My parents have always been left-wing hippies and entertained the odd conspiracy theory, but during the pandemic they got lost down YouTube rabbit holes and bought into Q-Anon and anti-vax ideas. They still don’t believe Covid is real (even though they blatantly had it…).
We’ve just kind of agreed not to talk about it anymore, but they’ve steadily become more and more batshit and I think they believe I have been brainwashed.
Anyone else’s familial relationships changed forever?
COVID was just the cherry on top for dropping my aunt. My cousin, who was previously her favorite and who’s wedding she fully supported, was suddenly a “gay pervert”. I am still baffled by how quickly and thoroughly she became a bigoted nutjob.