travisbickle
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So basically why are the scientists lying about this?
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Found Out My Friend is a Flat Earther Today...
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I am not being sarcastic or any of that non sense. I am being real with my observations and I am a firm believer that the Earth is run by a team of Unicorns from Saturn. For me to believe otherwise I would have to go out in space and see that the Unicorns are not really there for myself with my own eyes.
Sounds silly, doesn't it?
Gravy Boat
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"People are easier to control when they think they're on a ball".
The dude is a complete idiot anyone that believes the earth is flat is not worth the time.
Impulsor
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Of course it matters. This isn't an opinion, it is a proven FACT. It isn't that my relationship with a friend would depend on that specifically, but it would be a huge dissappointment for me discovering my friend is dumb. It's worrying to me that a lot of human beings are seemingly choosing to be stupid on purpose.
I'd assume he didn't drop the friendship, he just dropped the subject and would most probably not talk about this with him again.
That's what we wanna know, why are they lying to us!!!?
King Tubby
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I don't even know how I would discuss current events with someone who thought the earth was flat. They already think the vast majority of the world's science and academic establishments and governments and who knows how many other people are in on a conspiracy to conceal this "truth". I would lose all respect for what they had to say.
Agent Gibbs
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I honestly I cannot abide by flat earthers, the simple thing I cannot get my head round is how they explain flying/sailing in one direction and coming back to the same point! do they magically teleport? Where exactly is the edge of the earth?
And they all have to believe the moon landings and all space exploration is faked too right?
I feel like we need re-education centres for such beliefs and that is a very right wing thing for me to say, and I find it very conflicting
And they all have to believe the moon landings and all space exploration is faked too right?
I feel like we need re-education centres for such beliefs and that is a very right wing thing for me to say, and I find it very conflicting
Perhaps your brain is flat?
Not to mention: why are all the armies, navies and airforces in the world lying about it, why are all the airlines and naval shipping companies, all the telecom companies, and so on, so on.
You're actually going around in a circle when you're in a airplane. Which is why no one falls off.
You're thinking of an outdated model. Most of us now believe the Earth isn't completely flat or rectangular but circular and concaved up with the continents near each other.
Dear flat earthers, I'm in!
Agent Gibbs
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Dammit people I can't tell who is being sarcastic anymore!
The only way i'll accept a flat earth is if we damn well turn out to be all in a discworld novel
What hope do we ever have of getting rid of religion if people still believe the earth is flat!?!
I wouldn't be friends with someone who was a flat earther, and to be honest I'd probably drop them on their head to try and bring them to their senses. Wtf.
Humans = dumb animal.
I wouldn't be friends with someone who was a flat earther, and to be honest I'd probably drop them on their head to try and bring them to their senses. Wtf.
Humans = dumb animal.
More than just ignoring science, it ignores politics
like why the fuck is North Korea and other rogue actors playing along if the Earth is flat
believeing Flat Earth is being covered up is believeing that you saying the Earth is Flat has been covered up already and no one heard you say it yeah it's that effective of a coverup
like why the fuck is North Korea and other rogue actors playing along if the Earth is flat
believeing Flat Earth is being covered up is believeing that you saying the Earth is Flat has been covered up already and no one heard you say it yeah it's that effective of a coverup
I'm not really into science, but I'm sure that's impossible to happen.
Nope, that guy was the joke of the year in his country.
vonStirlitz
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He is your mate. He might have controversial views, but hey, some people believe the earth was made in 7 days, some people believe the Russians are the source of all the West's evils, and some people believe that Xbox is better than PS.
Live and let live. As long as no one gets hurt (which they could do if they fall of the edge of that flat earth). Embrace idiocy because, at heart, we are all idiots in our own ways.
Live and let live. As long as no one gets hurt (which they could do if they fall of the edge of that flat earth). Embrace idiocy because, at heart, we are all idiots in our own ways.
Sunster
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something something, tie this post to Trump.
North Korea needs an excuse to lie to their people?
