Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2020
- With conspiracy theories about coronavirus proliferating, John Oliver discusses why we’re prone to believe, how to distinguish fact from fiction, and what you can do to help others.
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My favourite concpiracy theory comes from two old ladies I passed on the street.
Lady 1: "So, my husband says that all this Corona thing started because Trump used a bioweapon on China. To weaken their economy, you know?"
Lady 2: "Then why do the US have so much Corona?"
Lady 1: "It's Trump, you really think he thought that far ahead?"
this is likely my favorite!!
...Well...
Generally speaking, if Trump is accusing someone of doing something, it's because he does/did it. So, with Trump accusing China of releasing it from a lab in Wuhan, maybe that's because that's what he did.
You Sir/Madam, get to take home the best comment of the day award. This is pure gold.
Holy shit, I totally believe that.
LOL
My conspiracy theory is that Stanley Kubrick was hired to fake the moon landing, but he was such a stickler for detail he insisted on filming on location.
You now what? I don't care, this is my new headcanon and the only conspiracy I will allow myself to believe
@@tehnemox Spread the word! The truth must be known!
Oh my God I love it 😂
@Kelsi Parker 🤣🤣❤
🤣🤣🤣🤣♥️♥️♥️♥️ (translation) Ha I love it
When I was a kid, my mum threw away the microwave because "microwaves use radiation to heat up food, and the radiation gets in your food AND THAT GIVES YOU CANCER!"
We were only allowed to eat what the daily mail said cured cancer.
It's hell having a mad parent
You good man
I don’t think microwaves produced enough radiation to be concerned, but it is recommended to not be face to face with a microwave when cooking food.
@@PhaZeUnleashed Microwaves don't use the same frequency of radiation that harm you. When we talk about radiation in science, there are several frequencies, the radiation used in a microwave produces heat :)
Christ. I'm guessing your eating habits are quite varied atm, Daily Mail has claimed almost everything cures cancer at some point lol
@@PhaZeUnleashed Radiation is simply a term for how things radiate. Light radiates so it's radiation. Heat radiates so it's radiation. Microwaves are not *ionizing* radiation so there's no chance of them causing cancer. They just excite the water molecules in your food which results in them heating up faster.
That's it. Radiation does not mean "ionizing nuclear radiation" which is the bad stuff.
Crazy Alex Trebek died only a few months after this aired. I watched jeopardy every night with my grandma while we waited for my mom or dad to pick me up. I watched it every night since, even when my life was a dumpster fire, I always found a way to watch jeopardy.
All of this to say, this got me in the feels and I wasn’t expecting to get choked up right now
Exactly what I think of whenever I’ve revisited this video over the last year or so. He was probably feeling fairly miserable by this point, but he still felt compelled enough to put in the effort to make a very important PSA. R.I.P. Alex T. 🥺
Alex Trebek was a treasure. His passing was sad.
I'm not saying appearing as a guest on last week tonight causes cancer. But it is a little weird that Alex Trebek died so soon after appearing.
rewatching this episode and it choked me up to see him. i grew up with jeopardy as the background music of my life. (i wish they still did that boop-boop-boop-blorp noise when the boards populated.)
if anyone is qualified to take on the show, mayim and ken are; but it's not the same without alex.
Legend says John Oliver's roast of AT&T hasn't reached them yet
Big daddy At&t.. I work at At&t before they like to make fun of themselves.
It’s because they use AT&T
Oops, translation pattern didn't use E164.
Top comment. Bravo
They're too busy delivering Perfect Phone Calls
The growth of coronavirus in a given area is dependent on two primary factors:
1. How dense the population is
2. How dense the population is
Ba-dm-tssss 😂😂😂
Well played, Sir. Well played...
I see what you did there, and I approve it
3. How stupid the population is to not wear a face mask.
4. How stupid the population is to not keep away from crowds.
Upvote
“The beach doesn’t cure anything except you being comfortable.” may be the most British words ever uttered.
Well John, Its been roughly a year and I'm sorry to tell you.
They didn't learn, they just doubled down on the crazy.
So You got vaccinate?
@@cojocarasumariusm9243 I got vaccinated and I had no side effects other than a sore arm and slightly bumpy skin.
Yep, Sometimes I have to admire their creativity. On occasion, I have the feeling I am watching an absurd theater play.
Operation Paperclip, Operation Northwoods, Operation Mongoose, Operation Mockingbird, Operation Cyclone and Operation Midnight Climax involving Project MKULTRA are all you need to look up to know this video is full of shit. The term conspiracy theory was created by the CIA to make people avoid the truth. Key thing to remember is that both of our political parties are completely bought and owned by corporate interests and the military industrial complex. That's why we can't have universal healthcare in the middle of a pandemic during a Democrat presidency with a Democratic majority in Congress. I'm surprised he even got the troops out of Afghanistan after the media's fake nonsense over "women's rights". In all my 20 years of watching that war unfold I never heard the media voicing concern for women's rights in Saudi Arabia because in Saudi Arabia women are stoned to death for infidelity but they're one of our biggest allies so whatever right?
Like how 8 months ago the conspiracy was vaccine mandates. It was so bad that fauci and pelosi both said they cannot force vaccine mandates. Well I guess they changed their minds huh?
