Bake

When a Q-anon or other conspirator creates meaning from secret numbers, letters, or other clues found on the internet.

He dropped his phone and it tweeted the letter M, so the apes baked a theory that he was secretly telling them to buy more Gamestop stock.

by banana quiet July 16, 2024

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Bake

v. (derogatory) to communally interpret and draw connections between disparate information to draw (often pre-decided, absurd, and/or entirely false) conclusions, as is done in conspiracy theorist communities. Often takes place shortly after an event occurs or information is revealed that, to any reasonable person, would immediately disprove the conspiracy theory.

Originated with the QAnon conspiracy theory, whose followers would call themselves “bakers” following “crumbs” of information given to them by a supposed government insider. This self-identification has been largely abandoned, and the term “bake” is now used mainly by critics of such communities.

Information or narratives which have gone through the above process of interpretation can be said to have been “baked”.

Their prediction of doomsday having not come to pass, the followers pre-heated their ovens and prepared to bake an explanation.

by Squalidarity October 10, 2023

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