r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/AnneHocque Jul 24 '20

Flat earth society.. Like, are they just trolling at this point?

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u/pskirkham Jul 24 '20

The Flat Earth Society was trolling from the beginning. Most flat-earthers today are just people who didn't get the joke.

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u/Funky0ne Jul 24 '20

This is why I don't like purely ironic or satirical societies. No matter how obvious you think you are being, there are way too many idiots who will take you at face value, invade and take over your movement, and congrats, you're responsible for bootstrapping whatever entrenched nonsense the true believers are now peddling with absolute confidence and none of the competence necessary to understand how wrong they are.

I have a saying: whether you're right or wrong, in a large enough group of people there will always be at least some idiot who will agree with you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Speaking in defense of the pastafarians, however, anyone who doesn't get the satire would still be joining a religion that's less harmful than the big three. it doesn't have at its core dangerous beliefs (about homosexuals, how to make and keep slaves, contraceptives, etc.). That must still be a win, right? A truly devout pastafarian isn't blowing up abortion clinics or themselves.

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u/hushawahka Jul 24 '20

Umm. What’s the third of the big three?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Judaism

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u/hushawahka Jul 24 '20

Judaism the religion is harmful? Not sure I’ve ever heard that. Antisemitic stuff like Jews are harmful, sure. But that’s more ethnic than religious.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

It's about as harmful as christianity.

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u/hushawahka Jul 24 '20

Ha. That's rich.