As a scientist, it is so frustrating to have invested thousands of dollars and years of our lives getting an education and learning how life and the world works just for people to trust a Facebook post over an entire community of people who are generally passionate about finding answers and creating solutions. :(
Life is hard, ain't it? I'm glad you finally found out.
I'm quite frankly pissed that I haven't yet gotten my payoff from the international science conspiracy board that coordinates the various hoaxes of climate change, evolution, vaccines, etc and makes sure everyone's falsified study from every corner of the flat earth all matches up. Maybe if they were a little more prompt with the checks, they wouldn't have to spend so much on the assassins and hit squads to stop the young, idealistic, and broke grad students from leaking the raw unaltered data they have access to as they perform the bulk of the field work.
Scientists aren't very trustworthy though. Half of them are on a mission to disprove God, and the other half aren't being heard because they've either been shot or had their careers destroyed. The mainstream media doesn't care about any of that though.
Thousands of years, you say? L:
@@freemoriah8160 no scientist i's trying to disprove god, they all know the first rule of a theory is it has to be testable and it is therefore impossible to prove whether or not he exists. No real scientist would waist their time trying to disprove something that isn't even a theroy.
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge"
- Stephen Hawking
Nice
Exactly what the media feeds you each and every day...
symbologee shut up ya dingus.
The irony is that it wasn't Stephen Hawking who said it, it was the American historian Daniel J. Boorstin.
Karahtar idc either way because reality is bs
At one point I was hospitalized with what the emergency room initially thought was spinal meningitis which is very contagious.
I was IMMEDIATELY told to put on a mask and not to take it off for anything, and then I was stuck in a room by myself just waiting until a doctor could see me.
That was in 2011.
It turned out I just had a hell of a mixed tension migraine but because I also have dysautonomia, my nervous system went bananas and gave me a fever of 104 which is why they thought I probably had meningitis. It's not like they were idiots, my body just does really strange things.
The point is that I was immediately isolated from everyone in that hospital. I wasn't in line somewhere, or in a waiting room. I had to put on a mask and sit in what was essentially a broom closet by myself until specialists had time to give me a spinal tap and CT scan to make sure that I did not in fact have spinal meningitis.
But this dude here thinks that people are just going to be waiting in a giant room? All together? Ok bud.
Dumb as a rock. My apologies; rocks are clearly highly intelligent compared to that dude.
In 2012 I ended up in hospital severely dehydrated because of a stomach virus. Every nurse and doctor had to put on full PPE to enter my isolation room.
Why conspiracy theorists choose to ignore decades of contagious viruses and mask wearing and make it sound like covid only just introduced us to it is mind boggling
The man is a sub-brick
Now you know why autistic people were thrown into asylums until the early 2000's.
So WHERE are all the patients then?? They just round them up and no one checks in the hospital??? Come on
Why are you watching his videos if he is as much of a fool as you claim? Surely watching the videos of such a fool would make you even more foolish.
I know this video is okd and no one will probably read this but, that joke comparison to hotels with no vacancy is a real thing that people have said to me on multiple occasions about the hotel i work at being sold out
I read your comment. And the hospitals really were empty. We now know about all the lies that were told
"Where are the lines of Corona patients?"
"This is a maternity ward, sir."
"Okay then, where are all the expectant mothers?"
"Dead of coronavirus."
They are in the mass grave off of New York.
Dude, this is a Wendy's restaurant
LMAO!!!!!
Is this the equivalent of maam this is a wendys
The only thing that would have improved that segment is if John had begun loosening his tie and taking his jacket off while saying goodbye.
Lol
Lol. That would have been classic.
Have I got the youtube show for you! Try 'Some More News'. Very similiar, but the host is a disheveled american.
My trivial addition is that I like seeing John with hair again, never could really stomach the skinhead look. (Yeah, of course I know he's not a skinhead, but that shaved-too-short-even-for-bristles --ugh.)
I actually thought that was coming. It is classic John Oliver.
Question for flat-earthers: what is the assumed end game for scientists to promote a "conspiracy" around a spherical Earth?
To play ball
I think the most common belief is that a flat earth would proof that humans are special, or god's chosen, considering we'd be on the only planet that's flat, and the government doesn't want us to know that.
Usually to promote a cult of sun worshipers. No, I'm not joking. Heliocentrism.
Hmmmm… sounds like the lizard people got to you….
I watched a couple of videos by flat earthers that covered this. The theory they had was that it's to control the population, by brainwashing us to believe in everything scientists say. Apparently believing the Earth is round causes people to doubt the existence of God. This will make us all susceptible to trusting everything scientists say, without question, and will enable whatever evil powers are leading us astray to have total control over us. All I could think of was the minister's daughter I met once, who said 'Dinosaurs never existed. The devil put the fossils there to confuse us'. Yeah like science is more effective than religion at brainwashing people.
Americans are taught to doubt others. Unfortunately they are not taught to doubt themselves. In fact they consider it a virtue to never be doubtful of their own conviction no matter how unsubstantiated that may be.
Where are you from
cool story soy boy with no friends lmao
Some lady in the us definitely has "never doubt yourself
That's that bona-fide American hyperindividualism babeyyyy
I was scared and confused when that shirt slowly began undressing itself.
