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[Grizzo]

Tila Tequila said the same recently. Is this a new thing?

She's just insane, that's a different thing. I mean that girl thinks she's the reincarnation of Hitler and that she has superpowers. It's sad actually, she needs help and I hope she's taking good care of daughter despite all that craziness.

B.o.B. is probably just trolling. Otherwise...

 

[BumRush]

Sorry but I'm new to the flat earth theory. How would B.O.B - a man who I'm sure has flown all around the world - explain the fact that no one (himself or anyone) has pictures of the end of the world?

 

[Kibbles]

How is he racist? Maybe I'm not reading the lyrics right but what?

 

[Permanently A]

Sorry but I'm new to the flat earth theory. How would B.O.B - a man who I'm sure has flown all around the world - explain the fact that no one (himself or anyone) has pictures of the end of the world?

There's some reason insane reasoning about how you can't get to the end involving comparisons to driving straight down a highway being impossible because you need to keep adjusting left and right to stay on it.

 

[BumRush]

There's some reason insane reasoning about how you can't get to the end involving comparisons to driving straight down a highway being impossible because you need to keep adjusting left and right to stay on it.

Wait, whaaaaaaaaat?

 

[Cyan]

Sorry but I'm new to the flat earth theory. How would B.O.B - a man who I'm sure has flown all around the world - explain the fact that no one (himself or anyone) has pictures of the end of the world?

What scientists and politicians call "Antarctica" or "The South Pole" is actually a wall of ice that surrounds the entire world and prevents the oceans from spilling over the edge. That's why they try to keep people from going there.

Edit:
See here:

Antarctica. Yep, according to them Antarctica isn't actually the continent at our sothern pole - it's a wall of ice surrounding the flat earth in all directions. We only think it's the South Pole because the North Pole is the center, so everytime we reach the wall we are as far "south" as possible.

EDIT: An illustration:

The hovering spotlight is the sun.

 

[qcf x2]

"Stalin was way worse than Hitler" word. He should have left it at that. Free to believe what he wants, but I imagine he's terrified of boats.

 

[Permanently A]

How is he racist? Maybe I'm not reading the lyrics right but what?

He recommends David Irving, holocaust denier.

 

[Dereck]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson just dropped a response track

This is getting so weird, but so amazing.

 

[Hackworth]

How is he racist? Maybe I'm not reading the lyrics right but what?

He namedrops a Neonazi and quotes some Jewish conspiracy bs

They nervous, but before you try to curve it
Do your research on David Irving
Stalin was way worse than Hitler
That's why the POTUS gotta wear a kippah
I'm a man first 'fore an artist
Get a lawyer, look up Doctor Richard Sauder

 

[Reverend Funk]

I know the earth isn't fkat, but it would be kinda cool if it was.

 

[Androidsleeps]

What's happening in today's world is simply an intellectual evolution but backwards.

 

[AxelFoley]

I know the earth isn't fkat, but it would be kinda cool if it was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqNnUJVcVs

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Maybe he is trying to get Tia Tequilas attention

He doesn't need to go through all this trouble. I'm sure some flowers and a bottle of her last name is enough to get her naked.

 

[Jedi2016]

Shit like this always reminds me of this:

The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

The counterargument is that the sun is much smaller and much closer than you think. It doesn't disappear behind the curvature of the Earth, it just gets obscured by the scenery.

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=53629.0#.VqaVXvB86rU

I vaguely remember some kind of alternate theory about the sun actually being a hovering spotlight rather than an orb that radiates light equally in all directions too, now that I think about it. I mean a lot of these people are trolls who make it up as they go along, there's not perfect consistency in the "movement".

I wonder how they'd explain this image of the sun setting over the horizon from an airplane. There's no scenery in the way and no "shrinking" of the sun due to perspective.

 

[BumRush]

What scientists and politicians call "Antarctica" or "The South Pole" is actually a wall of ice that surrounds the entire world and prevents the oceans from spilling over the edge. That's why they try to keep people from going there.

Edit:
See here:

Hmm...

Thanks! I knew they'd have...something...because that's kind of a tough thing to refute.

Why do they even care whether it's flat or round? Is there any benefit to it being round (or a reason why the government would be lying about it)?

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

What scientists and politicians call "Antarctica" or "The South Pole" is actually a wall of ice that surrounds the entire world and prevents the oceans from spilling over the edge. That's why they try to keep people from going there.

Edit:
See here:

But didn't a guy just die the other day due to peritonitis after walking across 95% of Antarctica alone?

Unless the governments of the world killed him. :-O

 

[Kwixotik]

Hmm...

