# Conservapedia….people actually USE it? for real? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-people-actually-use-it-for-real/478457 "2008-12-23T23:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-people-actually-use-it-for-real/478457/21 "2008-12-24T19:47:17Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > The one on atheism is also good for a giggle. And then cold slap in the face when you realize that people do take it as fact. The entire site’s a joke - it might not have been originally meant as such, but it’s pretty clear that a lot of the articles are written satirically. They just don’t read true to me; a real John Bircher would have written them differently. That people take it as fact would depress me except for the fact that millions of people also believe in ESP, space aliens abducting humans, 9/11 and moon landing conpiracy theories, ear candling, psychic readings and other such rot. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-people-actually-use-it-for-real/478457/22 "2008-12-24T19:54:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > That people take it as fact would depress me except for the fact that millions of people also believe in ESP, space aliens abducting humans, 9/11 and moon landing conpiracy theories, ear candling, psychic readings and other such rot. The world would be duller without that stuff, and there would be no need for the Straight Dope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservapedia-people-actually-use-it-for-real/478457.md?page=1)