• MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    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.

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      3 hours ago

      Maybe? The Netflix doc mad a pretty convincing argument that they are sad, undereducated, and unaccomplished losers who are desperate to feel superior to something and to have something approximating real friends.

      I think it started as stupid shit and people with the most desperate need latched on because they had nothing else in there entire lives.

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      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.

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            17 hours ago

            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

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      1 day ago

      Maybe started by pranksters then grifters realizes that can sell fake books and fake stuff like some fake tool that pretends to prove some false assumption

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        16 hours ago

        so you start with that fuzzy equality where you end up at 1=0 due to bad math. then you just start multiplying if by shit and it looks legitimate!