DontBeThatGuy
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I mean, creationists are loopy as fuck too, but that's not really relevant here.
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Found Out My Friend is a Flat Earther Today...
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I mean, creationists are loopy as fuck too, but that's not really relevant here.
How About No
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stealing this for my own nefarious means
XT Vengeance
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I had an idiot at work try and convince me that the earth was flat and that the government, religions, and corporations are just one big entity trying to confuse us. I told he was full of shit and had no proof to even remotely point to such a ludicrous claim. He then proceeded to tell me to disprove him. I told him that he was the one making anew outlandish claim, therefore the burden of proof was on him to prove society and science wrong. Dude was pissed over the fact that I wouldn't budge from the fact that he had no proof.
He also tried to tell me that there is a doctor his mom knows in Oklahoma that has a cure for cancer.
Fucking moron.
He also tried to tell me that there is a doctor his mom knows in Oklahoma that has a cure for cancer.
Fucking moron.
This, I'm not trying to be edgy, but just because someone beliefs in one crazy thing doesn't mean that they suddenly have no common sense. There are a lot of highly intelligent people that believe in a God. You shouldn't just automatically doubt your friendship just because he believes in something stupid.
I'm curious about the gravity though, does he think he can fly? Or maybe he has the Phoebe defense?
He might just be fucking with you lol.
CarpeDeezNutz
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Faces look ugly when you're alone.
What's the broad strokes on the flat earth theory?
-Mutsukki-
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I don't really think that's who he meant. Every Christian believes in that, but some just don't believe evolution happened (and those are the loopy ones)
Some will write this off as just being a silly thing but a large amount of Flat Earthers seem to believe it's a conspiracy by the Illuminati and the Jews to keep the flat earth knowledge away from us.
It isn't just "oh, I think the earth is flat" typically. They are going to come at you with lizard people or the world is run by Jews eventually.
It isn't just "oh, I think the earth is flat" typically. They are going to come at you with lizard people or the world is run by Jews eventually.
XT Vengeance
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Well one of those things can be easily proven false, and it isn't religion, as much as I wish that were true.
That being said, a question can't be scientific if there isn't a way to disprove it, and the people who don't understand that are always the ones who want you to prove there isn't a higher power.
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ElRenoRaven
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Sorry. I couldn't be friends with someone who ignores scientific fact like that. This is straight up Idiocracy level stupid. I can deal with some stuff but something that is a fundamental fact you learn in elementary school is going to far.
theaffection
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Hahaha people in here are acting like believing flat earth is the equivalent of coming out as a fascist or something
We all believe in dumber shit then flat earth! 😑
We all believe in dumber shit then flat earth! 😑
Pinko Marx
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I gave up after the gravity comment.
What do you believe in that's dumber than flat Earth? And if it's so dumb why do you believe it?
chixdiggit
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Can someone explain to me the flat earth theory? I have never met one myself.
Like do they believe you can walk off the edge of the earth?
Like do they believe you can walk off the edge of the earth?
I have a friend who when we go to bars and he gets a little saucy he will occasionally dip into his one secret hobby--JFK conspiracies. He's probably read 50 books on the subject and knows all the details down to the size of the tires on the car and such, and still thinks the government was in cohorts with the soviets or whatever. I die laughing at him for being a nut and he laughs at me for being a tool. He's still a good dude that'd give someone the cloths off his back to help them out, just a little nutty on that one thing.
Life's too short to cut out an otherwise great friend because they can be a little weird. Everyone's a little weird, some more than others yes, but why dump a multi year relationship that's otherwise been awesome because he holds some harmless opinion that while dumb as hell doesn't hurt anyone or you?
Clearly you dont know the meaning of the word merit.
Like? You can't throw that shit out there and not having something to support your claim.
Speak for yourself my friend. It's like believing the sun isn't real despite seeing it in the sky every day. It's borderline crazy.
No, no, I don't.
When ever I see or hear this, my first response is well then how long is a day to God?..
The last flat earth thread, adamy basically took the position that anything is possible and that they don't dismiss anything. Seems to confuse open-mindedness and absence of critical thinking. There is a line.
Pinko Marx
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He's the first to go if I ever get my hands on a Behelit.Whatever you do, don'thim
AlexFlame116
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I had no idea that people who believe in a flat earth were in such a large number! It's crazy to think about.
