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[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 53 points 9 months ago (7 children)

See here's the thing, if you believe silly stuff and keep it to yourself, that's fine. People who believe in silly stuff never keep it to themselves though.

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[–] RandomGuy79@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Nah dude flat earthers actually show up to the polls, unlike anon. Gotta start showing up anon!

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Flat earthers generally vote for people who are hell-bent on erasing workers' rights. That's why I would be arguing.

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[–] boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Anon has found the way of the masters

[–] rainynight65@feddit.de 89 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The problem is that flat-earthers aren't just that. They usually believe in all kinds of other kooky stuff as well, and some of those beliefs pose an active danger to society.

[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Exactly, the same mindset that takes you to “The entire geophysical establishment is wrong/lying about the shape of the Earth, so I’ll listen to this Youtube crank who says it’s a disc instead” will also lead you to things like “The entire medical establishment is wrong/lying about the effectiveness of masks & vaccines, so I’ll listen to this podcast crank hawking horse dewormer instead.”

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

There’s always an implied “them” hiding the conspiracy as well. It’s just a couple of short steps from flat earth to “jews will not replace us”.

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[–] Laser@feddit.org 19 points 9 months ago

Normal day at the NASA factory

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Anon wouldn't have gotten anywhere with that argument anyways. If your goal is to make them stop believing then you have to ask questions without seeming like you're leading him to a certain conclusion in any way.

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[–] ToucheGoodSir@lemy.lol 3 points 9 months ago

Eh nah. Pointless debate and argument is kek

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

At the wage-slave bit, I was hoping that anon would try to raise the coworker's class-consciousness.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In a sense, they are on the same side.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

It's flat, we all are.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 70 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Weird that the OOP thinks it's "intellectual superiority" to simply have your facts straight.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

well, it is. I mean, it's a low bar, but comparatively, yeah.

[–] m4xie@slrpnk.net 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Like saying hygienic superiority is not being covered in feces. It is, but that shouldn't be the contest.

[–] vormadikter@startrek.website 20 points 9 months ago

I shall remember this comparison and use it at the most inappropriate situation. Thank you.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This is the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

remember that time you called health insurance "gambling", which is why you refuse to get any? (or support universal basic health care)

ah, good times.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I’m flattered that you spend so much time thinking about the things I’ve said.

I’m writing a book of my thoughts, I’ll let you know when I’m done.

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[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

not as stupid as some of your comments elsewhere.

[–] daqu@feddit.org 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

More stupid than oceans on the underside of a ball?

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago
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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 39 points 9 months ago (4 children)

We used to make fun of people like this. Humiliate them. Alas, no more. Everyone's opinion is now valuable.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think that’s what the internet has done for us, it’s removed that sort “social immune system” that prevented crazy ideas from spreading. Before, if somebody had some crazy ideas, the most they could usually do was rant to people on the bus/subway, maybe make some pamphlets, or some other small-scale thing to spread the idea. At best you might find someone on AM radio broadcasting at weird hours. Individuals would get exposed to it, but would likely never pass it on, this contained crazy ideas and they rarely got traction to spread.

Now the internet comes along, and suddenly crazies are getting hooked up with impressionable people easier than ever before. Crazy ideas have an almost endless supply of rubes that will eat them right up. Our social immune system can’t protect society from all the insane things flying around at high speeds all over the place now. It’s intellectual chaos.

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean the social immune system also prevented ideas like worker solidarity, gender equality, socioeconomic mobility, sexual freedom, etc. from spreading but I get your point. Opening Pandora's box let the crazies out as well as the AOC/Bernie and free Palestine crowds.

[–] OsaErisXero@kbin.run 4 points 9 months ago

The problem being, at least for the moment, the crazy is winning

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Humiliating people does not help them grow, study suggests

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

No, but it prevents other people from engaging with a topic to begin with

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it's just as equally effective to break dumb beliefs like this as reasoning is, and both are far more effective than empathy, according to studies.

[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I'm going to need a source for those claims.

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not that their opinion is now valuable. We just figured out that Bullying doesn't work.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] archon@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

To supress elements in a herd? Sure it does.

Healthy for the individual? Not so much.

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 185 points 9 months ago (4 children)

On the one hand, yeah. Worrying about stuff that you have barely any control over won't get you far. But on the other hand, that guy's vote counts as much as yours. And if he already believes such silly conspiracy theories as the flat earth theory, he will be easily swayed by whoever is the loudest contrarian.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 69 points 9 months ago

the challenge isn't to let him enjoy life with his stupid ass conspiracy, it's to get him to realize for himself that he's been duped by both strangers on the internet and Conservative conspiracies. Deradicalizing and then radicalizing is hard as fuck

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