QAmom - Confronting my mom's conspiracy theories

[@LeoZenon]

Amazing, simple way to confront these “truths” without getting into a fight with her. Well done.

[@cyog2971]

I think it started a path to sanity

[@JaniceHope]

I bet it would also help to take away their internet for a few months. Just so they can get down from the emotional highs of the conspiracies and being in the know.

[@noirling1]

@@cyog2971 cash always does.

[@abelis644]

@@cyog2971 One can only hope... she is one of millions... it's mind boggling...

[@slimturnpike]

Except it had zero effect. She still believes the conspiracies.

[@tarantulady]

I feel like a lot of older people in their 50’s and 60’s held out on internet for as long as possible, then when they finally went online they overdosed on internet and started tripping balls uncontrollably and believing obvious irrational nonsense.

[@amazinganna9982]

Please understand that people who are in their 50s and 60s *now* were not old when the Internet came into use; we have been using it and familiar with it since the '90s. I do recall some people who were 60+ back *then* holding out, though.

[@j.f.c]

I think it's when KZbin and Facebook became a perpetual destraction to a certain group of people who happen to have lots of free time because they retired or empty nesters.

[@-Zevin-]

Honestly our parents generation grew up on emotional irrational behavior being venerated. Everyone wanted to be a cowboy, to shoot from the hip and act on "common sense" It's very anti-intellectual and celebrates ignorance. American culture has been steeped in this cowboy mentality. We elect presidents based on how we feel. With the boomer generation this is particularly bad. Nobody ever taught them to be rational and skeptical, as if these are virtues, or even how to research or fact check. What we now have is a entire older generation that are almost child like in their behavior and worldview because of it. I honestly don't know if we can change them, but we absolutely can and must for our younger generations.

[@jamescallagher5876]

Overdosed on internet. That's fucking accurate😂😂😂

[@sebnetnmenet4133]

@@-Zevin- what's your source?

[@amazingadams6723]

Best quote about this. "Its easy to fool someone, but hard to convince someone they have been fooled"

[@acutemuse]

This is so heart breaking. I seriously feel like social media broke our old people.

[@guacamolekid3899]

It's the younger who are wacked-out- Kissing the feet of BLM?? Leftists are the real cultists- they are the sheep. Q is real.

[@pullfect]

@@guacamolekid3899 You need serious help buddy.

[@queenofdensity2858]

@@guacamolekid3899 Are you...trying to convince yourself or are you trying to convince us?? Because it's definitely not working.

[@Curt-0001]

@@guacamolekid3899 Speak for yourself, kid.

[@ChrisAssassin]

I hate that this stuff essentially makes people hate and fear minorities more than ever like this guac guy^^^^^^

[@voiceofthewolf3528]

“I would have EASILY won the election fraud if it weren’t for those fact checkers.” And I would have easily won the Mr. Universe trophy if it weren’t for the fact that I’m a chubby 23 year old female

[@boogerman908]

I believe in you

[@AnthonyHarrisTechrat]

Don't let your dreams be dreams.

[@maxizzle]

don't let your dreams just be dreams!

[@mikebracken10]

Let some of your dreams be dreams?

[@bwax3135]

Next year, sister. Next year

[@matth8924]

Man this is tough to watch. I was born in 1993, so I grew up on the internet, learned at a young age how to filter out all the nonsense you can find on the internet, how to properly research, etc. But older people were completely unprepared for the internet and social media, and interpreted everything they saw as fact. Shit like this is the end result.

[@bforty79]

From my anecdotal experience, most of the boomers who have some sort of college education (where you learn how to research things) don't go for the conspiracy nonsense as much as the others who say they "do their research" (which evidently means literally anything you find on the internet).

[@orangeapples]

One thing to remember is this isn’t an old people young people thing. It is people with compromised mental capacity. I’m also not saying this is a dumb people thing. I’m just not smart enough to know a better word. These are just people who are susceptible to misinformation. Aging may be a contributing factor, but it is far from the only thing. Indoctrination is a slow process that takes time to brainwash someone. Plenty of young smart people can fall for it as well because you don’t know it is happening. It also starts with some truths or plausibilities that are difficult to deny. You wouldn’t be able to pull people in with easily proven lies. But once you have them you can feed them any BS you want and they’ll eat it up. You may even be indoctrinated into a number of beliefs you think are your own and just like the mother here will accept some sources while rejecting others. I frequently find myself in a position where I am looking at compelling evidence that goes against my beliefs and wonder how I came to that original belief in the first place. Usually I have been pushed in that direction by a bunch of people repeating misinformation. It’s why you really shouldn’t trust anything on the internet.

