If the Earth were truly a globe, there wouldn't be a flat Earth movement gaining momentum everyday. If the Earth were a ball, people wouldn't have to make images like the one in your post to make flat Earth look ridiculous. If flat Earth is a psyop then it shows how easily people are convinced of a lie, yet mostly critical thinkers who look into flat Earth theory, to debunk it, become true flat Earthers. There is no evidence to bring them back to the globe deception. Like you said, you watched helplessly as your friends awakened but if you could prove to them its a globe, you would have.