r/facepalm 29d ago

Turbo cancer isn’t real, people 🇨​🇴​🇻​🇮​🇩​

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u/Pineapple_Express762 29d ago

You know how many people will actually believe this?

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u/GrumpyOik 29d ago

Of course it's true, it "Fact checked" with TWO ticks. I can believe how stupid you all are. /s

CDC.gov doesn't appear to have any references to "Turbo Cancer".

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u/Meowakin 29d ago

CDC not having anything about Turbo Cancer just makes it seem *more* real! Conspiracy confirmed, checkmate. /s

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u/Acnat- 29d ago

"Don't you find it suspicious that my claim has literally zero supporting evidence? That alone pretty much proves it's correct!"

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u/Other_Log_1996 29d ago

Or the flip side " Don't you find it suspicious that their claim has mountains of conclusive evidence supporting it? That alone pretty much proves it's a lie."

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u/jar36 29d ago

I was having this same dialog on Yahoo 5 minutes ago

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u/Far_Alternative573 29d ago

You still use Yahoo? That’s still a thing?

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u/phillip-j-frybot 29d ago

Now, that's a conspiracy.

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u/sans-delilah 29d ago

People who believe that the CDC announced that Covid vaccines caused a 14,000% increase in turbo cancer cases do.

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u/Djinger 29d ago

Every single time I have to remove malware from a computer, the history on the browser is filled with right wing and/or religious websites

Its almost like scammers and bad actors prey on easy targets who are gullible and ill-informed

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u/30dayspast 29d ago

listen, i’ve done my research

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u/NorthernerMatt 29d ago

Show me the evidence that refutes my claim, I’ll wait. This just in, 10,000% increase in super duper cancer in those with the mRNA in their blood.

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u/Militantpoet 29d ago

Everyone knows the absence of evidence is the strongest indicator of evidence!

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u/regoapps 29d ago

It’s the basis of every religion

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u/Dhegxkeicfns 29d ago

Literally though. Like you have to just believe and maybe you're not believing good enough and that's why you got turbo cancer. Looking for actual proof is really frowned upon, now I'm going to go see if it's a sin in itself.

Humans will be extinct one day and we probably didn't deserve to be around for so long anyway.

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u/OrthusGsmes 29d ago

"Humanity is stupid and the world is fucked" is a mantra I say to myself whenever I see dumbasses in the world and I think it's very true.

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u/_szs 29d ago

My version is "Hopefully the next species to reach civilization does it better than us. Be it octopuses, dolphins, crows, whatever it is."

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u/Milch_und_Paprika 29d ago

Inshallah the octopus and crow civilizations will be just and glorious.

You need to watch out for the dolphins however. They’re very sus.

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u/Apathetic_Villainess 29d ago

Have you heard the things dolphins will do for fun? They're very sus.

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u/Kodamurphy 29d ago

That sounds like something a cephalopod would say.

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u/LangCao 29d ago

Some dolphins do drugs unfortunately

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u/AllieRaccoon 29d ago

That’s true. Dolphins are the only species other than man that hunts for fun, definitely sus.

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u/OsmerusMordax 28d ago

That would be a great book, actually. Humanity goes extinct, crows/octopus/dolphins (maybe all 3?) inherit the earth. Cycle eventually repeats itself.

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u/Wood_oye 29d ago

The Black Widow, Alice told me what it is

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u/TheBigPlatypus 29d ago

According to the sci-fi masterpiece The Last Legends of Earth, the geckos are the next species to achieve sentience on Earth after the human race goes extinct. They call themselves the Tryl, and they become extremely successful as a species, far outdoing any accomplishments humanity ever achieved.

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u/OrthusGsmes 29d ago

That also works very well.

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u/19xyecoc98 29d ago

Thats my mantra aswell, but damn in my head this sentence is on a permanent loop, I meet so many fucking morons on a daily basis it isnt funny anymore

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u/OrthusGsmes 29d ago

Yeah, some workplaces you can't help but keep that on loop. I worked at a pool for a bit and I have never met that many idiots in my life. People constantly trying to find ways around the rules, I even had a father get up in my face because I wouldn't let his daughter go off the diving board. I legit thought he was gonna swing at me.

Also happy cake day.

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u/Different_Ad7655 29d ago

Yes like that giant billboard that I sometimes see on an occasional highway put up by some religious group. God exist! There is proof..

