Prospiracy Theories
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Summary
A short, primarily-visual humor post: a follow-up to Scott's piece on why conspiracy theories out-spread debunkings, executed as a set of tongue-in-cheek 'prospiracy theory' images — wholesome/prosocial fake conspiracy memes engineered to be maximally shareable. The body is images (unscorable as prose; scored on the concept, the 'humor/wtf' tag, and framing), directly analogous to the SSC-853 map and SSC-229 replication-humor stubs.
Why this score
Quality 49 · Solid. 49 — Minor/Solid boundary. A one-note joke executed as a lightweight image set — a creative stub in the vein of SSC-229 (52) and SSC-853 (47). Slight and topical, held right at the low-Solid/Minor line; no lasting insight or craft beyond the gag.
Claude’s paradigm shift 21 · Slight. 21 — Slight. Negligible novelty; a comedic riff on his own prior post.
Real-world impact 1 · Negligible. 1 — negligible. A joke image post; no real-world effect.
Humor 3/5 · Scissor Statement. 3 — Scissor tier; gate passes clearly. This is a PRIMARILY-comedic piece: the joke memes ARE the post and intentional comedy is the whole point, placing it with the primarily-comedic Type=Humor set (SSC-229/754 at 3), distinct from ambient-wit-in-a-serious-essay (0).