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Slow-Witted Conspiracy Theorist Convinced Government Behind NASA

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  • Опубліковано 4 гру 2013
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    Calling it the most scandalous cover-up of the past half century, dim-witted conspiracy theorist Daniel Burgess told reporters Thursday he believes the U.S. government has, for years, been clandestinely exercising total control over the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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  • @onemonsterceo
    @onemonsterceo 3 роки тому +16913

    This guy changed the way I see things. Took a real 360 degree turn.

    • @zyansheep
      @zyansheep 3 роки тому +190

      One might say it was _out of this world_

    • @alexbaker1569
      @alexbaker1569 3 роки тому +1412

      @John Cavanaugh that's the joke

    • @beavisbutt-headson3223
      @beavisbutt-headson3223 3 роки тому +65

      ​@@alexbaker1569 He's like the Sicilian cretin from Last Action Hero. Except in reverse. Wait... now I confused myself

    • @Maybe1Someday
      @Maybe1Someday 3 роки тому +137

      @John Cavanaugh wow you got a point (thinking face)

    • @davidgalloway266
      @davidgalloway266 3 роки тому +69

      @John Cavanaugh That's the point.

  • @Fang28
    @Fang28 10 років тому +11660

    Wait a second... you mean to say that NASA is behind the moon landing?!?

    • @agiar2000
      @agiar2000 5 років тому +883

      EXACTLY! NASA faked the moon landing in the one place they knew no one would think to look, in a secret sound stage mockup that was built on the moon just to FOOL the world!

    • @stevescoffee8325
      @stevescoffee8325 5 років тому +316

      agiar2000 that makes so much sense, that’s how we haven’t found the set

    • @nigerianwaffles205
      @nigerianwaffles205 5 років тому +201

      Pfffftt, y'all believe in the moon?

    • @charlesbing6753
      @charlesbing6753 3 роки тому +59

      Pfff, believing in government conspiracy’s YOU THINK THERES A MOON

    • @sebastiana2035
      @sebastiana2035 3 роки тому +58

      @@charlesbing6753 you believe in a government?

  • @52flyingbicycles
    @52flyingbicycles Рік тому +803

    “Searched the government budget and saw a an $18 billion provision for NASA”
    He does more research than actual conspiracy theorists!

    • @kruggmichaels8958
      @kruggmichaels8958 Рік тому +12

      Obviously, we just point out the obvious insidious plot and then have the nerds research the stuff we are saying and proving us right

  • @icebear4president
    @icebear4president 3 роки тому +2544

    Sad to see that this guy actually believes the US exists🙄

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr 2 роки тому +45

      That's Wyoming, which is in the US but not the US

    • @SuperBhavanishankar
      @SuperBhavanishankar 2 роки тому +7

      @@brrrrrr 🤔

    • @BoliceOccifer
      @BoliceOccifer 2 роки тому +34

      @@brrrrrr Oh, so we're perpetuating the Wyoming conspiracy too?

    • @hirandompeopled4968
      @hirandompeopled4968 2 роки тому

      @Oren Black wow. you really believe that propaganda. finland doesn’t exist. have you ever seen a finnish person? that’s what i thought

    • @frenchguitarguy1091
      @frenchguitarguy1091 2 роки тому

      The US is a fabrication to make the rest of the world feel less bad about itself

  • @krombopulos_michael
    @krombopulos_michael 10 років тому +11949

    It's all a load of crap. This guy is just seeing what he wants to see.

    • @myfinallight
      @myfinallight 5 років тому +15

      @Malicious Troll MUAHAHHHAHHAHA

    • @guyincognito5663
      @guyincognito5663 3 роки тому +64

      Brainwashed sheeple...

    • @susanhughs1031
      @susanhughs1031 3 роки тому +16

      Krombopolus Michael,
      You Are Aware That This Is A Joke Channel For The The Air Out Of Arrogant Politicians, And The US Government, There Taking The Micky Out Of Them,!!!!!!!!!! It's Not Serious,

    • @guyincognito5663
      @guyincognito5663 3 роки тому +118

      @@susanhughs1031 I hope they pay you enough for your LIES

    • @susanhughs1031
      @susanhughs1031 3 роки тому +8

      @@guyincognito5663, This Channel Disappeared From The Internet In 2009, So How Can I Get Any Money From Them, If They Did Pay Me,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, I Would Have Been Paid A Lot Of Money,. 💵💷💷💷💷💷💷💵💵💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💵💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💷💵💷💵💵💷💷💷,

  • @b22chris
    @b22chris 10 років тому +13005

    There's no way the US government is behind something so successful

    • @Attaxalotl
      @Attaxalotl 3 роки тому +339

      That is a sick burn that we deserve.

    • @suryanshshrivastava4681
      @suryanshshrivastava4681 3 роки тому +72

      @@Attaxalotl nope that's a classic Libertarian textbook excuse

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 роки тому +159

      @@suryanshshrivastava4681 It was a joke

    • @nuloom
      @nuloom 3 роки тому +258

      @@Killerbee4712 duuuude jokes are just a libertarian excuse for false snowflake propaganda, they all get easily destroyed by political commentators strawmanning unprepared students.. uhm i mean facts and logic

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 роки тому +67

      @@nuloom oooh you are right, my bad, you are right sir i shall go back to skool

  • @basqye9
    @basqye9 Рік тому +562

    And the craziest part of it all is the government doesn't even deny it!

