Does this only pertain to conspiracy theorists or normal people who believe misinformation as well?
Neckbeards and various other miscreants, obsessed with the term “cuck”. It kinda checks out, don’tcha think?
Alright folks! Let’s get out there and fuck our way to sanity!
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Yeah, I know, that’s not what it actually says
It’s funny thinking back to some of the biggest conspiracy theorists I know they all have a broken relationship. In many cases though it’s the conspiracy theories that are driving the division.
That is a very long statement for “crazy people don’t get laid”
Not really, all of the participants were in long-term heterosexual relationships.
Relationships averaged 13.3 (SD=10.2) years in length (130 dating, 36 engaged, 389 married).
They did not investigate how often these couples slept together. However, they do state the following:
Participants in the experimental condition did not report significantly greater trust in their romantic partner, as compared to control participants, likely because participants were already, unsurprisingly, highly trusting of their romantic partners.
So I don’t think it is fair to assume that these people were not getting laid.
As for ‘crazy people’, the paper does not call anyone crazy. They also do not apply an absolute negative connotation to the word, they state:
Like moths to flames, conspiracy theorists gravitate to any whisper of information that fuels their suspicions and distrust. While such inclinations might be advantageous when the government is actually behaving duplicitously, they are less advantageous in the context of a global health pandemic where resistance to public health advice directly compounds death rates (Robertson, 2021; VoPham et al., 2020).
I appreciate the nuance. Thanks!
That said, I listen to a podcast that focuses on (victims of) conspiratorial thinking and some of the stuff people believe is wild. The recurring theme is that conspiracy-types are most-often looking for control or meaning because their lives are not where they’d like to be. I suspect this is true for people in relationships, too.
You are truly the spiritual guidence of this instance. I appreciate it. (Very big not /s)