# What were your favorite lunatic theories on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021 "2021-07-22T01:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MANTRAPHILTER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MANTRAPHILTER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MANTRAPHILTER)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/82 "2021-07-26T12:39:29Z")
A penis is a prime example, it also changes depending on the “space” it is relative too. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/83 "2021-07-26T13:03:00Z")
Had someone here doing a 9/11 truther bit about how mysterious orbs were seen around the towers prior to falling. Consensus was indeterminate as to whether the poster was trolling or actually believed this. Then there are the ‘Peak Oil’ peeps, but not too sure if PO really qualifies as ‘lunatic’. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/84 "2021-07-26T13:04:00Z")
> [@MANTRAPHILTER](#): > > penis is a prime example, it also changes depending on the “space” it is relative too. My penis mightier than the sword! …yeah, spacing makes a difference. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Acierocolotl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acierocolotl/32/6241_2.png) [@Acierocolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acierocolotl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/85 "2021-07-26T13:34:51Z")
I was serious about the “ruler”, even despite my flippant tone. Take a moment to look up the calculations GPS satellites use to determine your location. It takes relativity into account. The math problem’s been solved. So unless you’re trying to tell me you’re proposing using your dick to calculate the curvature of space, I’d like to urge you to try again. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/86 "2021-07-26T13:42:21Z")
> [@Acierocolotl](#): > > So unless you’re trying to tell me you’re proposing using your dick to calculate the curvature of space I assumed Peyronie’s disease to be part of the equation. ---
**Author:** ![Acierocolotl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acierocolotl/32/6241_2.png) [@Acierocolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acierocolotl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/87 "2021-07-26T13:51:55Z")
I was eventually planning on bending the conversation towards mythology and work in a reference to satyriasis, but today I learned something and just saw the most peculiar images on Wikipedia. (It’s not likely to be work safe, just sayin’.) I haven’t been on SDMB long enough to have stumbled across much of a lunatic theory, so the best I have was, “You could make a great COVID mask by using coffee filters. Once you figure out how to put it on your face.” Except I doubt they were really all that serious and were likely trolling. ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyEcks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnnyecks/32/18197_2.png) [@JohnnyEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyEcks)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/88 "2021-07-26T14:30:49Z")
I vaguely remember a guy arguing that historical European royalty was actually Black, and that this fact was being hidden. He didn’t seem to understand that dark is a relative term. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/89 "2021-07-26T14:53:14Z")
> [@MANTRAPHILTER](#): > > If physics is the study of the natural world and the effects of matter in a 3 dimensional space, then a measurement must be taken to study the effect. If relativity is correct, the instrument used to measure the matter in a 3 dimensional space is also effected by the space the measurement is taken, therefor mathematics is an inferior language when applied towards the study of physics. Then how did mathematics succeed in making the relativistic correction for GPS satelites, without which they would drift by 13 km every day? Did they use a Ouija board? You can also measure the curvature of space near a gravitating body by measuring the sum of the angles of a triangle (the angle can be determined by strictly local measures) and seeing it deviate from 180. Without mathematics, you cannot do physics. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/90 "2021-07-26T15:07:10Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Without mathematics, you cannot do physics This. Now, I shall go get the popcorn ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/91 "2021-07-26T15:07:19Z")
Black blood is blue blood! or the other way around, not sure. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/92 "2021-07-26T15:08:04Z")
**Moderator Note** > [@MANTRAPHILTER](#): > > A penis is a prime example, it also changes depending on the “space” it is relative too. We have been trying to eliminate boy’s locker room type jokes for some time. Please do not make posts like this again. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/93 "2021-07-26T15:14:20Z")
> [@JohnnyEcks](#): > > I vaguely remember a guy arguing that historical European royalty was actually Black, and that this fact was being hidden. He didn’t seem to understand that dark is a relative term. > [@Was Europe (1500-1789) a black civilisation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-europe-1500-1789-a-black-civilisation/522194): > > [[image] ](http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Charles-Stuart-II-the-black-boy.jpg) [Charles II Stuart, named THe Black Boy] My research after three years resulted in a theory named Blue blood is black blood (1500-1789) by Egmond Codfried. Blue blood is the highest European nobility, starting somewhere at the end of the medieval period. Blue blooded nobility typically have no diploma’s given by a king, but were always considered nobles by their peers. From the highest nobles came the European kings, who were always bloodrelatives. Po… ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/94 "2021-07-26T16:07:32Z")
I believe this theory was convincingly refuted by Dilbert Clambake. \*if Egmond Codfried responds to his notification e-mail, we’re in for it. ---
**Author:** ![Jetblast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jetblast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jetblast)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/95 "2021-08-31T17:36:56Z")
I’m having trouble navigating this new format and the original “Jimi Hendrix Murdered” thread is locked… ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/96 "2021-08-31T17:43:52Z")
This one? > [@Jimi Hendrix Was Murdered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimi-hendrix-was-murdered/525578): > > The official cause of death for Jimi Hendrix was always listed as choking on vomit due to a barbiturate overdose. However recent revelations show that foul play was involved. Upon reading an account of Hendrix’s death in a book the attending emergency room doctor, Dr Bannister, came forward to say he experienced an unusual amount of wine in Hendrix’s lungs, stomach, and hair. He determined that Hendrix had not choked on his own vomit but had been drowned in wine instead. He said that when he un… or this one? > [@Hendrix Murder Information Discrimination Protest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hendrix-murder-information-discrimination-protest/685487): > > I’d like to file a protest that the information on Hendrix’s murder is being pre-emptively discriminated against by the moderator. In a post where aceplace57 clearly alluded that Hendrix’s death was associated with his alleged drug use and therefore shortened career, making him ineligible for a stamp, my correctly contexting it in relation to his murder was cited by a moderator as “hijacking the thread” and pre-emptively restricted at threat of warning. Meanwhile, if you go to the thread… ---
**Author:** ![Jetblast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jetblast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jetblast)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/97 "2021-08-31T18:29:28Z")
For some reason my posts ended up in some sort of separate text box…Some kind of formatting issue…The mods were interested in shutting that thread down…They tend to be biased against the subject (and equally unqualified)… ---
**Author:** ![Jetblast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jetblast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jetblast)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/98 "2021-08-31T19:02:25Z")
I shut Jackmannii up pretty good…He’s good at mocking someone who isn’t there but when confronted with debate suddenly gets quiet… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/99 "2021-08-31T19:06:13Z")
There’s a parable here about wrestling in the mud with a pig that you may not be considering. ---
**Author:** ![Jetblast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jetblast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jetblast)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/100 "2021-08-31T19:50:58Z")
“Mud” is off-topic trolling… Sticking to the facts is clean discussion… He’s scared…He ran… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021/101 "2021-08-31T19:56:07Z")
You are mistaken. We’re in a thread titled “Favorite Lunatic Theories”. The fact is, yours appears to have made the list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-lunatic-theories-on-the-sdmb/947021.md?page=6)