    • @downright.dismal
      @downright.dismal 8 місяців тому +5

      The audacity 😒

    • @Plethorality
      @Plethorality 4 місяці тому +1

      Its revealed in plain sight! How could they?

    • @markh.6687
      @markh.6687 2 місяці тому

      I've found unclassified documents proving the existence of multiple Federal agencies. Do you see me running around yelling about conspiracies?? No, because I'm keeping it all a secret. You're not cleared to know who I work for.

  • @Puleczech
    @Puleczech 3 роки тому +796

    The world has gone so insane lately that every old school Onion sketch feels like regular news now.

    • @yippee8570
      @yippee8570 2 роки тому +4

      Yes!

    • @juliebraden6911
      @juliebraden6911 2 роки тому +8

      Yeah that's what we've been saying for like 10 years now.

    • @MaeV808
      @MaeV808 2 роки тому +5

      Even more so now. I see Ukraine set ablaze and civilians dying. However, there are straight up people in my country praising Putin on the news. Like what the actual eff has the world come too.

    • @Puleczech
      @Puleczech 2 роки тому +8

      @@MaeV808 In my country too. But many of those are just Russian farm trolls spamming comments sections, not realising, they will be hit very hard themselves.
      Where are you from?

    • @paint4850
      @paint4850 Рік тому

      ​@@juliebraden6911 😂

  • @vexivero
    @vexivero 9 років тому +11268

    What this guy is saying actually makes a lot of sense

    • @rakdosa121
      @rakdosa121 9 років тому +73

      ***** I mean its no stranger then the Illuminati occult symbols blatantly on the back of the 1 dollar bill , its like telling people that there is a group of old men "secretly" ruling the country ...

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 5 років тому +25

      For once someone has to be right

    • @reanetsemoleleki8219
      @reanetsemoleleki8219 5 років тому +10

      Best comment.

    • @ed9492
      @ed9492 3 роки тому +13

      Keep drinking the Kool-Aid.

    • @milanhvozdik3379
      @milanhvozdik3379 3 роки тому +11

      It always does from surface level. Look deeper tho he is full of shit.

  • @MP197742
    @MP197742 3 роки тому +13329

    He’s not a slow-witted conspiracy theorist. He’s the smartest conspiracy theorists. He actually got something right.

    • @LaughingOrange
      @LaughingOrange 3 роки тому +349

      Not just something, everything.

    • @theuncalledfor
      @theuncalledfor 3 роки тому +100

      @@LaughingOrange
      No, he got one key detail wrong.
      (You know, the one that is the joke of this satirical video.)

    • @Speedster___
      @Speedster___ 3 роки тому +5

      Lol

    • @johnjaleco5683
      @johnjaleco5683 3 роки тому +11

      You're just another tin foil hat nutjob.

    • @eriksvsirocco
      @eriksvsirocco 3 роки тому +15

      ...Bill Cooper. Just saying

  • @Draeber
    @Draeber 3 роки тому +22

    I found out that there are these people driving around stealing the garbage in the morning. Just before I need to go to work they quickly empty my garbage and drive off. whats that about?!?!

  • @stebsis
    @stebsis Рік тому +21

    Now we just need to figure what the U.S.A. on the logo means and we could finally crack this case.

    • @YellowPenis
      @YellowPenis Рік тому

      Unfunny.

    • @identity_undetermined
      @identity_undetermined 3 місяці тому +5

      @@YellowPenis alright, now we just need the next two letters!

    • @meloney
      @meloney 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@identity_undeterminedsilly goose, made me spit out my drink lmao

    • @identity_undetermined
      @identity_undetermined 2 місяці тому

      @@meloney sorry teehee 🤭

  • @MarkusAldawn
    @MarkusAldawn 3 роки тому +3369

    Man started at ignorance and dim-wittedness, but he successfully trawled through 70 years of budgets and spending, watched historical tapes to see first-hand sources of what happened, and arrived at a true conclusion.
    The fact he stared from a ridiculous and idiotic place is irrelevant, man's a hero.

    • @stevegables3303
      @stevegables3303 3 роки тому +32

      This comment is from the real hero.

    • @lindarinnyo6239
      @lindarinnyo6239 3 роки тому +19

      You guys are freaking me out. This is a satire. It’s the Onion. Tell me you’re just playing along please

    • @sharikulislam6232
      @sharikulislam6232 3 роки тому +194

      @@lindarinnyo6239 no, there is nothing to joke about. Everything about this is real. This is no satire.

    • @marsmurderer9868
      @marsmurderer9868 3 роки тому +172

      @@lindarinnyo6239 The Onions is as real as it gets. Who else can I rely on to tell me about the latest Walmart hostage situations completely free of people that go to Walmart?

    • @StevenCampbell1955
      @StevenCampbell1955 3 роки тому +57

      @@lindarinnyo6239 How can A THEORY SO WELL DEVELOPED JUST APPEAR OUT OF NO-WHERE. THERE MUST BE SOME GERM OF TRUTH WHICH HAS BEEN OBSCURED FROM US. Sorry for all caps but this is really real.

  • @Deadjuice360
    @Deadjuice360 10 років тому +2722

    Impossible. There is no oxygen in space, so how would Neil Armstrong or anyone have survived?

    • @Bobby.Kristensen
      @Bobby.Kristensen 5 років тому +110

      Get this... NASA actually built them a space suit too... WITH OXYGEN!

