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[badboy78660]

http://time.com/4956840/bob-rapper-flat-earth-gofundme/

Rapper B.o.B., who made waves last year for tweeting that the Earth is flat, now wants your help to prove his theory.

Late last week, he started a GoFundMe campaign, Show BoB The Curve, aiming to find evidence that the planet is actually round.

"Help support B.o.B purchase and launch multiple satellites into space," reads the fundraising page's description. "He will be keeping you updated with step-by-step documentation of the process! Help B.o.B find the curve!"

Since the campaign launched on Sept. 21, 27 donors have given a total $596 to the rapper by the time of writing — he is aiming to raise $200,000 for the project.

In 2016, the rapper, whose real name is Bobby Ray Simmons, dropped a diss track on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, after Tyson tried to convince him that the Earth is, in fact, round.

"Neil Tyson need to loosen up his vest/ They’ll probably write that man one hell of a check," read one line from B.o.B.'s track,"Flatline."

For his part, Tyson clapped back with a scientific explanation, and dropped his mic on national television to demonstrate gravity.

The view that Planet Earth is a flat disc, as opposed to a globular-shaped spheroid, has been amplified in recent years by celebrity endorsements, reports CNN.

Apart from B.o.B., high-profile flat-Earthers include Tila Tequila, NFL player Sammy Watkins and NBA star Kyrie Irving. (However, it turns out Irving could be just trolling everyone with his professed belief in a flat Earth.)

 

[dankir]

..............can a flat earther go find the "edge of the disc" and go jump off it then? They can attempt prove no curvature of the earth, then go find the fucking edge!!!

 

[maquiladora]

L.o.L.

 

[Fox318]

This type of cognitive dissonance should not be treated like a joke.

 

[Subpar Spatula]

Donated a dollar. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this issue once and for all.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Lmfao

 

[StalkerUKCG]

You can't prove to these people the earth is round. The evidence is readily available nothing will placate them.

 

[sixteen-bit]

smh

 

[CopperPuppy]

(However, it turns out Irving could be just trolling everyone with his professed belief in a flat Earth.)

"Haha, I was just pretending to be stupid."

 

[Da-Kid]

And B.O.B isn't that popular, after this he'll be as known as a shooting star.

 

[Any Questions]

Well well well. Will he refund if he doesn't reach his goal?

 

[show me your skeleton]

beautiful girls all over the [flat] world

 

[TAJ]

I thought Flat-Earthers didn't believe in satellites.

 

[Tubobutts]

At least he's not asking for money to prove the holocaust didn't happen.

 

[jrush64]

What happened to this guy? he was such a great artist once upon a time.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Lol. Bruh...

 

[BlackGoku03]

He has enough money to do a sky dive and see for himself.


Better and cheaper yet, he can buy a fucking ticket to Australia and look at the night sky. The stars are different because the EARTH is round!

 

[Ottaro]

Launch satellites into space? Dude just get a boat and look for the edge yourself.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

This is like starting a gofundme to prove 1+1 isnt 2.

 

[Pesmerga00]

Donated a dollar. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this issue once and for all.

You mean the Turtles?

 

[Tcab96]

Fuck it. Go for it. I hope any evidence that comes forth is as objective as possible and he views it as such.

 

[mreddie]

Lupe became a eSports player
Cudi became a TV Star
B.o.B. became batshit.

 

[Username1198]

How about sending the flat earthers to the moon one way that way they can see if it's real flat

I'll gofundme that all day

 

[Grizzlyjin]

This money could be going to get kids school supplies. Like damn dude, you got a platform and you waste it with some dumb bullshit. Go sit in the corner with Jenny McCarthy. We get it, you're dumb and want to prove that you're woke and everybody else is a sheep.

 

[maquiladora]

Fuck it. Go for it. I hope any evidence that comes forth is as objective as possible and he views it as such.

There's always one.... smh

 

[Takamura-San]

He can pay to get on a fucking plane and fly off the edge of the earth. Dumbass.

 

[Bill R Boggess]

You can't prove to these people the earth is round. The evidence is readily available nothing will placate them.

You'd literally have to fly them into space and show them a round earth.

Even then, who knows?

 

[disappeared]

Lupe became a eSports player
Cudi became a TV Star
B.o.B. became batshit.

Cudi can still make decent music though at least.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Lupe became a eSports player
Cudi became a TV Star
B.o.B. became batshit.

I thought Lupe retired after the Daigo win. Does Evil Geniuses still sponsor him?

 

[ReplacementPelican]

Apart from B.o.B., high-profile flat-Earthers include Tila Tequila, NFL player Sammy Watkins and NBA star Kyrie Irving. (However, it turns out Irving could be just trolling everyone with his professed belief in a flat Earth.)

Not the best standard for ‘high profile’ really, is it?

I love how little he has raised though.

 

[jwhit28]

What happened to this guy? he was such a great artist once upon a time.

Airplanes, Nothing On You, and Magic were so good. It's like he got bodysnatched after that first album.

 

[diunxx]

Damn I should have thought of that, dude might make bank off this.

 

[ghostjoke]

How about we strap him to a weather balloon with a parachute?

Can't trust satellites, need to see it with your own eyes.

Also, he used the word orbit...

 

[Strike]

i can't believe he's still on this. Guess that's one way to stay relevant.

 

[diaspora]

He has enough money already for Virgin Galactic to fly him to orbit to collect his Earth-sized Ls.

 

[YuriLowell]

You'd literally have to fly them into space and show them a round earth.

Even then, who knows?

Maybe this is how they get a free trip to space.

 

[zeemumu]

You'd literally have to fly them into space and show them a round earth.

Even then, who knows?

You'd think putting them in a plane and telling them to look out the damn window would be enough

 

[StayDead]

So how is he actually going to prove this? Is he going to keep flying in one direction until he realises he's back at where he started?

Maybe that's all a conspiracy, maybe the plane isn't real and the world through the windows is all fake.

Damn this is stupid.

 

[bebop242]

I feel like $200,000 is a drop in the bucket needed to purchase a Satellite and throw it up in space to "find the curve"

 

[IamDodongo]

I don't think it's funny to cast doubt on established and proven science. We have enough ignorant and gullible people on this (spherical) planet already.

 

[rocksteady1983]

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a rich flat earther that decided to get their pilot license and fly to the “edge” to prove their point only to be disappointed.

 

[BobTheFork]

Does launching a kickstarter to 'find the evidence' imply that he understands there is currently no fucking evidence?


What the hell hooked him to this nonsense to begin with?

 

[perfectchaos007]

Lets get a Go Fund Me to send B.o.B into space

 

[TAJ]

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a rich flat earther that decided to get their pilot license and fly to the “edge” to prove their point only to be disappointed.

They're afraid of the Antarctic Defense Force.
Or being proven to be morons.
One of the two.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Tyler was right about this dude. lol

 

[Jazzy Network]

Now we gofundme to stay relevant.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

$200,000? What a scam.

You can get a helium balloon up to heights needed to see the Earths curvature for sub £500, easily.

 

[master billings]

That Tyler diss track really fucked his brain up

 

[platocplx]

he has enough money to do this himself. lmao. I wonder how large a ball you would have to make for a person standing on it to think it was flat surface.

 

[Glass Shark]

No one actually believes the Earth is flat, people just like attention and stirring up controversy. Don't play their game.