• MutantTailThing@lemmy.world
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    14 days 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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      14 days 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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        13 days 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!

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      13 days 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.

    • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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      13 days 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.