• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    That’s right! The sun, the thing that prevents our entire planet from being a frozen rock, which imparts 44 quadrillion watts of energy on the Earth’s surface per year, is just an elaborate NASA hoax!

    They actually generate all that energy with…

    …Uh…

    ???

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      3 months ago

      You joke, but that is just about the sum of it. Illiteracy followed by deranged conspiracy theories erode public trust in institutions. The current GOP is case and point.

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      3 months ago

      Could be in response to the guy who wants to bring flat earthers to Antarctica. He wants to prove a globe by showing them, that there is 24 hours of daylight there. Now the flat earthers a fabulating about a sun simulator as a counter to it.

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        3 months ago

        I’ve delved down this hole myself in recent months because it’s fun. YouTube channels I’d recommend for people wanting to laugh at flerfers:

        The ones I can think of off the top of my head are: SciManDan, Creaky Blinder, Conspiracy Toonz, David McKeegan and Fight The Flat Earth (FTFE). I’ve also been watching a lot of Planet Peterson lately, but his way of doing things is very much “say something stupid and I will verbally lay into you until you admit you’re a fucking dumbass” which I’m sure can grate on some people and make him come across as very obnoxious and rude.

        But they will all help educate you on why flat earth (and other conspiracies aside) are stupid, to varying degrees, espeically Dave McKeegan if you’re into photography.

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      3 months ago

      You clearly don’t watch enough videos of someone ranting for 3 hours on YouTube. Then you’d know all about it.

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      3 months ago

      Look up “Solar Simulator.” It’s a real device scientists use to test the effects of sunlight on various things, from solar panels to satellites (depending on the size of the simulator).

      Flerfs think NASA has one that they bring out during the day and float in the sky just to make Flerfs look stupid, when in reality, they don’t need any help looking stupid.

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      3 months ago

      It’s safe for your computer, but perhaps not for your eyes or brain. Lots of bright colors and bold claims.

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        3 months ago

        Hey, not everything with bright colors and books claims is bad! I wear bright colors because I wore black or grey tshirts for years and now I’m overcompensating. I also have many bold claims about how certain food should be cooked. I’m also pretty terrible…

        You know what? Never mind.