Re: Why Do People Spread Misinformation Online?

Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> writes:
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I'm very curious about the next episodes of my favourite horror show:
 
Coming soon:  Junior + H5N1 + Raw Milk

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It's an idea for a new board game!  In one box, cards with quotations
of things said publicly by TFG and his proposed
cabinet/dept-heads/honchos.  In another box, cards with anticipatable
problems/crises in economics, public health, international relations
etc.
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Player draws one card from each, then proposes a way to apply the
former to the latter. E.g.
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Card 1: Junior says make raw milk available everywhere
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Card 2: China invades Taiwan
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Proposed solution:
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        Bomb Beijing using infected American dairy cows [42] instead
        of explosives/incendiaries, thus purging the herd and keeping
        raw milk safe while distracting Xi from military adventure.
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[42] Cf. Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Iconic!


The idea for such a game is nice, but I don't think a clan so heavy
invested in XIna will ever torpedo their own cash flow.  To achieve the
fascination of maximum horror, such a game only would need to be
realistic[0].

And MAGA seems absolutely fine with that and is buying all those
devotional objects make in XIna.  But sure one only can see the nose of
the swimming Ursus Maritimus.

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[0]: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40>

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