# I bet my conspiracy theorist friend $100 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388 "2016-05-22T19:16:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/61 "2016-11-20T06:57:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The day after the inauguration, she’ll tell you that “Donald Trump” is just an android that Obama transferred his brain into and you owe her a hundred dollars. On the off chance she’s on to something, it’s worth the hundred. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/62 "2016-11-20T15:14:39Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > On the off chance she’s on to something, it’s worth the hundred. If it happens, I’ll chip in $25. ---
**Author:** ![owlfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@owlfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlfan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/63 "2016-11-21T01:18:12Z")
I am willing to wait until the inauguration so I can also say I was right about not being in a FEMA camp. Off topic, but I am dying to see how Trump handles his hair if it is windy in DC on inauguration day! ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/64 "2016-11-21T03:32:27Z")
> [@owlfan](#): > > I am willing to wait until the inauguration so I can also say I was right about not being in a FEMA camp. Off topic, but I am dying to see how Trump handles his hair if it is windy in DC on inauguration day! When he gave his press conference in Mexico during the election, he had Bobby pins in his hair to keep it tamed on a windy day. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/65 "2016-11-21T03:35:24Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > On the off chance she’s on to something, it’s worth the hundred. In another thread, somebody offered to take bets that Donald Trump wouldn’t get inaugurated President. I tired to take him up on it. I figured that on January 21, I’d either have won a thousand dollars or I wouldn’t be living in a country where Donald Trump was President. And I figured either possibility is better than what I’m facing right now. ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/66 "2016-11-29T02:01:06Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Technically I’d say that you won the bet as soon as Election Day ended, but since she agreed to postpone to Inauguration Day, it will be interesting to see if she tries to move the goalposts again after that. And you bet too little; should have upped the stakes with a couple more zeroes at the end of that sum. How silly! Zeroes are nothing! $100.00 isn’t any different than $100.0000 :dubious: > [@Moriarty](#): > > Oh, you’re friends with Phyllis, too! Hey! My ex-girlfriend’s name was NOT Phyllis! 😉 –G! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/67 "2016-11-29T03:13:14Z")
> [@owlfan](#): > > Off topic, but I am dying to see how Trump handles his hair if it is windy in DC on inauguration day! He will reverse the precedent set by that wimpy hatless Kennedy and wear full morning suit with grey topper, as the _best_ Presidents used to wear to their inaugurations. ---
**Author:** ![owlfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@owlfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlfan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/68 "2017-02-02T12:49:51Z")
Update: I waited until Inauguration Day just in case. She is planning on paying me, she says she is anyway. But I have told her I don’t want her money, I just want her to realize that all this stuff she believes is crap. She is completely blind to this though, so I am waiting for my next opportunity! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/69 "2017-02-02T13:49:21Z")
I had exactly the same bet, it must have been something going around on Facebook, which I could not have known about, I’m not admitted to that secret society, the passcodes are too complicated. My bet was only $1, I waited until inauguration day to claim my winnings. Which I didn’t do – I went double or nothing, betting that Trump WOULD declare martial law, or attempt some executive act that would be tantamount to martial law. Bannon won’t let him call it that. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/70 "2017-02-02T13:56:08Z")
> [@owlfan](#): > > Update: I waited until Inauguration Day just in case. She is planning on paying me, she says she is anyway. But I have told her I don’t want her money, I just want her to realize that all this stuff she believes is crap. She is completely blind to this though, so I am waiting for my next opportunity! Sadly, she wasn’t being a conspiracy theorist, she was just being an optimist. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/71 "2017-02-02T15:38:27Z")
> [@owlfan](#): > > Update: I waited until Inauguration Day just in case. She is planning on paying me, she says she is anyway. But I have told her I don’t want her money, I just want her to realize that all this stuff she believes is crap. She is completely blind to this though, so I am waiting for my next opportunity! Is she rich? Because you probably could double-or-nothing her into the poorhouse pretty quickly. Just 10 more bets gets you into 6 figures. ---
**Author:** ![owlfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@owlfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlfan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388/72 "2017-02-03T00:37:28Z")
I’m not sure I would take the same but on Trump. It wouldn’t surprise me if he did declare martial law and make himself king. I am truly afraid of the future. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-my-conspiracy-theorist-friend-100/755388.md?page=3)