Eugen RochkoJul 7, 2017
What has to go wrong with a person to start believing in a flat earth? And, what do the flat earthers believe is the reason why the entire world, including everyone they meet, is keeping up this conspiracy - who in their mind profits from it..?
Show threadjosefJul 7, 2017

@Gargron the Flat Earth Society basically used to be just this elaborate joke, where the people in the group wouldn't admit that it was a hoax and they didn't really believe it. Kinda like a "church of the flying spaghetti monster" type thing

But! somehow in the last 5 years it crossed into Actual Conspiracy Theory territory and THOSE people started believing in it. How and why this cross-pollination actually happened is what i personally wanna know

Show threadjosefJul 7, 2017
@Gargron i think initially the few Flat Earth Societies that DID take it seriously used it as a kind of litmus test, similar to how badly written scam emails are only responded to by the most gullible people. Anyone that believed that the earth COULD be flat, could probably be manipulated into believing other stuff!
Show threadJoyeuse Noëlle!
@jk @Gargron A lot of the more recent stuff seems to be Biblical literalists, too, pointing to "the four corners of the earth" and such.
Jul 7, 2017 at 5:11pmAmaroq