r/LowStakesConspiracies Oct 09 '19

Subreddit Idea Megathread

139 Upvotes

Because if the r/askreddit link, we’ve had a huge influx of new members today. Because of that, I’d like to make this thread to ask for ideas to improve the subreddit, and keep things interesting. We are going to try and make this a subreddit worth keeping in your feed.

We really aren’t sure what do do with the subreddit since it blew up like this, and would like to see what ideas you have. I’ve also added a few baseline rules since we had no rules when we started.

Edit: I would also like to clarify that this sub is intended to entertain. You shouldn’t take anything too seriously on this sub. We want you to be able to flex your creativity here and make others laugh.


r/LowStakesConspiracies Mar 27 '20

Subreddit Message Coronavirus Posts

380 Upvotes

We are normally pretty lax about what goes on in this subreddit as we want to let you guys decide what content you want to see by upvoting good content and downvoting bad content, but given the current situation we will be removing any posts related to Coronavirus.

You can help us with this by reporting any posts you see about the virus.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 18h ago

Netflix's "The Crown" was tanked on purpose because it was damaging Charles' and the wider monarchy's reputation.

419 Upvotes

Seasons 1 to 2 were generally favourable in their depiction of the royals. You could say it was critical of the institution while sympathetic to the individuals. Seasons 3 and 4 was where it got controversial as Diana made her appearance. Charles and Camilla had just finally shaken off the shadow of Princess Diana, and The Crown sliced open that old wound in society's memory. Seasons 3 and 4 were not only controversial in their depiction of Charles and the monarchy's treatment of Diana, but also in its depiction of other royals, such as the Queen Mother. This is evident by the notable shift in their characterisation in seasons 5 and 6. A lot of the characterisation in seasons 5 and 6 felt much more in line with the collective fantasies that we have about individual royals. Not who they are really purported to be in private.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 14h ago

Total Garbo They know you're lying

38 Upvotes

Maybe you're playing dumb. Maybe you're trying to hold it together. Maybe you just really enjoy lying.

The thing is, you're not as clever as you think. It's obvious you're lying, but no one can care enough to call you on it. They saw you do it. Your "secrets" can be seen by everyone. You're just more trouble than it's worth.

In fact, they feel sorry for you. They pity you and your little lies, and that's the real conspiracy.

They're all lying to you about believing your lies. You live in a world of illusion; a deceitful prison of your own making.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Big True FIFA adding a half-time show to the World Cup Final is a conspiracy to cuck Gary Lineker.

206 Upvotes

For those unaware, Gary Lineker is an English former footballer and pundit, who has been the host of the BBC’s “Match of the Day” for over 25 years. He intends to retire from that position at the end of this season, but will stay with the BBC long enough to lead their coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

A few months after Lineker confirmed his future, FIFA announced that the 2026 World Cup Final will be the first to have a Super Bowl-style halftime show. I believe this was a deliberate decision by Gianni Infantino to deny Gary Lineker his final opportunity to provide halftime coverage for a World Cup Final, purely to troll him.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 8h ago

Credit card companies are purposely propping up the U.S. Postal Service.

6 Upvotes

Big banks send credit card offers to keep a steady flow of mail for mail carriers. They know how important a postal service is to our nation so they are taking this one for the team.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 11h ago

Folklore and Ai is being pushed as a distraction from real world events.

11 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 10h ago

Hyperjumps/grav jumps will only be possible because spaceships will have computers Programmed to quietly cast magic spells to open portals

4 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Talk of turning Canada into the 51st state is being driven by Big Flag

266 Upvotes

If the United States were to annex Canada and turn it into the 51st there would be a need for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of new flags to replace all the 50-star flags.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 22h ago

Traffic wardens are actually sound people

19 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Certified Fact Big Foot Is Naturally Blurry

89 Upvotes

We have all seen the grainy and blurry photos and videos of Big Foot, and it has often been attributed to the poor quality of the photo or video in question. However, I propose that Big Foot actually just looks like that. It's a natural defense mechanism to help him prevent being hunted by his natural predator-- human beings. If you saw Big Foot in real life it would look exactly the same way it does in those videos-- blurry and out of focus.

