Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.
Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory.
Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren’t Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about. The movement is a parody social movement with a purpose. In a post-truth world dominated by online conspiracy theories, young people have coalesced around the effort to thumb their nose at, fight and poke fun at misinformation. It’s Gen Z’s attempt to upend the rabbit hole with absurdism.
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fighting lunacy with lunacy through a self aware conspiracy.
it certainly had it's imprint on american society though unclear if the impact is measurable given the powerful forces behind misinformation (willingly and unwilling actors).
the founder's upbringing and the idea they have "stradled multiple realities" as they merged information they grew up with along with information they sought out is telling of the challenge we all have to understand "reality".
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