alt Hacker NewsDo we have real proof that a sizeable portion of Americans believe in the secret lizard people thing? Best I could find:
https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/...
"Do you believe that shape-shifting reptilian people control our world by taking on human form and gaining political power to manipulate our societies, or not?"
11% said yes or were unsure.
That's from 2013, so I can't even begin to imagine what a poll from today would look like.
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burnt-resistor • yesterday at 5:24 AM
Come to Texas. Qualitatively, the answer is a thunderous, enthusiastic "yes".
tbrownaw • yesterday at 5:44 AM
Well are we talking literally (under the old definition, not the new definition that the kids are apparently using these days) or metaphorically?
11% said yes or were unsure?! One in fucking ten people, in the most generous interpretation, did not know whether the government were secretly shape-shifting aliens. God, how did we get here.