What do you guys think about conspiracy theorists and how do you deal with them?

[DeterminedJuliet]

I think it would be pretty funny to start a conspiracy theory just to see how big it would get.

Like God lives on planet Saturn?

You could probably make a decent cult with that theory

[hismikeness]

My dad thinks that 9/11 was an inside job and that aliens are the missing link.
So, yeah, what do you do when they start ranting? Is there anything I could say to him to at least get him off my back?

Show him this:


An then explain why he's wrong.

[Winterwolf00]

My dad thinks that 9/11 was an inside job and that aliens are the missing link.

That's just stupid, aliens aren't the missing link, but they did steal it.

Link isn't missing. He's out back feeding Epona.

No, Romani is missing. She was abducted while Link was feeding Epona. 

[palebluedot]

Best thing is to just ignore them.  You often find that their "facts" are numerous so you will lose the arguement as they are more practised than you.

Your defense is only that their facts are not correct in the first place.

[Hidelight]

"May I please have your stuff when the conspiracy (insert type here) happens?"

[xSilverPhinx]

I've recently registered at the Flat Earth society, and they're one such case. I really don't know why they think that the whole world (meaning everyone who has filmed or taken a picture of the Earth globe would want to falsificate it and photoshop or CGI it into a globe. Why would people do that?

It's ridiculous. 

[fester30]

I've recently registered at the Flat Earth society, and they're one such case. I really don't know why they think that the whole world (meaning everyone who has filmed or taken a picture of the Earth globe would want to falsificate it and photoshop or CGI it into a globe. Why would people do that?

It's ridiculous. 

Because they've hidden all the evidence of a JFK conspiracy involving the FBI, mafia, and Lyndon Johnson on the underside of the Earth's disk.  By falsifying the somewhat spherical nature of the earth, they can keep intelligent folks from knowing the truth and finding that evidence.

[xSilverPhinx]

I've recently registered at the Flat Earth society, and they're one such case. I really don't know why they think that the whole world (meaning everyone who has filmed or taken a picture of the Earth globe would want to falsificate it and photoshop or CGI it into a globe. Why would people do that?

It's ridiculous. 

Because they've hidden all the evidence of a JFK conspiracy involving the FBI, mafia, and Lyndon Johnson on the underside of the Earth's disk.  By falsifying the somewhat spherical nature of the earth, they can keep intelligent folks from knowing the truth and finding that evidence.

If you just added one more thing - the evil freemasons - then everything would make perfect sense. I can see the bigger picture now. 

[fester30]

I've recently registered at the Flat Earth society, and they're one such case. I really don't know why they think that the whole world (meaning everyone who has filmed or taken a picture of the Earth globe would want to falsificate it and photoshop or CGI it into a globe. Why would people do that?

It's ridiculous. 

Because they've hidden all the evidence of a JFK conspiracy involving the FBI, mafia, and Lyndon Johnson on the underside of the Earth's disk.  By falsifying the somewhat spherical nature of the earth, they can keep intelligent folks from knowing the truth and finding that evidence.

If you just added one more thing - the evil freemasons - then everything would make perfect sense. I can see the bigger picture now. 

You can't just throw in free masons without linking them to the conspiracy.  In this case, you happen to be right, but I'm not certain if you're aware of why, so I'll tell you.  The free masons are designing a gigantic table to set the earth disk upon so as to better stabilize it, so as to give us better predictability of the orbits of the sun, moon, and stars around our earth.  Scientists have been feeding us misinformation about the wobble of the stars, and they say the wobble means they don't orbit us.  All wobbles of all heavenly bodies in the firmament above the earth disk are actually due to the wobble of the earth disk itself.  Imagine a juggler spinning a plate on a stick and how the plate wobbles.  That's similar to our current situation.  The free masons are actually providing earth a great service by working to stabilize our disk.

[The Magic Pudding]

You can't just throw in free masons without linking them to the conspiracy.  In this case, you happen to be right, but I'm not certain if you're aware of why, so I'll tell you.  The free masons are designing a gigantic table to set the earth disk upon so as to better stabilize it, so as to give us better predictability of the orbits of the sun, moon, and stars around our earth.  Scientists have been feeding us misinformation about the wobble of the stars, and they say the wobble means they don't orbit us.  All wobbles of all heavenly bodies in the firmament above the earth disk are actually due to the wobble of the earth disk itself.  Imagine a juggler spinning a plate on a stick and how the plate wobbles.  That's similar to our current situation.  The free masons are actually providing earth a great service by working to stabilize our disk.

I hope you don't put yourself at too much risk gathering this sort of information.
There is life on the underside of the disk, but not as you know it.

[fester30]

You can't just throw in free masons without linking them to the conspiracy.  In this case, you happen to be right, but I'm not certain if you're aware of why, so I'll tell you.  The free masons are designing a gigantic table to set the earth disk upon so as to better stabilize it, so as to give us better predictability of the orbits of the sun, moon, and stars around our earth.  Scientists have been feeding us misinformation about the wobble of the stars, and they say the wobble means they don't orbit us.  All wobbles of all heavenly bodies in the firmament above the earth disk are actually due to the wobble of the earth disk itself.  Imagine a juggler spinning a plate on a stick and how the plate wobbles.  That's similar to our current situation.  The free masons are actually providing earth a great service by working to stabilize our disk.

I hope you don't put yourself at too much risk gathering this sort of information.
There is life on the underside of the disk, but not as you know it.

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I'm not worried.  All I have to do is gain access to one of your hats and they let me in the club.

[The Magic Pudding]

I think the Flat Earthers got Fester.

[Abletony]

I don't believe in conspiracy theories.

[Gawen]

What do you guys think about conspiracy theorists and how do you deal with them?

I laugh.

[Abletony]

I laugh also.