Yet pleasantly surprised
@@joywolf83 John Cena and John Oliver are tied for #1 in my book.
I thought it was magically delicious. I felt robbed because it airs in HBO, so I felt I was entitled to more of John Cena’s body.
Honestly, this comment saved my entire night. Still catching my breath from laughing so hard...
Damn I thought only I was seeing that, you mean it's not for me >.>?
Isn't it funny how John Oliver never shows us his legs? Look, I'm not saying he doesn't have any, I'm just saying I've never seen them...👀
Sounds like a conspiracy to me 🤔
@@THEWOMBATRULES CGI!
@@THEWOMBATRULES But those legs are covered with pants, and we know that today companies can make amazing life-like prosthetics.
@@THEWOMBATRULES #JohnOliverDoesntHaveLegs
@@GonzoJohnny Actually the fact that it's so easily disprovable makes it a perfect example.
had to immediately check if john oliver and john cena sharing their birth date was real, thinking(/hoping?) it was another test like “see! this is why you double check information!” but no… no they are the exact same age. wow.
Back in the nineties, I had a substitute teacher in computer science class. He said we could do whatever we want, so me and a few other kids started watching eachother play flash games. Near the end of class, he suddenly spoke up and said "Watch out what you download, The darkness is going to get into your mind and give you AIDS" I think about that a lot
Where are all the sick people!!!
Lady: They don't sit in the lobby...
Protect that lady!!!
@andrew miller definitely a foot rub I would imagine
Her tone of voice was just *chefs kiss*
I laughed so hard when she said that xDDDDD how is it not obvious!?!
That was funny af.
Then where are all the sick people? The question is simple, and 'they dont sit in the lobby' is obviously not an answer to that exact question. Where are they?
I'll never forget when *InfoWars* became famous for memes and speculations about frogs being gay.
The John Cena bit was hilarious! Just found this show today so it makes me wonder if it's an ongoing gag or if John Oliver has been wanting to do a bit like this for awhile now? Either way I loved it :3
Alright, let's get this day started
Awesome! I wanna see him do a video on the volatile situation in Ethiopia currently. There's actually a great video that goes in depth about the ethnic tensions and current unrest in Ethiopia:
ua-cam.com/video/vB1zC_Gncvw/v-deo.html
Leggoooo
Right how i start every monday
@@simbamartens7192 go to sleep bruh
God, what a mood.
Crazy how the generation that told us "Don't believe everything you see online" while we grew up turned out to be the one most convinced of batshit conspiracy theories
*they right?
@@ness7342 kind of funny the TV generation lack critical thinking abilities.
Touche
There are a lot of younger people believing in these conspiracy theories or just don't care about the virus, or are too stupid to realize the severity and are going on vacations and having Covid-19 parties and whatnot. I honestly thought they would have learned after the tide pods debacle of 2017 but they are still out there making terrible decisions. If every American had masked up practiced social distancing and we had a uniform complete lockdown for the first 2-3 months of this pandemic we would have beaten this virus with a lot less infections, deaths, and now the reversal of those said reopenings in some states. People need to realize this is a health crisis, worse than any other crisis we have ever had in our lifetimes but we can get through it if we all work together in fighting this virus.
They said that because they believe in conspiracy theories. They don't want others to actually believe what they are told by places that could debunk the crazy things they themselves believe. I.e.: don't believe EVERYTHING you see online. But believe (insert here).
"When they turn that switch on....bye bye muma" 🤣🤣😂😂
This one hits different.
RIP Alex, your memory for a blessing
"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." - Charles Bukowski
Dunning Kruger Effect 👍
you meant the problem with the USA though. "MEEEEH goverment wants to kill us ... " Geez, do americans even know there are other countries ? Or at least one big country above them who handled it pretty well ? A country of dummmies and a few intelligent people.
Technically not a problem but how science works, but meh, potatoes, tomatoes.
@Kim Jong Fun That’s called the Dunning-Krueger effect.
Maybe this relation of traits in inherent, not by chance. Some do more thinking before they talk a little, and some do more talking after they tought a little. Heck, there might be even a balance somewhere for some topics and people.
"Not everything you read online is true" - Abraham Lincoln
It's true that he said that: the internet told me so.
-Albert Einstein
Honest Abe said that? Must be true xD
"Fuck Fake Quotes" - Isaac Newton
Well if its online, then its true
I heard this hilarious conspiracy theory that after catching covid it goes to your toes and comes back up again after a couple months lmaooo
I love how i can come back to this 3 years later and its still relevant
There's a discussion going on that you shouldn't call it conspiracy "theories" anymore and instead call it a conspiracy "mythos", because "theory" gives it the connotation of actual scientific theories that have been peer reviewed and published.
You’re right “conspiracy hypothesis,” is more accurate.
I don't know in my experience "conspiracy theory" already has a bad reputation, and people that follow them don't want to be called conspiracy theorists.
Not myths though because some conspiracy theories end up being true.
@@sagekinzey7303 no, 'hypothesis' is definitely not accurate. That's another term used in science for something you're trying to prove or disprove later in your work, but noone ever actually tries to prove those conspiracy myths (because you cannot prove bullshit you just made up to get some attention).
"conspiracy fantasies" then?
