# Newest Great Debate... \[Is there one Grand Conspiracy controlling the evil in the world?\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 4, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671 "2016-10-04T23:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/21 "2016-10-05T03:44:36Z")
I’m willing to believe there is a conspiracy to replace the period with ellipses. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/22 "2016-10-05T03:48:30Z")
> [@el\_kabong](#): > > i’m willing to believe there is a conspiracy to replace the period with ellipses. ᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑ…ᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑ rly? (there were a lot more ellipses, but I cut them out and put those dots in the middle instead) ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/23 "2016-10-05T03:49:01Z")
I smell an **iLemming** sock. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/24 "2016-10-05T03:55:36Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I smell an **iLemming** sock. 😃 Not enough FONT CHANGES! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/25 "2016-10-05T05:05:22Z")
Goo goo g’joob. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/26 "2016-10-05T05:36:36Z")
The most difficult part about running a secret world dominating cabal is all the shit talk you get on message boards. I mean it, not one day goes by I don’t have to drop my nefarious plotting to call ‘whack-job’ on some internet do-gooder who has seen through my ruse. You sheeple are just making this whole endeavor not worth my time. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/27 "2016-10-05T05:47:21Z")
> [@riemann](#): > > ᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑ…ᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑ rly? > > (there were a lot more ellipses, but i cut them out and put those dots in the middle instead) Well, I for one learned something from this thread. I learned Unicode character 7441 & #7441 ; which with no spaces renders as ᴑ : ᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑᴑ Its neighbors in the ISO sequence include 7425 ᴁ , an upside-down i 7433 ᴉ and a sideways u-umlaut 7454 ᴞ My question for Mr. Riemann is: How and why did you come up with this? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/28 "2016-10-05T17:53:24Z")
Sandals in the White House are better than flip-flops on the campaign trail. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/29 "2016-10-05T18:41:27Z")
I believe there is a secret conspiracy of people who make money by bilking gullible conspiracy believers. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/30 "2016-10-05T18:45:49Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Sandals in the White House are better than flip-flops on the campaign trail. > [@DrFidelius](#): > > I believe there is a secret conspiracy of people who make money by bilking gullible conspiracy believers. But, enough about Donald Trump and his personnel. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/31 "2016-10-05T18:48:01Z")
I want (a) wicked spider(s). Just in time for a spooky Holiday! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/32 "2016-10-05T18:53:23Z")
Raconteuse: _noun_ 1. a pale green American mammal that has a foxlike face with a black mask and a ringed tail _noun_ 2. an annoyingly insensitive or difficult to understand account of an event or experience _noun_ 3. the relating of anecdotes in a way that causes harm ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/33 "2016-10-05T19:19:58Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > [Obligatory Homer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quOI_djS8oc) See when you said Homer my first thought was this [SDMB classic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=740411&postcount=14). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/34 "2016-10-05T19:42:08Z")
Shoehorn butterhorse! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/35 "2016-10-05T20:05:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Shoehorn butterhorse! Slowly, I turned… ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/36 "2016-10-05T20:10:05Z")
Ok, so there’s a rant about the Illuminati or someone ruining the world, and how that’s bad. Yeah, seen it a million times, whatever. But did the OP really sign off his post with a kiss? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/37 "2016-10-05T20:43:37Z")
I wish I could understand this because I feel deep down in my heart that I could troll him without getting caught if I could just figure out what this word salad means. I feel like the oracle of Delphi trying to extract meaning from a series of random words what if put in the right order might mean something. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/38 "2016-10-05T20:43:51Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > At least he doesn’t wear socks with them, like a white guy. See, I thought he was talking about the Northwestern women’s lacrosse team from over ten years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/39 "2016-10-05T21:17:15Z")
Is there one Grand Conspiracy controlling the evil in the world? Yes. Next question? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671/40 "2016-10-05T21:24:36Z")
ONE grand conspiracy controlling the evil in the world? (OK if you’re traditionalist Christian there’s Satan, but that’s not a conspiracy, just a driving power) Have you ever even tried to get people to agree on what to have for lunch? A number of different and avarying-sized regional or topic-based cabals and conspiracies, at best. With a lot of stuff falling thru the cracks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-great-debate-is-there-one-grand-conspiracy-controlling-the-evil-in-the-world/767671.md?page=3)