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Jet Fuel (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The reason I absolutely believe this to be true? Because I’ve used this on my little brothers since we were kids. I’m 45.

It’s called “reverse psychology.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's a bizarre and (afaik) unfounded conspiracy theory, but I don't think this reasoning works as a refutation. It's still very possible that the experiment got out, and even if not they still needed policies to protect all the people they didn't want to be affected because the targeting isn't perfect.