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   ☆⋆Okie Space Queen (okiespacequeen@scicomm.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 01:32:03 JST ☆⋆Okie Space Queen

   One thing I've noticed while talking to conspiracy theorists is they really only know how to have one kind of conversation about them.

   They say a thing.
   You rebut it.
   They say a different thing.
   You rebut it.

   And it just keeps going.

   I've found that if you never rebut it but instead just keep asking them for more info without letting them change the subject they run out of steam.

   You can get about 3 questions deep with a flat earther before they get lost and can't continue. 1/3

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 01:32:01 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     @OkieSpaceQueen That is great advice! I argued with a flat earther before for many months! I was able to debunk all of his insane points before he declared I could not use #Science in any of my arguments anymore.

     I stopped arguing with him when he declared that #gravity did not exist. ? ??♂️

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 01:34:59 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     @OkieSpaceQueen Oh wow! I have never heard of “space does not exist” argument before! ??

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     ☆⋆Okie Space Queen (okiespacequeen@scicomm.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 01:35:00 JST ☆⋆Okie Space Queen

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     • Darnell Clayton :verified:

     @darnell I have one that originally told me space is fake. I knew no amount of proof can overcome that. Nobody gets there and cares about facts at the same time.

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 02:15:15 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • Abigail Breiseth

     @abinbaltimore @OkieSpaceQueen ? Yeah, I kept dropping stuff & shouting about how magical it was.

     The flat earther then said the reason it drops was due to continued acceleration. ?

     He claimed the Earth disk is accelerating…upwards but somehow the two spot lights above (sun & moon) accelerate too & so do the stars & planets. ??♂️

     Meanwhile #NASA has machine guns guarding one or two giant ice walls (that’s Antarctica ??) & mind wipers from Men in Black. ?

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     Abigail Breiseth (abinbaltimore@newsie.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 02:15:17 JST Abigail Breiseth

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     • Darnell Clayton :verified:

     @darnell @OkieSpaceQueen and you said - do the rules of Calvinball apply to your conversations with your doctor, mechanic, and agriculture regulators too?? file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/20/00/F8700989-05AA-4CB3-88C2-A6E119FF24BF/tmp.gif

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 03:50:13 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • nia

     @nia @OkieSpaceQueen ? ?

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     nia (nia@union.place)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jan-2023 03:50:14 JST nia

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     • Darnell Clayton :verified:

     @darnell @OkieSpaceQueen … and then he floated away