You're denying the obvious government kickbacks they get from the UN to keep this under wraps.
tryagainlater
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Other than it being stupid as fuck, what is the danger in people believing in a flat earth? You have dangerous beliefs such as global warming not existing which allow corporations to get away with destructive behaviour. And there's racist beliefs people have that allow shitty treatment of marginalised people. But what really is the danger of stupid people believing in a flat earth. I suppose you could argue that if someone is gullible enough to believe in that then they could easily fall into more dangerous beliefs. I think it's because I see no actual danger of it catching on that it doesn't bother me. Outside of it being completely idiotic of course.
Captain Smoker
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If you believe in a flat earth you also can't trust the government (at all) and then shit gets political and those people vote.
And those people won't stop to infect others with their anti-science / anti-everything views.
DudeWithNoName
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All this time, I thought the term 'Flat Earther' was just a way to categorize someone who was stubbornly or stupidly anti-science. I really had no idea there are actually people out there that think the fucking planet is flat. Holy shit.
vonStirlitz
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Edit. Embrace all idiocy, except for him.
SolidusDave
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The one cool thing about there being 7 billion people is that you can be suuuuuper picky about whom you spend your time with.
I have no time/energy for stupidity/ignorance and/or mental illnesses/fanatic religions.
I have no time/energy for stupidity/ignorance and/or mental illnesses/fanatic religions.
Twilight Gap
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at least your friend didn't post about it on neogaf
vonStirlitz
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No, that one is over on Reddit.
Sorry,my bad. I didn't go back far enough down the line of quotes and took it out of context. Apologies
Gravy Boat
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I love the simplicity of their arguments. It's like they think everyone else is so stupid that we don't deserve a better explanation for their nonsense other than 'curved lens'.
"Oh the reason the earth looks curved from a plane is because the windows on the plane are curved". Well then why doesn't the terminal look curved when I'm on the runway?
Fancy Clown
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But...you can tell when a plane is turning
EternalDarko
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I've never come across someone with this stupid belief...Is this a USA thing? Do people in other parts of the world think this way as well?
Apparently you just have some vision problems if you can't see the curvature of the earth at 35,000 feet and you can apparently see through solid, opaque, objects.
The Windows are special Windows that change the higher you get up. Airlines install these expensive as fuck Windows for reasons, and then cram every single cent into making sure we as as miserable as possible while flying to save money.
Twilight Gap
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Debates over the many scientific theories and spiritual faiths are one thing, but there are hundreds if not thousands of unedited videos online of amateurs launching stuff into the atmosphere, and many more of other orbital launches. The people who still believe this and post on the internet of all places are either willfully ignorant dumbasses, or really bored trolls. Not everything is a fucking conspiracy.
I think that's actually a bad example, I think ( I might misremember ) the camera actually did curve the picture.
Right, that's what i was trying to say.
Twilight Gap
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It's a thing among the uneducated and the edgey-cated
I recall it did, it was a gopro type I think, so might be wrong. Those are a bit shit for that type of thing lol.
Edit: I was right it does show the curve from the balloon camera
https://youtu.be/7f-K-XnHi9I
Find a flat earther in your life and pay for flying lessons. Make sure you get some too. Head somewhere nice, like New York. Then the two of you set off in separate planes headed for London at the same speed. Flat Earth bro can go in a straight line, but you take a curved path - see who gets there first.
For added fun, include just enough fuel to make about 3,470 miles.
I am sure you will be accused of cheating, assuming the rescue teams can find the other plane and ask the pilot.
For added fun, include just enough fuel to make about 3,470 miles.
I am sure you will be accused of cheating, assuming the rescue teams can find the other plane and ask the pilot.
Twilight Gap
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Does it really make a difference? It's not like he hit the top of the skybox and went out of bounds.
ModernBoxes
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This isn't a difference of opinion. It's a difference of facts, and to deviate means you are dismissing mountains of actual truth that would affect everything. Its a difference of reality.
I wouldn't personally allow a friend drop down a loophole of craziness without a fight. If they persist in their beliefs, as they do, they can find a new friend. Life is hard enough with known facts.
Possibly as early as ~13,000 years ago....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/2128512-ancient-carvings-show-comet-hit-earth-and-triggered-mini-ice-age/amp/
All of them witches.
ultratruman
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That's.... not how light works.
Lol, I love how the changing shape of the Sun's light actually makes this look like a hemisphere viewed from above.
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