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 12, 2024
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
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 17, 2023
There is a Fandom / Wikia wiki for everything you could think of, including YouTube, heffalumps and woozles, The Price is Right, fictional hurricanes, Illumination's "Sing", VeggieTales, VeggieTales fanon, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Windows Media Player's visualization feature, Baldi's Basics, Bob's Burgers, prepaid SIM cards, and Kim Kardashian. Most of them are poorly written and maintained by about two active users per wiki.
"bro I just found the fandom wiki for green-colored 7-segmented lcd displays"
"yea, that's fandom wiki's law for you"
"yea, that's fandom wiki's law for you"
by obscureharrypottercharacter December 29, 2021
Where everyone is trying to steal your money, but in Vegas, it's legal.
The architecture is cool though
The architecture is cool though
"I just went to Las Vegas to spend $13,000 on a chicken-based slot machine"
"I don't care but hey look at this Eiffel Tower"
"I don't care but hey look at this Eiffel Tower"
by obscureharrypottercharacter December 29, 2021