Yahoo Lifestyle People Are Sharing The Theories They Can’t Prove But Are 100% Convinced Are True, And I've Got My Tinfoil Hat On
Have you ever come across a conspiracy theory that felt just a little too plausible to ignore? Like, you pause for a moment, knowing there’s probably no evidence to back it up, but it still sounds possible.
It could be a gut feeling or perhaps, the pieces fit a little too perfectly to brush off as mere coincidence. Chances are, there might be a few theories lurking in your mind that feel way more believable than you'd like to admit.
Note: These theories are the opinions of people on the internet and do not reflect the views of BuzzFeed or its staff.
A recent viral post by u/AlexG2490 in the r/AskReddit sub asked people to share the theories they swear by, even without proof. They ranged from deeply thought-provoking to concerning. Either way, we're about to go deep in the rabbit hole, so get your tinfoil hat on.
1."Here's the one I had that got me to post the question. I think the reason so many people read their horoscopes and find them oddly fitting and think their star sign describes their personality in some way is that it legitimately does, but the cause of this has nothing to do with the arrangement of the planets and stars and everything to do with how where your birth falls in the calendar year affects the way you are socialized."
"How close is your birthday to major holidays in your culture? Did you start school this year or next year because you weren't old enough? Do you have your dawn of conscious memory in the winter or the summer? If the first years really do shape your personality as much as they say, then having all your significant first milestones at different times of the year probably plays a big part in how you're raised, how you view the world, and how you view yourself."
2."I believe there's a link between getting motion sickness and being able to tell which way is up underwater in low visibility. Like the inner ear is more accurate in people prone to motion sickness."
"I noticed in an episode of Mythbusters when Adam (super motion sick) was able to swim upwards every time when blindfolded and spun around underwater, but Jamie (iron gut) swam every which way. It's two data points, but I think there's something to be explored."
3."The current push to return to the office is 100% about restoring the values of commercial office buildings. Banks get like 30% of their revenue from commercial real estate mortgage loans."
"If companies start realizing they don't need a half-billion dollar building, the billionaires who bought the presidency won't add another zero to their portfolio this year."
4."The feds caught Luigi by spying on a large portion of Americans through the security cameras at self-checkouts. I think they were running AI searches for partial matches for his face, probably with the help of a Thiel company and definitely without search warrants, through the self-checkout camera of every store and restaurant in the Northeast. He was caught in a McDonalds, if I remember correctly, after using one of those kiosks."
"The woman who called the cops said that a customer in the restaurant told her that Luigi looked similar to the United shooter, and that is what prompted her to call in her tip. I think that customer was a fed trying to construct a parallel narrative to explain how they identified him so quickly."
5."I believe that Earth has shifted, or climate change has made the seasons about two months off. Winter starts later and goes into spring. Summer is later and goes into fall. Everything is pushed back."
6."All billionaires are psychopaths who should be institutionalized and medicated. The lack of empathy and basic humanity mirrors serial killers."
7."Some things that are considered paranormal may actually be real, and we just don't have the scientific knowledge or technology to understand it."
8."Remember vaping-associated lung illness (VALI)? Vaping was like the worst thing ever and people were dying. What happened to that? Suddenly there's no more VALI and the News stopped reporting illness and deaths related to VALI."
"Here's my theory on why it just went away:
The likely cause of VALI was vitamin E acetate, an oily substance that was used in the unregulated market to adulterate vape juice so it would have the right consistency after being diluted. Turns out that although totally safe to eat, it's not safe to inhale.But before anything could be done about the issue, the unregulated market realized vitamin E acetate was the thing killing everyone and decided to stop using it because they didn't want to be held responsible for causing mass death. They just wanted to save money on selling their illegal products, not poison their customers. And so it was a case of the illegal market self-regulating to avoid the risk of more serious charges. That's what I think happened anyway."
9."Hypothesis: Left-handed people are more likely to have better analytical and problem-solving skills."
"Rationale: Whenever a left-handed person is taught a task (writing, throwing a ball, etc), they must dissect and reverse the task in their mind in order to replicate it. That lays the groundwork for analytical thinking from a young age.