    • @castonyoung7514
      @castonyoung7514 4 роки тому +151

      @@Bobby.Kristensen
      B.S.

    • @bzqp2
      @bzqp2 4 роки тому +170

      Yea, this part is a bit sketchy. But in theory, they could have brought the oxygen with them from Earth. Like in bottles or something. I don't know if it's possible to catch the oxygen from the air, but with all the secret tech they have it could be made I think.

    • @erenakay8873
      @erenakay8873 4 роки тому +124

      I have never died from not having oxygen before, so oxygen need must be a lie.

    • @joostdriesens3984
      @joostdriesens3984 4 роки тому +105

      The oxygen that you think is on earth is not there. Think of it, have you ever seen oxygen or do you know someone who has seen it? It is all staged to keep the common people in their place while the rich people are happily swimming under water and in space in their naked butts.

  • @noahkrause2835
    @noahkrause2835 3 роки тому +152

    i know this video is supposed to be a joke but i feel like there's someone out there who actually believes that this is an actual conspiracy

    • @tzzeek
      @tzzeek 2 роки тому

      @Adrian Shephard That guy is ajoke. They make it look like a conspiracy to hide the truth. Dig deeper, think for yourselves. There is something shady going on here, i think the govment is using alien technology to secretly back nasa. There's so much they re not telling us.

    • @PirateCat822
      @PirateCat822 2 роки тому +5

      Probably the Amish

    • @danielrodio9
      @danielrodio9 2 роки тому +6

      It's a joke within a joke within a joke within a joke. You have to be extremely intelligent to get it. (Or extremely stupid)

    • @axion986
      @axion986 Рік тому +16

      There has to be at least one. This must be how some flat-earthers are born. They come across a meme with such deep irony that they think it's genuine.

    • @isuckatusernames4297
      @isuckatusernames4297 10 місяців тому +1

      I personally beleive that the nuober of human to have ever existed is so immense that there has been at least one, who mathematically speaking has beleived it.

  • @somethingunrememberable5531
    @somethingunrememberable5531 2 роки тому +22

    You can mock him, but this man has a point

  • @sam21462
    @sam21462 3 роки тому +433

    7 years later, the coverup continues and this brave man has vanished.

    • @brennam954
      @brennam954 3 роки тому +22

      The deEp sTatE won't let this information get out!

    • @dianheffernan3436
      @dianheffernan3436 3 роки тому +4

      Two two dudes looking out my back door...

    • @sam21462
      @sam21462 3 роки тому +6

      @@dianheffernan3436 - That's impossible as there is only one Jeff Bridges. That's why the lyrics are doo doo doo.

    • @StevenCampbell1955
      @StevenCampbell1955 3 роки тому +7

      That is another thing, The Vanishing. How do THEY do that? Push people off the edge of the Earth I suspect.

    • @genericname2747
      @genericname2747 3 роки тому +11

      NASA got him. Where do you think they get their astronauts from?

  • @hafabee
    @hafabee 9 років тому +2397

    I'm telling you guys, ever since I got this cat there's been poop appearing all over the house. I know it sounds crazy, but I think the cat might be connected somehow to the poop. It looks at me and I get this sense that it's hiding something. Something smelly.

    • @wildsurvival4306
      @wildsurvival4306 8 років тому +346

      Oh for crying out loud you tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy nut-- shit randomly appears on floors all the time regardless of whether or not you have pets. Don't blame the poor cat.

    • @sushanalone
      @sushanalone 7 років тому +148

      Or it could be you...

    • @mtracy244
      @mtracy244 4 роки тому +4

      😁

    • @TCt83067695
      @TCt83067695 4 роки тому +10

      @Eric Miret that's what got me too 🤣🤦🏾‍♂️😂

    • @hhhhhhhhhhhhhnhhhhhhh
      @hhhhhhhhhhhhhnhhhhhhh 3 роки тому +1

      @@mtracy244 no emojis

  • @garethbaus5471
    @garethbaus5471 3 роки тому +477

    The least realistic part of this video is that the conspiracy theorist was actually correct and drawing coherent conclusions from the information in front of him.

    • @lucidnode
      @lucidnode 2 роки тому +8

      What about scientists and programmers who warned about government surveillance lol

    • @squiddler7731
      @squiddler7731 2 роки тому +39

      @@lucidnode it's not a conspiracy to say that the government surveys it's citizens, that's kinda just a given today. The conspiracy part is thinking that they'd do it through 5G towers or vaccine chips or whatever in a world where nearly everyone carries around a smart phone connected to the internet at all times

    • @albenoit4378
      @albenoit4378 2 роки тому +7

      @@squiddler7731 they are always just dumb conspiracies and one day they turn into "a given."
      lmao.

    • @MrGhostTheBigRoast
      @MrGhostTheBigRoast 2 роки тому +26

      @@albenoit4378 No, dumb conspiracies stay dumb. Man has been to the moon. Thats a given.

    • @amityislandchum
      @amityislandchum 2 роки тому +14

      @@albenoit4378 The government has never had to lie about the extent of its spying on us. Republicans (who ironically pretend to be about fReEdOm) easily convinced everyone to accept the Patriot Act by using Islamophobia. It's been legal to spy on everyone in the US without probable cause since then. People just don't care, because they love knowing that more brown people will be harassed/arrested.

  • @Abelhawk
    @Abelhawk 2 роки тому +8

    I love the concept of someone thinking something obvious is a conspiracy for a change.

