Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Scribe]

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How dare you insult my precious, you clearly didnt think about that opinion. /s

 

[Ryujin]

Oh lord, I saw my first flat earther video the other day and it was hilariously dumb. And the comments underneath were amazing, with just how confidently out to lunch everyone was. Such a fascinating subculture, but I worry if I dig into it, it'll wreck my algorithm something fierce.

Isn't it fun to see how they try to disprove the evidence of a round(ish) Earth with "science"?

"If you go up in a plane, you can actually see the curvature of the Earth."

"Haven't you ever heard of 'refraction'?"

"Yes, I have, and it doesn't sound like you know how it works."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Isn't it fun to see how they try to disprove the evidence of a round(ish) Earth with "science"?

"If you go up in a plane, you can actually see the curvature of the Earth."

"Haven't you ever heard of 'refraction'?"

"Yes, I have, and it doesn't sound like you know how it works."

I just get tripped up by the basic conspiracy.

Why would all mapmakers, NASA, all airlines, amateur astronomers, amateur pilots and amateur rocketry nerds all be willing co-conspirators in keeping this hushed up? It would just take one of them to snap a picture of the big ice wall around the edge of the world to bring it all down, and yet, for centuries, everyone has been in on keeping the secret?

Conspiracies are only as strong as their weakest link, and yet no one seeking social media clout has stuck an Android phone into a homemade rocket and blown the lid off this whole thing?

 

[Autumnal]

The conspiracy is fundamentally anti-God. The conspirators are out to deceive people into believing a lie about the cosmos that leaves room for atheism, which is Satanic.

But hey, it’s honest work. Or something.

 

[Aeson]

I just get tripped up by the basic conspiracy.

Why would all mapmakers, NASA, all airlines, amateur astronomers, amateur pilots and amateur rocketry nerds all be willing co-conspirators in keeping this hushed up? It would just take one of them to snap a picture of the big ice wall around the edge of the world to bring it all down, and yet, for centuries, everyone has been in on keeping the secret?

Conspiracies are only as strong as their weakest link, and yet no one seeking social media clout has stuck an Android phone into a homemade rocket and blown the lid off this whole thing?

So many conspiracies depend on so many people keeping quiet. Somehow they manage to do it for decades, or centuries. For some, it's in their holy scriptures. Since that book is true, then the earth has to be flat. No amount of evidence will deter them because it brings their book into question. I think, there are some who are so gullible that they buy into the so called evidence. " If the earth was round, then why don't people in Australia fall off?" "Wow! That's a great point. I never looked at it that way. Tell me more "

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

So many conspiracies depend on so many people keeping quiet. Somehow they manage to do it for decades, or centuries.

Most conspiracies are fictional.

When we have a real life conspiracy, they typically fall apart within a few years. The 20th century is full of such examples.

And in the 21st century, with one-to-many communication democratized by the internet, it doesn't even take that long. Current shenanigans usually fall apart within weeks.

 

[Aeson]

Please don't take anything I said to imply that I believe the conspiracy theories. I was trying to say they couldn't work because so many people would have to keep it quiet forever.

 

[el-remmen]

The confidence with which some posters will declare something as objectively “not fun” reminds me of flat earthers.

 

[Ryujin]

I just get tripped up by the basic conspiracy.

Why would all mapmakers, NASA, all airlines, amateur astronomers, amateur pilots and amateur rocketry nerds all be willing co-conspirators in keeping this hushed up? It would just take one of them to snap a picture of the big ice wall around the edge of the world to bring it all down, and yet, for centuries, everyone has been in on keeping the secret?

Conspiracies are only as strong as their weakest link, and yet no one seeking social media clout has stuck an Android phone into a homemade rocket and blown the lid off this whole thing?

I default to the Benjamin Franklin quote, "Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead." (At least I hope it was really Franklin and not Twain, as often cited.)

What Happened During Flat-Earthers' "Final Experiment" In Antarctica

Needless to say, it did not go as they were expecting.

www.iflscience.com

 

[RealAlHazred]

I default to the Benjamin Franklin quote, "Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead." (At least I hope it was really Franklin and not Twain, as often cited.)

I thought it was an old Persian/Iranian proverb?