it takes balls to do this online and admit your mistake, and even warn others
my dude is a fucking legend
Props to Ranty, too.
It was nice to see this meme in reverse for once.
Aye it's the humanity problem.
Surrounding yourself with people that believe nonsense only reinforces the idea; it really plays into our necessity of "group".
Gotta give props to the guy for getting out of the cycle.
And for trying to pull the group along, as futile as it may be.
Turning over to the round side seems to have garnered a lot more views. I wonder whether he would have stayed flat if it were otherwise. After all many more are making content online in the hopes of money and fame than in some quest for truth.
Credit for the growth,but it makes me wonder what else that asshole was sure he was right about.
I'm more curious about what exactly finally caused them to drop that particular brand of bullshit, and if we can use the same thing to fight other insane or harmful beliefs.
If I recall correctly, in his flat earther videos he invited people to debate with him. A skilled debunker took him up on it and posted a response breaking down his arguments. He actually listened to the response and started a dialogue.
It worked because he was fairly new to it and had heard some flat earth arguments that made intuitive sense to him, but he was willing to follow logic where it lead. Once he heard decent arguments from someone outside the flat-earth echo chamber it all fell apart. Many flat earthers are too invested, it makes them feel special or clever or supports their religious beliefs, so they’ll twist themselves into rhetorical pretzels to dodge the conclusion that the earth is round.
So… get them early, respond kindly with good logic that’s easy to follow, and hope they’re willing to listen.
It's emotions. It's never logic. It's always emotions. Something happened that caused them emotional pain, which let them open their mind up to other paths.
If only there was some way to do this to the MAGA cultists...
Looks like he lost weight too. Good for him.
GRAVITY IS A SCAM!! Try pissing upside down. Checkmate, whatever this is.
Scientist are stupid removed because they're liars, Sometimes. Gravity is a complete scam! Ask a scientist, any scientist to explain gravity to you. They can't. Newton thought he could, but then Einstein came and proved he was a liar and a little removed. Einstein thought he could, but then some other scientist proved he was a liar and a removed. So how do we know they're all not lieing removed. /S
Hear me out guys, what if he is not a flat earther rather did the youtube channel to change flat earthers who joined him to change their concept. Man doing lords work.
Good, another one has deceived. /s
I don't think the vast majority of self-proclaimed flat earthers actually believe that shit
Most of the big names in the flerf community are grifters, for sure. But many of the people who follow them are genuine believers. I have a relative who's a die-hard flerfer.
Sheeps and Neeps was a small time flerfer who literally died because his conspiracy theory beliefs about cancer treatment, and there was that guy who went up in a rocket and came down in pieces. So some of them really do believe it. In my relative's case, he went through a lot of trauma, flerfers give him a sense of belonging and something to hold onto.
But many of the people who follow them are genuine believers.
I don't believe that, even if they say they do, I don't believe that they actually believe it
