Interesting in this context is completely divorced from morally good/bad. Could be any group from any area at any time in history. I’ll start with a few, followers of the cult of pythagoras, contemporary black Hebrew Israelites, antiracist skinheads and the Amish (neo-luddites in general). Don’t be racist or a prick to other people discussing.

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    The word interesting is doing a lot of work here.

    On one hand flat earthers are very interesting. Stupid the stupidest but interesting.

    On the other hand it’d be better if there were no flat earthers at all for them to be interesting in the first place.

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      Pretty much. In terms of “harmless” interesting? Maybe hobby biking? It started as a parody of hobby horsing, which is already a hilariously cringey thing.

      For the uninitiated, hobby horsing is when people run around on foot completing tiny horse agility courses, while holding a toy broomstick horse between their legs. One of these:

      It’s basically what happens when horse girls don’t have horse girl money. And no, I’m not making this up:

      Hobby biking started as a parody of that. They got rid of most of a BMX bike, only keeping the front wheel and handlebars. They don full BMX gear. Full helmet, hard plate pads, riding boots, etc… Then they run through BMX and mountain bike courses on foot, while pushing this wheel (or sometimes even just the front handlebars without a wheel) along in front of them.

      There is also the natural offshoot, hobby moto. Where people take modified motocross bike frames, and carry them through dirtbike courses:

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        I don’t know what’s more funny the content of your comment or the fact that you put in such a massive effort to illustrate your point.

        Either way thank you! I woke up to this and it put me in a better mood!