Someone who makes being pro-Brexit part of their personality in 2023 is much more likely than the average person to be watching GB News and its ilk, where views like anti-vax and climate denial are given plenty of airtime.
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Someone who makes being pro-Brexit part of their personality in 2023 is much more likely than the average person to be watching GB News and its ilk, where views like anti-vax and climate denial are given plenty of airtime.
Soldato
Can we drop the brexit stuff please. Its not relevant to this thread.
Soldato
To be fair, “bonkers theories” is in the thread title.
Keen to hear updates on the case in hand though.
Man of Honour
Thread title says Bonkers Theories and comparing Pro Brexit to believing a host of stupid theories is one of the daftest.
Soldato
The flat earth theory is a crazy one for me, I used to watch an American called Adam Kokesh when he went off the grid as I like the whole live of the land style but he seemed to have left the reservation mentally a few years back!
Commissario
They have members in all four corners of the globe.
Man of Honour
I'm a member of a Flat Earth group on Facebook, it's very funny.
Associate
I hear there are lots of edgy jokes.
The phrase "it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled" is so true. It makes me wonder why we evolved* that way.
* bonkers alternatives are available
Soldato
My other half has a family member who is a flat earther.
Their arguments are founded on half truths. Unless you know the science behind the arguments, it’s hard to rationalise with them. Their arguments are often very logical. They know just enough to prove their point and no more.
He’s a lovely guy just misguided. We had a really good debate on the topic, from 9pm until about 4am. He still believes it’s flat but does recognise some of the theories he once believed are wrong.
Their arguments are founded on half truths. Unless you know the science behind the arguments, it’s hard to rationalise with them. Their arguments are often very logical. They know just enough to prove their point and no more.
He’s a lovely guy just misguided. We had a really good debate on the topic, from 9pm until about 4am. He still believes it’s flat but does recognise some of the theories he once believed are wrong.
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I don't understand the rational, all other planets/stars are round apart from earth? How do they explain they can't see the empire state building or the effel tower?
Soldato
The other planets aren't real according to them
Soldato
So is the sky a painting?
Soldato
That's basically what they say
Why would you believe the wacky claims of some ancient Greek when (if you know where to look) you can find plenty of proof on the internet that the earth is flat?
Soldato
WTF, really?!?
Man of Honour
It's a Dome.
Soldato
I had to push one of those nutjobs around the other week, things didn't go too well. It got worse after he asked about my tattoo and I started to explain gravity's role in planetary formation to him.
Man of Honour
They believe in magnetism not gravity
And Turtles?
Soldato
What a TV show that could have been!!!