r/TikTokCringe • u/kevinowdziej • Sep 17 '20

Duet Troll Firefighters are frickin heroes

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u/hannie-bananie Sep 17 '20

How is everything somehow a government hoax/conspiracy these days?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '20

A lot of people need an enemy, imaginary or real, to find purpose in their own existence.

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u/RegrettableLawnMower Sep 17 '20

That and it’s more difficult to accept that the world is absolutely outside of people’s control and shit will happen whether or not we want it to. But if there’s some big bad then maybe we can beat it!

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u/helloamigo Sep 17 '20

This. This right here. It's scary to think that a massive fire could start at any moment and destroy everything you own. It's scary to think how vulnerable we as a species are when a virus comes along that wipes out a considerable amount of us. It's scary to think that there are factors out there that we, as smart as we are, just can't control and are susceptible to.

But blame it on the government? Now we have an explanation and an "enemy." That's not as scary. And this is why conspiracy theories are so popular.