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[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 219 points 1 day ago (8 children)

My favorite conspiracy is that no one killed JFK. His head just did that.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 83 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Are we sure it wasn't a pre-existing condition?

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An insurance doctor would say that unironically

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The issue is that he didn't get that pre approved (we could have got it in network if he did)

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Cue Sarah McLachlan music.

For the price of a cup of coffee per day, you could help prevent Spontaneous Presidential Cranial Disassembly.

SPCD affects many of us.

Cut to Mary Todd Lincoln

“Worst play ever. Also my husband was killed. ”

—-

Seriously though, JFK tried to do some good things. I’d be curious to hear the tankie response. Probably something about the Cuban missile crisis.

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[–] Epzillon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Being dead?

[–] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

What hyper tension does to a mf'er

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So in Seattle last week there was a man who accidentally shot himself in the leg while driving his car. He called 911 because he obviously needed help, but tried to tell cops that he was shot by a stranger while driving. They asked why there were no entry holes in his car, and I think he went to jail for being a dumbass.

Anyway, how do we know JFK didn't accidentally shoot himself and then try to cover it up because he was so embarrassed.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My theory is that one of his security details turned around to ask him a question and accidentally shot him in the face like Marvin in pulp fiction

There is actually a theory that he was shot by accident by a secret service agent trying to return fire.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 22 hours ago

lol this is the best theory I’ve ever heard. Except they would have shot him like three times by accident. Then they go to Nixon’s house where he is complaining about his wife’s coffee.

I would pay to see that movie.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 22 hours ago

Because he was in a convertible. Obviously the bullet(s?) could have come from outside of the car. Checkmate Zapruder.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I took physics in high school, so I'm basically a qualified expert. I can confirm that quantum mechanics tell us that this is possible. Exceedingly unlikely, but possible.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

The satistical chances of every single atom in your body just randomly dispersing and you vanishing is not 0. Just a very, very small percentage.

The statistical chances of only a spot on your body doing that is near infinitely more likely than the first scenario tho.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 16 hours ago

The statistical chance using our current models and understanding.

We have never observed such a large amount of atoms dispersing through quantum effects simultaneously. There may be some process we are unaware of preventing this.

Which is to say, there is a non-zero chance the chance of this scenario is exactly zero.

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

From what i know its also possible for a hand to phase through a table but even if someone would slap a table from the start to end of the universe it would be unlikely to happen (i forgot the thickness of the table)

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 22 points 18 hours ago

Of course, the idea that the President’s head can just explode for no reason in view of the public, and by implication, so can anyone else’s at any time, is far more existentially terrifying than any assassination plot, so, to avert mass panic and social collapse, the FBI hurriedly framed some local weirdo, and then killed him before anyone could flag that he probably had nothing to do with it, which is the only reason why everyone’s life savings still had any value afterwards.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 10 points 20 hours ago

This is why it's important to listen to the eyewitnesses. Their perspective might not be perfect, but it's authentic.

[–] the_wiz@feddit.org 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I indeed have read somewhere a long time ago (i think back in Usenet days) the conspiracy theory that JFK INDEED was not killed but this whole thing was just a stunt to push his political agenda further and let him retire in peace (you know, like Elvis did).

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

He moonlighted as a drummer for Spinal Tap.

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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 84 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

This is what happens when old men don't take up model railroading.

[–] prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 28 points 15 hours ago

They take up mental railroading instead?

[–] astutemural@midwest.social 10 points 11 hours ago

Or wargaming, which is a type of model railroading.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 77 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Early signs of dementia or paranoid schizophrenia, maybe.

[–] bathing_in_bismuth@sh.itjust.works 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That means anon is genetically more likely to develop either/both too.

