I was thinking earlier today of how airline routes prove a globe-shaped earth only to find out that there are MULTIPLE sites devoted to showing that they demonstrate a flat earth.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
https://aplanetruth.info/2016/12/03/commercial-air-flights-on-a-flat-earth-work-perfectly/comment-page-1/
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNVgzk3tbl0
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
"20,000 volts running through it"
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
my problem with all these flat earth conspiracy videos is that they're all like 20 minutes long, c'mon, give me the good stuff in two minutes like the illuminati folks do
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
not that surprising that flat earthers aren't keeping up with the times, tbf
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
the sun just goes around in a circle above flat earth? what the f holds it in place?
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
duct tape iirc
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
wait they also think the sun orbits the earth?
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
Unfortunately it looks like RT has deleted the much-mocked op ed Sam Gerrans did for them last month suggesting that a round Earth is hoax / conspiracy.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
da plane pour moi
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 16 June 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
The earth is indeed flat, dull, stale, boring, lifeless...
― jmm, Friday, 16 June 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
what the f holds it in place?
gravity/centrifugal force/big bang/celestial spheres take your pick of terminology
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
So do they think that all planets are flat or just Earth? Or do they not believe in any other celestrial bodies, do they indeed think that 'stars' are in fact stars as in the five pointed shapes?
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Friday, 16 June 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
I think they think the universe is a dome above flat earth
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
also unclear on what exactly the motives of the perpetrators of this hoax are
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
this guy's channel is ummmm pretty good. this one's got some ASMR vibes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIRjxQIYOj4
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
Its like if Neil Breen had an idea about what the universe is like
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
lol
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
I want to gain the confidence of some flat earthers and string them along for a long time before I'm all like, guys guys...what if the earth is actually mildly convex? Best to start slow, don't want to blow their minds all at once.
― I Love It When They Call Me Big Pharma (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 June 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
i am enjoying this chaos ballet
― flappy bird, Saturday, 17 June 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
God, that YouTube about the plane flights. The dude says, flat out, "I don't think this flight exists" in two different scenarios. So, they're just, like, listing it on the site to keep the "conspiracy" going?
― Austin, Saturday, 17 June 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
I love this graphic in all it 'do you see' glory.
https://planetruthblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/fe-air-map-5.png
The lack of demand for flights from Hobart to Buenos Aires is clear proof that true world is flat.
Incidentally they just launched a Melbourne to Santiago flight that comes awfully close to crossing the Antarctic. I wish there were one that went all the way to BA because flinching iver he South Pole would be so awesome.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 17 June 2017 06:12 (six years ago) link
This twitter UI update is great pic.twitter.com/KOhzzRNTpl— Krystal (@krystalbepsi) June 16, 2017
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Sunday, 18 June 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
Yeah Ive seen that "these routes dont happen so thats proof!" claims before. Which were immediately shot down (er pardon the phrasing) by a pilot who flies AU-Sth america all the time.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 19 June 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
Also for some reason, Brian Cox seems to attract a lot of these nutters?
I spoke with my friend last night and he revealed he thought the flat earthers made some good points. I asked him if he was kidding. He's not and of course he's a Trump supporter.
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 23 June 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle and the earth is at least moderately flat.
― jmm, Friday, 23 June 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
the earth is flying saucer shaped, and flying saucer sightings are caused by atmospheric anomalies producing a complex mirage
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Friday, 23 June 2017 02:39 (six years ago) link
if the earth wasn't flat, how come cars drive off cliffs
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 June 2017 02:47 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkO3qRD2GZQ
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/us/b-o-b-flat-earth-gofundme-trnd/index.html
― nomar, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
The cities in the background are approx. 16miles apart... where is the curve ? please explain this pic.twitter.com/YCJVBdOWX7— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
Met my first bonafide Flat-Earther yesterday and he was British. It was kinda lol but mostly sad.
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:37 (six years ago) link
https://pics.me.me/where-is-the-curve-research-flat-death-star-28182361.png
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:39 (six years ago) link
http://wspa.com/2017/11/09/flat-earthers-from-around-the-world-descend-upon-nc-for-convention/
― fuck you, your hat is horrible (Neanderthal), Sunday, 12 November 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
quality headline
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 12 November 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
This man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat
― FKA (doo dah), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
“I don’t believe in science,” said Hughes, whose main sponsor for the rocket is Research Flat Earth. “I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air, about the certain size of rocket nozzles, and thrust. But that’s not science, that’s just a formula. There’s no difference between science and science fiction.”
Dunning-Kruger
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 21 November 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
nothing scientific about doing an experiment that proves a hypothesis
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:31 (six years ago) link
may offer some evidence towards natural selection
― who says no to mentals? (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
this is all so purely in the realm of not even wrong
― who says no to mentals? (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:34 (six years ago) link
Hughes only recently converted to flat-Eartherism, after struggling for months to raise funds for his follow-up flight over the Mojave.i doubt his commitment to this cause.
― Monogo doesn't socialise (ledge), Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
I don't have the data to back it up, but I feel like the overlap between flat earthers and Darwin award winners is pretty sizable.
― human/hutt hybrid (Old Lunch), Sunday, 21 May 2017 17:23 (six months ago)
― Zings Can Only Get Better (snoball), Thursday, 23 November 2017 15:59 (six years ago) link
It's rare to read a pre-obituary. Godspeed, dude who's about to smear himself across the Mojave.
― Ripped Taylor (Old Lunch), Thursday, 23 November 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
But that’s not science, that’s just a formula.
Does this person know what the word science means?
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 23 November 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
*trying not to mention Trump*
― The buttermilk of Beelzebub (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 November 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
one of my 10th grade chemistry students just told me he's a flat earther
i asked him why, he said "because it looks flat to me"
i asked him about all of the evidence for a round earth (including photos from space) and his response was "that's just shit adults tell me, and most shit adults tell me is bullshit"
hard to argue with that
― the late great, Thursday, 30 November 2017 22:45 (six years ago) link
the argument is that "most" doesn't equate to "all"
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 30 November 2017 22:57 (six years ago) link
ask him what thinks is on the other side of the flat earth. also what happens to planes when they fly to the edge of earth.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 30 November 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
Had no idea they were already using neural networks to generate newspaper strips. It really does look almost like something a human made!
― Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Sunday, 23 February 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
At any rate, this should really be a celebration of someone who died doing what he loved: engaging in reckless activities with the stated purpose of proving something deeply stupid and the implicit purpose of committing messy suicide.
― Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Sunday, 23 February 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
― human/hutt hybrid (Old Lunch), Sunday, May 21, 2017 12:23 PM (two years ago)
Prophetic.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Sunday, 23 February 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link
whut
https://www.inverse.com/article/21098-flat-earthers-trees
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:27 (two years ago) link
The flat-earth nonsense about 40 mile tall trees in that article is just a clickbait lead-in for a longer discussion about deforestation and loss of old-growth, climax forests. The proposal that 'in the Big Picture they aren't all wrong' is just the segue to keep you reading about the author's real concerns. He hopes you won't notice that he stops talking about the flat-earther idiocy that fetched you in and you'll imbibe some environmental awareness. It is a stupid rhetorical gambit that won't work nearly as well as the author hopes it will.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:56 (two years ago) link