As far as conspiracy theories go, this one may take the cake. Or the snow.
A new conspiracy, which has originated on TikTok, claims that all the snow and winter weather Texas experienced last week was all fake. It was the result of a simulation, either by aliens, or by the work of the government to protect the "wealthy elite."
We're not kidding.
Okay, this might be Tito's dumbest conspiracy post to date. pic.twitter.com/0jcDDSah9w
— Borrachinha Depot (@FullContactMTWF) February 19, 2021
Per Yahoo!, this isn't some grand conspiracy hatched by aliens or anything, it's just plain ol' science.
Astronomer and science blogger Phil Plait explained in a 2014 article on Slate's Bad Astronomy blog that snow disappears by turning into vapor, as opposed to becoming just a puddle of rainwater. He wrote, "To summarize, two things happen: One is that as the snow melts, the remaining snow absorbs the water. That's why it doesn't appear to drip; the snowball becomes a slushball."
He even recorded a video in response to a 2014 theory in Georgia that their snow was also faked by the government!
