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Why do flat earthers think using globetrotter, globetard, and other insults will make the educated arguer fall for the silly flat-earth belief?

09.06.2025 04:28

Why do flat earthers think using globetrotter, globetard, and other insults will make the educated arguer fall for the silly flat-earth belief?

Millions of scientists and engineers believe the Earth is spheroid primarily because we were brainwashed by NASA.

We don't have technology to go to the moon.

When they use those terms, they are not trying to convert newcomers to the FE belief. They are signalling their tribal loyalty to other Flat Earthers and their Thought Leaders.

Why is it common for guys to sleep with 10-20 women then marry a good girl?

The Antarctic treaty restricts independent exploration.

Many of their comments in social media make no sense as evangelism. But they make perfect sense as community affirmation and reinforcement.

Surveyors and civil engineers never account for curvature

There was this one weird Bollywood movie that was released in the 2000s. Amitabh Bachchan was starring with another actress and the story was about how the old guy (Amitabh Bachchan) fell in love with the young woman. What is the name of this movie?

The visible horizon always "rises to eye level."

Water doesn't bend.

Some of the lies in the Flat Earth narrative seem to exist for that purpose. They are so transparently, obviously false, that they must have some other purpose than evangelism. Why would they make these claims, except to recite the creed in public for other devotees to see?

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