  • @jorgemari2969
    @jorgemari2969 3 роки тому +675

    You call him "slow-witted" and "dimwit", but what if he's right?

    • @dianheffernan3436
      @dianheffernan3436 3 роки тому

      The infamous Nazi drugs..

    • @Number6ManUrinates
      @Number6ManUrinates 2 роки тому +6

      His perfume is Agent Orange, of course his right, people only hate him because he of the smell

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr 2 роки тому +6

      @@Number6ManUrinates agent Orange sounds like an orange juice company

    • @dsandoval9396
      @dsandoval9396 2 роки тому +18

      Pfft. Sure. Okay.
      What would be the point? There's no oil on the moon, only cheese. We can't run our cars on cheese, broski.

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr 2 роки тому +2

      @@dsandoval9396 we can solve world hunger

  • @handsome_man69
    @handsome_man69 10 років тому +6360

    he seems smarter than most of the Truthers I've met. I'm not even joking

    • @Purin95
      @Purin95 10 років тому +575

      He actually has legitimate evidence.

    • @joostdriesens3984
      @joostdriesens3984 4 роки тому +253

      He is consistent..

    • @pungoblin9377
      @pungoblin9377 3 роки тому +199

      He knows what he’s talking about

    • @pineapple7024
      @pineapple7024 3 роки тому +154

      authorization batman
      So you’re the truther?

    • @wadefowler682
      @wadefowler682 3 роки тому +73

      He did seem to at least fact check it

  • @mazinmansoormohammad2006
    @mazinmansoormohammad2006 3 роки тому +6

    That is nothing.I heard that doctors are behind successfully treated patients.

    • @Philitron128
      @Philitron128 3 роки тому +3

      We're going gonna blow this whole thing wide open!

  • @chrisbilling
    @chrisbilling 3 роки тому +29

    I've met a lot of conspiracy theorist trust me this guy's one of the smarter ones

  • @gailforce
    @gailforce 10 років тому +1389

    Alex Jones said this in 1997

    • @gailforce
      @gailforce 10 років тому +15

      ***** and where is the good Doctor now? he's dead. QED!!!1!11

    • @amsterdammancom
      @amsterdammancom 4 роки тому +8

      ​@@tomatotortilla So wait, the killer was the same guy from the opening?? Mind Blown!!!

    • @domsquaaa4323
      @domsquaaa4323 3 роки тому

      @@amsterdammancom what opening?

    • @randominternetguy3537
      @randominternetguy3537 3 роки тому +7

      Dont say that, people will actually believe you.

    • @tommarlin8110
      @tommarlin8110 3 роки тому

      1997 did 19 9/11s

  • @listerdave1240
    @listerdave1240 3 роки тому +819

    I had started to suspect this lately, little did I know that someone had already discovered it seven years ago. I think the poor guy must have been suppressed. Thankfully the Onion is beyond the reach of Government.

    • @bjb7587
      @bjb7587 3 роки тому +14

      Or is it?

    • @dianheffernan3436
      @dianheffernan3436 3 роки тому +3

      Watergate does not bother us,but the free bird yeah,bird is the word...muh muh muh mouie wowie ,San Fran Sisco, California dreaming... With bobby magee,in the ring of fire...cuz some bodies done some bodies wrong song...wearing they're sisters pantyhose....

    • @bjb7587
      @bjb7587 3 роки тому +7

      @@dianheffernan3436 Lay off the ludes, man. 😁

    • @aaroncabatingan5238
      @aaroncabatingan5238 2 роки тому +3

      @@dianheffernan3436 What drugs are you on and can I buy some?

    • @defectivepikachu4582
      @defectivepikachu4582 2 роки тому +1

      @@aaroncabatingan5238 and is the government behind those too

  • @Cypher791
    @Cypher791 Рік тому +15

    Well well well…. All these years of calling him a “dim witted conspiracy theorist”… and it turns out he was right all along… ☝️😐🚀

  • @GreenGretel
    @GreenGretel 8 місяців тому +3

    This guy requires actual evidence for his conspiracy, which makes him way less slow-witted than most conspiracy theorists

  • @CaminoAir
    @CaminoAir 3 роки тому +529

    It's depressing that this guy has put his time to better use than I have.

    • @MyHandleIsAplaceholder
      @MyHandleIsAplaceholder 3 роки тому +3

      It's satire

    • @bjb7587
      @bjb7587 3 роки тому +26

      @@MyHandleIsAplaceholder So is Numminous's post. Or are you being wry?

    • @freedom9729
      @freedom9729 2 роки тому +1

      Don't worry, I haven't put his time to good use either

  • @nokia8707
    @nokia8707 4 роки тому +458

    This man is four parallel dimensions ahead of us.

    • @giusepperana6354
      @giusepperana6354 3 роки тому +17

      Perpendicular ones even.

    • @sudocheese
      @sudocheese 3 роки тому +9

      @@giusepperana6354 7 red mutually perpendicular parallel dimensions. Some green, some transparent. Also, one in the shape of a cat.

    • @TheSpacecraftX
      @TheSpacecraftX 3 роки тому +3

      @@sudocheese **chef's kiss**

    • @bradyanderson1229
      @bradyanderson1229 2 роки тому +2

      But first, this man needs to build up conspiracy theories for 12 hours

  • @kirayoshikage3258
    @kirayoshikage3258 3 роки тому +30

    Love him or hate him but he's spitting straight facts

  • @justifiabledoubt
    @justifiabledoubt 2 роки тому +8

    I must admit, as an European I first had some doubts, but when I heard this guy talking I said to myself that these are the same guys who invented Coca-Cola. Coincidence?