Thanks! I knew they'd have...something...because that's kind of a tough thing to refute.

Why do they even care whether it's flat or round? Is there any benefit to it being round (or a reason why the government would be lying about it)?

It's so we don't become too curious. It's to protect us from what lies beyond the wall.

 

[NHarmonic.]

It's kind of mind blowing the amount of detail in the stuff created to support this shit. It's kinda interesting, in a what's on the other side?-vibe

 

[SpookyFries]

What about those videos of kids connecting a go pro to a giant balloon? You can clearly see the curvature of the planet in those amateur videos

 

[King Tubby]

Goddamn it I need to start a cult already.

 

[mckmas8808]

Hmm...

Thanks! I knew they'd have...something...because that's kind of a tough thing to refute.

Why do they even care whether it's flat or round? Is there any benefit to it being round (or a reason why the government would be lying about it)?

So that the government can keep collecting billions of dollars for "NASA".

 

[Raist]

It's kind of elegant, in a demented way. Perfectly explains compasses and why circumventing the earth according to the maps we use still wouldn't get you to the edge. They've even worked out models for the solar and lunar transits to account for how day and night cycles would work on a flat Earth:

Gotta hand it to them, they've given it some thought at the very least.

No, because they're gonna have to explain how the fuck geomagnetic reversal works.

Well, I guess I know, they're gonna say it never happened.

 

[SystemUser]

Did he just deny the holocaust?

Yeah, the song is not only about the Earth being flat. It is also about how Hitler is misunderstood. The top flat earthers are also somehow Hitler apologists too. I didn't even know these were things until recently, but the flat earth movement has gone viral. If it continues this way they could over take creationists and antivaxxers.

 

[Indicate]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson just dropped a response track

This is getting so weird, but so amazing.

The line about the change of seasons is the result of the planet spinning around the sun isn't accurate. Seasonality is caused by the earth's tilt, and without it there wouldn't be any seasons at all regardless of it rotating around the sun.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

She's just insane, that's a different thing. I mean that girl thinks she's the reincarnation of Hitler and that she has superpowers. It's sad actually, she needs help and I hope she's taking good care of daughter despite all that craziness.

B.o.B. is probably just trolling. Otherwise...

The Tila Tequila thing is sort of sad. She mostly started doing this after a failed suicide involving a medication overdose.

 

[SystemUser]

The line about the change of seasons is the result of the planet spinning around the sun isn't accurate. Seasonality is caused by the earth's tilt, and without it there wouldn't be any seasons at all regardless of it rotating around the sun.

The tilt wouldn't effect the seasons if the planet didn't revolve around the star.

 

[Kibbles]

He recommends David Irving, holocaust denier.

Ah okay, had no idea who that guy was.

 

[PeteZaTheHutt]

I watched the YouTube video that somebody linked to near the beginning of this thread where some guy is fielding a call from a flat-earther on his show. These are the "explanations" (paraphrased in bold) that the flat-earther gave:

Evidence of a spherical earth:

1. boats go over the horizon [ "they" have shot video clips going off toward the horizon and when the boat is many miles away, they can look through a telescope and still see the entire boat ]

2. other planets are round [ Earth is special as it was created by a deity ]

3. you can literally sail around the world [ in "reality", you're actually sailing in a circle around the north pole which is the center of the disc ]

4. nothing else explains the sun and the moon [ this is more involved, but basically the sun and moon circle above the disc and they are not visible if you are far enough away from them because "you can't see forever" ]

5. go-pros and high flying balloons [ curved lenses in the cameras distort straight lines ]

6. astronauts. in space. [ faked hoax by NASA and all other space agencies on Earth, including private SpaceX because they are funded by NASA ]

7. video of earth, the sun and other planets. [ faked hoax by NASA and all other space agencies on Earth, including private SpaceX because they are funded by NASA ]

8. thousands of satellites in orbit. constantly being tracked as they orbit Earth [ faked hoax by NASA and all other space agencies on Earth, including private SpaceX because they are funded by NASA ]


Evidence of a flat earth:

1. I can see a city 25 mile away, therefore the earth is flat. [ can see this with your own eyes ]
2. ???

 

[Indicate]

The tilt wouldn't effect the seasons if the planet didn't revolve around the star.

I'm aware of that, but there's no mention of the planet not orbiting the sun. My point is it's problematic to just say the orbiting around the sun causes seasons because in reality there are no seasons when just orbiting.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Some people believe in the Illuminati. This is just the next logical step for them.

 

[Orcastar]

What's happening in today's world is simply an intellectual evolution but backwards.