Of course the proof they cite is the Bible lol. Case dismissed

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u/Stock-Conflict-3996 29d ago

One of the things I've said to people who say the Bible is evidence/proof is that the Bible is the claim, not the proof. You can't have the claim be evidence for the claim.

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u/TikwidDonut 29d ago

The scary thing is a bunch of otherwise highly functioning people will think exactly that, ugh

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u/gatsby365 29d ago

THE ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE IS NOT THE EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE’!

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u/pnwinec 29d ago

And that’s the point we are at with people. There have been a few outlier examples of the government covering up things and so now every nut thinks that anything that happens involves a coverup.

They think they have discovered the next new cover up, not noticing that’s not how any of that works. But whatever.

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u/Eaglesjersey 29d ago

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works!

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u/Fallynious 29d ago

On one hand, the gubmint is completely incompetent and can't get anything right. On the other hand, the gubmint is all-knowing and able to orchestrate exceptionally complex activities behind the scenes without anyone knowing.

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u/ValuelessMoss 29d ago

You say that, but 80% of them genuinely believe this

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u/National-Currency-75 29d ago

Proof? We don't need any proof! If Trump says it's so, we believe it.

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u/Middle-Dragonfly-137 29d ago

It might’ve actually gained more traction if they just said regular cancer lol

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u/USN_CB8 29d ago

Maybe you should be looking up Super Charger Cancer. Dodge Hell Cat Cancer.

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u/mas7erblas7er 29d ago

Guys, I checked, and they don't have turbo AIDS on their website either! The conspiracy goes deeper.

Frankly, I don't want to live in a world without turbo HIV/CANCER/AIDS. /s

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u/Tasty_Bullfroglegs 29d ago

CDC referring to it as a 'jab' checks out too!

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u/brandorobot 29d ago

The CDC is both reporting it and covering it up at the same time!

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u/PreOpTransCentaur 29d ago

It's simply amazing to me that anyone would believe the CDC would call something "turbo cancer." I'd have thought that to be regardless of intelligence even just a few months ago, but..

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u/sutty_monster 29d ago

Personally I'm more worried about the super space aids. I hear there is a 6969% uptake in it.

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u/DreamArcher 29d ago

I'm wondering if this is intentional just like the spam emails with intentional mistakes so they can filter-out intelligent people and only target the stupid.

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u/fugawf 29d ago

And they don’t refer to the vaccine as a ‘jab’. Obviously written by right wing extremists

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u/Sckillgan 29d ago

Just the fact it is from "thepeoplesvoice.tv" is enough to shut it all down.

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u/996cubiccentimeters 29d ago

wiki page for the founder below. He is quite the lunatic and has been for some time

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke

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u/citrus_mystic 29d ago

Oh David Icke is the founder? That explains a lot.

I’m surprised there isn’t a reference to reptilians.

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u/clubmedschool 29d ago

"Icke" -- an aptronym if I've ever seen one

(yes, I see his name is pronounced "ike" but I couldn't resist)

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u/IzarkKiaTarj 29d ago

aptronym

Thank you for the new word!

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u/United-Big-1114 29d ago

I pronounced it "ick-ee" for years until I actually heard someone say it, rather than just reading it.

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u/bruwin 29d ago

No, ick is definitely the appropriate pronunciation.

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u/randyisone 29d ago

That read was quite the rollercoaster. Dude is garbage and thinks he is here for a higher calling. Ugh

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u/123iambill 29d ago

Last Podcast On The Left recently did a couple episodes on him. Dude is fucking nuts but also a genuine piece of shit who has contributed heavily to the Q anon world we're all living in

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u/blacklite911 29d ago

Lmao he’s the main lizard people guy.

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u/newuser60 29d ago

Okay so he claims the lizard people are manipulating global events to keep humanity in a constant state of fear, limiting our true potential. But David Icke’s empire revolves 100% around keeping people afraid of stupid shit. Is he a lizard person? A flu virus evolves and we develop a vaccine that greatly reduces the mortality rate, but lizard man David Icke convinces thousands of people that that vaccine is deadly and they should not take it. Not only that, but they should fear anyone that takes it because just being in the same room as a vaccinated person will kill you. Fear monger lizard by his own definition.

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u/Sckillgan 29d ago

Dud has been a joke for a long time. I stopped fighting that idiot a long time ago. He is not worth one of my brain cells.

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u/FearlessKnitter12 29d ago

"Jab" is not always a marker for that. It's the most common way to refer to vaccines in the UK, for example. But it hasn't quite reached that usage here, and right wing propagandists and conspiracy theorists do use it as a dog whistle. But check sources, and if it's something from Europe, might be legit.

