Rant: My cousin went deep on the flat earth thing at a family cookout

So last Sunday we were all at my aunt's place in Dayton for a cookout, just burgers and stuff. My cousin Jake, who's usually pretty normal, starts going on about how he watched this 3 hour documentary on YouTube. He was trying to convince us that all the space agency footage is fake, like the whole moon landing and even satellite images. He kept saying 'just think about it' and pointing at the horizon. I mean, I tried to be nice but it got weird when he brought out a laser pointer to prove the water was flat. The whole thing kinda ruined the vibe, you know? It made me wonder how people get so stuck on one idea. Has anyone else had a family member fall for something like that and how do you even talk to them?

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the_sam1h ago

That laser pointer bit is wild, man. It feels like a lot of people just want a secret puzzle to solve so their life feels more important. You see it with all kinds of stuff now, not just flat earth, like weird health fads or who really runs the world. They get a whole identity from disagreeing with everyone else.

miles_garcia5h ago

My uncle got into that chemtrails stuff a few years back. He'd point at every plane in the sky and just shake his head. It's tough because you can't really argue with it, they just see any fact as part of the cover-up.

the_anthony4h agoMost Upvoted

Ugh, miles_garcia, that's the worst part about conspiracy stuff. My cousin's the same with flat earth. You show him a picture from space and he says it's CGI. Try to explain basic physics and suddenly you're a "globe shill." It's like talking to a brick wall that thinks it's a detective. What are you even supposed to do with that?