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet."
- Abraham Lincoln
Ah, dear Abe, he was so ahead of his time :)
"Abraham Lincoln once said that if you are a racist I will attack you with the north"
-Michael Scott
I needed this, thank you haha
"Conspiracies are never true"
- U.S. Government
That's a good one ;D
As someone who practices family medicine , I’ve had to encounter most of this nonsense . It really does come down to the majority of lay people do not know how to research , so they trust poor sources .
Even if they do know how to research, there is bias towards results and a inherent ability to intepret in favorable ways to what we already want to belive in. So not only do we need proper knowledge in critical thinking regarding sources of information, on how to filter that information, but also on how our own psyche works and how to counter act against those mind tricks. So yeah, it is hard to get it right.
@@MrEddie4679 Exactly. The psyche. No one is free from its biases. Living with psychologists, I know of different interpretations of the “conspiracy theorist” “mindset”, however, lately the discussion has moved to the less explained phenomena of the conspiracy denier.
I listened recently to a valid analysis by psychologist Tim Foyle. Unfortunately only at Radio München hier in YT , and it is in German: Die Psychologie ser Verschwörungsleugner.
It has been translated though from an English article which I suppose is easy to find.
A majority of people trust poor sources like most mainstream sources as well.
@@carnelandiainteresting. I have to admit as a person it infuriates me more to hear the ridicule of conspiracy theories then to endure a person at a bar talking about shape shifting lizards. The main reason is that the ridicule of the conspiracy theories is usually founded in just as deeply flawed logic as the theories' themselves. When you hear supposedly educated people using the same lines to condemn conspiracy theories as where used against Darwin or Galileo you know an anti science climate is underlying all of this. The earth rotates around the sun because god says so is not a good enough.
If you don't agree this aged well, you seem to have missed the whole point and I'm betting you came into it with that idea already firmly in mind.
To John Oliver and the ENTIRE team of last week tonight:
*Thank you for making this show*
I wear a 😷 social distance and was always pro vaccines until recently but this vaccine they are proposing will be unlike any other in that it will alter your DNA. The world is on lockdown and there are pressures on doctors to put covid 19 on death certs, some even have monetary incentives like mediplan in the US. Please do your own research and consider what you may🤞or will 🙏🌏🙏be asked to take and consider it fully. Also don't forget to fact check the fact checkers. There has been censorship and it's not always for upholding the truth.
ua-cam.com/video/4GbbSCqNTZA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/MY8Nfzcn1qQ/v-deo.html
instagram.com/tv/CCoxH_znBrQ/?igshid=17jqy8n4np55x ua-cam.com/video/o7A_cMpKm6w/v-deo.html.
Check my 'signs of times' playlist for more information.
@@NMDecember1 which proposed vaccine? Here's a list so you can pick one. Are you claiming that all of the disparate groups are doing this, or just one?
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/jul/20/coronavirus-vaccine-tracker-how-close-are-we-to-a-vaccine
@Lord Grime what exactly IS the problem?
@@toxickrush their reply is going to:
1. Be non-existent, and/or empty words
2. Laughably wrong
3. See 1 and 2 combined
@Lord Grime It's "take him SERIOUSLY" and I do.
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' " - Isaac Asimov.
The cult of ignorance you took about was purposely done ua-cam.com/video/Jcz9Eune7BY/v-deo.html
Smoke weed in your lungs will be lying in a layer of THC protecting your human cells from exposure to covid-19 making you essentially immune... This virus wasn't made in China it was made in our spacelabs to kill off the old mindsets... m.ua-cam.com/video/l_L6AS1Huno/v-deo.html
@@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler I think you've had enough weed buddy.
@@JonathanLit Hashtag Hash
Hooray for that! Can I trust your research?
The more time goes on, the more interesting this video gets
Yesterdays conspericy is todays Fact. Some will be fake but we must find the true
@@hermanhoppe3773 you must learn how to spell before I even consider anything you want to say 😂 conspericy sounds like some kind of weird sandwich.
@@mikeximenez5285 Yesterday's conspiracy theory is today's fact. Some will be false, but we must find the truth. Now you can start considering.
@@mikeximenez5285 sorry for the typo
@@mikeximenez5285 yeah it was a typo
"A person is smart. People are dumb panicky animals and you know it"
- The Men in Black movie
Completely out of context. There was nothing in here about aliens ;)
Be honest, John: You're not wearing any pants under that table.
That's the only conspiracy theory I'm concerned about.
#JohnDoesntWearPants
Cracked me up hard 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha
I am the 69th like. *_*Noice*_*
#JohnDoesntWearPants
yep
I desperately want John Oliver and John Cena to remake the movie Twins.
I DIED!!! 🤣🤣🤣
YES! YES! OMG YES! I need this to happen ASAP! LET'S START A PETITION 😆
Oh god yes.
I was thinking the Parent Trap..
I too want to see this remake of twins.
"It's easy to fool people when they're already fooling themselves."
- Mysterio from Spider Man: Far From Home
“If there’s grass on the field, play ball”
- Muhatma Ghandi
they clearly just needed us all inside so they could change the batteries in the birds
Too bad they didn't turn off the pooping mechanisms in the pigeons.
