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A Game Designer’s Analysis Of QAnon - Playing with reality (20min+ read. A bit lengthy, but it worth)
In brief - apophenia. Just a tad more elaborated - induced/guided aphonenia.
What's fascinating is the buttons of human psyche that are pushed to sink people deep into the rabbit holes:
- Follow The Breadcrumbs - don't tell, just select the dots that are to be connected
- The Eureka Effect - the rush of the Aha! moments and the feeling of being rewarded
- Lamestream Media - passivate against the reality that's not supportive to the agenda
- Community - sense of belonging, behavior reinforcement; a population large and motivated enough to adopt an evolutionary strategy in selecting the best CT-es
All the above are exemplified - and these examples is how I got to get WTF Beyoncé has to do with QAnon.
So, if all it's an Alternate Reality Game, there's no harm, right? Not so fast, the US Military Academy ran the The QAnon Conspiracy Theory: A Security Threat in the Making? article in its "Combating Terrorism Center" journal, stating
QAnon represents a public security threat with the potential in the future to become a more impactful domestic terror threat. This is true especially given that conspiracy theories have a track record of propelling terrorist violence elsewhere in the West as well as QAnon’s more recent influence on mainstream political discourse.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 18 2020, @09:40PM (3 children)
How many times have we been told that "Antifa is just an idea" or some such nonsense. That applies more to Qanon than it does to Antifa, I would think.
Up until very recently, I placed no credence at all in any Qanon writings. Here, in this journal entry, I've found more reason to almost believe in a Qanon, than I ever found previously. Like "alt-right", it seems all made up and unreal.
We could almost say that c0lo is making Qanon real.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday November 18 2020, @11:54PM
QAnon, antifa... it's all in your head. The sole function, through mass media, is to keep your attention. They sure got you hooked good!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday November 19 2020, @01:26AM
And this would be false. At the best, you could say "I could almost say that c0lo is making Qanon real for me" and I could not object a iota to it.
Oh, well, "horse... water...", I can't do more for you. I'll let you spend the last years of your life blissfully sinking into the insane delusions you create for yourself. Who am I to object to your kinks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @06:36AM
There is no antifa, you stupid blockhead! It is only the creation of the right-wing nut-job media! And you have swallowed it, treble hook, line and sinker! If you were not so fucking uneducated, and basically stupid, you would realize these things. But, since you are, well, did you know that there is this drug, adrenachrome, that is produced by the adrenal gland in frightened children, and scary monsters are sent out each night to scare children, and harvest their fear? Yes, it is the plot line from Monsters, Inc., and this is a plausible story line to people as stupid as you? No wonder you fall for the "antifa" version. Do you know that there is a company of Monsters, who each news cycle, are sent out to scare little old (white) ladies and conservatives from Arkansas, and they then harvest their fear in the form of TV ratings? And they keep them is the basement of a Pizzeria called Fox News, under the guardianship of Sean and Fucker.
You have been had, and had hard, Runaway. Do not be so stupid in the future, if you can help it.