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What was a time when you drank the kool aid? (lemmy.world)

submitted 21 hours ago by Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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For those who aren't familiar with the term, it means believing something that probably shouldn't be believed, or being influenced to believe something that's not necessarily in your best interests.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 hours ago

I remember watching one of the Flash animated "truth" "documentaries" on flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon.

It talked about missiles being used and similar stuff, I was 13-14 at the time and I showed my parents, they rightfully explained that this was just a random video that anyone could have made.

They brought up the importance of using trusted sources, but also emphasized that they didn't have the facts either.

They told me to calm down and wait for verifiable facts to surface.