Reddit has rotten my brain because this is the first thing I thought about when reading this title.

Although, as much as I enjoy the silliness of it, I hope there aren't people that are taking it seriously, the similar "flat earth" joke already backfired.

Don't be so hard on yourself. There was a NYT article about it. Plus it's part of the cultural zeitgeist: government conspiracies and protesting.

The only thing that's implausible is the claim that all birds are spy devices.

It seems inconceivable that some modern spy devices aren't camouflaged as flying birds. A perfect smokescreen would be to widely disseminate the patently ridiculous ("joke") claim that all birds are spy devices, thus muddying the waters.

It's a simple logical shift: "there exists" vs. "for all."

> A perfect smokescreen would be to widely disseminate the patently ridiculous ("joke") claim that all birds are spy devices, thus muddying the waters.

Conspiracies about conspiracies, I like it. Wonder how deep we can go.

Claim that no birds are real to hide the fact that some birds aren't real, said unreal birds actually also spray COVID into the air to infect people to convince the population to take a vaccine which contains tracking chips. (110% /s)

Good one, but I don't think ridicule helps us learn anything.

they charge on power lines!

what about chickens?

Obviously they're purpose is to implant tracking devices in your stomach. Aren't you the least bit suspicious that they're being sold to you by a colonel?