#the conspiracist/ 📚

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Wait guys I just got an idea. IM FINALLY MAKING PROPER TAGS

[conveniencestoregoobers]

WELCOME NEW CUSTOMER!!1!!

Introduction!1!: HI!!! Welcome to this silly little ask blog featuring my Roblox OCs! why are you checking this out. what is wrong with y- This here ask blog is run by @polarhats! an actual maniac if you ask m- anyway! A brief introduction to the 'Convenience Store' world! === Convenience Store is a (work in progress) Roblox game where YOU wander the village of Nowheresville and meet wacky characters! There is totally nothing- and I repeat, NOTHING weird happening! oh and theres also a convenience store. cool! (made with inspiration from GASA4 by Stixxals!) === Characters!1!: There are currently 11 characters to ask!: == [🥤] Employee: A hard worker at the convenience store, always willing to lend a hand! == [🛹] Worker: The opposite to Employee! Hates the customers! == [📝] Conspiracist: A wacky conspiracy theorist! == [🎩] Manager: The-- He runs the Convenience Store! == [🍦] Jeremby: a bitch. jeremby! A former friend of Managers, now mostly annoys his 'friend' and terrifies Conspiracist! == [✉️] Postal: The mailman of Nowheresville, always delivering letters & parcels with glee! He also loves explosives! == [📞] Radio: The law enforcement of Nowheresville, as well as Tin's guardian. == [🛑] Tin: A child who loooves graffiti and acting like a chaotic delinquent! == [🎮] Delver: Postal's younger brother who is also best friends with Tin. == [🌹] Florist: Conspiracist's cousin and also the local florist in town, she absolutely adores her flowers. == [📚] Librarian: The local library's owner + librarian. == [🍀] Ranger: Lives in a watch tower and cares deeply for nature. == [🧪] Cyan Bribe: An unusually large robloxian who is best friends with Ranger. == [🧱] Concrete: Asphalt's younger brother, one of the builders who helped build the convenience store among the other buildings! == [🔨] Asphalt: Concrete's older brother, the other builders who helped in the construction of the convenience store alongside the other buildings. == [🦈] Aquatic: A half-shark, half-robloxian mix who lives out in the sea. == [🎣] Sail: A sailor who frequents out to the sea and is mysteriously involved with Axe. == [🪓] Axe: ??? === Rules!1!: 1). Please do not send an ask that is outright sexual or NSFW please!! :C 2). Don't be too weird ok!!- im being a little vague here because it can really vary depending on the ask but if it's alongside weird NSFW levels then DIE!!!! DIE!!!!!!!—so uh! yeah!! 3). Just make sure to have fun ok? I really enjoy letting people know about my OCs! 4). WE DO NOT SPEAK OF CHESECAK FAN_25 FOR THE LOVE OF G- === Closing Notes!: this is my first ever ask blog so um im silly! I think C: this is really made just because i love my lil robloxians so much so I wanted to make this for them!

[allael]

The end point of the conspiracist narrative is a person who is cut off from everyone in the world—his family, his old friends, his coworkers, even his next-door neighbors—because they all are either suspected active members of the conspiracy or are hapless, gullible pawns. He has no political power because he does not vote and does not participate in any part of the process. He even is cut off from the rest of the culture because he no longer consumes any media except material that helps support the conspiracy narrative.

“All this conspiracism erodes trust not just in public institutions but in our fellow citizens,” observes Nancy Rosenblum. “We’re obliterating trust in each other and in the political competition, and that’s a direct attack on the foundations of democracy. Liberal democracy requires a minimum amount of mutual trust among citizens, and conspiracism destroys it.”

📚 ​Red Pill, Blue Pill, David Neiwert, 2020.

[allael]

It’s almost inevitable that people who remain within the conspiracist alternative universe for any extended period will eventually feel almost completely isolated because of the kinds of personalities the universe attracts: insecure, possessing low self-esteem about their place in the world, yet bellicose, angry, aggressive, and often egotistical. People within this universe form fast, intense friendships that often burn out quickly, leaving a trail of hard feelings, small betrayals, and personal antagonisms that remain buried in their psyches.

📚 ​Red Pill, Blue Pill, David Neiwert, 2020.