• EmperorHenry
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    5 months ago

    I don’t think the vast majority of self-proclaimed flat earthers actually believe that shit

    • TheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.club
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      5 months ago

      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.

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        5 months ago

        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