[@marvinantonio9078]

@@orangeapples yeah you got a point. I think it really underlies on specific conditions that people are actively in that lead them into cult-like groups like qanon. I find that people who are isolated from regular societal norms fall into this category. Younger loners entrench themselves with edgy online cultures like 4chan and right wing KZbinrs. Older folk probably do feel like they’re times have past and seek something that normalizes their behavior again. Usually the extreme forms IMO. Even our infrastructure has devolved into more rural areas that makes it harder to find diversity in ideas and people. It seems like the only way for society to deradicalise is by implementing a good welfare system where they gradually realize they’re wrong. But our govt is incompetent so🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@jjjacer]

@@bforty79 I think it also varies by area, i have two millennial conservative friends that both are very close to Qanon territory in opinions, luckily both are the type to have civil discussions. But i can see a lot of if it didnt happen to me its fake, or my brother had it, it wasnt that bad when talking about the virus, anytime i would bring up the medical side from dr.s they would divert to saying dont listen to bill gates hes no dr and is in on this crap (dudes i work for healthcare IT, i talk to real dr's, IDGAF about bill gates) They dont really do research, they just see something that makes their opinion true on facebook and repost it in their own echo chambers, I also live in a rural area and it pretty much comes down to, the smaller the town the more conservative people swing. most of my friends from bigger cities are more left wing. and me being middle ground i get caught in the facebook crossfire.

[@-Zevin-]

@@orangeapples Honestly our parents generation grew up on emotional irrational behavior being venerated. Everyone wanted to be a cowboy, to shoot from the hip and act on "common sense" It's very anti-intellectual and celebrates ignorance. American culture has been steeped in this cowboy mentality. We elect presidents based on how we feel. With the boomer generation this is particularly bad. Nobody ever taught them to be rational and skeptical, as if these are virtues, or even how to research or fact check. What we now have is a entire older generation that are almost child like in their behavior and worldview because of it. I honestly don't know if we can change them, but we absolutely can and must for our younger generations.

[@queenofdensity2858]

I'm 15 and Qanon has severely impacted my relationship with my mother. It really re-surfaced all that hidden racism, homophobia, transphobia, and self-righteous Christian ideals hidden beneath her once "sane" exterior. It saddens me. And I know that I have to one day leave for the safety of my lgbtq+ brother and I. I'm currently trying to make my own money through my small business to build a stable future for both of us and it hurts to know that her views are potentially irreversible. I now need to raise myself while protecting my amazing brother. Thank you for this video! I now feel less alone.

[@shelbyw6135]

Props to you at your age that you & your sibling are dealing with this, stay strong.

[@ashtonshephard3852]

Stay strong, and don't be afraid to reach out for help. You don't have to do it all on your own

[@queenofdensity2858]

@@shelbyw6135 Thank you!

[@guacamolekid3899]

I don't agree with any of your conclusions. I think your mom is right- it has nothing to do with sexual orientation. So many liberals have been all this social justice bs. All it is is Marxism- designed to to destroy the country from within.

[@queenofdensity2858]

@@ashtonshephard3852Thank you so much for the support! I've been worried about reaching out to people about our situation and I'm glad to know that there are people that care even though we've never met. If its no trouble please spread the news of our shop to others who are interested in art and stickers instagram.com/beebie_shop_official/ ko-fi.com/beebie

[@rif5556]

Delusion is one hell of a drug.

[@guacamolekid3899]

so quit taking it.

[@AlexeBriand2002]

@@guacamolekid3899 you’re the one who’s taking it…

[@omegastar19]

@@guacamolekid3899 its so funny that you are frantically replying to comments here. Its like you are insecure about this and actually need to convince yourself that all the Qanon bullshit is real by attacking anyone who says otherwise, because if you dont, that festering thought in the back of your head will keep growing ‘what if I spent all these months believing bullshit about celebrities being arrested and Trump coming back to power, and it just keeps not happening, day after week after month after year. What if it was all bullshit?’ Hint: it was bullshit.

[@nikemontoya66]

Protects herself from EMFs. Stares at phone screen all day.

[@steverogers7601]

The phone addiction thing is what feels like the most objective thing both the left and right can agree on. Like. Get the fuvk off the damn phone. Jesus Christ.

[@abelis644]

@@steverogers7601 Jesus Christ is on the phone???😶

[@steverogers7601]

@@abelis644 was the period confusing?

[@TesserId]

Addictive technology is clearly a big part of the problem. The 60 Minutes segment on Brain Hacking is seriously scary.

[@TesserId]

Oh, and a New Age friend once asked me to review technology to protect from EMF. It seems one can spend a couple thousand dollars on a device that's supposed to absorb it. Of course, if you have a big house, you have to buy several of them.

[@jaymaxwell8645]

That quick "no" at the end shows the cracks have formed. I hope you get your mom back I had to give up on my dad.

[@Krauerking]

No. Now she thinks the system is rigged against her and god and the only right way is to take it all back by force. That's their only takeaway these days, doubling down. We need to find better systems for indoctrination.

[@carlodave9]

Me too. I always liked to think of my dad--a retired engineer--as an intelligent man; but there he is, sitting in Arizona's historic drought, denying the climate crisis as a liberal hoax, thinking Obama was the root of all evil, and worrying about Antifa. He's pretty much disowned his children for not going along. We can't even call to wish him happy birthday anymore without enduring weird political tirades.

