I kind of wish QAnon were real

Thousands have thrown their lives away for...what, exactly?

Before someone uses that title to try to get me cancelled, let me clarify: it’s not that I want the governments of the world to be run by a cabal of Satan worshippers who kill children to harvest their precious bodily fluids.

But a great conspiracy that explains everything would make it so much easier to understand the world. Instead of coming to grips with everything being so complicated and maybe having to accept some personal responsibility for your own failings, it would be so much better if we could identify a secret overlord pulling the strings. Then we’d know who to take down.

More importantly, if QAnon wasn’t a shitposter based in the Philippines but actually a top secret government official revealing all of the elites’ darkest secrets, then I wouldn’t have to feel sorry for all the people who’ve dedicated their lives, at the expense of their friends, family, employment and sanity, to this cult.

Like Valerie Gilbert, the self-professed “meme queen”:

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