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Cliff Pennock
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NOV 02, 03:27 AM
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82-T/A [At Work]
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NOV 02, 08:40 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
They are dead serious. They even have yearly conventions. Here's an older article that discusses this phenomena. |
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I just don't know what to say... conspiracies are easy to get started. In most cases, you base something on the slightest bit of truth, and then throw a lot of disinformation at it, and people start believing it. Not saying the Earth is flat is truth, what I'm saying is... you take something that has some truth in it, and then APPLY disinformation to it (the Earth is flat). I haven't watched any of these videos or read stuff on it, but let's say that there was a rocket failure, or maybe they caught a radio signal from Amelia Earhardt saying... "OMG, I've fallen off the face of the Earth." (right, I'm just totally making this up)... then people who propagate conspiracies will take that comment from Amelia and say... see... this is fact that the Earth is flat, when it's being taken out of context.
Perfect example was the "biolabs in Ukraine" ... yes, there are two biolabs in Ukraine which USED to be Russian biolabs that did bad things. But, post 1991 / USSR collapse, the US provided support to them for a variety of reasons, none of which was to develop bioweapons, but to provide (and take advantage of) scientists and researchers that were already there. So propagandists take this information and say... look, Ukraine has biolabs (which is true), and then says there are 12 of them (not true) and that they are producing bioweapons (not true). When a person who has a propensity to believe conspiracies looks into it, they see in fact that Ukraine does have biomedical research laboratories, view it as the government being dishonest (because let's face it... Governments are routinely dishonest), and then they immediately start believing all the other stuff.
This is why when the Government changes the way they rate things... unemployment, CPI, GDP, "recession," etc... it creates an automatic distrust, and creates a greater likelihood of people believing conspiracies. The flat Earth one is really something else though... after all these years... I just don't get it. I know everyone here disagrees with me... but I have to believe the overwhelming vast majority of these people don't actually agree with it, they just either want to monetize on it, or enjoy the theatrics...
| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
One of the videos I've uploaded to YouTube has had (at last count) 4,620,711 views!  I'm not kidding. However, it's also not monetized... so I haven't made a nickel off of it. It's amazing though how when a video goes viral, the views really pile up.
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Damn Patrick... ugh! Are you able to monetize? If you have 1,000+ subscribers, you should definitely monetize. As long as it's your content, as far as I'm concerned... you're providing free content to YouTube. You should definitely do it. If you aren't already doing it (monetizing videos) and need some help getting that started, let me know... you can PM me. It's definitely worth it. Since you've already put in the effort, might as well collect from Google. It's an additional ~$75 I get now every month that I never even expected... totally worth it. Your one video would likely net a few hundred a month.
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Patrick
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NOV 02, 11:47 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
Damn Patrick... ugh! Are you able to monetize? If you have 1,000+ subscribers, you should definitely monetize.
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Todd, I have almost 12k subscribers  ... mostly due to that one video! Read my comments in the video description Here, and you'll understand why I couldn't monetize it.
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82-T/A [At Work]
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NOV 03, 07:14 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
Todd, I have almost 12k subscribers ... mostly due to that one video! Read my comments in the video description Here, and you'll understand why I couldn't monetize it. |
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Ah, ok... it's not your content. That's what I was asking... yeah, that would be a big no-no.
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Wichita
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NOV 03, 09:58 AM
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They discovered and even measured the earth was round 2,000 years ago.
But honestly, I think the 'true' believers of the Flat Earth concept are small in numbers, yet harmless. They won't be making any critical or financial decisions that effect other people based on this belief. I don't see the need to spend a lot of energy worrying about them. People believe what they believe.
It's like believing in Aliens, God(s), Bigfoot, magic crystals or whatever. So long as it doesn't go as far as trying to compel people by force to believe in it, or capture political and government apparatuses to compel it into society, I don't see anything really wrong with it.
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maryjane
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NOV 03, 01:01 PM
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Leave Daryl out of this........
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Raydar
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NOV 03, 05:47 PM
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And then there's that Georgia state representative (Hank Johnson) who was worried about the numbers of US troops being stationed on the island of Guam because, you know, it could make the island unstable and cause it to capsize. 
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rinselberg
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NOV 03, 06:03 PM
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Hank Johnson is a Democrat.
For the sake of Equal Time or DEI (but not to be political), here's a Republican:
| quote | | During a House Natural Resources Committee hearing, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) asks whether the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management can alter the orbit of the Earth or moon in order to fight climate change. |
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[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 11-03-2022).]
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blackrams
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NOV 04, 10:48 AM
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The question of Flat Earthers reminds me of that question of the Train Versus the Automobile.
Cliff, did you ever determine which one to take? 
Rams
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maryjane
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NOV 04, 11:55 AM
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