this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2024
1 points (51.7% liked)

Unpopular Opinion

6305 readers
380 users here now

Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!

How voting works:

Vote the opposite of the norm.

If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.

Guidelines:

Tag your post, if possible (not required)

  • If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
  • If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].

Rules:

1. NO POLITICS

Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.

2. Be civil.

Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Please also refrain from gatekeeping others' opinions.

3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.

Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.

4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...

Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.

5. No trolling.

This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.

Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
JonsJava@lemmy.world
admiralpatrick@lemmy.world
lemann@lemmy.world
Rooki@lemmy.world
ptz@dubvee.org
1
Going to the Moon and never returning is like if no European ever returned to the New World after Columbus. It's nonsense! The Moon landings were faked! (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by most_likely_not_a_bot@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Point #1:

The single biggest argument that moon landing believers bring out against moon landing deniers is that it would be too much of a secret to keep hidden for all these years.

To fake a moon landing, you'd need 400,000 conspirators

My reply to that is that we already have historical proof that keeping a large scale secret is possible. We did this already with the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project employed nearly 130,000 people at its peak. That was kept secret.

Someone is going to point out that 400,000 is more than 130,000 and the length of time is longer. The length of time is longer because we dropped the bombs on Japan and let the secrets out. Also, anytime you do something you gain experience. The government gained experience with the secrecy regarding the Manhattan Project and then expanded upon it with the moon landing.

Point #2:

There has never been a single spot on the Earth that we have explored and then walked away from to never return. North Pole, South Pole, Marianas Trench...when we discover something we return. We landed on the Moon 55 years ago, supposedly did a few more landings until 1972, and then never went back. That's after 52 years of technological improvements. It's absurd! Imagine if someone told you that Europeans never went back to the New World after Columbus.

We should have the Moon setup like it was in the Sam Rockwell movie: Moon by now.

Conclusion:

I believe the moon landing was faked.

I like the Kubrick conspiracy

This is posted in Unpopular Opinion, not Unpopular Facts. My belief is just an opinion and I have no proof, therefore it is not a fact.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

An opinion revolves around a preference, such as “I like pineapple on pizza”. That can’t be refuted as it’s a preference and something that be logically proved: “there is pineapple on that pizza”.

However you’re attempting to argue against a proven fact. That is not something this sub is for. Please keep it to preference based opinions, not arguing facts.

[–] most_likely_not_a_bot@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Obviously, you do not understand the concept of Conspiracy Theories

That's when the facts are in dispute and not believed to be true.

You would rather have a bunch of “I like pineapple on pizza” posts? How unoriginal and boring!

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Go to a conspiracy theory board. Arguing fact is not an opinion.