🤣🥰 Omg thanks for that
Bwahahahahahahaha !!!
Anybody wanna trade? Tired of looking at same ones from the window.😥😷 #staysafe
I knew it.
John Oliver may be british, but hes a goddamn american national treasure and I'll throw more tea in more harbors to keep him
He's an American citizen! Poor timing on his part, but he's ours now, we can claim him
Don't forget to throw some milk over the harbor too for the tea!
We are going to need him if we ever want to fix this insane country of ours.
No, no no! The Tea Party gave birth to Trumpism.
Just add a tad bit of sugar with it.
Man oh man I remember one time I was sitting outside class because of an asthma attack and some dipshit kid asked if I had had my vax, I choked out a yes and bro said “oooh that’s it”. My brother in Christ I was immune sensitive if I didn’t get vaxs I could have died.
Lost my grandpa to it and due to my dads shitty relationship with him I only recently learned he was dead.
I will always love the fact John Oliver got John Cena to basically do strip tease while saying “fact check everything”
John Oliver actually revealed later that they did not ask John Cena to strip while filming but he did it on his own will
@@viditsinha9707 when did he say this I need to see this
@@sheepy1215 ua-cam.com/video/EzlCOg-37hI/v-deo.html
Here
@@sheepy1215 About 30 seconds into the season 7 finale.
As the Romanian saying goes... "The mother of idiots is always pregnant."
Finally, a saying that's an equal opportunity offender :D
You can find all the world's wisdom in the mutterings of its washer women
Isn't that the plot of Idiocracy, the movie?
Feel like that's been the US birth plan for a while.
As a Romanian..... what the fuck saying is that?
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." -Bertrand Russell
Gotta love Dunning-Kruger...
This is such a good quote. Wise people are wise because they are critical to even their ideas and thoughts so it cause this uncertainty all the time (seeking for truth constantly and be wise to be able to change ideas as truth reached) fools and fanatics don’t have to bother you even think on something if it’s correct or not. Isn’t it easy and lazy just to believe but also calming, relaxing up to the point you don’t even care anymore.
Critical thinking is too much work and what you get as a result ?? Never be sure about anything and constant unrest-fullness !! How big of a bliss is being ignorant
@@suziwolf4830 that isn't actually what dunning-kruger is about
In one sentence, this guy hits the nail on the head with a nuclear war head.
Imma have to disagree- wiser people just don’t speak in absolutes!! Real experts of any sort are very very careful about using clear, accurate, specialty-specific language, & in science especially, we always leave room for the possibility that we MIGHT be wrong. Because there could be something we are collectively missing, technology might come along to expose a factor that would turn our theory on its head, know matter how sure we are, we will never say “I can tell you that this is 100% true”, unfortunately this is exactly what bad faith actors cling onto push their bullshit- & nobody seems to question why the expert “isn’t sure” but the rando with an interest in the opposing view _is_ sure & it drives me absolutely crazy 😫
For all the flaws of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", I've always appreciated how it shows Palpatine using a trade dispute in a distant backwater of the galaxy to start his rise to power; now I know the name of the logical fallacy (proportionality bias) that it was subverting. Last Week Tonight changes another life!
8:37 WOW....
10:29 lolol the AT&T Bashing from a Company owned by AT&T is hilarious! It never gets old!
17:07 Can't keep events quiet, Roxanne knows.
My stepmother has a great quote about conspiracy theorists: "it's adorable how much faith they have in the government's management skills".
For context, she's a project manager for a logistics firm, so she has first-hand experience in how much of a pain in the ass it is to coordinate large groups of people to do anything, much less keep their activities secret.
That is what I have heard about the moon landings being a fake. People have said, "Anyone who thinks that this can be arranged has never been a project manager." --- I would like to add, if you think tens of thousands of people can keep a secret for 50 years, you're clueless. TWO people can barely keep a secret for any amount of time.
@@kathleenr4047 as the saying goes "you only can keep a secret if those who knows are dead". We know that in asia because our (late) royalties always kills the builder of their palace
I remember a quote regarding the JFK assasination, but it works for every conspiracy theory: "If there really was a conspiracy to have JFK killed, someone would have blabbed about that long ago"
The problem with that is that you get your astronauts who say "aliens are real and I absolutely saw something up there" and instead of being the leak that proves that the rest of the people in the know have failed to keep the secret, he gets written off as a tragic crackpot.
for most conspiracies to work, the government must be incredibly competent and cunning, but at the same time must be so stupid and sloppy that the average joe can figure out what they are doing if they look hard enough.
“You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.”
― Robert A. Heinlein
Yeah, it's just part of the brain. What feels true but is really just sensational nonsense is more satisfying than learning the boring facts of the situation.
I think this is the biggest problem in politics, and the reason so many great movements fall apart into idiocy.
Annnnnd another fucking quote
Heinlein knew all about that
i'm not convinced. (lol)
Funny coming from the dude who wrote Starship Troopers unironically
Numerous not too bright friends I know are sending me conspiracy articles on a daily basis.
Now with the empty void that John is stuck in, the grey suit/blue shirt and tie matches quite nicely. The emptiness of the endless void really brings out the shirt, and the pop of the deep blue tie just looks nice. This was a quality suit and the palette was very nice. 6/10
My heart melted when he said "Correlation does not imply causation" 😍😍😍
That’s a pretty basic statistics/ science fact
@@lysal7430 Remember that common sense aint so common
I used to think correlation implies causation, and then I took a statistics course and found out that it doesn't.
