# Your favorite conspiracy theory/ crackpot notion **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034 "2001-03-22T18:34:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/101 "2003-04-02T19:42:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by clayton\_e \* > \*\*JFK shot [himself](http://www.trulyrandom.4t.com/about.html). \*\* That was always my favorite episode of _Red Dwarf_. ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/102 "2003-04-02T20:04:32Z")
My favorite conspiracy is The Illuminati, which Cecil addresses [here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_022.html) and [here](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020104.html) among other places. I actually have proof the Illuminati exists…I came across a _[Edited by The Illuminati]_ ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/103 "2003-04-03T04:20:00Z")
Black Sun/Vril/Hollow Earth composite theory definitely amuses me. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/104 "2003-04-03T04:36:42Z")
The Montauk Project is my current fave, it’s rather obscure and very plastic. I’ve seen it tied in to the Philadelphia Experiment, Ong’s Hat, Chemtrails, even (I believe, just going on memory here) by way of the Nazis to the Thule Society and from there back to the early suspects (Illuminati, Freemasons, Knights Templar, etc). I prefer my conspiracies to involve other conspiracies wherever possible. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tom\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_P)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/105 "2003-04-03T06:13:13Z")
3 pages and no one have mentioned _Timecube_ (Warning: You do not want to click on this link) I mean, most conspiracy theorists have at least some sort of “evidence” that they like to throw at us. (Eye-witnesses, strange shadows, doctored photographs etc.) This guy got **nothing**. And it’s something charming about the way he calls me an evil bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/106 "2003-04-03T08:38:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tom P. \* > **3 pages and no one have mentioned _Timecube_ (Warning: You do not want to click on this link)** Yes you do. This is… this defies description. Defies words. Defies comprehension. It’s either someone who’s thoroughly screwed up like I’ve never seen or the most hilarious joke since… ever. Please everyone, click that link! Learn the truth that evil teachers try to hide from you! You’ve been educated stupid and are a _mindless dumb ass_! > [@](#): > > \*\*I mean, most conspiracy theorists have at least some sort of “evidence” that they like to throw at us. (Eye-witnesses, strange shadows, doctored photographs etc.) This guy got **nothing**. \*\* Exactly. This guy just piles claim upon claim, throwing some anti-white racism accusations in there once in a while, all the while yelling about how he is the wisest human on Earth, wiser than any god. I mean, this is the closest he ever comes to explaining what TimeCube even is, let alone provide proof: > [@](#): > > Any dumb ass should know that a prime meridian does not just pass through the Greenwich point, but it also passes as a great circle through both poles, crossing the equator at 2 opposite points, dividing Earth into 2 halves of light and darkness, with each its own 24 hour rotation - in a single rotation of Earth. You should know that harmonic symmetry demands a second great circle meridian to create sunup and sundown corner quadrants? There are 4 simultaneous 24 hour days within a single rotation of the Earth. You may be too damn evil to accept it. Does this make sense to _anyone_? I read the entire page, italics, underlinings and psychedelic colours and all, and as far as I can tell what he’s trying to say is that when it’s daytime in Greenwich it’s nighttime in New Zealand. Like, don’t we sort of know that already? The writing is brilliant. I particularly love how he repeats himself over and over again, endlessly jabbing on about evil teachers and stupid educators, and then occasionally throwing in a gem like “Life is based upon a perfect math or your arm would be too short to wipe your butt”. Then he drags God, Santa Claus and Socrates into the discussion. Also, the way he signs his name here and there to make his statements look like quotes. Tom P., thank you for showing me this. I feel free now. ---
**Author:** ![Moeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Moeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moeman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/107 "2003-04-03T13:08:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tom P. \* > \*\*3 pages and no one have mentioned _Timecube_ (Warning: You do not want to click on this link) > \*\* I mean $10,000 to disprove WHAT? 😃 You are correct in that he never states what the full theory is o be disproved. :wally But it is a wonderful laugh though. Thank yoy for cheering up my day.😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Moeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Moeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moeman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/108 "2003-04-03T13:24:11Z")
Oh hehehe, wait there is more. From the Timecube site [http://sub-zero.mit.edu/~rhett/](http://sub-zero.mit.edu/~rhett/) I don’t know what a porn search engine has to do with the awesome TIMECUBE! Time Cube Debate / Lecture at MIT January 30, 2002 I made a new search engine combining the best features of the Internet: Search With Porn Now you can get porn while you search! ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/109 "2003-04-03T16:45:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*That was always my favorite episode of _Red Dwarf_. \*\* I found the script to that online a while back but I never did see the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Bishamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@Bishamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bishamon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/110 "2003-04-08T05:32:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Admiral Borg \* > \*\*Wyoming doesn’t exist. No, I’m serious. It doesn’t. > \*\* Well, I’m still in Wyoming. And I’m more than happy to keep my large hole to myself too. Actually, the crackpot theory that I subscribe to is that VP Cheney isn’t from Wyoming at all, but rather built in an underground bunker at Area 51. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/111 "2003-04-08T10:36:28Z")
H.P. Lovecraft did have contact with the Great Old Ones and the Nercomilion is real. ---
**Author:** ![juji\_mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@juji\_mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juji_mojo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/112 "2003-04-08T17:46:00Z")
Its not a widely published theory (ie I have no cites, but my own personal research/knowledge) but its true. Paperclips are the early stage (a larvae stage if you will) of wire coat hangers. You have too many paperclips one day, the next day you cant find any but suddenly you have a dozens of wire coat hangers… It seems the purchase of plastic coat hangers is also a catalyst to the transformation. At times I will not have enough coat hangers of any variety, go out and purchase some plastic ones, the next day Im up to my earlobes in wire ones. Also washing machines and/or driers have some sort of free-flowing conversion between states of being a “mateless sock” and being “a ballpoint pen without a lid, that writes only marginally well” I have been trying to get a grant to study this phenomenon in greater detail but have been, up until now, unable to secure funding. Thus, I have to believe I am being actively thwarted in my search for the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/113 "2003-04-08T23:13:41Z")
Regarding Time Cube, a friend and I decided to go to the MIT lecture this summer for yuks. So I e-mailed Gene Ray for a reservation, which somehow led him to put me on his e-mail list. So every so often, I get crazy Gene Ray brainvomit in my mailbox. I highly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/114 "2003-04-09T06:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*Regarding Time Cube, a friend and I decided to go to the MIT lecture this summer for yuks. So I e-mailed Gene Ray for a reservation, which somehow led him to put me on his e-mail list. So every so often, I get crazy Gene Ray brainvomit in my mailbox. I highly recommend it. \*\* So you went to the lecture? And you haven’t told us until now? Foul creature! Immediately spill the beans or be condemned to the scathing flames of Hell until the end of time! ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/115 "2003-04-10T02:25:05Z")
No, I’m going to the upcoming one. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/116 "2003-04-10T06:59:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*No, I’m going to the upcoming one. \*\* Yeah, you did write “this” summer. Whoops. Anyway, make damn sure you spill the beans after you’ve been there, awwrite? ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/117 "2003-04-10T07:04:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LostCause \* > \*\*H.P. Lovecraft did have contact with the Great Old Ones and the Nercomilion is real. \*\* Well, of course that is true; Lovecraft was a better than most of you puny mortals, writing all those books about me and all. BTW, it is spelled Necromonicon. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/118 "2003-04-10T07:20:28Z")
You betcha, **Priceguy**. By the way, for any obsessed fans of Time Cube who have read the entire site, [here](http://www.great-debate.com/tcc.htm)’s an interesting fan site with interviews with Gene Ray. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/119 "2003-04-10T17:54:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DreadCthulhu \* > \*\* BTW, it is spelled Necromonicon. \*\* you sure about that **Cthulhu**? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cavalier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Cavalier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cavalier)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034/120 "2003-04-10T19:15:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by juji\_mojo \* > **Also washing machines and/or driers have some sort of free-flowing conversion between states of being a “mateless sock” and being "a ballpoint pen without a lid, that writes only marginally well"** [The Mysteries of the Biro have already been explained.](http://boomteam.livegigguide.com/hugo/biro.asp) > [@](#): > > My studies lead me to the conclusion that the Biro, as with many other forms of inanimate object, hates it’s role in life. > > The Biro is by nature a celibate creature which resents spilling it’s virile essence upon paper. I do not arrive at this conclusion lightly, but through years of painstaking research and at no small cost to my health. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034.md?page=7)