[@WesJFin]

Solid editing! This can not have been easy on you and I hope you are taking care of yourself also. Good on you for doing what you can to help her also, you're a good son that she needs in times like this. Good luck and thanks for this video!

[@guacamolekid3899]

His mom is right and he's wrong.

[@alemik3083]

@@guacamolekid3899 how about you avacadon't

[@guacamolekid3899]

@@alemik3083 If you want to stay clueless- keep your current course.

[@alemik3083]

@@guacamolekid3899 spare us the motivational speeches you give yourself in the mirror every morning.

[@Scawtsauce]

@@guacamolekid3899 then why did she give him $700?

[@dwardster]

You lucked out that you’re mom got sucked into this but is still able to restrain herself from letting it poison her relationships. Also love how your grandma is based.

[@Maxseeninastar]

Right, I think his family is lucky in that sense. It often times destroys families and relationships like mine.

[@losmanzani6849]

Yeah grandma is cool

[@aiwaiwou3556]

You say "you're mom". That doesn't make sense. How can anyone be their own mum?

[@Cara-39]

​@@aiwaiwou3556Calm down, nobody called the spelling police

[@plumplekoon]

Based means right wing if anything moms based and bommerpilled

[@dancode9738]

Nice video. Protecting yourself from electromagnetic frequencies. So she was always primed and susceptible to misinformation and kooky ideas, but the misinformation and quantity of misinformation changed, not the person -- That's my take.

[@tconnelly8]

That and the misinformation itself has become malignantly contagious

[@marvinantonio9078]

I feel the same way. The friends that I lost to qanon were already in the edge of far right conspiracy. Qanon is just a curtain for the real behavior of some people.

[@nerdsports]

Came to say something about this as well. Her belief in these 'quirky' things just means to me that she is just gullible and easily fooled. The power of right wing misinformation propaganda is real and it is strong. They are relentlesss!

[@deoxix]

I read in an article some months before about how QAnon is basically the mother of all conspiracy theories. Basically all these different conspiracy theories have existed for decades but QAnon was basically the first one to start unifying them in some sort of semi-coherent mishmash of Satan + Communist + Illuminati + Pedophiles cabal + Aliens + fake pandemics + chip control... because of all the manipulation from social networks. They were in the right moment of time to attract all the lunatics that existed previously into a voting bloc.

[@ItAlIHappenedSoFast]

Probably doesn't help that America is full of religious folks. Believing one kooky theory opens the way to more.

[@verraque]

damn, if this isn’t my reality as well. fingers crossed things get better.

[@guacamolekid3899]

Q is real-you're the one with the 'problem'.

[@nathanredford58]

Want to make a bet? 😂

[@neuro3423]

@@guacamolekid3899 so what dimension are you in? Because you certainly ain't in ours.

[@guacamolekid3899]

@@neuro3423 No, thanks-you for noticing that I'm not in the clueless dimension that you're in.

[@guacamolekid3899]

@@nathanredford58 Bet on what? How do you know if you 'won' or not. The Q plan is military special ops- they don't have to divulge any operational details if they consider themselves to be in a state of war- see Trump's exec orders on military tribunals and foreign interference in elections- that's part of what is going on.

[@ThatSocialKev]

This makes me sad because it reminds me of my own mother and I have no idea how to get her back.

[@mattym8]

Have you tried placing bets with her?

[@kathykonkle1097]

All you can do is to listen, ask basic questions to see why she believes something and try to be kind. I'm hoping that when we increase the House and Senate majority and really start to get things done without Republican obstructionism that people will realize that this administration is better than the Former Guys hate fest and slowly these radicalized domestic terrorists will realize that it's the GOP that has lied to them and they will leave the cult on their own.

[@pretty5793]

Good luck!

[@losmanzani6849]

That sucks Kevin. Wish you the best.

[@lunickiwrites7256]

Same.

[@julesf4911]

Sadly, I can completely relate. My Mom is one of the few family members I have left and she is completely down the rabbit hole with this crap. She is very similar in many ways to your Mother. Except, my Mom is not as forgiving towards me for not being a “believer “ and rarely speaks to me anymore. This whole nonsense is heartbreaking. So many families torn up.

[@amandabacon128]

You may find community in Qanoncasualties. It is a subreddit for folks who are struggling with family in your situation

[@realSethMeyers]

Dude this is about to blow up, so... Make sure your online presence looks good lol

[@stephaniebowling1051]

Qanon has taken over KZbin. I bet within a week at least 50k thumbs down

[@realSethMeyers]

@@stephaniebowling1051 Really? I generally try to avoid the subject because it annoys me too much, so maybe I just don't run across it. I thought maybe it had started to die down.

[@AustinNagy]

Lmao this is a good reminder

[@EphraimMower]

Loved you on SNL

[@Jerry7Msa]

@@stephaniebowling1051 100$?

[@e.l.324]

Hahahaha, "they should have been". That's the best moving of the goal post ever.

[@Bonesince1997]

And totally just because someone told her these things. That's all the evidence she needs.

[@eastwestunity]

Thank you, Sean. This was well done. Lots of kindness and compassion. Blessings.

