What exactly is the point of the flat Earth conspiracy theory?

[northernlights7]

With most conspiracy theories, you can at least identify some sort of motive someone might have had for conjuring up a hoax, no matter how absurd it might sound. For example, faking the moon landing would obviously have been great propaganda for the U.S. during the Cold War space race against the U.S.S.R. 9/11 being an inside job could have served a twisted politician's agenda to justify military action in the middle east. Vaccine truthers could be paranoid that someone is out to fukk up the population with contominated vaccines, whether purposefully or done with good intentions.

My point isn't to say my opinions on any of those, or to say there is truth to the tin foil hatters. My point is that while I see motives for creating hoaxes in those situations, I just don't see the motive for lying about the Earth being round if it is actually flat. So you flat Earth tin foil hatters need to explain why the hell someone would even want to falsely make up a round Earth in the first place. It makes no sense whatsoever.

[Scrizzle]

Makes it easier to see who the morons are.

[ChristianMR]

Some people are just stupid. You can't reason with them. It's better to just point and laugh.

[Retoaded]

To keep us on this side of the ice wall safe from the Night King and his zombie dragon.

[DrewDarden]

I don't think the motivation is necessarily financially or politically driven. I think it's psychologically driven.

Have you ever noticed that people who believe in one conspiracy theory tend to believe in ten other ones?

If you believe in flat earth, then you probably believe in 9/11 government cover-ups and that President Obama was born in Kenya, etc.

[Lucianus]

they want to push the idea that we're completely controlled by the elite and enslaved on a sort of "prison" planet, and the elite lie to us to think we're on a spherical planet like all the others in our galaxy, but we're not... we're on some experimental space ship thing being punished

edit: the elite being interdimentional beings like reptillians or the anunnaki (who some believe created the human race to mine gold on Earth)

[wailshark]

Makes it easier to see who the morons are.

This.

Kind of like "only god can judge me" tattoos. Just another way to identify morons to stay away from

[northernlights7]

they want to push the idea that we're completely controlled by the elite and enslaved on a sort of "prison" planet, and the elite lie to us to think we're on a spherical planet like all the others in our galaxy, but we're not... we're on some experimental space ship thing being punished

I get what you are saying, but it's still retarded. We are no more free on a round planet than we would be on a flat one, really. So the expirimental cage concept would work regardless of the shape of the planet.

I think the flat Earthers are possibly just fkn retarded.

[FoulSmell]

Flat earthers are just people dying for attention and trying to show they are special.

[Brozart]

I get what you are saying, but it's still retarded. We are no more free on a round planet than we would be on a flat one, really. So the expirimental cage concept would work regardless of the shape of the planet.

I think the flat Earthers are possibly just fkn retarded.

the point is that everything we 'know' is bullchit because 'they' control us

[Lucianus]

I get what you are saying, but it's still retarded. We are no more free on a round planet than we would be on a flat one, really. So the expirimental cage concept would work regardless of the shape of the planet.

I think the flat Earthers are possibly just fkn retarded.

No I agree. It’s a severe coping mechanism because they can’t deal with reality. Without a doubt they are suffering from depression, anxiety or other mental illnesses

[aestheticlife21]

The same reason liberals want gun control and think only police should have weapons, yet they claim police are racist brutes. The same reason liberals said Donald Trumps loan of $1M from his dad to start up his business was "a lot of money" yet said when he donated $1M to hurricane victims they said he was being cheap and he barely even gave a decent amount of money LOL.

Basically just think of liberals.

[Benjinkan]

I think the flat Earthers are possibly just fkn retarded.

Nailed it

[ChristianMR]

The same reason liberals want gun control and think only police should have weapons, yet they claim police are racist brutes. The same reason liberals said Donald Trumps loan of $1M from his dad to start up his business was "a lot of money" yet said when he donated $1M to hurricane victims they said he was being cheap and he barely even gave a decent amount of money LOL.

Basically just think of liberals.

Flat earthers don't have much to do with liberalism (or conservatism). Don't try to jam every topic in the world into blue/red rants, particularly in the general misc.

[Jordanski]

Flat Earthers make me feel good about myself for some reason. Ive jumped out of enough airplanes to know the truth.

[aestheticlife21]

Flat earthers don't have much to do with liberalism (or conservatism). Don't try to jam every topic in the world into blue/red rants, particularly in the general misc.

Okay soyboy, I was using liberal as an example, not making earthers political. Just the way liberals are retarded and make no sense, it's the same for these earthers. There is no real reason, they're just either dumb or mental messed up. If you read the statement and used reading comprehension which most people do, you would've understood the point

[ChristianMR]

Okay soyboy, I was using liberal as an example, not making earthers political. Just the way liberals are retarded and make no sense, it's the same for these earthers. There is no real reason, they're just either dumb or mental messed up

Also, people who reflexively use trendy insults like "soyboy" and "cuck" for no good reason are morons.

[imreadingurmind]

blame the education system

[drvillain]

The Bible

[midcoastking33]

it's like babby's first conspiracy

"how can i be sure that every scientist ever isn't just lying to me when i haven't seen it with my own eyes? must be a conspiracy!"

[aestheticlife21]

Also, people who reflexively use trendy insults like "soyboy" and "cuck" for no good reason are morons.

It was used for a good reason, you're just trying to cope that you aren't indeed a soyboy

[pollywogpriest]

Well it's flat, I don't know why that's so upsetting to most people.

[devin45k]

Some conspiracies are real and you should question a lot of things you hear.

The problem is there are people that area addicted to believing any sort of conspiracy theory. It gives them a sense of fulfillment from the idea that they are more informed than the average person.

[EgoActor]

A powerful way for someone to make you feel utterly worthless, that your life has no meaning and is inconsequential... is to make you believe that you are an insignificant spec on a mote of dust in an infinite sea of space. Living only few years out of the 4,000,000,000+ years Earth is said to be in existence. That is an extremely deep-seated subconscious understanding of your value.

[aranadiscoteca]

Its a conspiracy perpetrated by the elite lizards controlling every facet of your life. Kind of like controlled opposition. Its just to make you think all conspiracy theories are crazy so they can get on with their agenda and no one takes the legit conspiracies seriously. srs.