Viral ‘fake’ food video sparks Bill Gates conspiracies
Videos are spreading rapidly across social media that purport to show anomalies with fruits and vegetables at grocery stores in the United States. Conspiracy theorists are citing the footage as evidence that our food is no longer real and has been tampered with by billionaire Bill Gates.
In a TikTok video posted to X, which has been viewed more than 23.2 million times, users are asked whether they are eating “Bill Gates FAKE FOOD.”
The video shows a compilation of clips from consumers complaining that items such as watermelon have a rubbery texture. Other fruits including bananas, avocados, and blueberries are shown as well in the more than 4-minute-long video.
The conclusion, according to the video’s narrator, is that the food is almost certainly “fake.”
Users on X immediately flooded the video with concerning comments, describing the clip as “dystopian” and evidence that our food supply has been “completely compromised.”
“I’ll be returning all fake foods to the store I bought them from,” one user said. “If we all do this it will stop!”
Prominent right-wing users were quick to promote the claim as well, such as the podcasting duo known as the Hodge Twins.
“[T]his is like a horror movie y’all,” the twins wrote.
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/fake-food...onspiracy/
Videos are spreading rapidly across social media that purport to show anomalies with fruits and vegetables at grocery stores in the United States. Conspiracy theorists are citing the footage as evidence that our food is no longer real and has been tampered with by billionaire Bill Gates.
In a TikTok video posted to X, which has been viewed more than 23.2 million times, users are asked whether they are eating “Bill Gates FAKE FOOD.”
The video shows a compilation of clips from consumers complaining that items such as watermelon have a rubbery texture. Other fruits including bananas, avocados, and blueberries are shown as well in the more than 4-minute-long video.
The conclusion, according to the video’s narrator, is that the food is almost certainly “fake.”
Users on X immediately flooded the video with concerning comments, describing the clip as “dystopian” and evidence that our food supply has been “completely compromised.”
“I’ll be returning all fake foods to the store I bought them from,” one user said. “If we all do this it will stop!”
Prominent right-wing users were quick to promote the claim as well, such as the podcasting duo known as the Hodge Twins.
“[T]his is like a horror movie y’all,” the twins wrote.
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/fake-food...onspiracy/
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