Sorting through my old conspiracy zine collection got me thinking

I mean, back in the 90s, we'd trade these zines at meetups and debates were all face-to-face. Now, everything's online and it feels like shouting matches. I used to love putting together my own zines with cut-out articles and hand-drawn maps. Idk, maybe it's just me but the theories were wilder but the talks were kinder. Like, we'd argue about aliens in Area 51 for hours over coffee. These days, my project is scanning those zines to share online, but the comments section is a whole other beast.

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webb.ben1mo ago

Found a hand drawn map in one that supposedly led to a UFO crash site. The coffee shop debates were way more fun than online stuff now.

richard2261mo ago

Yeah the coffee shop debates were fun, but let's be real, was anyone actually taking that map seriously? It was probably some guy's doodle after too much espresso. No one ever followed the map or found a UFO, right? It was just something to talk about over bad coffee, not actual proof of anything. Those debates were entertainment, not real research lol.

robinson.hannah1mo ago

Remember that time someone brought in a "haunted" photo they took on their phone? The whole place spent an hour debating if the blur was a ghost or just a smudge on the lens. We were all so sure it was something until the guy admitted he dropped his phone in gravy. Those debates were just a fun way to kill time between shifts.