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I Lost My Mom to QAnon. Wordle Is Bringing Her Back

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That was my first thought too but this is a real article and the title has not been changed.

QAnon is still a thing? I was under the impression that was all over and truckers were the new threat to democracy!

I have to point out the irony of a media outlet named Vice News publishing an article about breaking someone's addiction to a conspiracy and propaganda source.

People falling into conspiracies for different reasons. Let it be, conspiracies explains some situation easily (and it's looks true) for the ones with simple mindsets, or, they fit as an explanation for situations one doesn't have a full knowledge of.. like how the rules and laws are made in a society. Or, conspiracies are also a try to find reasonable arguments why the life of one is so much different in terms of well-living compared to some others.. "there is always someone who doesn't want you to rise and be free and stop you from doing it" :) Difficult to analyse, as each of us have own brain and life. I don't want to discuss this or to ram someone from the side because of one's believes.

I noticed quite a lot of people tend to believe in conspiracies, because they gain social credits by the other believers and are given a (falsely) feeling belonging to "caring community" - which is true for the ordinary participants among each other's, but not for the ones "driving" the conspiracy. They have some agenda by their own.

I know of a graduated electro-physics student (German diploma of engineering), who studied the mathematics, physics and all the logic.. her diploma thesis was about the thermal properties of silicone in the lithography process.. she did learn how to program an fpga, did etch "own" processors into silicone.. doing all the stuff a hardware coder needs to know.. and.. that girl believes then in the vaccines against COVID are some nanobots and nanochips to control us and so.. wait whaaat?

Yes. She actually knows the limits in chips production. She actually knows the need for an antenna for the nanobots being able to send or receive signals. She actually knows that for certain wavelength one needs a certain length of antenna and that it can't be build that small not to see it with ones bare eye..

it is just impossible with the actual technology. But she still does believe in that. And she also engaged with the whole scene.. doing organization of demonstrations and actively participate in acquiring new people into the scene..

Why? GOD KNOWS WHY. I think it's what other people give her back.. feeling to be important. Feeling to be "loved". Feeling to be part of them and part of something bigger... Having "true" friends who care. (her true friends who she know since 29 years are suddenly not friends anymore, but rather manipulated stupid humans)

So.. take care of you beloved ones. That should be enough. Let them believe what they want, but make sure they know you will never let them fall for their believes. And slowly try to ask critical questions which the believer can't answer without thinking.. That's what may help.

With the girl above, everything is lost. She needs a baby to get off.. something she can care about.. wordle wouldn't help, as she would write a solver in HDL xD

I think I get what you are trying to say, I always find it interesting when a comment has a larger word count than the article being commented on.

It's now difficult to remove that as you already pointed to that :)

It's not meant like she needs one to be put in her.. it's just a statement that she needs something bigger then taking care of some actions for her believes. She needs a true care-giving and having a child is the only thing on earth which is true. All and the only aim of life.

It's not meant offensive or belowerering that girl. She is also a friend of my.

You can still offend a friend. Either way, you sitting here deciding what she needs is probably offensive to her; and you are still suggesting the only thing in life for her is baby, yet that is only your opinion

Yes. I understand what you mean. My point is that some are engaging because they get a feeling being important - in my comment, I pointed out that there is no sense to believe in chips and robots in vaccines, especially if you have studied that for 8 years (16 semester. Yes. You're a German engineer!) and you know the limits of technology. So, why the heck would some one believe that???

It's like a car maker suddenly believe, it's not gasoline you get on the gas stations put in your car, but pure alkohol - why would some one start to believe a thing against all the better knowledge?

So I derived from that, that the things she makes now gives her something that she don't get without.. and she likes what she gets. The only thing that can distract her and pull her back to earth is having a child and focusing on the caretaking.

There is nothing wrong with that. And it's not my opinion, but a statement that nothing else will help. It points out the impact of engagement in conspiracies and (in her case) it's so big, that only having a child (the biggest distraction on earth) could change that. Nothing else will help except that.

