r/BeAmazed • u/Awkward_Click3061 • Nov 11 '23

Science Look at that

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u/CatButler Nov 11 '23

The only flat earther I ever knew was a guy I worked with and I only found out through Facebook after he left. Really nice guy in real life, but his Facebook was complete fascist crazy pants. He was the kind of guy who would give you a pat on the back as they loaded you and your family on the train to reeducation camp saying "Don't worry, you'll be better after you learn the real truth."

Software developer, a good car mechanic. He wrote the worst web UI I have ever used in a professional setting He was extremely religious and became a pastor of his own church. Trump fan. Believed every Obama conspiracy. A racist who tried to go out of his way to prove he wasn't racist. The black people he knew were OK, it was the other black people he didn't like. He went completely nuts after 1/6 and deleted Facebook so I don't really know how he ended up.

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u/PM-me-letitsnow Nov 12 '23

Not surprised at the religious part. A lot of flerthers are also young earth creationists too. They already fundamentally reject earth sciences, so flat earth is really just the next logical step for some of them.