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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is flat earth still a thing? I haven’t been hearing as much about it lately but maybe people just stopped caring.

I do wonder how long a movement that can be easily disproven by literally anyone can sustain itself. I mean sure, the true believers will stay but if anyone can go out and confirm the roundness of the earth themselves it makes it a bit tough to keep people who are on the fence…

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 21 points 2 months ago

I think the vast majority of promoters online were trolls, and the vast majority of followers were morons

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

You haven't heard as much from them because they are being drowned out by MAGAs. Though, TBF, the overlap between flat earthers and MAGAs is pretty large.

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

There's actually a trip to Antarctica to see the midnight sun funded by globe earthers planned soon. Many flat earthers were invited, but most have chickened out and the rest are hedging their positions with "24 hour sun doesn't mean anything, even if we see it, it doesn't matter".