[@durtysean]

Thanks so much Lewis! Really appreciate that.

[@davidh3823]

"If it weren't for all these fact checkers!"

[@nhannigan]

Whoever pays the fact checkers, gets what they want.

[@bawa2862]

Really like the way your family is able to stay civil despite the illness. Wish I could say the same. Hope your mum recovers

[@macmillanr1]

Man, that ending is so haunting, She legit said... I STILL believe all these things. 0/7. You still find this source of information legitimate after that sort of debunking, truly spells out the insane illogical fantasy they are living in and cult like worship we are against.

[@auntieescreations4309]

"If it wasn't for these fact checkers debunking it all" 🤣

[@madgick3]

Is there any actual advice for someone in this situation? Your Mom is basically ill and needs help but I never hear of anyone breaking this cycle. People in youtube comments or on reddit just love to dunk on Qanon believers and those people don't do themselves any favours anyway since they don't think they need help. Well done to you and your Dad for keeping this relationship healthy though. If any advice does actually surface then at least you'll be around to try and apply it.

[@omaralami1706]

That's my thing because it's his mom. His examples of trying to have a conversation about multiple topics make it seem very tough to have a relationship. Honestly I don't know what solution would really work for somebody that would be so distrustful of other opinions.

[@cesarebachelli]

My mom almost got suckered in too. She is a lecturer, very educated. The only salvation was she is not arrogant and did watch the facts and read the articles I had shared with her. Scary world.

[@zollipop5]

Look up street epistemology. It's a way of having a conversation to get to the root of why someone believes something and help them to question it. It's not a silver bullet by any means, and it's not easy to do well, but it's the best method I've come across.

[@marvinantonio9078]

This is more than one individuals responsibility in my opinion. If family members can’t even get through to them, then there’s certain measures that we have to take as a society to change this behavior. I really tried with my closest friends and it felt like I had some impact. But tbh, it also feels like I’m plugging holes with my fingers, waiting for the boat to sink. Especially with how fast misinfo spreads these days, it’s takes too much responsibility for one person to have an absolutely correct perspective. Let alone maintaining someone else’s. This problem definitely consists of people lacking any sense of media literacy. But the reasons why we got here is maybe because we allowed such misinfo to continue to exist in a place where clicks makes more profit than telling the truth.

[@Inbal_Feuchtwanger]

The scary thing is these people are not all mentally ill. Often they are older, they are gullible, and usually religious. These are the same people who used to watch all the shows like ancient aliens and come out of it actually believing the nonsense they watched. Except now instead of a 1hr segment they get a nonstop stream of information solidifying their beliefs.

[@FredRobel]

My heart goes out to you Sean. I'm glad you found a way to discuss and maintain your relationship with your mother, despite the huge differences.

[@blane2472]

"I would have been right if it wasn't for all these fact checkers." Ah yes, the Qanon motto.

[@eyescreamcake]

They think the fact checkers are part of the conspiracy...

[@rachelflaten8508]

I'd love to see this movie an hour long with your mom changing her mind. Sorry for your mom's (mental) loss! She's lucky to have such a supportive family.

[@retodded]

this is a fantastic look into this phenomena.

[@UltimaPowers]

I'm sorry dude but I laughed my head off when she said "I would've won the election fraud one but for all those... Fact checkers." Jeeeeeeeesus.

[@Wannaknowmyname1]

That got me for sure. Those darn fact checkers!!

[@gloverelaxis]

you know if people call themselves "fact checkers" they don't actually suddenly become these omniscient objective god-beings, right? you're only happy granting liberal "fact checkers" that name because you already largely agree with their worldview. to a Marxist, liberal "fact checkers" who are unelected and whose paychecks come from billionaires and shareholders are just as openly laughable as RWNJs saying "do your research" is to you. a similar dynamic happens with liberals' trust that institutions like universities or non-profits/charities can somehow be "objective" and exist independently of politics. i hope you use this opportunity for self-reflection.

[@matthewhrmich5350]

@@gloverelaxis you're just throwing around buzzwords. You don't actually have a clue what you're saying.

[@gloverelaxis]

@@matthewhrmich5350 which words do you think are "buzzwords"? I know exactly what I'm saying, and I consider all my terminology here to have pretty well-established popular meanings. Care to elaborate?

[@Nelsn3]

@@matthewhrmich5350 It's best to ignore the trolls and sealions.

[@theindependent]

Hello, could we please use a small section of your video in a story on our website with full credit to you?

[@durtysean]

Sure!

[@thatpersonsmusic]

Oh wow

[@XGDragon]

@@durtysean I'd at least request a review of said story before its published.

[@durtysean]

@@XGDragon fair point. where were you two days ago? You should be my manager.

[@Mikelikesboobies]

Hey they werent kidding! Congrats dude. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/qanon-short-film-mom-qamom-b1862031.html

[@nathandts3401]

Your dad has infinite patience. You can't choose your parents so I can understand you trying to deal with this stuff in a civil way. Blows my mind that your dad hasn't gotten the hell out of there.