  • @mattw4461
    @mattw4461 10 років тому +351

    The one thing missing is Daniel screaming "wake up sheeple, wake up!" or something to that effect.

  • @rpfcreates4476
    @rpfcreates4476 4 роки тому +234

    I wonder if USA stands for United States of America .... no no no that would be too much.

    • @KikogamerJ2
      @KikogamerJ2 3 роки тому +26

      No way it actually makes sense U-nited S-tates A-merica oh MY GOD

    • @fruitygarlic3601
      @fruitygarlic3601 3 роки тому +33

      U-nited S-t-A-tes of america? You're right.

    • @rodneydolman1
      @rodneydolman1 3 роки тому +18

      No no Usa is a small town in southern Japan

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 роки тому +31

      uNited stAteS of America
      NASA

    • @powerfulatom111
      @powerfulatom111 3 роки тому +5

      I think it stands for Undumb Space Athletes. They played golf up there in the moon for cry out loud!!!

  • @residentenigma7141
    @residentenigma7141 2 роки тому +4

    What's HE smoking ? There's no such thing as the U.S.A.

  • @davidcox2459
    @davidcox2459 3 роки тому +8

    You ever watch a funny video for the first time and then go down to the comments and see that you’ve liked some already? Ya…

  • @andybaldman
    @andybaldman 3 роки тому +233

    I love that the algorithm is bumping old Onion vids from 8-10 years ago. They've always been underrated, and never been more relevant.

    • @cacambo589
      @cacambo589 2 роки тому

      I love that when random videos pop up for no reason, simple folk imagine a cunningly-designed and carefully-constructed "algorithm" is doing its magic. You give too much credit to YT because it's obscure. It's like the folks who say giraffes are proof of God because such an unusual creature couldn't evolve by accident.

    • @dondaileyii
      @dondaileyii 2 роки тому

      Ha it’s not just me.

    • @andybaldman
      @andybaldman 2 роки тому +2

      @@cacambo589 There's an easy way to show that you are wrong. Just look at the timestamps on the comments, and the number of likes on the most recent ones. This video is 9 years old. If it were random, the comments would be evenly distributed in time. But they aren't. And the most recent comments have 10k+ likes. UA-cam picks videos for our feeds that will capture our attention and keep us on the platform longer. That's what the algorithm is, and does.

  • @Xendrius
    @Xendrius 10 років тому +1708

    What a nutter. Conspiracies are scientifically impossible.

    • @alkebulanrising4264
      @alkebulanrising4264 10 років тому +2

      What makes you say that?

    • @somberlight
      @somberlight 10 років тому +56

      the problem with that concept is that while 99% of all conspiracyconcepts come from the complete morons who are not able to breath and think at the same time, there's still that 1% where a legit goverment found a way to fuck you in the ass. and they did. and they always will. Mr Snowden and Mr Assange didn't invent the info they gave us.

    • @newcoyote
      @newcoyote 10 років тому +54

      imstill notusingmyname Actually, many conspiracy theorists are fairly intelligent. They just have some very odd compartmentalism going on and that can make debating with them aggravating and near impossible. Some fascinating psychology regardless.

    • @somberlight
      @somberlight 10 років тому +21

      'tis because they're interested of the kool-aid. they're thinking of serving it, not drinking it. For example most of the doctors opposing the flushots and the like have no clear understanding of virology or any similar subject. they just abuse the fact that they have a PHD, so anything they say has an air of credibility amongst the morons. it is very telling that the biggest scaremongers also want to sell something, usually a book or snakeoil-solution.

    • @anewlow23
      @anewlow23 10 років тому +15

      newcoyote
      And none of the people in the government and corporations are compartmentalised in anyway, The term conspiracy theorist is just used to denigrate those who think independently and question the government. Like those that think dumping thousands of gallons of radioactive waste into the ocean as a result of cooling Fukishima I think those people should be in jail don't you? I think its a good thing that Japan is passing a bill saying that protest is terrorism get those pesky thought criminals!

  • @Camilo_official7909
    @Camilo_official7909 Рік тому +6

    If it wasn't for the onion I wouldn't know where to find a trustworthy news network. I hope they start giving us more updates

  • @lockheedmartinf-35blightni49
    @lockheedmartinf-35blightni49 3 роки тому +3

    "Hm, yes. The floor is made out of floor."

  • @anushkamazumdar32
    @anushkamazumdar32 3 роки тому +140

    Flat Earthers will legit use this video as a reference for their argument

    • @user-yw1hn7pt4y
      @user-yw1hn7pt4y 3 роки тому +22

      I saw some flat-earthers using the onion video about how the voyager probe hit the end of the universe as a proof of the dome.

    • @richardmillhousenixon
      @richardmillhousenixon 3 роки тому +15

      @@user-yw1hn7pt4y Flat Earthers turn "eating the onion" into "eating a 10 course meal where every dish is just an onion" and there's no changing my mind

    • @yippee8570
      @yippee8570 2 роки тому +2

      @@user-yw1hn7pt4y 😂

  • @styx85
    @styx85 10 років тому +193

    "Slow-Witted Conspiracy Theorist". I believe that's called a tautology.

