I had to actually see if people somewhere had ever said anything like that online.
Thought-terminating cliché
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9
A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance. Its function is to stop an argument from proceeding further, ending the debate with a cliché rather than a point.
I believe that the real number of people who actually believe that the Earth is flat is vanishingly small.
Unlikely. As the saying goes: "once you go flat, you never go back", kinda like Santa.
I had to actually see if people somewhere had ever said anything like that online.
Thought-terminating cliché https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9 A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance. Its function is to stop an argument from proceeding further, ending the debate with a cliché rather than a point.
None of those reasons: I think the flat earth content one sees is largely manufactured and not genuine.