So the course worked?
Well, maybe....
Amen!
I see that too often. You may have a third trend that causes the other two. And nobody has a clue that third trend even exists, let alone what it is.
“It’s Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.”
I think this is the phrase of the decade
A lie can run around the world, before the truth has its boots on.
@@blackcountryme
A lie can penetrate the truth until it is castrated by reason.
Right.
to lose my mind.
See Micro biology and Infectious Diseases. 2021; 5(1): 1-3.
ISSN 2639-9458 Research Article J. Bart Classen, MD
I realy hope you weare a mask to protect your family
"Or - Solid Bjork impression" 😂😂😂😂🤣😂 Oh John, you got me
Good bless John Oliver and a good start to 2022! Yes, I am watching this on Jan 1, 2022
"How is AT&T going to send me a message? Sprint?"
*SHOTS FIRED!!*
Take that, Business Daddy!
It wouldn't send on Sprint as they are even worse than AT&T
Business Daddy isn’t getting a break just cause it’s a pandemic and there is no audience! No honey! John is still coming for Business Daddy.
@@ThePhl4ever i guess it depends on the area. at & t is garbage where i live, but boost mobile(uses the same towers as sprint, same service) blows it out if the water in terms of reliability and speed, for a fraction of the price
silversonic99 this comment was sponsored by boost mobile
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled"
Sounds like a quote at the beginning of a Criminal Minds episode.
Pride is what makes hard for them to change there mind.
It's the same for people who pre-order bad games, or defend shitty business practices like Valorant's skin prices, "yeah benny i get it, it's a free to play game, but it was made by RIOT Games, and LoL's most expensive skin is like 30 dollars, and fucking Valorants skin is like 95 bucks and another 300 if you want the animations to go with them."
they are just too invested, and it would hurt their self image and your image of them, if they backed down.. wich is only something they think and probably wouldn't happen.
Yeah and Jepstein didn't kill himself and Fauci didn't fund Wuhan lab for gain of function for coronaviruses.
Because people do not want admit their fault.
The funny thing is your point about people going into hotels and going ‘where are all the guests?!’ Happens all the time
I do have a cousin named Roxanne… 🤨 CONSPIRACY!!! 🤪
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark Twain
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Good one!
@Jurgis
Brilliant quote, it’s exactly what B.L.M. is doing, fooling people and preventing them to think for themselves. I’m trying to convince them that they are being fooled, but to no avail.
And funny how Johnny Boy here released this segment and then just recently an assassin killed the son of a judge who is working on an Epstein case over his finances. Her husband was shot too, but is stable. Assassin was found dead from a “self inflicted” gunshot. Ha!
How about now? Conspiracy theories crazy? 😂
People have been fooled into accepting a lockdown of the economy, when there's no evidence it's doing anything positive, when the virus has a mortality rate of .2-.3 percent, according to countless studies. jbhandleyblog.com/home/2020/6/28/secondwave?fbclid=IwAR2cOMOFCYCZfRgJWhgxfj8wDcUa5WFCLKGhErFFrcAOHxVHIC56UUviscM
I love this quote because it is often used by BOTH sides to prove their point. That's why it's a great quote.
Everybody else: casually and seriously speaking to the camera.
John Cena: What if it was a striptease tho?
I know I paid more attention.
@@melissaengelke5014 I don't know who John Cena is but that was fun.
@@melissaengelke5014 ow, i think he is more 'a gay atraction...'
to others ofcourse
He’s 3rd on my Free Pass list now.
@@melissaengelke5014 Really? I couldn't focus on what he was saying
The glass dome thing always makes me giggle. Who built the dome?
idk, probably space turtles or something
It was the lizards and Queen Elizabeth II lol
First time I've ever left a comment on UA-cam. I convinced my (very smart) but reasonably conservative husband with puppy dog eyes and love.
Mark Twain: "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."
yea people believe science fiction is real: viruses, globe earth, DNA, atoms
@Laureen Miklos well it appears you have been fooled my dear. Or you can check one of the other trusted "fact" checkers like Snopes perhaps....... fraudalert.co.za/did-mark-twain-say-its-easier-to-fool-people-than-to-convince-them-that-they-have-been-fooled/
@@jacegreen3696 I see I have! But after reading the article, the "quote" seems to be an adequate rewording of a sentiment he did express.
Although it is happening all over the world but we can still travel amid this crises by following social distancing norms btw if we carefully observe we have been following it as usually we keep distances with strangers
Damn, I’ve seen conspiracy theorists post that quote on FB
The conspiracy theory I'm absolutely sure of is that cats know their names when you call them, they just don't care.
That's not a conspiracy that's a well known fact
I'm convinced conspiracy theorists know they are wrong but refuse to upset Trump.
Brilliant!
My cat (Tom) will always look over at me when I call his name but never when I say his brother (Shadow)'s name. He of course goes back to whatever he was doing after a second but he definitely knows his name.
Sssshhhhhhhhh
I need this video with Spanish subtitles in 2021 for my Dominican aunt.