Supporting Data: Left-handed people make up 10% of the total population, yet they account for 20% of MENSA, implying a potential correlation between left-handedness and some level of intelligence."–u/Possible_Ad_4094
10."Any child with the name Aiden/Ayden will have ADHD or some other behavioral problem. Aiden, Brayden, Caiden, Hayden, Kayden, Jayden, Xaiden, Zayden. They ALL HAVE ADHD. I’m a pediatrician and I treat ADHD…all of them. Now, you can have a different name and have ADHD, but if you have one of those names, you will have ADHD."
11."Music is the most important thing in the universe and aliens are mining it from us."
12."Domestic animals and animals exposed to human language often (like in zoos or sanctuaries) can understand what we say a LOT."
13."Elon Musk stole the election for Trump."
14."TikTok's existence kind of proved it, but for years before it came out, I was convinced so many YouTube videos like five-minute crafts (or that weird craft genre)/Facebook clickbait articles/long Snapchat stories from influencers were a psyop from other countries to constantly push major timewasters on social media and cut into American productivity."
15."Mine is much lower stakes than a lot of these, but no matter what the venue, the city, the genre of music, or any other variable, at any concert you attend, someone will be wearing a Motorhead shirt, and someone will be wearing a Johnny Cash shirt. If you only have two people at the show, one will have on a Johnny Cash shirt; the other will have a Motorhead shirt. If one dude shows up, he'll be in a Johnny Cash T-shirt and a Motorhead hoodie."
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16."Washing machines and dryers cause localized disruptions in space-time through the effects of spinning metal drums in an electromagnetic field (motor) and heat."
"Therefore, we shouldn't ask, 'Where are my socks' but rather 'WHEN are my socks?'"
17."There are cures for more diseases than we are told...but there is more money in disease 'treatment' or 'management' than there are cures. It's all about 'shareholder value.' Gotta keep the line going up."
18."The cost of everything is based on what people can just barely pay and will never go down without an exploding bubble."
"Houses, cars, food and Disneyland. Just hear me out…Disneyland jacked up its prices to try to slow down traffic but keep profits up. It blew up in their faces and made it more desirable for people to go. Used houses are priced to a point where a married couple can just barely afford them and still be house-poor. At least, that’s how our first house was. We buried ourselves in credit card debt trying to pay our mortgage, daycare, cars, and food. Thank god we are out of that and have things under control now, but young people are fucked in this country when it comes to housing and raising a family."
19."It's a stretch, but the recent amount of plane crashes will be a catalyst for Elon Musk to implement a new air traffic control system and/or commercial aircrafts. It all was set up for a money grab."
20."I've always thought Jack The Ripper was multiple people committing murder. The five women were stabbed so many times (mutilated) to cover up the height difference and right hand/left hand of the multiple killers. If anyone happened to walk by, one could provide misdirection or an alibi for their murderous partners who ran off."
"I don't believe it was one person. I think it was five victims each, one for every person involved in the cult murders. I have zero proof. Just theory."
21."Everyone has a doppelganger, and I mean a very eerily similar doppelganger that looks and acts like an identical twin."
22."Tea that comes in bags is a carcinogen. The bags that a lot of companies use have plastic in them, and you leave them in hot water for a prolonged amount of time. You wouldn’t use other plastic items like plastic cups or cutlery when eating hot food or drinks, but you would for tea. I knew a lady who didn’t even have a microwave but drank a lot of tea, and my Grandma lived her life with health as the focus and drank a lot of tea, and both of them got cancer. I know correlation isn’t causation, and it was probably something else, but it’s still weird it happened twice."
23."Trump made a deal with Netanyahu when Bibi visited Mar-a-Lago in July 2024. 'No ceasefire until after the election,' Israeli captives be damned. October surprise redux."
24."Cilantro tastes the same to everyone. Some just like it while some don't.
25."There is no taste difference between Coke made with cane sugar vs corn syrup. It's a combination of the glass bottle and placebo effect. If you did a taste test and controlled all other variables, the average person couldn't find a difference."
26."The United States is about 80 to 90 years behind Europe in cultural development. It has been going through stages of art and politics that Europe went through earlier. The reason for this lag in development was the cultural isolation caused by the War of 1812 and its sequel. Hence the current Nazi movement in America among other phenomena."
After reading through these theories, which ones do you think might hold weight? Sound off in the comments below and let us know what conspiracy theories you can't prove, but are convinced are totally true.
Responses have been edited and condensed for clarity.
