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My parents have always been left-wing hippies and entertained the odd conspiracy theory, but during the pandemic they got lost down YouTube rabbit holes and bought into Q-Anon and anti-vax ideas. They still don't believe Covid is real (even though they blatantly had it...).

We've just kind of agreed not to talk about it anymore, but they've steadily become more and more batshit and I think they believe I have been brainwashed.

Anyone else's familial relationships changed forever?

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[โ€“] febra@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It was never about covid. These people are born to be contrarians about whatever other people are doing. I don't know exactly what makes them want to live that way, but that's just their preferred way of existing. Be it covid, Russia, LGBT, and whatever other """opinions""" they've been spoon fed on their Facebook feed. They always change. Every other week/month/year it's something else they get butthurt about. Funnily enough, it's almost always the same type of person: no education, frustrated with life, dead-end job, in debt, and so on. I personally believe that angertainment is a coping mechanism for them. I've told family members before to stick to normal topics like a normal social human being when talking to me, because I do not care about their frustrations with whatever X is doing.

[โ€“] morain@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

"These people ..."

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