WWYD if you discovered you were flying with a flat Earther?

[A150K]

You have to wonder why flat earther pilots are so eager to talk about that. I mean it's weird. People who aren't flat earthers probably don't talk about how they are sure the world is a sphere as casual cockpit conversation. Are they wanting validation?

Has to be validation. Can't imagine they often get it....but those types have a way about them.

 

[DropTank]

Has to be validation. Can't imagine they often get it....but those types have a way about them.

There's a Bizzaro World 'tism to the conspiracy types.

Ever see someone who puts THOUSAND of hours into a train set or Minecraft world, etc that almost NO ONE fully appreciates it on their level? but just a SINGLE person take more than 30 seconds to appreciate it that that compliment lasts them a lifetime.

Same goes for flat earthers, 9/11 inside job, Big Foot hunters, and so on.

Feigning interest is likely the biggest slight you can ever give to them.

"no, yeah, dude, that's tooootally interesting. Please tell me more."
(flat tone showing no excitement, remember, it's the emotion that feeds them)

First round take a few minutes to penetrate those skulls, but after that, they catch on quick.

 

[arkavgal]

There's a Bizzaro World 'tism to the conspiracy types.

Ever see someone who puts THOUSAND of hours into a train set or Minecraft world, etc that almost NO ONE fully appreciates it on their level? but just a SINGLE person take more than 30 seconds to appreciate it that that compliment lasts them a lifetime.

Same goes for flat earthers, 9/11 inside job, Big Foot hunters, and so on.

Feigning interest is likely the biggest slight you can ever give to them.

"no, yeah, dude, that's tooootally interesting. Please tell me more."
(flat tone showing no excitement, remember, it's the emotion that feeds them)

First round take a few minutes to penetrate those skulls, but after that, they catch on quick.

I think that's a poor analogy. A lot of people play Minecraft. There's nothing fringe about it and it doesn't require the acceptance of an alternate narrative. The train in Minecraft is an individual's unique creation. People who believe in conspiracy theories didn't create or propagate something unique. It's very much a "group think" phenomenon or ideology.