Flat Earth Conference
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN mentions it mostly as an amusing look at flat earthers in their own words, not as a recommendation.
What it is
An undercover report from the 2019 Flat Earth Conference by the comedy channel All Gas No Brakes, which interviews attendees on camera.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2020 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Cites tehjoker · 2020-10 · on “Norway officially accuses Russia for cyberattacks on parliament”
Flat earth started from YouTube recommendations. They had a whole non-annonymous conference where they were happy to talk to the guy from All Gas No Brakes on camera. [this video] Pizzagate and QAnon started because many people understand something is fucked up but lack the correct tools to understand the systemic problems of society (of which you and I would probably disagree as I blame capitalism and imperialism) so they invent conspiracies to explain the world around them. In many cases, their conservative, libertarian, or liberal ideology does not permit them to critique the systems around them, so they must find some other way to explain the situation, which revolves around (non-system chall
Critical saltminer · 2021-07 · on “Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content””
>People are much nicer when their reputation is at stake. I think a more accurate statement would be "People are much nicer when their money is at stake." And I don't mean "nicer" as in "genuinely better," it's more "I'll paint on a smile and not say anything bad" (just ask a waiter and they'll have plenty of tales where they had to do this for a tip). Today, there are plenty of online hangouts for people with all sorts of ideas. This is great since people can easily form communities around a TV show, hobby, etc, but it also enables flat earthers and anti-vaxxers, whose views are often rooted in bigotry (see: All Gas No Brakes video on the flat earth convention [0]). Those communities tend t
Critical mrtesthah · 2022-01 · on “In defense of flat earthers (2020)”
The Jews[1], apparently. Somehow when you follow any conspiracy theory for long enough you find antisemitism at the root of it. 1. Flat Earth Conference, All Gas No Breaks: [this video]
Critical Cthulhu_ · 2022-01 · on “In defense of flat earthers (2020)”
Here's a neat video where flat earthers spout their Truth and reveal themselves to actually be antisemites: [this video]