    • @amsterdammancom
      @amsterdammancom 4 роки тому +16

      and today I learned a new word... Thanks! Appreciate it! Much gratitude to you...

    • @steriopticon2687
      @steriopticon2687 3 роки тому

      I believe it is loosely called a tautology.

    • @steevmsteevm
      @steevmsteevm 3 роки тому +8

      It's actually a pleonasm.

    • @stevesloan7132
      @stevesloan7132 3 роки тому

      You mean an example of paraphrasis or circumlocution?

    • @steriopticon2687
      @steriopticon2687 3 роки тому +1

      @@stevesloan7132 It, I say, it's a joke, son, joke, that is.

  • @johntonguecruz2404
    @johntonguecruz2404 3 роки тому +2

    Dont even get me started with the IRS. I found out that they collect taxes for the USA to use for whatever they want.

  • @tothelighthouse9843
    @tothelighthouse9843 10 місяців тому +3

    I like that he's got a conspiracy theory about NASA but also doesn't question the moon landing.

  • @HawaiiMclovin69
    @HawaiiMclovin69 10 років тому +54

    Something so simple. How could any of us have missed this..

    • @dianheffernan3436
      @dianheffernan3436 3 роки тому

      Do not recall this,but I hear Vinnie has a watch

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr 2 роки тому

      @@dianheffernan3436 who's Vinnie?

  • @TheOnion
    @TheOnion  10 років тому +85

    Slow-Witted Conspiracy Theorist Convinced Government Behind NASA
    Subscribe to The Onion to reveal all of NASA's secrets bit.ly/xzrBUA

    • @d.lamarsobotor6814
      @d.lamarsobotor6814 10 років тому

      I never made the connection, thanks Mr. Obvious. (Bob & Tim Show credit)

    • @bhitt99
      @bhitt99 10 років тому +4

      Not funny at all. Onion used to be funny...only one in 30 now.

    • @smokejc
      @smokejc 10 років тому +26

      bhitt99
      I bet you're a conspiracy theorist. Do you also think Paul Walker was hit by a drone?

    • @bhitt99
      @bhitt99 10 років тому +7

      No, I just am a critic o the onion trying to keep them on their toes so they don't get comedically lazy.

    • @thiscannotbeyourname
      @thiscannotbeyourname 10 років тому +9

      Don't give this guy the light of day! Next he'll say that the military is backed by the government and U.S. arms manufacturers to further their agendas. What a nutter.

  • @rinner2801
    @rinner2801 2 роки тому +3

    I've checked this out, and it's legit scary how deep the rabbit hole goes.

    • @whiteknightcat
      @whiteknightcat 2 роки тому

      LOL. I remember when Bugs Bunny popped out of his rabbit hole to confront Marvin the Martian.

  • @TroIIingThemSoftly
    @TroIIingThemSoftly Рік тому +3

    "Slow-witted conspiracy theorist" is just redundant.

  • @SpaceSmurf3000
    @SpaceSmurf3000 10 років тому +46

    How deep does this go? What else has ignorance hidden in plain sight?

    • @wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg
      @wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg 10 років тому +20

      Many people are under the impression that the current US president is white, but get this: Barack Obama is an African American.
      His skin colour was not due to excessive melanin production and suntanning, as held by popular opinion.

    • @reculate3332
      @reculate3332 3 роки тому +5

      @@wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg That's crazy, have you heard that there is also no oxygen in space?
      The only way to breathe up there is to steal air from here! They are either liars or thieves!
      Mind-boggling isn't it?

    • @kelpdock8913
      @kelpdock8913 3 роки тому +1

      @@reculate3332 lmao

    • @thatsaboat2882
      @thatsaboat2882 3 роки тому +3

      @@reculate3332 the elites are stealing our air!

  • @martyreking1048
    @martyreking1048 8 років тому +48

    I've saying it all my life , I'm glad people are finely starting to wake up.

    • @alkaholic4848
      @alkaholic4848 2 роки тому

      Poe's law. I really can't tell whether this is genuine or not.

    • @js2010ish
      @js2010ish Рік тому

      Finally more people are Seeing the Truth

  • @PROTAGONIST_48
    @PROTAGONIST_48 Рік тому +1

    What a huge eye opener. This made me rethink things. This is going to take some time to sink in...

  • @R_AM02
    @R_AM02 3 роки тому +6

    I wish most conspiracy theorists ended up with answers like this

  • @sweetgirl070707
    @sweetgirl070707 4 роки тому +44

    I'm usually not into conspiracies but this one's worth investigating

  • @MatthewSmith-sz1yq
    @MatthewSmith-sz1yq 8 років тому +485

    I can't tell if this is a joke at conspiracy theorists, or how little the government invests in nasa nowadays... 😂

    • @AirLancer
      @AirLancer 6 років тому +113

      Why not both?

    • @RinnzuRosendale
      @RinnzuRosendale 5 років тому +30

      @@AirLancer why not zoidberg?

    • @chupacabra9357
      @chupacabra9357 5 років тому +16

      If it was the latter then it would be about how the government isn't behind NASA.

    • @zealot246
      @zealot246 5 років тому +25

      @@chupacabra9357 Well no, that would make the conspiracy believable (Gov has so little to do with NASA that it is believable someone wouldn't know that the gov funds it)

    • @steelrarebit7387
      @steelrarebit7387 3 роки тому +4

      The answer is Yes.

