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These Coloradans say Earth is flat. And gravitys a hoax. Now, theyre being persecut
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That's only partially true. We are accelerating because whenever something travels in a circle or elliptical path three's a centripetal acceleration. The acceleration of the Earth rotating is absolutely not negligible. We can measure it and observe it with stuff like the Foucault pendulum and the Coriolis effect. It's even important enough that it needs to be accounted for in spaceflight. The acceleration from the Earth orbiting the Sun or the Sun the Milky Way are much, much smaller because the time scales and distances involved are greater.
Here's the math, if you want to know.
https://www.decodedscience.org/how-...tion-of-earths-speed-and-acceleration/14288/2
https://www.decodedscience.org/how-...tion-of-earths-speed-and-acceleration/14288/3
Not to mention you can see the curvature of the Earth on top of a large mountain, or looking across a large body of water, or a lot of things, really. Seriously, We've known the Earth is curved for thousands of years now, it's really not that difficult to figure out, especially compared to something like figuring out that we live in a heliocentric solar system. The calculations involved in that were much harder.
I'm slightly embarrassed to tell you it's from a half-decade old Danish Reality-docu called 'Summer in Sunny Beach'.
It follows several 18-22 years olds who travel to Sunny Beach in Bulgaria for some weeks of boozing and fucking.
I believe the...specimen in question on the left is her:
It's was terrible. But in a very fascinating way.
It's easy to explain. What you're u don't know is that there are flying cities that the illuminati is trying to hide from us. For example, this year's eclipse will be the shadow of the northern flying city of Anaar.
The "moon" passing between the plane Earth and the sun is a NASA deception! Wake up!
Friend of Sonic
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Why don't any of these loons get a pilot's license and fly all over the world? They could film it and finally get documented proof that the world is flat!
Research flat earth
There's probably a dozen things a moderate income flat-Earth person could do to prove that they're right. But none of them will do it, of course. If they did, they'd probably freak out like Dale Gribble going to Dallas and realizing the official JFK assassination story makes perfect sense.
This is what I'm wondering. Like the earth being flat shout be a relatively easy thing to prove if it were true.
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
Let's be real
They'll just cover their eyes and ears and say fake or something.
They wouldn't be flat earthers if they were capable of critical thinking
Many people have conducted experiments in their kitchens that prove flat earth!
Because why go outside and conduct real world experiences when you can do it in the comfort of your home?
SkeptiMism
Member
Many have undoubtedly. But they never come back because the governments guarding the borders of the world catch them in order for people to not get to know the real truth.
I dunno if that's a common line of thought though, but it is one that I've seen.
Yankee Ruin X
Member
Ok Flat Earthers answer me this: If the Earth is indeed flat then why haven't cats knocked everything off it yet???
BLOODED_hands
Member
Some believe the Ice Walls reach is infinite and just keeps going. We are the only special ones apparently. Other planets are fake, there is no Galaxy, or other universes. So if somebody does climb the wall all they'll see is more ice?
¯\_(ツ
_/¯thats basically what the church though back when we first found out it was round. They hung, burned, and beheaded anyone that said it was round.
The church wasn't even around when we first found it was round.
Common Knowledge
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Any indication that the earth is round or that there is no ice wall would obviously just be an hallucination caused by the government's chemtrails that they spray all over the population.
oh right, I'm confusing that with the earth orbiting the sun.
Another lie
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Technically, we are accelerating on a rotating Earth, because that is the nature of rotation. However, the upward acceleration vector caused by that rotation is directly opposed to gravity, and relative to gravity, is really really small.
Think about it - the Earth rotates fully in 24 hours. You stand up and try to rotate your own body one full rotation in 24 hours. Pretty slow, isn't it?
Think about it - the Earth rotates fully in 24 hours. You stand up and try to rotate your own body one full rotation in 24 hours. Pretty slow, isn't it?
Napoleonthechimp
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If that system were valid and the Earth was flat then wouldn't I be able to see the sun at night? I'm not sure how that thing is supposed to work, even within the confines of their stupidity.
The earth is actually a flat moebius strip.
terrifying
Frozenprince
Banned
People in state that's mostly mountain say world is flat.
Our education system everybody!
Our education system everybody!
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
I'd just show them a similar picture with porcupines and ask them to explain how God fucked up.
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thepotatoman
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That's a good point. I guess on a flat earth with that model of the sun, the sun would either get smaller and larger depending on the time of day, or would it would eclipse away as it stops facing you. You would never see it touch the ground.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
I mean, couldnt they just roll in from the side...?
You mean stega-style?
The sun is invisible from certain angles... I guess.
As is the moon.
It's not actually an omnidirectional light source, but probably bowl shaped and the bowl also rotates, but in a way that the light never looks circ-
I can't do this these people are too stupid.
makingmusic476
Member
Do they think planes are constantly turning left or right when traveling around the world?
Like, how does conventional aviation work at all with this system.
It's pretty wild when you think about it. You travel around the circumference of the Earth in 24 hours.
Unless you're standing close to the geographic poles. Then it's not so impressive.
Airlines are in on it MAN!
legacyzero
Banned
Everyone is in on it but no one is. All the nations and apparently every major corporation and business is all in cahoots but yet no one has clue what's really going on. This is the greatest conspiracy in the history of mankind and the world but you can google it in ten seconds.
That's the thing about this conspiracy (and, really, most insane conspiracies). In order for them to work and actually benefit the people who come up with them, thousands and millions of individuals need to be in on them, thus defying the purpose of the conspiracy.
Everybody is part of the round-Earth conspiracy, and yet, it's still a conspiracy?
Except for these losers who need to feel they're part of something special. The same profile of people who become religious or political extremist on the internet.
BLOODED_hands
Member
I mean.... maximilan_dood already proved that the Earth is Flat when he first started playing Tekken 7
Basically in one stage, they had a ball rolling on forever until it "dropped" off the "edge" of the stage. Checkmate FGC.
Basically in one stage, they had a ball rolling on forever until it "dropped" off the "edge" of the stage. Checkmate FGC.
Conkersbadfurday
Member
Half the frustration I experience when I see this shit is I don't have the actual knowledge to refute most of it. I haven't had to take a science class since 2008.
And that was biology, not astronomy.
You lose a lot of this shit when you don't use it, which is maybe part of the problem.
And that was biology, not astronomy.
You lose a lot of this shit when you don't use it, which is maybe part of the problem.
Also something fun that my high school science teacher half jokingly told us to try to really get the full effect of not feeling speed, but only feeling changes in acceleration (force): try driving your car up a hill and let go of the gas. But keep your eyes closed the whole time. Because you're negative acceleration stays the same from the moment you let off the gas, you won't feel yourself slow, stop and go in reverse, the acceleration stays the same. I actually did that. I'm stupid.
God, science is so fun, flat earthers are really missing out.
Imperfected
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You don't really need any sort of celestial-specific science. Basic physics completely disproves everything they say, often in the form of trivial calculations and experiments school children can do.
That's sort of what makes flat earthers so charming, I guess. Coaxing them into sharing their "theories" is like covering the eyes of a baby that hasn't developed object-permanence yet.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Microscopic black holes and time machines?
Imperfected
Member
Nope! Microscopic black machines and time holes.
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