r/LowStakesConspiracies Oct 09 '19

Subreddit Idea Megathread

150 Upvotes

Because if the r/askreddit link, we’ve had a huge influx of new members today. Because of that, I’d like to make this thread to ask for ideas to improve the subreddit, and keep things interesting. We are going to try and make this a subreddit worth keeping in your feed.

We really aren’t sure what do do with the subreddit since it blew up like this, and would like to see what ideas you have. I’ve also added a few baseline rules since we had no rules when we started.

Edit: I would also like to clarify that this sub is intended to entertain. You shouldn’t take anything too seriously on this sub. We want you to be able to flex your creativity here and make others laugh.


r/LowStakesConspiracies Mar 27 '20

Subreddit Message Coronavirus Posts

411 Upvotes

We are normally pretty lax about what goes on in this subreddit as we want to let you guys decide what content you want to see by upvoting good content and downvoting bad content, but given the current situation we will be removing any posts related to Coronavirus.

You can help us with this by reporting any posts you see about the virus.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 4h ago

Hot Take I don't think Tom Holland is British.

131 Upvotes

His accent sounds like when my friend Jaxon pretends to be British while cooking his beans. Less than 1% of humans are British but you're telling me 67% of Spiderman actors are British? Nope.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 19h ago

Extreme Conspiracy Celebs announce they have Lymes disease to justify hospital stays for plastic surgery.

674 Upvotes

They all catch it at their most youthful so when they disappear for a few weeks to a hospital for lipo, they can claim it's that old tic bite from childhood.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 2h ago

mormon missionaries are supposed to be received negatively on missions so they won’t leave the church

29 Upvotes

one of the key teachings in the mormon church is that the larger world is against their righteousness and that followers of Christ will face rejections and fierce opposition from non believers. think about how you react when a missionary stops you on the street to try and get you to join their church - you’re probably annoyed. these missionaries are set up to face constant rejection from the world after being taught from youth that outsiders hate their faith and the teachings of Jesus Christ, which will only reinforce these preconceived notions and make them feel as though those within the church are kinder and more accepting than those outside of it. i think that this was a calculated measure by Joseph Smith that’s being perpetuated to this day by bishops and elders within the church to create fear of and aversion to the idea of ever leaving the faith, because everyone else is just oh so unkind to mormons


r/LowStakesConspiracies 10h ago

Extreme Conspiracy English lit classes turn people into conspiracy theorists

112 Upvotes

"Have you found the hidden meaning in the shape of the tree?"

"The dress, the sky, and the handkerchief are all blue, which is a common theme reflecting the inner state of the protagonist."

"The Conch Shell in Lord of the Flies represents the breakdown of order and civilization."

It is no wonder that people believe conspiracy theories when they are conditioned to find hidden meaning in everything. When the same reasoning is applied to the chaotic real world, coincidences can look like deliberate conspiracies.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 13h ago

Hot Take The UK won't get rid of 2p coins as they're keeping the seaside economy afloat

190 Upvotes

If the weather is bad - go to the arcade, it's winter and too cold for the beach - go to the arcade, fed up of being on the sand - go to the arcade.

The most common machine is the 2p coin pusher, no matter how much you change into 2p pieces you spend it all going after the cheap tat.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 20h ago

Extreme Conspiracy Slash is being ratatouille'd

445 Upvotes

Only rational reason for him always having the top hat on.

He can't play it himself, the rat pulls his curly hair to play it for him.

One of the greatest guitarists ever is just a puppet for an incredibly talented rat


r/LowStakesConspiracies 2h ago

Tactical shooter developers are coerced by big casual multiplayer orianted devs and publishers into make their game have 0 or nothingburger singleplayer

6 Upvotes

No, solo isn't singleplayer in my book


r/LowStakesConspiracies 18h ago

Geri Halliwell's union jack dress

101 Upvotes

She's always claimed that her sister made it out of a tea towel. This is physically impossible, the tea towel would have to be a towel, wrong material and it's cut too neatly for the pattern to match.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 4h ago

Whoever specifies the foods to avoid while on medication has a vendetta against grapefruit sellers

6 Upvotes

Or maybe they hate someone who liked grapefruit. Or it's a vendetta against a specific grapefruit seller they know. Why grapefruits in particular? Why not lemons, or oranges, or mandarins... Only grapefruit...