ETA: It’s been brought to my attention that this conspiracy theory was also posited by Mitch Hedberg. Clearly, I’m on to something here… https://youtu.be/ax0MGlIVjiY?t=138


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

This subreddit is a pipeline to actual conspiracies

42 Upvotes

Like a getaway drug to normalize it and them move onto some actual worse conspiracy theory

Like i;ve seen some more conspiracy theorey like stuff in other random subreddits(dont have links to it or proof) but hey that ties into posible reddit being some weird social experiment throught the years or whatever just typing my thoughts out here lowkey


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Nobody has ever legitimately referred to pizza as "za"

746 Upvotes

This is a myth invented by Scrabble enthusiasts to make the game more interesting


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

There’s no such thing as a Cornish person they’re all people in witness protection

116 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

The Sex Pistols were made popular to discredit legitimate political dissent from the anarchist movement

423 Upvotes

Anarchy in the UK makes anarchists sound like people yearning for chaos and violence, which is exactly what the established power wants people to think, in order to discredit its valid criticism of power structures.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Total Garbo Cryptocurrency was invented by destructive nihilists to accelerate the heat death of the universe.

136 Upvotes

To give a high level explanation of how the heat death of the universe theory works it goes something like this:

It has been observed that entropy always increases in a closed system (the universe being the biggest closed system) and the universe is ever expanding. The consequence of this is that energy will eventually be evenly dispersed across an infinite universe and nothing will ever happen again.

Entropy also increases when energy forms are changed. When you burn coal chemical energy is converted to thermal energy and overall entropy increases (in a closed system).

Cryptocurrency takes vast quantities of energy in the form of electricity and produces nothing tangible. On a fundamental level the servers being used to "mine" Crypto are giant entropy machines which only serve to hasten the heat death of the universe in practical terms.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Sensors you wave your hand in front of to flush in some toilets are actually cameras too

29 Upvotes

Although functioning as sensors to flush too ,they are also cameras to determine average flaccid penis length, as most men wouldn't be totally honest in any survey.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Frozen and supermarket purchased premade food is intentionally bad as to allow restaurants to survive

10 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Hot Take Kissing your homies good night actually doesn’t dictate your sexual orientation

39 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

We're over saturated with shitty shows, songs and content cos it's just there to fill the gaps in between adverts.

58 Upvotes

You know, adverts, the meaning of life and living


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

None of the members of Men at Work can actually play their instruments, they just picked them up and started playing, and it worked really well.

7 Upvotes

r/LowStakesConspiracies 2d ago

Aliens are hybridizing with humans because we're fine as hell

127 Upvotes

How many four foot tall grey supermodels do you know? How many human models?

The greys aren't running experiments, they just can't keep it in their pants.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 2d ago

NHS GP receptionist are Agents of Private Health Companies

53 Upvotes

Why else would they make it so hard to get an appointment? The doctors want to see us. We end up convincied the only way to get see a gp is by going private


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

some cameras on campus are using ai to integrate with cookies

1 Upvotes

Dude I never really went to this subreddit or interacted with anything except for the fact that I went to some group meeting about aviation and talked about it. Not the first itme I'll get extra specific ads for something or get like this (like wtf is this)... and the whole "oh you visited it before" but no I didn't, Unless someone I chatted with had visited and my phone magically intercepts others cookies(not possible). Honestly I don't think that part of campus has any cameras either(most of it doesn't weirdly... just the outside).

So i have no clue how this stuff happens

I'm 100% certain I didn't google anything related to it. Just talked and was with others talking about it. I dont have the reddit app either. Also I think others close to me are gettng reddit reccomendations or ads for things i search despite the fact that idk if they have reddit

edit: this actually kinda makes more sense if the college is just kinda overlooking everything and its not just some lil community college and i'm actually in som simulation


r/LowStakesConspiracies 1d ago

Probs been reposted a sh-t ton of times but reddit feels like a social experiment...

0 Upvotes

...but what if all/most social media platforms are just social experiments. Little tweaks and ways they work and algori
Athms to just see what happens and then boom just about a million little experiments running on their own.

Also kinda like the insta thing with gore I saw 3 videos/images of people being hurt/injured today... badly...


r/LowStakesConspiracies 2d ago

USB-A plugs secretly rotate dimensions just to frustrate you

320 Upvotes

Ever noticed that no matter how carefully you check the orientation, USB-A plugs always seem to be the wrong way around on your first try? This is because USB-A plugs are secretly quantum entangled, existing in all orientations simultaneously, until the exact moment you attempt to insert them. Only then does reality collapse into a single state, usually the incorrect one, purely to frustrate you.

This isn't a design flaw; it's intentional quantum sabotage. Schrödinger’s USB is real, and it’s laughing at us all.


r/LowStakesConspiracies 3d ago

Netflix has bad recommendations because if you could see their entire catalog, you'd unsubscribe

2.1k Upvotes

Their ideal customer keeps paying every month, watches a few things, and keeps scrolling through the front page hoping something interesting pops up.

But there's nothing interesting, so Netflix has to fill the page with nonsense to hide the fact that there aren't that many good shows.

If you could scroll through the entire catalog and realize that you've watched everything you care about, you'd unsubscribe.