antivaxxers aren't too far off that level of delusion really
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 June 2017 12:48 (six years ago) link
Columbus miscalculation was based on an underestimation of how wide the circuumference of the earth was which i think was based on a Ptolemaic calculation.I don't think people trusted massive ocean voyaging though Columbus is supposed to have followed in the wake of a cod fishery fleet. I think the discovery of the New World had a lot to do with fishing. First long term European settlements had to do with providing shelter for fishermem then provided shelter for people fleeing Europe.
& of course the Vikings had been out that way way before him, as had the Malians and the Chinese.
― Stevolende, Friday, 16 June 2017 12:49 (six years ago) link
I just fell like asking"what is below flat earth? eternal dirt?
so gravity is not a force towards the centre of massive objects its just a "down" force?
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
dude the earth is round but we are on the inside surface, plz keep up
― mark s, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
or actually down
I got told that there was thought to be a force called gravity in philosophical thought way before Newton defined it. So could be a pre-Newtonian idea of the concept.
― Stevolende, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:31 (six years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
mid third century BC, calculated the circumference of the Earth to within a few percentage points of error
― pray for BoJo (Noodle Vague), Friday, 16 June 2017 13:31 (six years ago) link
THE MOON IS A POTATO
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBneRdJVoAAs118?format=jpg&name=large
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:38 (six years ago) link
o shit
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 June 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
I heard about that Egyptian dude on a r4 program once, pretty astonishing work was that.
― calzino, Friday, 16 June 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
Could this be the secret of the Freemasons!?!
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
my father-in-law's a mason and i'll be seeing him this weekend - i'll press him for details and let u know
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
http://i65.tinypic.com/28ipbes.png
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
'is knowledge truth?'
makes u think
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
the fully costed masons
― mark s, Friday, 16 June 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
I was thinking earlier today of how airline routes prove a globe-shaped earth only to find out that there are MULTIPLE sites devoted to showing that they demonstrate a flat earth.
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
https://aplanetruth.info/2016/12/03/commercial-air-flights-on-a-flat-earth-work-perfectly/comment-page-1/
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:44 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNVgzk3tbl0
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
"20,000 volts running through it"
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 16 June 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
my problem with all these flat earth conspiracy videos is that they're all like 20 minutes long, c'mon, give me the good stuff in two minutes like the illuminati folks do
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
not that surprising that flat earthers aren't keeping up with the times, tbf
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
the sun just goes around in a circle above flat earth? what the f holds it in place?
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:03 (six years ago) link
duct tape iirc
― cast your vote for fully automated gay space luxury communism (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:04 (six years ago) link
wait they also think the sun orbits the earth?
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:06 (six years ago) link
Unfortunately it looks like RT has deleted the much-mocked op ed Sam Gerrans did for them last month suggesting that a round Earth is hoax / conspiracy.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:09 (six years ago) link
da plane pour moi
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 16 June 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
The earth is indeed flat, dull, stale, boring, lifeless...
― jmm, Friday, 16 June 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
what the f holds it in place?
gravity/centrifugal force/big bang/celestial spheres take your pick of terminology
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 16 June 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
So do they think that all planets are flat or just Earth? Or do they not believe in any other celestrial bodies, do they indeed think that 'stars' are in fact stars as in the five pointed shapes?
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Friday, 16 June 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
I think they think the universe is a dome above flat earth
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
also unclear on what exactly the motives of the perpetrators of this hoax are
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
this guy's channel is ummmm pretty good. this one's got some ASMR vibes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIRjxQIYOj4
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
Its like if Neil Breen had an idea about what the universe is like
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Friday, 16 June 2017 19:46 (six years ago) link
lol
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 16 June 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
I want to gain the confidence of some flat earthers and string them along for a long time before I'm all like, guys guys...what if the earth is actually mildly convex? Best to start slow, don't want to blow their minds all at once.
― I Love It When They Call Me Big Pharma (Old Lunch), Friday, 16 June 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
i am enjoying this chaos ballet
― flappy bird, Saturday, 17 June 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
God, that YouTube about the plane flights. The dude says, flat out, "I don't think this flight exists" in two different scenarios. So, they're just, like, listing it on the site to keep the "conspiracy" going?
― Austin, Saturday, 17 June 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
I love this graphic in all it 'do you see' glory.
https://planetruthblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/fe-air-map-5.png
The lack of demand for flights from Hobart to Buenos Aires is clear proof that true world is flat.
Incidentally they just launched a Melbourne to Santiago flight that comes awfully close to crossing the Antarctic. I wish there were one that went all the way to BA because flinching iver he South Pole would be so awesome.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 17 June 2017 06:12 (six years ago) link
This twitter UI update is great pic.twitter.com/KOhzzRNTpl— Krystal (@krystalbepsi) June 16, 2017
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Sunday, 18 June 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
Yeah Ive seen that "these routes dont happen so thats proof!" claims before. Which were immediately shot down (er pardon the phrasing) by a pilot who flies AU-Sth america all the time.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 19 June 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
Also for some reason, Brian Cox seems to attract a lot of these nutters?