[@steverogers7601]

I guess when you’re in your 50s/60s/70s you just put up with it, or are at peace with it, becsuse of the marriage, but this seems like it’s been go on for many years before this point. I know many folks who’ve divorced becsuse of their deferring political beliefs and I honestly would strongly consider leaving if my partner was believing all of this dumb sht even after having conversations at how it’s wrong. Who’s to say she won’t be lured into a cult or into doing some incredibly dumb sht if she’s already believing nonsense from other morons.

[@TillyOrifice]

FFS, maybe he loves his wife? She's gullible, not evil.

[@kathykonkle1097]

@@TillyOrifice I love my man deeply but if he went qanon nutter and I couldn't get through to him I'd leave to save myself. That man may love her but he stays for his kids.

[@codecthelios]

Bravo 👏👏. I just kept thinking about how she said " you'll say omg mom was right". That's what all Q ppl always say. They feel empowered by being seen by others as "right".

[@DS-uh6ss]

Even Sean's dad's point about "the truth" was problematic. There is no one "truth," because humans have different experiences, contexts, and definitions. It seems like a truth, for example, to say "racism is bad"... but then, people aren't all defining racism the same way. Right wingers, for example, think any discussion of skin color is "racist." "America is a free country!" but what does "freedom" really mean? A lack of monarchy, and a democratic voting system... or the idea that you can do whatever you want, whenever you want it, with no consequences? There is no one "truth" or "right" or "good." The Light side and Dark sides of The Force (which, btw, is from a movie franchise, not real) are not absolutes. Your truth is not my truth, your experience is not mine, and no one of them is better than the other.

[@bluefacebaby9334]

that's basic Kantian epistemology

[@medusareigns]

The older generation warned us TV and the internet would rot their brains and look what happened.

[@riffgroove]

It's really too bad more people don't realize how profound and relevant this statement is.

[@sk1mmyj1mmy]

I started doing this with acquaintances online and it was interesting how many people refused to put even 50 dollars on something they were that confident in. Kudos to your mom for at least being logically consistent enough to out her money where her mouth is?

[@newguyiswinning]

I mean if anyone says "oh they are just into some alternate medicine stuff before all this" that's always a red flag. She already didn't believe in facts and science. Could've guessed the outcome

[@Call_Me_David]

I'm so glad that my mid 60's boomer parents are non-religious and liberal.

[@collin-theonlyandone2299]

I am sad that the QAnon follower as a statue of Buddha and use Eastern symbols to further their agenda. Buddha and 99% of real buddhists would not even follow the nonsense that she subscribes. Fine example of cultural appropriation and my heritage being defiled by white far right Qtard supremacists

[@eyescreamcake]

That doesn't preclude them from believing in crazy nonsense. There's crazy nonsense on both sides.

[@js4321]

"But at the end of the day...." you got the easiest $700 ever haha good work on the editing

[@Bonesince1997]

Looks like a family of richers passing around money. The true price to pay here isn't being paid. No one has learned anything.

[@1jamerton]

@@Bonesince1997 you think an extra $700 to play around with makes them rich? Lol

[@DS-uh6ss]

@@1jamerton richer than most of us.

[@mikeg1745]

hi can you please make more videos like this please i did this with my mom this morning about 9/11 she won’t even tell me what’s “going to happen” i’m so glad i found this experience you’ve had and that i’m not alone and i’m sorry to anyone going thru this

[@edmundalcock8945]

I would have put that $700 into a fund to pay for some counselling

[@PeterVJaspersFayer]

She (like my wife) would not admit to anything being wrong, so "no need for counselling". You can't force them unless they're a threat to themselves or others. It seems threat to my sanity is not sufficient.

[@thenormalhawaiians8506]

To an outsider, the US does kinda have the appearance of one large outdoor psychiatric ward

[@drecruz]

More people need to see this. Thank you for making and sharing this video.

[@damancandance1]

ur mom's training routine is actually so legit lol. i am so fascinated by how you did this and presented this in such a clear and simple elegant way. with just the right amount of tough love and love love that we should treat any stranger with a different set of beliefs or ones that challenge the norm

[@AnArtisticToad]

Your mom seems like a sweet lady. It was kind of good to see that some of the Qanon believing folks are just misguided and not malicious even if the lies themselves are damaging. Hope her experiences with betting with you have planted a tiny seed of doubt in it all that she waters.

[@abigailvanr]

The Maintenance Phase podcast did a great episode recently about the Wellness to QAnon pipeline. It was fascinating.

[@Kwartsie]

This is awesome! I'd love to send it to my mum, but she'd probably get offended. Great video, it's fantastic that you're at least able to discuss and joke about these things with your family.

[@touchthepainter]

You are going to win awards for this fucking documentary if you keep going with this man.

[@shogged]

scary man, my mom was really into the save our children thing earlier on in the pandemic and i'm glad it didn't go any further than that

[@TheQuietMidden]

Is there a QAmom update? Please? Fascinating stuff. I hope she is on the road to recovery and reality.

