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by nommm-nommm 3383 days ago
I want to believe the Flat Earth Society is parody... but I know a Flat Earther and he's totality serious. :-/
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I wintered over in Antarctica last year, and regularly had people DM'ing me on Instagram (probably searched for the #antarctica hashtag) and asking if it was actually real, if it was really an ice wall, if there were "secret military blackout zones" etc. It was pretty funny. I always took time out to answer them, but often I'd have to block them once it became apparent they were never going to be convinced.
Ask him about mountains if you want to see olympic levels of mental gymnastics.