Haha, cracked is one of my favorite sites out there. I waste endless hours that I should spend doing other things, but goddammit, how else will I find some of this crazy shit out?
And I pretty well agree with most of your comments regarding conspiracy theories. A lot of them do seem to jump to sometimes unsupportable conclusions based on some actual facts. (The X+Y=5 stuff.) That there are common symbols in the world OMG MEANS WE'RE BEING TAKEN OVER BY EVIL SECRET SOCIETIES. Which as you said in the post... symbols exist without necessarily "belonging" to some specific group. Their use in any cultural scenario (like music) is just because they're something meaningful. Because that's what symbols are - something that has been given meaning beyond its form.
And yes, conspiracy theorists, or at least the very adamant ones, do tend to jump to the OMG EVIL GOVERNMENT/SOCIETIES/SATAN/CULTS/ALIENS/ETC very quickly, without maybe considering reasons besides ULTIMATE EVIL.
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Haha, cracked is one of my favorite sites out there. I waste endless hours that I should spend doing other things, but goddammit, how else will I find some of this crazy shit out?
And I pretty well agree with most of your comments regarding conspiracy theories. A lot of them do seem to jump to sometimes unsupportable conclusions based on some actual facts. (The X+Y=5 stuff.) That there are common symbols in the world OMG MEANS WE'RE BEING TAKEN OVER BY EVIL SECRET SOCIETIES. Which as you said in the post... symbols exist without necessarily "belonging" to some specific group. Their use in any cultural scenario (like music) is just because they're something meaningful. Because that's what symbols are - something that has been given meaning beyond its form.
And yes, conspiracy theorists, or at least the very adamant ones, do tend to jump to the OMG EVIL GOVERNMENT/SOCIETIES/SATAN/CULTS/ALIENS/ETC very quickly, without maybe considering reasons besides ULTIMATE EVIL.