspiracy theory may be true, false, or only partially true. “Conspiracy theory” is often used as a pejorative, usually an attempt to discredit ideas that are disagreed with; however, although theories like the Earth being flat can be patently disproven, many are still controversial.
In the United States, many conspiracy theories are attributed to the federal government. For example:
• some people purport that the attacks on September 11, 2001 (9/11) were perpetrated by the government as an excuse to increase citizen surveillance, or justify invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
• the demonstrations at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 were allegedly helped along by the government in an effort to discredit Donald Trump and his supporters.
• the existence of aliens and UFOs is supposedly hidden by the government, and equipment and specimens from said aliens is being stored in the top-secret Air Force facility Area 51.
Possibly the most well-known and widespread conspiracy theory is that planet Earth is actually flat, not spherical, and that this fact is covered up, keeping people in the dark.
A conspiracy theory may be true, false, or only partially true. “Conspiracy theory” is often used as a pejorative, usually an attempt to discredit ideas that are disagreed with; however, although theories like the Earth being flat can be patently disproven, many are still controversial.
In the United States, many conspiracy theories are attributed to the federal government. For example:
• some people purport that the attacks on September 11, 2001 (9/11) were perpetrated by the government as an excuse to increase citizen surveillance, or justify invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
• the demonstrations at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 were allegedly helped along by the government in an effort to discredit Donald Trump and his supporters.
• the existence of aliens and UFOs is supposedly hidden by the government, and equipment and specimens from said aliens is being stored in the top-secret Air Force facility Area 51.
“The CIA psychologically tortured human subjects to develop drugs that could psychomanipulate people during interrogations!”
“Oh yeah, that did happen, actually.”
“Sorry, what?”
“MKUltra. The CIA experimented on humans to make drugs.”
“…oh. Huh. Like, I was just trying to make up a weird conspiracy theory for Urban Dictionary, but… wow. I think my day is ruined now.”
“Oh yeah, that did happen, actually.”
“Sorry, what?”
“MKUltra. The CIA experimented on humans to make drugs.”
“…oh. Huh. Like, I was just trying to make up a weird conspiracy theory for Urban Dictionary, but… wow. I think my day is ruined now.”
by obscureharrypottercharacter February 11, 2024
Get the conspiracy theorymug. an alternate spelling of Mackenna / Makenna that I made up that I'm pretty sure doesn't exist. I am now putting it on urban dictionary.
"that's maqkenna"
"what"
"what"
by obscureharrypottercharacter February 25, 2023
Get the Maqkennamug. The most secure password ever, unless someone else knows that you think that it's the most secure password ever. (xkcd 936)
Tr0ub4dor&3 | difficulty to guess: easy | difficulty to remember: hard
correcthorsebatterystaple | difficulty to guess: hard | difficulty to remember: you've already memorized it
correcthorsebatterystaple | difficulty to guess: hard | difficulty to remember: you've already memorized it
by obscureharrypottercharacter May 1, 2022
Get the correcthorsebatterystaplemug. no you won't
by obscureharrypottercharacter March 16, 2023
Get the I'll think about itmug. what you say when something just occured that was so inexplicably wacky and there's nothing else you could really say. you can never really anticipate something that warrants a "holy heckaroli," but you'll know when it happens
holy heckaroli
by obscureharrypottercharacter March 16, 2023
Get the holy heckarolimug.