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 Ladies, this is unironically the best first date advice you will ever hear:

ASK HIM WHAT CONSPIRACY THEORIES HE BELIEVES IN.

Early on. Right away.

If he does anything less than enthusiastically go off, it's a sure sign he's an obedient propaganda consumer, not a self-sovereign researcher. Major red flag for his potential to become a strong husband/father.

#datestr #lovestr 
 “You mean what’s true?” 
 I wish I had received this advice years ago. 
 If she’s not asking she’s not the one. 
 It’s not a conspiracy theory if it’s happening. 
 that will be the first response probably haha 
 Exactly. The term has been highjacked by sensationalists. 
 by the CIA et al, basically 
 Tomato - TomAH’to 
 THIS 🙌 
 We did this my partner and I the first 30 mins we met and it was a game changer. 
 Problem with the conspiracy theories are that they come true and you will have to find new ones that eventually will come out as true. I like to call them predictions and not what the CIA came up "conspiracy theories" for their shitty behavior.  
 It's hard to be a conspiracy theorist these days. They don't even try to hide shit from us any more. 
 Exactly. They are constantly saying the quiet part out loud 
 Couldn't agree more 😌 
 The problem here is that many conspiracy theories are also BS created by intelligence outfits to further obfuscate the truth. Usually you have the official line that the mainstream media parrots, which is bullshit. Then you have some crazy off the wall conspiracy, which usually starts pretty soon after, received coverage and is also bullshit. The truth usually lies somewhere in the middle and requires actual research and thinking to uncover. It is never reported on.