The Joke Is On Us
You might not believe in religion or The Tooth Fairy, but you believe in the sun and the birds because you see them with your own eyes every day. You wouldn’t deny their existence unless you’re with the “Birds Aren’t Real” people who claimed our feathered friends are government drones sent to spy on citizens. Peter McIndoe started the conspiracy in 2017, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers.
In 2021, he revealed the joke was on us. It was pure satire. During an appearance on 60 Minutes, McIndoe said, “So it’s taking this concept of misinformation and almost building a little safe space to come together within it and laugh at it, rather than be scared by it. And accept the lunacy of it all and be a bird truther for a moment in time when everything’s so crazy.”