  • @amateurgolfer8298
    @amateurgolfer8298 2 роки тому +2

    The sad part is I didn't think this was satire until the Onion logo came up.

  • @royglenn2487
    @royglenn2487 2 роки тому

    I never would have known. Thanks so much.

  • @Shin-CannotFly
    @Shin-CannotFly 3 роки тому +33

    I’m actually very impressed. I wish more conspiracy folk were like him.

  • @milanhvozdik3379
    @milanhvozdik3379 3 роки тому +7

    I mean, this is just nonsense. Three letters, right. Like it proves anything...

  • @HolySoliDeoGloria
    @HolySoliDeoGloria Рік тому +1

    Mind. Blown.

  • @mayhewfisher62
    @mayhewfisher62 Рік тому

    those sneaky line item thingies. Gotta start reading the budget....

  • @Trexmaster12
    @Trexmaster12 10 років тому +42

    Ooooooohh, NASA, not NSA.
    Clever, Onion, clever...

  • @LukeFaulkner
    @LukeFaulkner 4 роки тому +36

    I heard somewhere that the Walton family is behind Walmart. If you look closely you'll notice that the first three letters of Walton and Wal-mart are the same. Coincidence???

  • @Utopia1616
    @Utopia1616 2 роки тому +3

    I decided to do my own research and found that not only nasa but the usps and even the us military are owned by the us government you may call me crazy now but think for a second and let it sink in.

    • @giannipiccioni8411
      @giannipiccioni8411 2 роки тому

      wait a second, "us military" is actually "U.S. MILITARY" o em gee, it's not "us", it's "u.s.", call the cops

  • @blisterybrush86yomomma22
    @blisterybrush86yomomma22 3 роки тому +1

    That’s crazy

  • @matthew8505
    @matthew8505 3 роки тому +14

    I like how he says no false information

  • @doctorgs8086
    @doctorgs8086 4 роки тому +4

    And here I thought that the USA stood for Union of Space Astronauts. It stands for United States of America!! What an eye-opener!!

    • @MCVessels
      @MCVessels 3 роки тому +1

      What's that about a union? Don't tell me the communists have made it into space, now!

  • @bernardschmitt6389
    @bernardschmitt6389 3 роки тому +1

    I swear these conspiracy theories have gotten out of hand. I mean come on this is ridiculous!

  • @dant.3505
    @dant.3505 Рік тому +1

    Just, wow! My mind is totally blown.

  • @Bynming
    @Bynming 10 років тому +45

    My friend does surveys in a mall and he once had to ask a girl for her phone number during a survey and she didn't want to give it because she was worried he'd give it to the NSA.

    • @harshpherwani6590
      @harshpherwani6590 3 роки тому +4

      *facepalm*

    • @allensacharov5424
      @allensacharov5424 2 роки тому +7

      was it the NSA or NASA? She actually may have gotten a date with an astronaut if it was the latter

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr 2 роки тому

      @@allensacharov5424 with buzz Aldrin?

    • @gibbogle
      @gibbogle 2 роки тому +1

      Good point! NASA is clearly related to the NSA. The plot thickens (or should that be sickens?)

  • @cropathfinder
    @cropathfinder 10 років тому +37

    the most rational conspiracy theorist xD

  • @JamesJoyce12
    @JamesJoyce12 2 роки тому +3

    i thought the onion was supposed to be satire - this is obviously true

  • @Enthalpy--
    @Enthalpy-- 2 роки тому +2

    Government cannot hide anything from this intelligent man.

  • @TheLoremasterNojah
    @TheLoremasterNojah 10 років тому +890

    "Slow-Witted Conspiracy Theorist"
    So... a conspiracy theorist.

    • @vre8367
      @vre8367 6 років тому +3

      TheLoremasterNojah God is watching

    • @joeytribbiani34
      @joeytribbiani34 6 років тому +65

      Vre83 What a creep.

    • @celestialmonkey
      @celestialmonkey 5 років тому +13

      @catwithoutthe hat Are you seriously getting offended at conspiracy theorist jokes? You realize how much of an idiot you are if you knowingly call your beliefs conspiracy theories lol

    • @pridakfan253
      @pridakfan253 5 років тому +4

      @catwithoutthe hat Nice false dichotomy fallacy.

    • @chrisdelzell8467
      @chrisdelzell8467 5 років тому +4

      @@celestialmonkey not much of one, given how many are turning out to be true?
      The CIA coined the term 'conspiracy theory' as a derogatory way to lump people who had discovered their malpractices in with paranoid schizophrenics. The correct term for the latter is "delusion".

  • @Jefff72
    @Jefff72 4 роки тому +11

    Did NASA ever approach that cute girl at the laundromat or did it end like the girl at Border's Bookstore Disaster?

  • @frederickhofmann843
    @frederickhofmann843 Рік тому

    this is so good thank youj

  • @megadestroyer454
    @megadestroyer454 3 роки тому +3

    Wait till he finds out about the DMV.

    • @dianheffernan3436
      @dianheffernan3436 3 роки тому

      But in all fareness,the 50's or something had sleep experiments,kinda a lost in space thg,

  • @Tomsfilipsons
    @Tomsfilipsons 4 роки тому +12

    Since the 1960's all Hollywood films have actually been filmed on the moon!!!

  • @AverageAlien
    @AverageAlien 3 роки тому +4

    Next you'll be telling me the airforce are part of the millitary

    • @steriopticon2687
      @steriopticon2687 3 роки тому

      Well...

