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I knew a guy that suddenly in his thirties started believing the earth was flat. His friends ignored it and tried to play it off. I tried talking to him to no a
by pastrami_panda 6y ago
I knew a guy that suddenly in his thirties started believing the earth was flat. His friends ignored it and tried to play it off. I tried talking to him to no avail.
One night I couldn't sleep and thought about how an average guy like him could do a 180 like that. I googled just to see what arguments the 'movement' tried to lean on. The following weeks I was bombarded with suggestions of more flat earth content, even after downvoting it YouTube kept recommending it for weeks if not months.
Who knows how many minds have been eroded already.
- clever_king 6y agoThere is good open source alternative to youtube is newpipe. Since there is no ad in it you can't creator but by contributing with helps the creator.
- Spooky23 6y agoI worked with a guy in a position of considerable responsibility who seriously believes that reptilian aliens under the Denver airport are controlling the US government.
- netsec_burn 6y agoHe's been brainwashed. Everyone knows the United States government doesn't exist. /s
- mirimir 6y agoWell, the "B.P. Richfield" character in Henson's 90s muppet show "Dinosaurs" satirized Trump, who had by then become notorious in the NYC metro area.