Me too; for a family group in WhatsApp…
How do you empathize with them and nudge them in the right direction?
Operation Paperclip, Operation Northwoods, Operation Mongoose, Operation Mockingbird, Operation Cyclone and Operation Midnight Climax involving Project MKULTRA are all you need to look up to know this video is full of shit. The term conspiracy theory was created by the CIA to make people avoid the truth. Key thing to remember is that both of our political parties are completely bought and owned by corporate interests and the military industrial complex. That's why we can't have universal healthcare in the middle of a pandemic during a Democrat presidency with a Democratic majority in Congress. I'm surprised he even got the troops out of Afghanistan after the media's fake nonsense over "women's rights". In all my 20 years of watching that war unfold I never heard the media voicing concern for women's rights in Saudi Arabia because in Saudi Arabia women are stoned to death for infidelity but they're one of our biggest allies so whatever right?
@@notmytruthTHEtruth very good nudge.
'It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.'
- Mark Twain
""don't believe everything you see on the internet" Abraham Lincoln." The comment I saw just below this one.
Who's more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him? - Obi Wan
How do we know who’s being fooled?
JUSTIN Truth. 😁👍🏻
@@zeytountsi6109 We do our own research.
For some reason I expected the cut back from John Cena to show John Oliver shirtless. Very glad I was wrong.
The John cena video is giving off major “hi I’m peewee Herman, and this is crack cocaine.” Vibes.
Paul Rudd is the best. “I once believed Paul Rudd was dead, because RIP Paul Rudd was trending” 🤣
I think what he had to say was the most important, since he's a living (pun intended) example of how easy it is to spread misinformation.
@@Toastmaster_5000 You're sure this isn't pre recorded ?
@@allaboutperspective650 yeah. Also: PAUL Rudd... PAUL McCartney... Coincidence? I think NOT!
@@copernicofelinis Did you know that Paul Rudd's Babysitter's last name was McCartney and Paul McCartney's nanny was Rudd?? #quotetruequotefacts #paulruddisdead
Rudd is a lame actor
Theorist: (distrusts government)
Also theorist: (Takes president at his word)
So the case today.
So true...but the president thinks the same way.. hes a contradiction himself.
The word "conspiracy" is composed of the words "cons" and "piracy", making it the most unreliable word ever.
Trump probably paid these people to make up bs and spread rumours
Time Out! We need to remove the pejorative funk from the words “conspiracy theory”/ “conspiracy theorist”
Important science terms: hypothesis is simply conjecture, but a “theory” is an idea that has stood up to some repeated scrutiny or testing, not proven fact, but more then wild unsubstantiated speculation.
Now sorting out who actually knows the truth, who knows and is telling the truth, and who's trying to hide a crime(s),,,well...
This election; seemed mostly honest, what is going on around the world in our name,,, REALLY NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION!
To think I slept on this show and most things in 2020(almost end of 2019 got divorced, and let's just say until 2022 my life is starting to approach normancy from everything including watching stuff like this show as I'm curious how they tackled the pandemic.)
I'm a ameture UA-camr/let's player that's a nobody but I want to say be safe guys,love y'all, shout out to anyone watching this beyond 2022 🤞
Conspiracy theories are fun tho. I heard a guy at the gas station say in anger: "the change shortage isn't real!" I laughed. It was awesome.
The big problem is people who believe in conpiracy theories also believe that they are thinking critically.
yeah not smart like you- those stupid hicks are so beneath you they probably believe the gulf of tonkin incident never happened or that our government intentionally injected citizens with syphilis just to see what happens- good thing we have real critical thinkers like you to set'em straight meggou
Scary. It's TRUE, if you're stupid, you're too stupid to know you're stupid.
@@mikemoore8808 I love your movies!
Sometimes I theorize conspiratorially that there's a virus that makes people believe dumb conspiracy theories. (Oh shit, that means I caught it!)
And they call themselves "skeptics" yet they believe a theory from just a few UA-cam videos
R.I.P Alex Trebek. Fitting that one of the last non-Jeapordy things he filmed was designed to help others. The kind of person that he was.
Be honest, John: You're not wearing any pants under that table.
That's the only conspiracy theory I'm concerned about.
#JohnDoesntWearPants
Legend says John Oliver's roast of AT&T hasn't reached them yet
Seconded
@@garybranham7416 q
@@garybranham7416 copied
John Cena absolutely cracks me up here.
John Oliver said that John Cena was there, but I just kept seeing a blank screen
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
---Voltaire 1765
Painfully relevant by the day.
I don't like this comment because its underrated and most people won't acknowledge how true it is to make themselves feel better.
damn..
“absurdities“. The most absurd thing is that a chinese ate a bat containing a coronavirus leading to a pandemic, like they simulated 4 weeks prior.
you mean like the absurd belief that viet-cong patrol boats attacked a much stronger american destroyer and inflicted enough casualties to justify entering a war where atrocities like the mai lai massacre were committed? clearly im just a stupid racist to question anything about the collective lefts narrative so please arrogantly explain your answer to me like im a 5 year old
I was expecting John Oliver to undo his buttons at the end. Dissapointed.
So do I.
Jepp, me too
Agreed comrade
I know right! The lizard people must not have allowed him!