[@flynnexe]

This is genuinely so sad. My biggest fear in life is that someone I care for gets sucked into conspiracy theories or pyramid schemes, things that lose you alot of money and sanity and make you think that everyone is against you. I thank God everyday that my family are all grounded and reasonable people, for the most part, but considering they could be like this video, I definitely appreciate them more now.

[@bobross4lyfe749]

I did the exact same thing with my mom. But we did $5 cause we are poor people. She lost her bets.

[@shanewilson2484]

It is so sad that people have been captured by this mind-virus. Q (the folks who invented this crap) has a lot to answer for.

[@Maphead354]

Sean! I got here from digg (it was one of their top stories)! Really glad to see how much traction this is getting. Hope you're doing well.

[@TheParagade]

"The Pope will be arrested" one is so hilarious to me. Arrested by who? Himself? The Vatican is it's own country!

[@StevenGilbert88]

the baby Jesus

[@eyescreamcake]

Trump?

[@betsyrocks]

What a great clip. This deserves millions of views. Good job.

[@MrJEM13]

Man, thank you for making this and I'm glad this is going to gain traction, rightfully so! I can barely have a conversation with my dad without it circling back to some sort of wild conspiracy/anti "democrat" thing. He's not as chill as your mother so hearing him say some wild, hateful shit over the last year or so broke my brain for a bit. I love my dad and I love the internet, but hate what it's done to him. It was a good refresher to see you not giving up on your mom and a good reminder that I'm not alone going through this. Again, thank you so much for making this video.

[@The80sWolf_]

Prove it

[@MrJEM13]

@@The80sWolf_ no you

[@The80sWolf_]

@@MrJEM13 I can't prove anything about your dad, as I do not know him. Does your dad exist?

[@MrJEM13]

@@The80sWolf_ i would think my dad exists on the account of me being alive. but i don't quite understand how you want me to "prove It".

[@The80sWolf_]

@@MrJEM13 " I can barely have a conversation with my dad without it circling back to some sort of wild conspiracy/anti "democrat" thing. He's not as chill as your mother so hearing him say some wild, hateful shit over the last year or so broke my brain for a bit" PROVE IT

[@stacyhernandez7338]

Thank you for making this! The world we live in right now is so divided and it can be hard to navigate. A lot of people say it’s age, but I’m 55 and I’ve lost friends who were much younger than me. I don’t know if it was common, but when I was growing up I was always taught that you don’t speak about who you vote for. It was compared to telling everyone your salary. In today’s times people are loading their cars/trucks up with flags of the political person they love so much. I think it’s important to show that it affects everyone in the family when this happens and that can be scary.

[@Scawtsauce]

All the boomers who used to tell us to be careful online have gone full on with the Q stuff

[@kathykonkle1097]

Please stop vilifying the boomers. I'm a boomer and so are all my friends, doctors, neighbors, coworkers and NONE of them are even Republicans much less qanon nutters or even religious. I'm sick and tired of being blamed for a hundred plus years of racism that I DID NOT DO. Blame Reagan and that ass Ayn Rand, Putin and Hitler if you want to know where this shit started. My grandfather sacrificed his life and my father risked his fighting these jerks so stop blaming us.

[@chronicdoll4334]

This is a really great little documentary! I didn't realise the part that internet addiction played in it. The only QAnon conspiracy theorist I've met admitted that she's up all night reading stuff on her phone. Seeing that your mother is the same, I'm intrigued as to the part the addiction plays.

[@andrewutsc]

Watch 'the brainwashing of my dad', really complements this

[@guacamolekid3899]

you're the brainwashed one.

[@aiydenwarren18]

@@guacamolekid3899 how did you find yourself learning all this stuff? How did it start for you?

[@guacamolekid3899]

@@aiydenwarren18 For one thing I know what I believe. That's probably the biggest thing people don't really know these days. For example, I don't like globalism. Globalists and globalism have turned many countries into s holes- they are responsible for all the wars and economic disasters. Globalists want a One world centralized government- there would be no individual rights and we'd be basically a region and not an independent country any more- so I guess my question is to you- what do you like about globalism?

[@justagamer363]

This isn't an answer. It's word salad. Just throwing out "globalist" and "one world government" and hoping someone will bite. Is that how they got you? Serious question. Is it? It's not too late, you can just let it go and rejoin reality. No one will think less of you.

[@tiko4621]

@@justagamer363 really is incredible just how little sense they make. Lunatics

[@Fatbluntsproductions]

Just listened to your story on Vox after watching this a few weeks back. Glad your short film is getting traction. Keep it up, man.

[@craxus9449]

Fox "News" and the GOP did to our parents what our parents thought video games would do to us.

[@Dev6734]

I feel for you, man. I'm experiencing the same thing with my mom. Avoiding talking about politics doesn't work, just as you said. It's like it seeps into every corner of their lives. I can't have a decent conversation with her anymore...

[@kuromyou7969]

Wow, Grandma has it together more than the mom at least.

