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[–] Wicked@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

The earty is round but hollow, holes at the north and south pole, leading to agartha, where the black stone sit at the center.

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 hours ago

No, there really is a flat world in the shape of a disc, on 4 elephants on the back of the great A'Tuin

It is just in a distant and secondhand set of dimensions. You wouldn't know them.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Flat earth is one of those things that's so ignorant that I don't even get mad at them. I just feel sad for them.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

The only issue I have with flat earthers is the arrogance. The rest is ignorance that we can deal with if they allow us.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

That used to be broadly my view, until I watched Dan Olson's In Search of A Flat Earth, in which he explores the worldview in which this "opinion" persists and why.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 44 points 19 hours ago (5 children)

And he also learnt how to hold his phone horizontally. Truly a journey of self-discovery.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Hiis shift in perspective was multi-layered

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

So I guess it’s either hold your phone flat or the earth is flat, but not both. The orientation change when he changed.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

woah. i never see this. like as a former cultist, your typical response is "not my circus, not my monkeys" (even if it is your circus and your monkeys. I wish i never started that whale cult)

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Whale cult? Sounds like story time 🍿

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

There's this big whale statue in Utah and I started a joke religion about it. Only some folk took it seriously. Like I wasn't even in Utah

Edit this whale

[–] xxxb@feddit.org 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

wait the meme works in reverse?

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 19 hours ago

🧑‍🚀🔫🤡🌍

[–] elfpie@lemmy.eco.br 14 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

First video: I saw the light, don't be fooled by the lies they tell you.

Latest video: I saw the light, don't be fooled by the lies they tell you

Whatever generates more profit is what they believe.

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Don’t quote me on this, but I think this guy was one of the people who went to the Arctic to see a 24 hour sunny day and actually accepted the evidence

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The conspiracy theorist YouTube space is oversaturated and it's difficult to generate new content when you don't really have anything new to bring to the table.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

wait. i just thought of something new i could bring to the table. but i need funding.

I call it "Bigfoot's Cross-continent RV Vacation"

[–] rangber@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago

If you generate more profit by aligning with reality, I'll say go for it

[–] Erna_muse@lemmy.zip 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is the problem with gossip or idle chatter. Things you think are jokes or just weird culture is actually seeding by psyops or con men.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

look all i'm saying is that horses don't look like horses on film that's why we need to borrow and paint your dog.

[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I am entirely convinced the flat earth movement consists of 90% pranksters who are doing it for shits and giggles and 10% bona fide contrarian retards who falsely believe they’re in good company.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 hours ago

Wait until you meet some

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

i think you have the percentages wrong but the groups right. more like 1:3 pranksters:dipshits

also, would you mind using a different word than retard? i don't particularly like being grouped with flat earthers.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

I work with a guy who is convinced the earth is flat and space is fake and all the governments know it and that's why planes aren't allowed to ever fly over Antarctica or something.

But even that guy jumped off the trump train.

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

But even that guy jumped off the trump train.

top kek

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 19 hours ago

I worked with someone who seriously claimed that covid was produced by 5G towers, and also was a con by the government so they could inject nanobots into our blood via vaccines. He was never able to see the contradiction.

He also relieved that if you speed in a rental car for some reason the police cannot pull you over. Boy was he wrong.

[–] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

I lol'd. We all have a coworker like that. Hell, he's my supervisor.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think it's more like 10% grifters, 90% dupes.

[–] peripheralneuropathy@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What's the grift angle? People make money believing that shit?

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There's a small industry of flat earth influencers.

[–] peripheralneuropathy@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

What the hell is there to make money off of though? In today's Flat Earth news: It's not confirmation bias, Earth is still flat and nobody will believe you if you try to tell them and you'll get kicked out of orgies for revealing the truth.

Do actual real people really compulsively watch this like their favorite live streamer or HOW does this shit even exist? IS there an anti insanity monetized counter channel war to this? Oh wait, that's what OPs image is setting up for....anti-flat Earth grift

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 6 points 15 hours ago

Flat earth isn't the scam itself, it's the hook. There are a million ways to get people into the conspiracy theory sphere, but once they're hooked on one thing, they're primed to believe everything else. It took less than a year from my mom to go from watching videos "asking questions" about science to spending a bunch of money on everything from silver supplements and ivermectin to 5g blockers and resonance machines.

The point of flat earth and related conspiracies is that they prey on people's misunderstanding of science and mathematics (why Earth round if look flat?) to sow doubt in the collective understanding of reality as a whole. Once that happens, you can tell them anything isn't what it seems and they'll believe you, and sell them anything to fix it, and they'll pay you.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

Basically, yes. Merchandise and subscriptions.

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

In my experience the highly religious hold on to flat earth the most. Just another reason religion is cancer

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I also like that his views increased as he became more aware of the bs he fell for.

[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Applauded for pulling his head out of his ass. Good news America - we've failed.

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Better than keeping his head up his ass. Conspiracy groups can often also be part of community and identity. Changing your mind, therefore, might mean losing a social circle and possibly status that you thought to have. He probably though that he was smarter than 90% of the population, and now he feels like an idiot.

In that scenario, this is the best outcome and it should be applauded. If we don't reward people for escaping and admitting their wrong, then they could easily get trapped. Why change your mind when it means that nobody likes you anymore and everyone thinks you're an idiot?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

yeah, like going "bigfoot hunting" with your buddies and camcorder. Tell me you don't believe in Bigfoot when I've got the suit halfway on and you don't get to come on the next road trip.

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Anyone that can learn from their mistakes and take in new information that was against their initial beliefs is worthy of praise.

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