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* The "Gay Agenda." Since homosexuals cannot reproduce with each other, the theory goes that they must "recruit" new homosexuals by infiltrating schools and the media to promote the gay lifestyle. Any depiction of a homosexual in media in which they are not [[Depraved Homosexual|evil and depraved]], or which does not show their life devolving into pure hell, will inevitably be accused of this.

** [[wikipedia:The Puppy Episode|And, if you recruit enough, you get a free toaster oven.]]

** Betty Bowers claims to have uncovered the Gay Agenda [http://www.bettybowers.com/homoagenda.html here]. Of course, Betty Bowers is part of the '''fictional parody church''' [http://www.landoverbaptist.org Landover Baptist]. She isn't a real person. <ref>Assume complete control of the U.S., state, and local governments (in addition to other nations' governments); destroy all healthy Christian marriages; recruit all children grades Kindergarten through 12 into your amoral, filthy lifestyle; secure complete control of the media, starting with sitcoms; molest innocent children; give AIDS to as many people as you can; host a pornographic "art" exhibit at your local art museum; and turn people away from Jesus, causing them to burn forever in Hell.</ref>

** Betty Bowers claims to have uncovered the Gay Agenda [https://web.archive.org/web/20170614043435/http://www.bettybowers.com/homoagenda.html here]. Of course, Betty Bowers is part of the '''fictional parody church''' [http://www.landoverbaptist.org Landover Baptist]. She isn't a real person. <ref>Assume complete control of the U.S., state, and local governments (in addition to other nations' governments); destroy all healthy Christian marriages; recruit all children grades Kindergarten through 12 into your amoral, filthy lifestyle; secure complete control of the media, starting with sitcoms; molest innocent children; give AIDS to as many people as you can; host a pornographic "art" exhibit at your local art museum; and turn people away from Jesus, causing them to burn forever in Hell.</ref>

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** Probably the most obvious response to this is to ask why the Soviets, who were perfectly capable of watching American spacecraft, didn't call them out on the fraud. If there was even a shadow of a doubt that the Americans really had landed on the moon, the Soviets would have thrown it right in their faces.

*** Incidentally, the Apollo crews left three retroreflector arrays on the Moon that can be observed with laser to this day. And before anyone can say "unmanned drone", it would have been ''more'' expensive to develop [[wikipedia:Surveyor Program|such a device back in the 1960's]] than to send human astronauts.

* The [[wikipedia:Bielefeld Conspiracy|Bielefeld Conspiracy]] is one of the most famous satirical conspiracy theories (also listed under [[German Humour]]), making fun of the ways a [[Conspiracy Theorist]]'s mind works. In short, it postulates that the German city of Bielefeld doesn't exist, and that They are hiding the fact. As proof of the idea, it employs a whole plethora of [[You Fail Logic Forever|logical fallacies]] by asking three questions: Do you know anybody from Bielefeld? Have you ever been to Bielefeld? Do you know anybody who has ever been to Bielefeld? If you answer "no" to all three, it is concluded that Bielefeld doesn't exist. If you said "yes" to any of them, it's concluded that you work for Them. As for why They are doing this, [http://conspiracy.wikia.com/wiki/Bielefeld#Theories various explanations] have been proposed.

* The [[wikipedia:Bielefeld Conspiracy|Bielefeld Conspiracy]] is one of the most famous satirical conspiracy theories (also listed under [[German Humour]]), making fun of the ways a [[Conspiracy Theorist]]'s mind works. In short, it postulates that the German city of Bielefeld doesn't exist, and that They are hiding the fact. As proof of the idea, it employs a whole plethora of [[You Fail Logic Forever|logical fallacies]] by asking three questions: Do you know anybody from Bielefeld? Have you ever been to Bielefeld? Do you know anybody who has ever been to Bielefeld? If you answer "no" to all three, it is concluded that Bielefeld doesn't exist. If you said "yes" to any of them, it's concluded that you work for Them. As for why They are doing this, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005065849/http://conspiracy.wikia.com/wiki/Bielefeld#Theories various explanations] have been proposed.

** Variations include the non-existence of [[The Several States|Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota]], Belgium, and countless other places.

* New Coke: a near-catastrophic marketing disaster by the Coca-Cola Company, or a [[Xanatos Gambit]] designed to increase the sales of Coke by replacing it with an unpopular new blend, then bringing back the original formula?