Alluminati (aluminum + Illuminati)

“Tin foil hat” can describe someone who believes in conspiracy theories; the hat itself is usually aluminum foil. “Alluminati” is a portmanteau of “aluminum” and “Illuminati.” This joke was posted on Reddit—Jokes on March 3, 2025:
 
“What do you call a tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorist? The Alluminati.”
 
   
Wikipedia: Illuminati
The Illuminati (/əˌluːmɪˈnɑːti/; plural of Latin illuminatus, ‘enlightened’) is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1 May 1776 in the Electorate of Bavaria. The society’s stated goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life, and abuses of state power.
 
Wikipedia: Tin foil hat
A tin foil hat is a hat made from one or more sheets of tin foil or aluminium foil, or a piece of conventional headgear lined with foil, often worn in the belief or hope that it shields the brain from threats such as electromagnetic fields, mind control, and mind reading. The notion of wearing homemade headgear for such protection has become a popular stereotype and byword for paranoia, persecutory delusions, and belief in pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
 
“Tin foil” is a common misnomer for aluminium foil in English-speaking countries; packaging metal foil was formerly made out of tin before it was replaced with aluminium.
 
Reddit—Jokes
hdfidelity—March 3, 2025
What do you call a tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorist?
The Alluminati
 
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Jesse Ben Israel
@jessebenisrael
What do you call someone who believes in wild conspiracies while wearing a tinfoil hat? A member of the Alluminati! #Joke #Puns #ConspiracyHumor
3:05 AM · Mar 3, 2025
 
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Bob Golen
@BobGolen
A tinfoil hat wearing intellectual is an Alluminati
9:55 AM · Mar 3, 2025
 
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Larry Bemiss
March 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM ·
What do you call a tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorist?
The Alluminati