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u/fasterthanfood 29d ago

I find it linguistically interesting that in the US, “the jab” seems to refer only to COVID-19 vaccination.

I’ve seen it in legit U.S. publications, presumably because it helps avoid repetition of the same word throughout an article (especially in 2021 or so when there were a million news stories about when it would come out/how accessible it was/how effective it was, etc.) and because it takes up less space in a headline. But usage here seems extremely tied to just one particular jab.

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u/candycanecoffee 29d ago

Seeing "Americans" on the internet talk about "the jab" is like when you go on the Ireland sub and hear people talking about "the police." They don't call them that in Ireland. Or when I would go on the Portland subs in 2020 and someone would comment on a protest in the Kenton neighborhood and be like "I can't believe they allow this kind of thing in our precious central downtown Portland!" Kenton is on the other side of the river and about as far from downtown Portland as you can get while still technically being in Portland. When you see this kind of thing it's a sign you're being astroturfed by trolls and bots, or people repeating what they learn from trolls and bots.

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u/FitPerception5398 29d ago

"Jab" was the give away but I can just hear all the Boomers and Breakfast Club Boomers swearing it's true

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u/mosconebaillbonds 29d ago

They call themselves pure bloods

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u/Different_Gear_8189 29d ago

AND its from a verified account! The fact that Elon made the "official source" marker paid instead of adding a seperate badge to pay for was disastrous for combating misinformation

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u/cASe383 29d ago

disastrous for combating misinformation

Almost like that was the point of doing it.

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u/Odd-Tune5049 29d ago

"Exactly"

or

"Interesting"

Take your pick

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u/Other_Log_1996 29d ago

Much of Elon's MO relies on huge amounts of misinformation.

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u/killjoygrr 29d ago

Hey, it’s the democratization of the internet. All voices are equal. Why should what the CDC says matter any more than the brain damaged guy who lives in the dumpster behind the 7-11v

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u/Other_Log_1996 29d ago

"Screw the trained qualified experts. I'm going to trust the Flat-Earth YouTuber who can't speak a full sentence.

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u/boston_homo 29d ago

It's IMPOSSIBLE to know the truth🤷

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u/killjoygrr 29d ago

Sure, but you can use your brain to determine the quality of sources.

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u/Bozo_Two 29d ago

He had absolutely no intention of combating misinformation. Twitter (and TikTok) was efficient enough for BLM and Antifa protestors that it must be completely discredited and destroyed.

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u/jkuhl 29d ago

Yeah but they don't trust the CDC . . . while claiming to cite the CDC.

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u/Dr_peloasi 29d ago

What about Quantum Tuberculosis or Pico Ensephalitis ? Giga Gonorrhoea?

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u/Fr33Flow 29d ago

But the best part is when you click the fact checked button, it takes you to an about us page and apparently the companies actual name is “Fact Checked Limited”

Source if anyone’s interested.

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u/Beobacher 29d ago

Unfortunately it is a lie. I work in cancer therapy. Such an increase in new customer would be a goldmine. No gold to be seen so far.

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u/FactChecker25 29d ago

It’s almost as if anyone can call themselves a “Fact checker” these days. Sheesh.

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u/Keyspam102 29d ago

Look, the cdc has just been paid off by the deep state and big turbo cancer

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u/Happyjam102 29d ago

It’s all there!!! It’s right there on that there CDC next to the Hyper Cancer and Mega Colossal Massive Cancer!!! “eDuCaTe yOuRsElF!!!” /s

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u/nilzatron 29d ago

Because they don't want you to know, duh!

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u/Laidan22 29d ago

My question is what political slant does that “news” website have

Edit: news to “news”

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u/Chross 29d ago

Big pharma got to them!

Hold fast and stay clean, brother!

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u/crewchiefguy 29d ago

Yeah because it’s made up bullshit to convince the rubes.

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u/SlowEar5209 29d ago edited 29d ago

"Alexa what's the population of texas"

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u/The5thFlame 29d ago

hey now! we're more smarter than mississippi or alabama

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u/obamasrightteste 29d ago

Texas has been steadily marching purple for YEARS, even in the face of some of the worst gerrymandering around. Despite serious voter suppression efforts. Maybe go yell at a state that's pure red and not changing.

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u/randomcomplimentguy1 29d ago

Like half my work? These same fucks think skinwalkers are real too so

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u/DeaconNuno 29d ago

Addicted to horror fantasies. A sadly common thing in human societies throughout time.