So. What she needs or not, isn't the point of discussion and actually, she's desperate to having a child.. No one wants lol

There that should make things easier, but it's up to you, I kind oif think maybe this girl captured your eye and you might think that you should be the one to "Fix" the problem?

As far as this story goes I find the "Daughter" that lives with or "Off" her mom incredibly arrogant. Children often feel they are smarter than their parents and sometimes they are, but to actually speak to a media source and air the family's dirty laundry makes me wonder what the daughter's motives truly are.

I also have to question the ethics of a news outlet to allow such things to be reported about a person, even by their own daughter and not reach out for comment from them.

And the underlying negative tone regarding Evangelical Christians being weak minded and prone to conspiracy is not best journalism practice either.

One should always think and take care of the ones around oneself. She is my friend and not someone who does not matter.. you can't meet up with her anymore without talking about the conspiracy the whole evening.

Call it "captured one's eye".. I call that caretaking of my social circle. What would you do if someone suddenly think you're driven by the government and tries to "fix" you, when the thinking leading to that conclusion is clearly based on lies and impossibilities?

And, yes. I'm completely with you. Not good journalism. But the thing with the weak minded ev. Christians - this is really like that.

I've grown up in a evangelical christian family. Have been "forced" to go to church on Sundays until 18. We pray before every lunch. And engage in house circles and doin some other things.

Ok.. my father is the smartest man I met in 41 years of my being. He studied engineering and being a freelancer/company owner for 40 years of doing programming in C, C++, Java, JS, bash on HP Unix and all the *x systems used by banks, car makers and and and, python and a few other languages. Working 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the last 40 years..

I studied engineering, work with students and teach them what I know - Icm able assess what it means to be weak minded.

The most (90 percent) of all the guys in the church are weak minded, as the ones who have a stronger mind (gained through education) tend to be atheists.. once I asked my dad having his brain, why he still believe in a higher being / god. The answer was "I don't know if there is a god. But if, then I'm better off than one who doesn't believe.. I lived my life without hate, always doing good things and giving love - my believe made me a better person. So, why the discussion?" .. yes.

We often talk about manipulation of simple minded by the priests (to stay on topic).

If you strongly believe a thing, then there just needs to be one who's telling what your ears wants to hear and you believe him everything. Like my aunt.. the priest said "COVID is sent by god to sort the bad from the good ones. If you pray loud enough and show god you're worthy, then COVID won't harm you." ... WHAAAT??? She prays. And there is no discussion possible, because than I need to argue against the priest - I do and as effect, I piss her off. Difficult case :)

But I'm with you. Journalism should be completely neutral. Connotation and underlying negative tone shouldn't be part of reporting.

I read a news in german language once. It was clear. Shortsentenced. Just facts. Ok! Then, I learned from my russian community, there is a translation of the very same news. Being able to speak that language, I read it. It was completely different meaning. There have been some personal conclusions like "the migration of foreigners will change our life" hidden in-between. All the russian guys started to discuss that in terms "we need to exit Europe. We want the German Mark back. Europe will kill us"... Wait, whaaat? There has never been similar said in the original report.

That's how we all get manipulated. And that's how the money is made xd

Fair enough, it sounds like you care about this girl and that is good. IMHO the best thing you can do is give her space but make it clear you are there for her if and when she needs a friend.

>>>I read a news in german language once. It was clear. Shortsentenced.

I also agree, the German language is a beautiful thing, they have such interesting words that speaking a single one can convey an entire thought. eg: Schadenfreude or Backpfeifengesicht

these are called "suitcase words" and this is special to only (?) German language.. this is also a valid German word and actually have been used in the legislative area:

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

beef meat labeling monitoring tasks transfer law = the law for the transfer of monitoring tasks (to a other entity)for monitoring the correct labeling of beef meat)

or:

Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung

(attention deficit - hyperactivity disorder)

stupid! :)

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