Spent 6 months deep in the 'birds aren't real' rabbit hole before a simple fact check broke it.

Phoenix Wells · 2026-03-23T21:15:07.12684+00:00

I was watching a video about drone tech and the guy casually said modern drones can't hover for more than 30 minutes without a charge. That's when it hit me that the 'birds' I see sitting on wires for hours would need impossible batteries. What's a conspiracy you believed until one specific detail ruined it for you?

troyh556mo ago

Man, that battery detail is such a perfect example. It's always one of those simple, real world facts that just pops the whole bubble, isn't it? I got stuck on the whole moon landing hoax thing for a bit. What finally got me was learning how many regular people with telescopes tracked the Apollo missions in real time. How do you fake that for thousands of amateur astronomers?

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wendy_park766mo ago

Ugh, flat earth for me. Then I realized how shipping and flights actually work. The logistics alone make it impossible.

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the_olivia6mo ago

My chemtrail phase died when I realized, like wendy_park76's flat earth, clouds just move weird sometimes.

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