I spoke with my friend last night and he revealed he thought the flat earthers made some good points. I asked him if he was kidding. He's not and of course he's a Trump supporter.
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Friday, 23 June 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle and the earth is at least moderately flat.
― jmm, Friday, 23 June 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
the earth is flying saucer shaped, and flying saucer sightings are caused by atmospheric anomalies producing a complex mirage
― lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living (Merdeyeux), Friday, 23 June 2017 02:39 (six years ago) link
if the earth wasn't flat, how come cars drive off cliffs
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Friday, 23 June 2017 02:47 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkO3qRD2GZQ
― Dean of the University (Latham Green), Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/us/b-o-b-flat-earth-gofundme-trnd/index.html
― nomar, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
The cities in the background are approx. 16miles apart... where is the curve ? please explain this pic.twitter.com/YCJVBdOWX7— B.o.B (@bobatl) January 25, 2016
Met my first bonafide Flat-Earther yesterday and he was British. It was kinda lol but mostly sad.
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:37 (six years ago) link
https://pics.me.me/where-is-the-curve-research-flat-death-star-28182361.png
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 12:39 (six years ago) link
Dead Pool 2020
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 23 February 2020 05:19 (four years ago) link
whatever the opposite of "daredevil" is that's how i "self-style"
― mark s, Sunday, 23 February 2020 11:02 (four years ago) link
He certainly dared the devil
― the punk wars are over and prog rock won (Matt #2), Sunday, 23 February 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
the flat earth claims yet another victim
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 23 February 2020 12:04 (four years ago) link
Good thing he didn't manage to crawl round to the underside, he'd have fallen off (is that what these clowns believe?)
― the punk wars are over and prog rock won (Matt #2), Sunday, 23 February 2020 12:06 (four years ago) link
turtles all the way down mate
https://moviecomicswhoswho.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/splintercomics2.jpg
― mark s, Sunday, 23 February 2020 12:32 (four years ago) link
the video of the crash is quite distressing - looks like the parachute deployed on take off and then fell off, so once the rocket hit the top of it's rather steep arc, it just hurtled back into the ground at like 300 mph
― ymo sumac (NickB), Sunday, 23 February 2020 12:40 (four years ago) link
https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.536370043.3007/flat,550x550,075,f.u60.jpg
― Life is a banquet and my invitation was lost in the mail (j.lu), Sunday, 23 February 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
:) otm
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 23 February 2020 13:14 (four years ago) link
Not to get too tin hatty, but this sounds like the work of Big Spherical to me. Possibly in collusion with Big Darwinism. Watch your backs, my climate change denying brethren, Big Global Warming will sneak skin cancer into you when you least expect it.
― Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Sunday, 23 February 2020 13:22 (four years ago) link
Waldo Stakes, a colleague who was at the rocket launch, said Hughes, 64, was killed.“It was unsuccessful, and he passed away,” Stakes told The Associated Press. He declined further comment.
“It was unsuccessful, and he passed away,” Stakes told The Associated Press. He declined further comment.
This is what they call in the scientific community a "lose/lose."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 February 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
What a hill to die on. Desert, in this case.Mantle?
― the punk wars are over and prog rock won (Matt #2), Sunday, 23 February 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
man the lengths the Globies will go to silence the opposition, you hate to see it
― sorry for butt rockin (Neanderthal), Sunday, 23 February 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
not even the best Mad Mike ffs
― Dunty Reggae party 🎉 (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 23 February 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
This comic was in today's funny pages, in one of those weird coincidences.https://www.gocomics.com/pricklycity/2020/02/23
― ☮️ (peace, man), Sunday, 23 February 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
Had no idea they were already using neural networks to generate newspaper strips. It really does look almost like something a human made!
― Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Sunday, 23 February 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link
At any rate, this should really be a celebration of someone who died doing what he loved: engaging in reckless activities with the stated purpose of proving something deeply stupid and the implicit purpose of committing messy suicide.
― Expart of Languidge (Old Lunch), Sunday, 23 February 2020 21:23 (four years ago) link
I don't have the data to back it up, but I feel like the overlap between flat earthers and Darwin award winners is pretty sizable.
― human/hutt hybrid (Old Lunch), Sunday, May 21, 2017 12:23 PM (two years ago)
Prophetic.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Sunday, 23 February 2020 21:28 (four years ago) link
whut
https://www.inverse.com/article/21098-flat-earthers-trees
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:27 (two years ago) link
The flat-earth nonsense about 40 mile tall trees in that article is just a clickbait lead-in for a longer discussion about deforestation and loss of old-growth, climax forests. The proposal that 'in the Big Picture they aren't all wrong' is just the segue to keep you reading about the author's real concerns. He hopes you won't notice that he stops talking about the flat-earther idiocy that fetched you in and you'll imbibe some environmental awareness. It is a stupid rhetorical gambit that won't work nearly as well as the author hopes it will.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 13 January 2022 03:56 (two years ago) link