Got into a screaming match at Thanksgiving over the moon landing, here's the trick that actually got my uncle to listen

Julia King · 2026-09-24T16:35:05.585983+00:00

So last Thanksgiving at my aunt's place in Toledo, my uncle brought up the moon landing being faked and we went at it for like 45 minutes. I was pulling up NASA photos on my phone and he kept saying the shadows were wrong, and my aunt was practically begging us to stop. Finally I just shut my mouth and asked him to walk me through exactly which photo made him start doubting it in the first place. Turns out it was one specific shot he saw in a YouTube video from like 2016, and when I asked him what would change his mind, he actually paused for a second. I didn't win the argument, but we stopped yelling and he showed me the video, and I pointed out the guy never cites any actual source for his claim about the camera. He still thinks it was fake but he admitted the video was pretty weak, which felt like a win. Now I do that with every conspiracy talk, just ask what evidence would flip them, and it cools things down fast. Has anyone else tried the whole 'what would change your mind' move, or does it just make people more mad?

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