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[-] atro_city@fedia.io 64 points 6 hours ago

*Flat Earther. One dude. The rest are either dumb or trolling.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 11 points 4 hours ago

There were several of them who refused to go on the trip, which they were offered for free, and then when other people went on the trip, they claimed that footage of the trip was faked in some way.

I agree, the people are doing good, who went there and admitted the truth of what they were seeing. There’s a whole category that are even further gone than that, though, to where their brains will actively shield them against something that might threaten the whole self-referential structure.

[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 hours ago

They knew they couldn't continue the grift they're operating under when confronted with something they flat out denied the existence of as it goes completely against their model.

Nearly all the content creators know they're basically cult leaders and just want their own flock to pay for their lifestyles without having to really do anything.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Flat earthers make me wish I had no morals. Fleecing gullible idiots is a fantastic business model if you have no conscience.

[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 36 points 6 hours ago

And they'll act like this guy was never one of them, and is a plant from the "globies" to trick them.

Because anything that disproves the conspiracy is actually part of the conspiracy

[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago

I mean the whole flat earth thing started as trolling anyway...

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 11 points 6 hours ago

but then as with many conspiracies, it proved valuable to certain powerful actors who want us all to hate eachother

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

eachother

"Don't stand so close to me," 'each' said to the 'other'.

[-] jago@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I thought it was Sting.

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