[@SantiagoEnrique]

Excellent video. I like how you present the situation from a place of love. I love that even through the polar disagreements you are all communicating respectfully as a family. Arguments don't work in this world of conspiracies, but relationships matter. All the credit to you and your family for putting yourselves out there. And technically speaking it's a great video too. Thank you.

[@shelbyw6135]

How many people have a family member/s or friends like this - too many!!

[@guacamolekid3899]

How many families have indoctrinated America-hating kids who are all caught up in the lies of social justice.

[@shelbyw6135]

@@guacamolekid3899 gimme some specifics

[@marvinantonio9078]

@@guacamolekid3899 the youth stopped respecting this country because it no longer deserves to be respected. What has this country done in the past 20 years that actually improved the welfare of our people? We’ve been in an ongoing crisis directly caused by our own government. Don’t expect anything from the youth when our own country can barely respect the core foundations of what America should’ve been.

[@ChrisAssassin]

@@guacamolekid3899 woah! Children who look at the world with fresh eyes that haven't been forced to project undying love and loyalty to their country ACTUALLY find things wrong with their country! Why the hell have they been brainwashing our kids to think for themselves!? 😡 They need to love and respect America instead of being ungrateful and challenging their flaws in the hopes that it will be "better"!? How dare they want social justice 🤢. Disgusting brats. They will never know how great America was, right bro?

[@guacamolekid3899]

@@ChrisAssassin I don't agree with your assessment- I don't agree with everything this country has done either (the globalists have orchestrated all of the wars and the economic collapses, etc). Social justice is a Marxist tool to divide and destroy us from within. The 'kids' have been severely brain washed- they're the biggest go along to get alongers I've ever seen- But- They've been taught not to investigate anything that's not approved by their liberal masters. Q is a military special operation- the numbers that people mistook for 'dates' are actually chapters in the Military Law of War manual- look that up - chapter 11- that's what is going on (triggered by some exec orders on military tribunals and foreign interference in elections).

[@hannsolotx8568]

I hope day she makes a full recovery from this brainwashing. You can tell how much your dad and you love her.

[@roberttausig9170]

The grandma barely looks 10 years older than the mother.

[@Super-Tofu]

I thought the same thing. It’s all that severe sun damage to the mom’s skin. Wear your sunscreen, kids…

[@levisimpson516]

I'm happy to see you can still have some kind of relationship with her, I hope that continues at least. To many stories of people just about losing family members completely to this nonsense. It's a plague in it's own right.

[@user82938]

Damn, poor dad, he's really convinced himself the marriage is ok.

[@tsfurlan]

His 25 year old girlfriend keeps him happy

[@user82938]

@@tsfurlan Oh, nice. I'm happy for him.

[@JaimeMesChiens]

@goodbuddy, I had that same thought. So unfortunate.

[@TheToughBaby]

That dude has been married to her for this long while she's been out protesting cell phone towers and (I'm guessing, but would bet money on it) not eating any food that has touched styrofoam. Believing QAnon is just a pretty short walk from that

[@eyescreamcake]

Seems fine to me.

[@theycallmedip]

Wow your mom is clearly super sweet and open minded. She'll be back. I went down this hole the first time I got into KZbin lol

[@dougschuler5490]

Too open to some things and not open enough to others.

[@Sarajevomusic1]

What on earth is spirit cooking? Really nice video - beautifully concise and effective. Also - kudos to your dad.

[@abi-kd7gl]

Coming from Cult Liter in 2023, I love this video. I wish I could show it to a lot of people I know and show them how delusional they are and how much their real view is clouded by all the fear mongering! Amazing video.

[@MysteriousLoppan]

Spirituality is clearly an "entry-drug" for conspiracy theories

[@Nothingseen]

A lot of woo spirituality is conspiratorial in nature. I saw an orgone pyramid in there, that's some crazy shit: basically The Force but every disease is because of problems in people's orgone energy. Since none of this shit *works,* the branding and marketing is based around casting doubt on actual medicine and actual science through inventing alternate accreditation and saying that all those other "scientists" and "doctors" with "evidence" and "results" are all lying. It's a conspiracy theory in and of itself, and it works because conspiracy cooks will buy *so* much shit man, like they will spend money hand over fist on dumb shit that tells them they're smart.

[@nat-lee9907]

This was very well made and really good! I really enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing!

[@HeshX]

I hope she gets better. She seems like a good person who's just been misled.

[@petebagi]

This is my exact reality. I get so many "articles" sent my way from my mom that sound and look legitimate but are quickly debunked. It doesn't matter what I say. I feel so sad for her but I really am lost as to how to help. I read a book titled "Liminal Thinking" and it speaks on this topic. It states that the reason its so hard to break in someone is that it's tied to their fundamental belief system anchored to their core which would mean not just not believing in conspiracies but essentially undoing their entirely belief system. Which isn't going to happen. We protect ourselves from this hard digging and our brain does a great job of hiding it from us. Thanks for this video. So glad I'm not alone in this.