Nah, technology just allows stupid people to spout their backwards views louder and to more people than ever before. That doesn't mean that everyone is getting dumber.

 

[Tagyhag]

The Tila Tequila thing is sort of sad. She mostly started doing this after a failed suicide involving a medication overdose.

Damn, I wonder if the OD messed up her brain.

 

[Wag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkrkaH_V7fE

 

[Funyarinpa]

Any Flat Earth explanation for how the Poles have higher gravity than the equator?

 

[Blastoise]

B.o.B is playing the long con. He wants a free ride to space.

 

[Timedog]

Scientist aka flip floppers will probably say it IS flat next week. Always changing their minds. Degrasse Tyson is probably a Freemason.

If it was curved you'd if you walked far enough you find a downward slope too steep to walk down. Let's use occams razor here:

Is it more probable that the earth is flat which matches my observations, or that I just haven't walked far enough to find a noticeable downward grade? LOL, join us in reality flip floppers.

 

[Raist]

I watched the YouTube video that somebody linked to near the beginning of this thread where some guy is fielding a call from a flat-earther on his show. These are the "explanations" (paraphrased in bold) that the flat-earther gave:

Don't forget, the satellites thing is a lie to create jobs.

 

[sarcastor]

I watched the YouTube video that somebody linked to near the beginning of this thread where some guy is fielding a call from a flat-earther on his show. These are the "explanations" (paraphrased in bold) that the flat-earther gave:

the problem is if you don't believe in a thing, then you will try to prove its wrong by using any evidence you can find. except the scientifc kinds

Here's a video that shows10 basic reasons we know the Earth is round, but i'm sure Flat Earthers have some evidence to prove them wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_W280R_Jt8

Except how the fuck do they explain a round shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse?

 

[BlackGoku03]

Any Flat Earth explanation for how the Poles have higher gravity than the equator?

Right. It's a difference of about 1%. They figure that based on earths gravity and the fact that it has a core. Oh well... He's just trying to get back in the spotlight. I wonder if this bolstered sales of his music a bit.

 

[Raist]

the problem is if you don't believe in a thing, then you will try to prove its wrong by using any evidence you can find. except the scientifc kinds

Here's a video that shows10 basic reasons we know the Earth is round, but i'm sure Flat Earthers have some evidence to prove them wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_W280R_Jt8

Except how the fuck do they explain a round shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse?

Easy, the moon is fake dude. Planted by NASA to give jobs to moon-builders.

Any Flat Earth explanation for how the Poles have higher gravity than the equator?

Gravity doesn't exist. It's all electromagnetism. So they just put bigger magnets at the poles. Checkmate, spheroidists.

 

[Funyarinpa]

Right. It's a difference of about 1%. They figure that based on earths gravity and the fact that it has a core. Oh well... He's just trying to get back in the spotlight. I wonder if this bolstered sales of his music a bit.

Don't care about the guy at all, I'm talking about the flat earthers as a whole.

Gravity doesn't exist. It's all electromagnetism. So they just put bigger magnets at the poles. Checkmate, spheroidists.

Lol what

So physics too, is a lie

 

[Yagharek]

Any Flat Earth explanation for how the Poles have higher gravity than the equator?

The sheer existence of the South pole is sufficient to debunk the flat earth concept. Geometry of magnetic fields can be measured from the surface, and plotted globally will demonstrate a sphere is the shape of the earth.

Otherwise Flat Earth nutters would have to explain the divergence of the magnetic field away from the North Pole, and to do so would require a monopole to exist.

 

[Greddleok]

I watched the YouTube video that somebody linked to near the beginning of this thread where some guy is fielding a call from a flat-earther on his show. These are the "explanations" (paraphrased in bold) that the flat-earther gave:

So...what do people actually get out of this conspiracy? It doesn't seem particularly profitable.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

People go around the world lacking even the slightest scientific understanding of how the world works.
They know little more about their surroundings than my cat does.
Its amazing.

 

[eso76]

This flatten everything trend in design has gotten a little out of hand.

 

[nortonff]

I wonder what he has to say about the curvature on the Volkswagen test track. You just can't see its end.

 

[Greddleok]

I wonder what he has to say about the curvature on the Volkswagen test track. You just can't see its end.

Fake. Trick of the camera/eye/swamp gas.

Everyone coming up with examples of why their wrong aren't quite understanding that these people are so closed minded to everything and anything that disagrees with their position that they'll outright dismiss it.
They don't need reasons, it's just part of the conspiracy.

 

[Hagi]

holy shit at these flat earth theories. The giant wall of ice that circles the planet is particularly batshit.