Actually never mind it's better not to get into it.
It's not really 7 exact days. But that's depending on who you ask.
Actually never mind it's better not to get into it.
Reptars Revenge
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Lol and for you, that would be?
It has come to my attention in the past few years that human beings can be very stupid creatures. I'm actually impressed that anything surprises me anymore. Like, I fully expect an incoming wave of geocentrism. Because why the fuck not? Science means absolutely nothing to these people.
CarpeDeezNutz
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What's the argument about gravity not being real though?
I mean we're on gaf of all places. I know plenty of lefty people here and especially irl that believe gmos are some corporatist conspiracy to bleach our organs and get us to subliminally want more coke products or some dumb shit. That's just as anti-science as flat earthism is, just wrapped up in a different ideology.
This sounds too dumb to be true.
"Joke's on you. I was only pretending to be dumb."
No I don't.
Pinko Marx
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Good joke you sure got her bro.
Seems to me like Religion has done a good job making sure that you can't completely prove their beliefs are not true.
The same cannot be said for flat earthers. People get on planes everyday and can see the moon and so forth. It's just actively ignoring reality.
-Mutsukki-
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Puck Beaverton
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what were you hoping to achieve by pranking your gf?
Creepy
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Thanks, it was pretty funny.
GameAddict411
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As someone who studied buoyancy, it still doesn't explain gravity in the slightest. Buoyancy is force equivalent to the displaced volume mass. It doesn't cause things to sink but rather to float because the buoyancy force is usually opposite to the force of gravity. If there is no gravity, the force of buoyancy won't exist, or at least it won't behave the same way as it does on earth. It's mind boggling how stupid some people can be.
EatinOlives
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So what happens at the end of the world? Where's the edge? Show him a map and point him where the edge is, then ask him why there haven't been any pictures in X place that show the edge of the world.
What happens with the water of the ocean? Does it just fall off? If not, why, does it just stay in place for no reason? Does the edge of the world have a giant waterfall? If so, how come the ocean doesn't run out? Where does it come from?
The thing with the flat-earth conspiracy theory is that at no juncture does any of it make any kind of sense.
What happens with the water of the ocean? Does it just fall off? If not, why, does it just stay in place for no reason? Does the edge of the world have a giant waterfall? If so, how come the ocean doesn't run out? Where does it come from?
The thing with the flat-earth conspiracy theory is that at no juncture does any of it make any kind of sense.
Correctomundo
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They use bouyany as an explanation.
Of course, show them a hammer and feather falling at the same speed in a vacuum chamber, and they clam up. Although there are a few that insist the plane is continuously moving upwards at 9.8 m/s.
There's a persistent thread of scientific ignorance that permeates everything these guys espouse. I'm hardly a physics nerd, but I like to think I've got a solid layman's understanding of how certain things work. If I can spot the titanic holes in their hypotheses, what good are they?
The worst part is that they have been so indoctrinated by their sources, that they become prime examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Any attempt to educate them on where a mistake in their rationale lies is only because you're either in on the grand deception or your understanding of the science is faulty because you were educated by the nefarious "them".
GameAddict411
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You have to give examples of something dumber than believing in flat earth that a lot of people believe into. Religion is not worse by any means.
Most do not take it it to that extreme. While worrying about GMO's is a silly thing, if you think that is even close to believeing in Flat Earth, you're delusional. GMO's are relatively new. That is not the same as disgarding scientific evidence that has existed since the Middle Ages
Kaneda Shotaro
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If someone truly believes the earth is flat, I'm worried about how easily they can be convinced of something since they lack common sense and usually act aggressively when asked for proof.
like what can we do about these people who believe these sorts of things without any shred of scientific evidence (and in most cases directly contradicting science)?...
it seems like most won't take well to being educated calmly and anyway thats a pushy and annoying thing to do. but I feel like just ignoring them will create this sort of generation of flat-earthers that will probably get a flat-earther electected president or something.
it seems like most won't take well to being educated calmly and anyway thats a pushy and annoying thing to do. but I feel like just ignoring them will create this sort of generation of flat-earthers that will probably get a flat-earther electected president or something.
How About No
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It's a deep rabbit hole and it will leave you mentally exhausted. They have something for everything and it involves global conspiracy 1000 years long and NASA and every government in the world and its leaders basically being evil geniuses for reasons they cannot explain other than, they want more money.
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