[@philpritchettphan]

It blew my mind when they labeled Tom Hanks a child predator/cannibal, solely because he caught COVID

[@BrianHenson95]

I heard that people found his name on the Epstein list

[@philpritchettphan]

@@BrianHenson95 I'm sure they did. I just remember Tom Hanks announcing he caught COVID very early on the pandemic. Because most of the Q people believed the virus didn't exist, they "naturally" arrived at the conclusion that he was a child predator.

[@JonathanSicoli]

Yo remember when they thought upscale furniture was being used to traffick children and Literally Nothing came of it, except that Qanonners jammed a hashtag that was actually being used to combat trafficking so it actually made it like 3 times worse

[@philpritchettphan]

That's the part where it goes fun be funny to infuriating. Diverting so many resources and so much attention from REAL actual child trafficking. They've also seriously watered down the word by constantly throwing it around with such little thought.

[@MrRichfall]

@@BrianHenson95 What people? What "Epstein list"?

[@Abizarre1]

Hey sorry to hear about your mom. My dad believed some absolutely wild conspiracy stuff too. He died last year unfortunately. I miss him

[@BrenRoze]

Really well made and, unfortunately, relatable.

[@pegschr]

Your mom's story is almost word for word, situation for situation, mindset for mindsets, like spot on to someone I know, and the family is at their wit's end as to what to do. Did your mom ever get over this or what did you guys do

[@eveningangel9292]

Thanks for making this. It's important to see the people who are suck in these idea pits as the loved but flawed family and friends that they are.

[@eddiewilson6988]

This was a sweet distraction on a Tuesday morning! Well Done!!! And I hope you get your mom back........

[@beatmasterbossy]

The problem with betting is both sides need to agree on what reality is. That's hard, reputable sources are not considered reputable by this altered reality.

[@JonathanSicoli]

Who're you gonna trust, me, or your lying eyes? Trust the plan.

[@capitalb5889]

Great film. Good luck to your mom on her recovery. She's only made the first step, but it is doubt. Those doubts will increase.

[@PropaneWP]

It makes me sad that so many people never question whether there might be some underlying political agenda behind all the wild allegations.

[@pennyframstad]

I went to high school with your mom and Lorna. I'm sorry she got sucked into this. Love that you won all of the bets lol

[@Nilon241]

Hope your mum gets better soon mate!

[@not_the_vampire]

I loved how when the moment arrived it just cut to you guys outside, no music, and you just saying "whatcha got there?" as she pulls out a stack of bills.

[@nancylivingston3330]

I am totally with your Mom!!

[@tam2071]

And that's why you people are seen as nut jobs by people with a working brain.

[@sarahakins9845]

I'm going to need a full length film about this whole story. I just have so many questions!

[@durtysean]

what kinds of questions?

[@canningsimon]

The irony being that “they” are watching and listening to everything via her phone. The perils of paranoia and subversive unknowns.

[@Xxblackmoon89xX]

Nicely done video. It was done out of spite or to embarrass your mother, it shows how people are easily tricked by the internet. Kudos to your mom for being a good sport with all of it.

[@williamjameslehy1341]

This is really interesting, you should seriously think about making it into a full length documentary.

[@respect_pizza4251]

Just wanted to drop in and say that you're really talented and I hope you find a large following. Much love 👍

[@durtysean]

Aw shucks. What’s the opposite of an internet troll? Because that’s what you are good sir. Thanks so much!

[@mageebailey2909]

This is really well done, and also made me kind of sad :(

[@durtysean]

sorry

[@xaerospace]

"PAY UP!" This is such a great video! Awesome work. :)

[@chasz3776]

So far so good. Just prepare yourself in case she decides these lies matter more to her than her family. Speaking from personal experience.

[@StarseedResistance]

Same can be said about what you believe.

[@sleepingdogpro]

@@StarseedResistance no. It really can’t. There’s very little equivalent to this in the modern world aside from radicalization or cult indoctrination. And it’s heartbreaking to watch it happen on a mass scale.

[@StarseedResistance]

@@sleepingdogpro Oh please more baseless claims from people who are to ignorant and lazy to do their due diligence and real research and yea it fucking can easily be the other way around. Are you going to waste my time with more of tour childish and ignorant views?

[@lazylefthand]

Who cut ties with who?

[@PartyButler]

Dude this has to be hands down one of the most interesting things I've ever seen.

[@dondrapersayswhat]

"Fact checkers debunked it but I *feel* it's true." Facts don't care about your feelings.

[@jasonarons8637]

This is making me so sad, I feel for you and it hurts to hear someone following these stories with sincerity and full trust in whatever sources she is hearing this from.

[@jasonarons8637]

oh but that ending. Great editing, great finish

[@ChasedRabbit]

This is honestly heartbreaking, I’m sorry man. I’m really close to my mom and it would kill me if she disconnected from reality like this.

[@The80sWolf_]

What is your own reality?

[@ChasedRabbit]

@@The80sWolf_ 😐

[@The80sWolf_]

@@ChasedRabbit Are you a liberal?

[@ChasedRabbit]

@@The80sWolf_ ticket-splitting moderate.

[@The80sWolf_]

@@ChasedRabbit so a liberal xD