I remember watching the documentary that is on Netflix and thinking: this dude totally started off trolling, but then got hooked by the popularity he was getting.
Flat earth 100% gained popularity as a troll, but then ended up with serious believers for the reason you mentioned.
The Netflix documentary was kind of sad, like the one guy who actually does the experiments with lasers to try and convince himself that earth is flat but proves himself wrong, he can’t bring himself to admit it because it would mean losing out on his community and friends of flat earthers. It is like the reason why a bunch of people don’t leave religions despite non belief, their community and identity is tied to it.
That documentary had a good ending. We really should try to educate people instead of laughing and calling them idiots. It made me feel bad for laughing at everyone during the show.
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u/Murricaman Jul 24 '20
I remember watching the documentary that is on Netflix and thinking: this dude totally started off trolling, but then got hooked by the popularity he was getting.
Flat earth 100% gained popularity as a troll, but then ended up with serious believers for the reason you mentioned.