    • @dianheffernan3436
      @dianheffernan3436 3 роки тому

      Now,now,there so that makes Elton John, big brother?

    • @notlucas6859
      @notlucas6859 3 роки тому

      HOW COULD THE AIR FORCE BE APART OF THE MILITARY???? YOU ARE SO DUMB IF YOU BELIEVE THIS. THE MILITARY IS ON THE GROUND, THE AIR FORCE IS IN THE AIR!!!!! YOU ARE SO STUPID IF YOU WOULD EVEN CONSIDER BELIEIVNG THIS, SHEEPLE ARE SO DUMB THESE DAYS SMH!!!!!!!!!

  • @walterw8223
    @walterw8223 2 роки тому +5

    If you spell NASA backwards it's ASAN, which is NASA backwards!

  • @nillchen
    @nillchen 11 місяців тому +2

    U.S.A. means Unidentified Space Agency, that guy is full of it

  • @MathewTitus
    @MathewTitus 10 років тому +4

    NSA is NASA - without the "A"

    • @enig99
      @enig99 10 років тому +1

      *****
      Do you even know what autistic means?

    • @matchu4444
      @matchu4444 10 років тому +1

      Amy Bellows I'm awtistic!! I dwaw all the time!

  • @freddogrosso9835
    @freddogrosso9835 3 роки тому +3

    Yeah. I still don't buy it.

  • @xykeal3739
    @xykeal3739 3 роки тому +1

    Oh my god how did I not know!? This whole time it was so obvious! Thank you The Onion for enlightening me!!

  • @JiraDiraDoo
    @JiraDiraDoo 2 роки тому +1

    I swear to god the onion has some of the most underrated actors I’ve ever seen

  • @futuregreatestpresidentale1221
    @futuregreatestpresidentale1221 10 років тому +5

    Love that smug smile in the end.

  • @DeathToMayo
    @DeathToMayo 10 років тому +8

    Open your eyes sheeple!

  • @clairpahlavi1585
    @clairpahlavi1585 2 роки тому +1

    Best humor I have seen in 1:28 minutes. Great parody. Love it!
    Bring us more, please.

  • @HowToChangeName
    @HowToChangeName 2 роки тому +3

    He's not slow witted, he's so methodological he's actually right

  • @CGA004
    @CGA004 10 років тому +5

    These are the onion videos we need more of.

  • @EdwardHowton
    @EdwardHowton 10 років тому +49

    I'm just still wondering how we're supposed to tell this guy is 'slow-witted' when all conspiracy theorists are anyway...

    • @ParanoidPixel
      @ParanoidPixel 10 років тому +5

      Right... because that snowden guy was a total nutter.

    • @Damious100
      @Damious100 10 років тому +18

      ParanoidPixel Snowden was not a conspiracy theorist lol. It stops being a conspiracy when solid evidence is presented.

    • @Damious100
      @Damious100 10 років тому +12

      Damious100 It stops being a Conspiracy THEORY* slight detail but It matters.

    • @ParanoidPixel
      @ParanoidPixel 10 років тому +3

      Damious100 My point was that he proved a growing number of people correct.

    • @EdwardHowton
      @EdwardHowton 10 років тому +21

      ParanoidPixel Snowden was not a conspiracy *theorist*. Conspiracy *theorists* are dipshits who think the moon landing was faked or 9/11 was an inside job or JFK was killed by Marilyn Monroe acting alone with assistance from the KGB and the churro-industrial complex.
      Snowden had access to actual information. He didn't pull shit out of his ass and throw it at a wall to see what stuck, like Glenn Beck or Alex Jones do.
      Also, "My point was that he proved a growing number of people correct."
      It isn't really difficult to jump on the bandwagon after the actual real work has already been done and pretend you've been right all along. The idiots who were shouting conspiracy before Snowden leaked files didn't have jack shit to show for all their shouting. There's people shouting 'Conspiracy!' about _EVERYTHING_, some of them are bound to be right accidentally.

  • @Scarfy101
    @Scarfy101 3 роки тому +1

    I'm stealing this as filler for a newspaper prop replica. The title legitimately suits the style

  • @vg2448
    @vg2448 2 роки тому +1

    It makes so much sense it must be crazy.

  • @BattyBitz
    @BattyBitz 9 років тому +3

    This channel. I'm losing it. I can't stop laughing at the littlest things now.

  • @joshuamurray9403
    @joshuamurray9403 3 роки тому +16

    It's sad when satirical news is more accurate than supposed legitimate news 😞

  • @FatherManus
    @FatherManus 3 роки тому +2

    When a conspiracy theorist is so unbelievably dumb that he switches to being smart again. Kind of like how a movie is so bad it switches to being good again.

  • @r4_in_space
    @r4_in_space 2 роки тому +2

    "Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes."

  • @chadweirick
    @chadweirick 2 роки тому +5

    I feel like this was a lot funnier before Q Anon

    • @Giganfan2k1
      @Giganfan2k1 2 роки тому +1

      It is funnier, but now it is also dark humor.

  • @instantnoodles6023
    @instantnoodles6023 3 роки тому +3

    It's almost like the IOC is behind the Olympics

  • @WhyX11
    @WhyX11 2 роки тому

    Crazy truth! Now it is out!!

  • @SG003
    @SG003 2 роки тому

    Unbelievable 😯