Dysevidentia

0029 - The Curious Case of Birds


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[00:00] INTRO

[01:26] META

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[03:02] COVID MINUTE

  • SOURCE [3:46] The vaccination rate is largely unchanged, still hovering around 76% in the US - https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/
  • SOURCE [4:45] CDC Reports over 1 million excess deaths during the pandemic - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/17/us-excess-deaths-pandemic-cdc
  • SOURCE [8:37] Guns cure covid in a Petri dish - https://xkcd.com/1217/
  • SOURCE [13:01] Livestream abortion to shutdown debate - https://www.her.ie/news/activist-takes-abortion-pill-on-live-tv-during-debate-546643

[13:38] WHAT IS "BIRDS AREN'T REAL?"

  • BULLSHIT SOURCE [16:24] Birds Aren’t Real Official Webpage - https://birdsarentreal.com/
  • BULLSHIT MERCH [17:42] Mako's personal favorite - https://birdsarentreal.com/products/i-want-to-disbelieve-hoodie
  • BULLSHIT SOURCE [18:41] Birds Aren’t Real History - https://birdsarentreal.com/pages/the-history
  • BULLSHIT SOURCE [19:00] Time Cube is something like a conspiracy from the early days of the internet, Clearly mental illness - https://timecube.2enp.com/
  • SOURCE [23:51] No waffle house in Nevada - https://locations.wafflehouse.com/
  • SOURCE [23:59] Wiki Area 51 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51
  • SOURCE [26:34] Richard Feynman worked on the manhattan project but never enlisted - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman#Manhattan_Project
  • SOURCE [30:20] Wiki B-52 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress
  • SOURCE [32:48] CIA World Factbook Veitnam - https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/vietnam/
  • SOURCE [36:53] Anti Semitism unites many conspiracy theories, 79% of antivax groups spread them - https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/anti-semitism-lurks-behind-modern-conspiracy-theories-1.4485495
  • SOURCE [36:53] There is a Wikipedia page for "Antisemitic Canard" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitic_canard
  • SOURCE [37:04] Qanon is quite antisemitic - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/25/qanon-conspiracy-theory-explained-trump-what-is
  • SOURCE [40:23] Poe’s Law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
  • SOURCE [41:09] Older Survey (2004) showing 46% of Americans were Young Earth Creationists - https://ncse.ngo/creationists-how-many-who-and-where
  • SOURCE [41:09] Fuck loads of American's are Creationist - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-many-creationists-are-there-in-america/

[41:40] SPONSOR

  • SPONSOR [42:18] Use code “evidence” to get 10% off a new gaming computer - https://www.abkkustomz.com/

[42:46] HOW DID IT START, WHERE IS IT GOING?

  • SOURCE [43:11] WhoIs BirdsArentReal - https://www.whois.com/whois/birdsarentreal.com
  • SOURCE [43:34] BirdsArentReal Twitter - https://twitter.com/BirdsArentReal
  • SOURCE [43:46] Google Trends for “Birds Aren’t Real” in the US - https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=Birds%20arent%20real
  • SOURCE [43:48] Google Trends for “Birds Aren’t Real” worldwide - https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=Birds%20arent%20real
  • SOURCE [46:58] Wayback for the domain - http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://birdsarentreal.com/
  • SOURCE [49:42] Birds Aren't Real subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal
  • SOURCE [50:07] Is the “Birds Aren’t Real” subreddit sarcastic? - https://www.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/controversial/?sort=controversial
  • SOURCE [50:30] For example one controversial discussion - https://www.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/qe2xci/guys_pls_tell_me_this_sub_is_satire_i_am_gonna/
  • SOURCE [50:30] Another controversial discussion - https://www.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/khs1as/this_sub_is_sarcastic_right/
  • SOURCE [53:46] Leader of Viral 'Birds Aren't Real' Movement Swears He's Not Joking - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/leader-of-viral-birds-aren-t-real-movement-swears-he-s-not-joking/ar-BB1eGVUb
  • SOURCE [55:43] Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html

[57:47] IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO IT?

  • SOURCE [59:15] The Drone Bird Company - https://www.thedronebird.com/
  • SOURCE [1:03:55] China launches high-tech bird drones to watch over its citizens - https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-...
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