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Re:America’s flat-Earth movement appears to be growing by Cthulhu_ on Thursday November 30, 2017 @03:54AM (#15814342)
Poe's Law in action I guess. Spread BS with enough confidence and people will believe it - look at how often The Onion and similar satirical news sites articles are shared by people who genuinely believe them.
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Re:America’s flat-Earth movement appears to be growing by aquadrop on Thursday November 30, 2017 @03:58AM (#15814362)
I don't really think anyone believes it, I think there are only people who believes that someone believes it :)
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Re:America’s flat-Earth movement appears to be growing by derekp7 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:58AM (#15816168)
Reminds me of the time that a Russian paper had quoted The Onion as if it was true, then later had to publish a retraction saying they got their information from "an American paper known to spread falsehoods".
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