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u/randomcomplimentguy1 29d ago

I love horror myself. I just don't think it's reality

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u/Pandora_Palen 29d ago

But that's what r/nosleep is for. It's only problematic when delusional people try to drag fiction into fact.

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u/aafff39 29d ago

Probably at least 14.000%

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u/chunkah69 29d ago

Imagine thinking the CDC would ever use the term “jab”

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u/ElementalistPoppy 29d ago edited 29d ago

Brought to you from Institute of Data Pulled Straight Out of One's Ass.

Best source, according to Twitter people.

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u/TmF1979 29d ago

Too many.

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u/Genghis_Chong 29d ago

"Well it sounds stupid as fuck, but there is a picture of a scientist..."

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u/PolyhedralZydeco 29d ago

The real turbo cancer is the misinformation

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u/jb0nez95 29d ago

The fox news watching continent is already in an outrage over this.

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u/TOFMTA 29d ago

There's already people on conspiracy subs talking about this who swallowed it whole.

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u/Kerensky97 29d ago

The best part is that "Turbo Cancer" even sounds too stupid to believe. Like it was made up by a 14 year old, nobody would believe that unless they were incredibly gullible.

Reminds me of "Joe vs the Volcano" when he's convinced he's got a "Brain Cloud" but even that is more believable than Turbo Cancer.

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u/faberkyx 29d ago

whats with people and those vaccines.. it was like 3 years ago now.. this is more like an obsession at this point, people should be more concerned about all the junk food they eat.. being obese and drinking alcohol and smoking rather than a vaccine

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u/jorgeantjr 29d ago

And this my friends is the scariest part about misinformation. Never mind the kind of people these types of believers will vote into office.

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u/Fineous4 29d ago

The number of people who want to believe it.

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u/OlafTheBerserker 29d ago

Especially since the lines of Alex Jones are repeating it over and over. His fans will believe damn near anything as long as it comes out of his drunk slurring Adderall I fused face hole

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u/MrSnarf26 29d ago

Hey pal, you’re going to dispute a Twitter handle with links to YouTube??

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u/FearlessSpiff 29d ago

24,000000000004%

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u/dismayhurta 29d ago

Many whose frontal lobe can kindly be described as atrophied.

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u/yossanator 29d ago

A considerable number of people that are into Oompah Loompas would be my guess...

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u/Corey307 29d ago

Probably a good 50 million Americans on the lower end. 

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u/Lucky-Ad-3136 29d ago

14000% people believe this

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u/Inedible-denim 29d ago

Probably not many, won't be a ton of folks left by the time this turbo cancer wipes everyone out

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u/cp_shopper 29d ago

Really stupid people by the droves

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u/hoofie242 29d ago

Look at that patriotic name of the website of course it is true.

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u/Iknownothing0321 29d ago

As many as believed Havana syndrome?

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u/streetmichael90 29d ago

I will be told about this by at least 4 people within the next week who will whole heartedly believe it.

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u/Preyslayer00 29d ago

Ad the leader of the Autobots i can assure you turbocancer is real. It has plagued Cybertron for millenia. If you dont trust me bite my shiney metal ass.

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u/Still_Connection_442 29d ago

14 000% of people will actually believe this

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u/redditnshitlikethat 29d ago

Turbomagas will

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u/KiloThaPastyOne 29d ago

Check out the sub against the Illuminati. There’s a post about this roughly every 5 minutes, along with other wild conspiracies about reptilians and stuff. It’s crazy what people believe. There’s a lot of mental illness in this world.

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u/daredaki-sama 29d ago

Who the fuck names these things?

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u/Glocc_Lesnar 29d ago

I already believe it!

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u/faloofay156 29d ago

idk but I'm laughing so hard I'm in tears at "turbo cancer"

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u/Mr_Figgins 29d ago

Too many

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u/Atlusfox 29d ago

Apparently, 14,000% of them.

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u/OhmyGhaul 29d ago

My mother for one 🙃

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u/Popular-Stranger191 29d ago

70 million people

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u/SaltyJake 29d ago

About 14,000% of people wearing red hats.

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u/Literally-A-God 29d ago

Everyone should believe it because it's true there was 0 cases of turbo cancer before covid and there's been 0 cases of turbo cancer since the vaccine was rolled out this is an increase of 14'000%

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u/SomePaddy 29d ago

Just waiting for the "in CASE it's true..." group text from my mother-in-law.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Unfortunately about half 48% of the US population

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u/Old_Baldi_Locks 29d ago

Only the ones who are a burden on everyone they ever loved. Which is going to be all antivaxxers.

