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Analysis
Conspiracy theorists are convinced that they have found a connection between the cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants and deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In a post on Instagram this month, a user showed what he claimed was a screenshot proving that Epstein’s home address was listed on Spongebob’s driver’s license.
The purported subliminal message, according to the Instagram user, proves “how sick the people are that run this system.”
The Instagram user’s proof is cell phone footage of his computer screen that shows grainy images from the search engine DuckDuckGo. The user goes on to also make a connection to the Disney film Monsters Inc., which QAnon supporters believe references the harvesting of Adrenochrome.
The user then argues that his post will likely be targeted by fact-checkers, hell bent on hiding the truth. The post’s comments were also flooded with comments from those who believed in the Spongebob conspiracy theory.
“They are not humans,” one user wrote of the so-called elite. “Draconians Reptilians Empire.”
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