Seriously how did they miss that opportunity
Love the AT&T slander 😂
Gets pinworm at the beach cutely
As a porter Who transports patients all day, I can confirm that covid-19 patients exist and I transport them all over the hospital, including the morgue.
Crisis porter confirmed
How would conspiracy nutters believe you. They won't believe you that you are a porter trasporting patients all day. You could be just making up stuff.
The problem with nutters is that they will question everything that goes against what they want to believe. They'll however swallow up any bullshit that agrees with them and goes against the "mainstream" narrative.
Just exile Conspriacy Theorists and Republicans to Syria and strip them of their citizenship and wealth!
Or are you an actor DRESSED like a Porter!? Go back and tell your masters we aren’t buying it, you shill!
(That was, hopefully, obvious sarcasm and I sincerely thank you for your service, and I hope you and your family are well and stay safe.)
Not as many as they are saying though. How many people do you personally know that have it? Ask people also how many they know. Doesn’t match up with what they are saying
I like how John Cena just started casually undressing himself like it's written into every contract
He also has to mention "Wade Boggs Carpet World."
No, that's Tracy Jordan. Never Mind.
He's also trying to get to the top of your partners' "free pass" list, so take that for what you will.
I would be shocked if it wasn't.
@TomG Gabin I'm a female gay bisexual John Oliver conspiracy theorist and I'm offended. Also, how do y'all know Cena was undressing just from the audio clip playing over the static background?
his body looks great.. no homo... but damn, i want that body on me.. wait.. I want to have that body, not his body on me..
Please do a Conspiracy Theories 2 !
This is me from the future - jan.2024 and John you were so right! Love seeing this again!
Fun fact: That cat wasn’t matching pitch it was finishing the major scale
FALSE! That cat was trying to tell us that covid came from the reptilians! Conspiracy!!
I hate love this comment. 😂
I stan a fellow musician for this comment
Here’s another conspiracy for you: some people (not all, and only the capable know who is who) are capable of saying something seemingly with one message, but secretly containing a deeper message of humor! It’s like they have a psychic talent for humor. Those in the know call this hidden talent “sarcasm” or “satire.” Fascinating!
It was matching the pitch of what SHOULD come next.
“They don’t sit in our lobby.” You know a bad ass Nurse said that. 😜
Imagine her finding this video lmao
Up to her neck in it, and she still has a sense of humor.A hero.
That line killed me XD
That's a quick and accurate response indeed.
I hope the nurse says to the man, "If you are sick don't come here, you will be sitting in our lobby."
I've got to say from someone who lives in Kansas severely Midwestern is in fact a good discriptor
This reminded me that my 17 year old sent me a link during an argument and I read the article and pointed out where it was saying she was wrong. She hadn't even read it. She just went by the title and thought that was enough.
Why are you having an argument with your 17 year old child? You should be loving, nurturing and accepting of your child not causing conflict over trivial things that might cause a tear between your own blood. You have a responsibility to raise your child so that they know they are loved and can lead a good life. No need for arguing with them.
I appreciate John Cena being aware of his meme status.
Cassie D. 🤣🤣
Yeah...up until he realizes that no one can actually see him
Kyle N what technology did they use here to make him seeable?
And his position on mine and my wife's free pass list.
I'm pretty sure he mentioned that his memes are overused.
I hear they're remaking the movie "Twins" with John Cena and John Oliver.
I would buy tickets to that as soon as it was announced.
You are not a trusted source. I don't believe you.
So we’re only gonna see John Oliver the whole movie?
I would watch it
@@guyplus3053 But am I not NOT a trusted source??? Therein lies the REAL question, Guy!! XD
Is it just me, or does John Oliver look like middle-stage Mr Rogers in this video?
"The beach has healing microbes" The brain-eating amoeba: 😳
No the vitamin D producing glorious sun that can heal the body...
“Where is all the sick people?“
And they say education isn’t important...
The ones that say that, are the ones that need it the most!!
Wait, USA has educations?
Where are the cemeteries hiding the dead bodies ?
My street has a snow plow come by once a week to keep the bodies off the road. This is a real virus, and it's no joke, nothing this bad has ever happened before. This is extinction level.
Dude, he's got a point. I once visited a ghost town as a kid and didn't see a single ghost!
Last Week Tonight: Come for the insightful investigative reporting, stay for the consistent and brutal AT&T bashing.
...its an ad for them. John is promoting who pays. Most episodes have some product placement. The words he uses shouldn't distract from the blatant advertising. He's the "anti" guy. Its an act even if it's true to his personal character.
@@lionaltman3476 you must be fun at parties
@@lionaltman3476 So does that mean every time Trevor Noah says horrible things about Spirit Airlines, it's an advertisement for them?
AT&T bought HBO or something like that. "John Oliver is a comedian and is poking fun at the new owners of the network that airs his show. I doubt AT&T really cares, as long as the show remains popular and generates revenue." (quora) There is no such thing as bad press. Interesting he also mentions Sprint. I disagree with him on Domino's Pizza. However, the scam-masters at AT&T cheated me and didn't listen until they got two letters from the Attorney General. I'm not sure that I might prefer he not mention them at all.
Screw you business daddy!
Strangely I miss the studio audience laughing