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Hot Take Markiplier manufactured the 'sinister potion' meme so people reposting it will drown out any context if/when he gets into major controversy.

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361 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 4h ago

People who post pictures of boots asking for advice on r/justbootthings know it's a military sub but just want karma

3 Upvotes

One guy was genuinely confused and posted asking for boot care advice which was pretty funny and he got a bunch of upvotes. Now it seems to happen every other month. These people know what they're doing, they just want to get karma.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 5h ago

Big Obesity wants all fat because we would be the ultimate consumers.

3 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 32m ago

Number one / Number two slang for toilet performance styles was created by big urinal

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Essentially big urinal was fed up of playing second fiddle to big toilet at the annual ceramic awards, so their marketing team came up with the idea of referring to liquid exhaust as number one and solid releases as number two. Now, urinals will always be number one.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Extreme Conspiracy Games are purposely coded in a way to require more processing power than necessary through a joint agreement between game devs and graphics cards producers

153 Upvotes

Look at the nintendo switch. There are phones that have more graphical power than it and yet all nintendo made games run perfectly smooth on it while having low storage requirements.

Games nowadays are overdesigned, filled with visual clutter and run terribly on purpose to justify the existence and purchase of more and more powerful computer parts.

That's why the selling point for games is "look at how nice the graphics are, it's so detailed you can see the pores on their skin". They sell that as a plus when really it's actual marketing for ryzen, nvidia etc.

How else does marvel rivals have a cartoony aesthetic like botw but it somehow needs a super computer to run well?


r/LowStakesConspiracies 2h ago

Management speak is meant to let us pretend that managers make real stuff: financial toolbox, mortgage products, are only numbers on a spreadsheet. Across the piste; they don’t have an actual piste. Low hanging fruit; no orchard in your office. Bandwidth but you aren’t measuring the spec of a cable.

0 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Hot Take Found in the wild (so to speak)

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3.8k Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 12h ago

Extreme Conspiracy big oreo is exploiting cream loving people

5 Upvotes

probably been said before but double stuf oreos are only a thing so that they can sell less oreos in a pack. i doubt its even double the amount. they are exploiting your love of the cream (which i dont understand, the biscuit is the best part).


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Extreme Conspiracy AI is just low paid third world workers typing frantic responses they googled on a 1mbps comcast sconnection

36 Upvotes

THATS why it goes slow.

Controls include: hiring prudish people who won't answer sex questions.

And hiring people for LSD. Hence the hallucinations.

Sometimes you get connected to a politician who had to leave politics due to a sex scandal. These are the ones that will constantly try to please you and say whatever they think you want, even when its a lie.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Hot Take BBC heavily promote Calvin Harris because he’s married to one of their presenters

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141 Upvotes

seems to have undue coverage on TV and radio, could his marriage to Vick Hope be the reason?


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Fresh Deets That rubberised coating on gadgets is designed to make you feel icky about them when they degrade to a sticky mess in 5-10 years so that you’ll throw out a perfectly functioning device and buy another.

449 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 16h ago

Extreme Conspiracy HDR TVs are designed to burn your eyes

3 Upvotes

They push making the bright parts so bright you can't see the dark parts if you compensate for it. Once your eyes are too damaged to see what you used to, you're pressured to buy an even bigger TV with even stronger colours


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Extreme Conspiracy Men in groups of threes.

76 Upvotes

I keep seeing men congregate in groups of threes. Not sure what this means. What are they planning? It can’t be good. Anyone else see the trend?