02-14-2026, 03:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-14-2026, 03:23 PM by BertieTheBaggie.)
(02-14-2026, 01:43 PM)Squid Wrote: While there have always been conspiracy theorists, the way the internet allows you to marinate yourself in various streams of nonsense all day, every day has turbocharged things AND people now have access to an AI friend who will agree with them.
Online radicalisation is not just limited to certain sections of society, but is becoming a growing social issue.
Marinade is a great term.
I’ve a friend who has gone like this. Again it’s more susceptible for blokes of a certain vintage.
I work in IT, online marketing and this Sandwell Council clerk knows far more than me about everything now.
He’s become an angry arrogant fuckwit.
I steer away from him as much as I can now as I just find him an obnoxious twat.
You just have to avoid them for your sanity.