Pinko Marx
Banned
I never thought I this would happen to me. My entire world is shattered like a large, rocky plate that has been thrown against a wall of cosmic size.
Quick background: this guy and I, we'll call him Mike, have known each other for about 5 years now. We were damn near inseparable as friends when we lived near each other. Nowadays life has made it so we live on opposite sides of The States so rarely do we get to see each other or talk, but when we do it's as if we haven't skipped a day. To put it simply he's one of my few true, genuine brothers in life.
So to get to the story...
He messages me today on Facebook. My man just got back from a vacation in Cali and wanted to share his experiences with me. We're talking and laughing and sharing jokes are two good friends do. He brings up the fact that there was a cat he ran into that looked like me and that his "energy" was similar to mine. This energy was calming to him since it reminded him of me. What a cute sentiment, right? Then he says something along the lines of "this Earth might be flat but it's the only one we got".
And then it begins. At first I'm SURE he's just yanking me chain. Surely one of my best buds in the world isn't a /flat earther/. But he reassures me his beliefs are genuine. Of course we go through the whole rigamarole; What about the horizon? Day/Night cycle? Drones? Why? Who? Etc.
After a good 45 minutes of back and forth on Facebook I throw my hands in the air and tell him we're just going to have to agree to disagree.
This is so surreal to me. Never would I have thought that a close friend of mine would be swayed to this poppycock yet here I am. I mean...I want our friendship to continue and the conversation we had wasn't heated or anything. I was mostly just in disbelief the entire time. I still love this guy but I'd be lying if I said I respect him and his opinions hell of a lot less now. I've been going about my day normally but every now and again I remember "oh...One of my best friends is a flat earther" and I get this vague sadness that hovers about for a good 10 minutes before I can distract my brain.
I'm legit bummed out about this GAF.
Quick background: this guy and I, we'll call him Mike, have known each other for about 5 years now. We were damn near inseparable as friends when we lived near each other. Nowadays life has made it so we live on opposite sides of The States so rarely do we get to see each other or talk, but when we do it's as if we haven't skipped a day. To put it simply he's one of my few true, genuine brothers in life.
So to get to the story...
He messages me today on Facebook. My man just got back from a vacation in Cali and wanted to share his experiences with me. We're talking and laughing and sharing jokes are two good friends do. He brings up the fact that there was a cat he ran into that looked like me and that his "energy" was similar to mine. This energy was calming to him since it reminded him of me. What a cute sentiment, right? Then he says something along the lines of "this Earth might be flat but it's the only one we got".
And then it begins. At first I'm SURE he's just yanking me chain. Surely one of my best buds in the world isn't a /flat earther/. But he reassures me his beliefs are genuine. Of course we go through the whole rigamarole; What about the horizon? Day/Night cycle? Drones? Why? Who? Etc.
he even says he doesn't believe in gravity
This is so surreal to me. Never would I have thought that a close friend of mine would be swayed to this poppycock yet here I am. I mean...I want our friendship to continue and the conversation we had wasn't heated or anything. I was mostly just in disbelief the entire time. I still love this guy but I'd be lying if I said I respect him and his opinions hell of a lot less now. I've been going about my day normally but every now and again I remember "oh...One of my best friends is a flat earther" and I get this vague sadness that hovers about for a good 10 minutes before I can distract my brain.
I'm legit bummed out about this GAF.