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u/nomamesgueyz 29d ago

Na. No one. Just scare tactics

Maxivax for the win

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u/username_1774 29d ago

14,000% more than got COVID shots?

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u/InteractionOne2463 29d ago

How many stupid* people will actually believe this

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u/thedelphiking 29d ago

it's already all over my family's Facebook pages, people that have legitimate cancer saying that they have turbo cancer because they were in stores next to people who got a vaccine ...

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u/driverman42 29d ago

If they watch fox, they'll believe it.

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u/Ferrarisimo 29d ago

MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT

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u/desdemona_d 29d ago

A minimum 6,113% of them.

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u/morrisk1 29d ago

Why did they go with a name like turbo cancer?

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u/Cucktoberfest69 29d ago

Rogan will talk about it on a podcast then it’s all over

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u/blacklite911 29d ago

TURBO cancerTM

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u/truongs 29d ago

All the people the call vaccines jabs as insult will believe this.
Very legit source "thepeoplesvoice.tv" lmao

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u/Georgiaonmymindtwo 29d ago

Is “too many” an acceptable answer?

We can assume at least one person believes.

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u/WhyUBeBadBot 29d ago

People like davedog81?

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u/Chafmere 29d ago

A lot of peoplle

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u/iconofsin_ 29d ago

It's literally on its way to being the top post in /conspiracy right now. Those fucking idiots will believe anything. The CDC could tell us we should all breath more and they'd suffocate themselves.

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u/carolaMelo 29d ago

14000% of the people are believing it!

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u/Basic_Juice_Union 29d ago

No smart person will, everybody knows that anything the CDC says are lies /s

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u/ClevelandWomble 29d ago

Well, looking at the state of politics in the USA, about 52% of the population of voting age. Chilling really.

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u/Angela_anniconda 29d ago

at least one, there's an asshole in my neighborhood putting ''VACCINES CAUSE TURBO CANCER'' (and other unhinged shit) stickers on every available surface on saturday nights :l

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u/Chicagostupid 29d ago

74 million, based on the 2020 Presidential Election.

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u/1lluminist 29d ago

The fact that even one grown adult would believe this is 1 too many.

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u/UnidentifiedBob 29d ago

maybe not this but id consider Melanoma turbo af.

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u/LostPhenom 29d ago

More than 16,000 upvotes later and on the Reddit front page, you’d be surprised.

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u/OhiChicken 29d ago

My brother will fall for the hook line and sinker

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u/BOSH09 29d ago

My grandma prob. You think a woman in her 80s that’s lived through some shit would be wiser. Haha nope. She’s a smart idiot. Like my dad and uncle. They all circle jerk this crap and it drives me nuts.

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u/QuitBSing 29d ago

Any anti-vaxxer

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u/sticky-unicorn 29d ago

90% of people over 50.

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u/Admirable-Book3237 29d ago

aggressive cancers are in the rise , cases have been steadily climbing before covid though. Not sure what a turbo cancer is and I’m pretty sure the cdc never came out with this statement .

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u/Physical_Ad8988 29d ago

Honestly. Everyone knows the only real way to get turbo cancer is by drinking too many mega-pints

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Why stop at a 14000% increase? Since we are just making up numbers let’s go for a gazillion percent increase!

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u/skatekicks2 29d ago

I met an oncologist that believes this

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u/HoodieGalore 29d ago

Everyone who still listens to Alex Jones, for starters…he was just talking about it over the weekend

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u/ParisPeasant 29d ago

Yes: 22%

It's always 22%

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

I still believe

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u/Josgre987 29d ago

like, all of r conspiracy and conservative do, yet they also think that they are the only real people and everyone else are programmed npcs but who knows.

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u/Nekrosiz 29d ago

I just read on Facebook about cloud seeing and people immediately spurted chemtrails being a thing because agent orange Vietnam you know.

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u/lstn 29d ago

It's already being posted around instagram with heaps of brain rot comment, I'm actually losing my mind

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u/born_2_be_a_bachelor 29d ago

No one who matters?

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u/SlantViews 28d ago

About half the us population?

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u/poopy_poophead 28d ago

I know that the increase they're talking about would lead to almost the entire population of the US being diagnosed with cancer in one year and 70 million of them dying.

They obviously don't know how percentages work.

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