If any of you all have a family member suffering from those you should avoid triggers that can cause onset on an early age like smoking weed, especially under 25 years old.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

Yup. I doubt OOP is going to read this, but it's still very important advice. 👍

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

cant dx schizophrenia without more info. all we can identify is a few reported symptoms from a third party. the secret messages are called Loose Associations and that with the persistence of belief in the face of evidence to the contrary indicates a delusional belief, but those can occur in several psychotic disorders. for schizophrenia we'd at least need to confirm two out of three of bizarre motor activity, disorganized speech, and preferably some negative (withdrawing) symptoms like flat affect, avolition, etc

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Thought schizophrenia also needed an audio or visual hallucinatory component?

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

not necessarily schizophrenia, but likely another psychotic disorder. possibly delusional disorder if no other symptoms are met. schizophrenia has several criteria that must be met beyond delusions

[–] Ymer@feddit.dk 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

On one hand, schizophrenia is much more common than delusional disorder, on the other hand, schizophrenia is much less likely to go completely undiagnosed for so long. Either way, grandpa will have to see a proper Hutu psychiatrist to know for sure.

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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 48 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Welcome to mental illness. Many people are perfectly functional, yet still deeply sick.

I had an uncle like this. He definitely held it together okay-ish (though that's up for debate) for most of his life. But the conspiracy bullshit was a consist sign that he was not well.

And then when his wife passed, he also lost his ability to be functional, so the sickness took over entirely, eventually even took over his body. Nobody could help, not even his children.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I had an uncle just like this. He spent all his time listening to conservative AM radio, which he proudly called "hate radio". He died of who knows what alone in his trailer in Florida and wasn't discovered for two months because nobody gave a shit about him. My other uncle tried to rehab the trailer (which would have maybe been worth five grand) but gave up because the smell was too horrifying. My dad inherited a small bag of his belongings and the stench on those things was unimaginable.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 hours ago

Oh, that's awful.

My uncle also had very few allies left in this world, he was just the embodiment of an asshole to pretty much everyone. My dad and aunt were the only people that would even bother to try to communicate with him. Fortunate in some way, they'd talked on the phone the day before my uncle passed, and he agreed to let my dad stop by to drop off some food the next day. Meaning, he'd been dead less than 24 hours before my dad found his body. Otherwise, it very well could have been weeks or longer.

But the house? Total loss. My uncle had become a trash hoarder. Fueled by depression, but also by his beliefs that the government was tracking him (and would go through his trash if he were to set it outside). My dad and my cousin tried to locate some family memorabilia like photos and things, but they gave up. The house was literally bulldozed and the remnants hauled away, it was in such bad shape inside and out.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 30 points 22 hours ago

I read all the replies and then completely forgot this was about Rwanda.

Now I feel bad. I think I even had to write a paper about this in the 90s.

[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 19 points 23 hours ago

I guess everyone needs a hobby.

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 15 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

it's weird but back when that huge Earthquake in Syria happened there were a lotta people with no relation to Syria at all adamant that it was a hoax because of stupid things like not seeing the ground shake (in an era where image stabilisation technology is the norm lol) I can't even begin to understand conspiracy theorists but people like Anon's granddad are pretty common

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago

I know a coworker who is an anti-vaxxer and won’t scan a QR code because they think it will steal their identity, but they happily use Facebook, TikTok, and Ozempic.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

(Psst. This is a metaphor.)

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

For every time a person has an intensely strong opinion about something they don't know much about and which doesn't actually affect them.

The first thing that came to my mind is the genocide in Gaza. Jews and fundamentalist Christians have a vested interest (sort of...), as do Israeli citizens (more obviously) in denying the genocide, but way more people than those small demographics do so. Those others are the grandpa.

But it occurred to me as I was writing that this could equally apply to things like gay marriage, or trans rights.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

Ah I see, I was reading too deep into it and trying to map a 1:1 metaphor - I think you're probably right, that last sentence feels like either the punchline or an obvious flag that this is not a literal situation. Thanks! 🙏

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[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago
[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I'm glad I don't live in Whales, movies are history, and JFK supports Luigi

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