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As always, this has been edited for length, clarity, and to make both parties funnier/smarter/cooler than they otherwise would have seemed

EP: Did you read the Elizabeth Weil article today about the into the wild type woman [ed note: the article, here, is about a woman who becomes drawn into conspiracies and died trying to live off the grid with her teenage son and her sister]

When I was reading the conspiracy theories they were into I was like 👀haha yes only a total crackpot would believe that

ID: OMG yes and so funny because about a month ago I texted AC and was like, I read a few small random articles about this story and someone should do a deep dive here

Lo and behold!

Let it be known that I have great ideas and shit follow through. It counts for something!

EP: YES

Hahahahha

ID: And the text that breaks off is me highlighting a sentence about big Pharma being evil and being like, OK but fair point loony tune

EP: Or the part about how she told people not to take any medication because the government is trying to control us

ID: I MEAN, kinda?!

EP: That is so funny, that’s exactly the text that I was like, ok but she is right?

ID: I do not want to die in a tent off a hiking trail but also I was like, hard relate to this off-the-grid yearning lady

It can be hard if you have a touch of the nut in you, as we both do, to resist the temptation to go full nut

Like it’s just SO CLOSE AND TEMPTING

I kind of hate Bill Gates and sometimes I’m like, just believe it, just believe he’s putting microchips in people

EP: Haha

ID: I mean you already don’t like the guy

Just go the extra mile!
EP: It’s hard as a Jew because you know the natural endpoint of the conspiracy theories are “and the Jews did it”
And yet it is so tempting to follow the thread all the way

ID: Yeah that prevent me from joining the communities

EP: Yes hahahaha exactly

ID: Also a lot of conspiracists are basically stupid

Even if they have some smart ideas

Like you can’t have an intellectual conversation about literature with them

So that’s a bummer

Like at the end of the day, you just want to chill and have a glass of wine and discuss the latest prestige TV

I don’t know that they’ll have good opinions on it

EP: That is such a funny and accurate criticism of conspiracy theorists

ID: Like what do QAnoners do for fun? When they want to kick back and chill? I need some off-time, personally

EP: That is a great question

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