Flat earth brigade - I have no words

dowie · 19 May 2018 at 01:07

stopper said:
Is it as crazy as those who blindly believe every thing they are told by "officials"?

people generally don't blindly believe *everything* they're told by officials... but knowledge of evolution and climate change hasn't come from "officials" it's come from scientists

and the moon landing would have been pretty much impossible to fake

Tefal · 19 May 2018 at 05:43

Talking about this to a Chinese friend and they said the Chinese word for earth litteraly translates to "ground ball" ^_^

Spook187 · 21 May 2018 at 02:04

Angilion said:
Different strokes for different folks and all that. My definition for "wall of text" would require thousands of words. If it fits on one 1920x1080 screen in a small font, it's not a wall of text to me. That would require a few screenfuls of text. Also from my point of view it's impossible for me to go too deep on anything because I don't know enough about anything to go too deep on it. I'm a superficial generalist when it comes to knowledge. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, just a tiny scratch on quite a lot of surfaces.

To me, a handful of words is rarely engaging. Amusing, possibly, but hardly ever engaging. It's just not enough text to have enough content to be interesting. It's too superficial even for my superficialness (is that a real word?).

I've been reading every bit of text I've seen for nearly 50 years now. I vaguely recall my mother teaching me to read when I was very young and what a wonder I thought it was. A form of magic, in a sense - someone else's thoughts to my mind through some lines, marks on a page with no intrinsic meaning. It's almost like scribing a magic scroll with a spell in runes. Or maybe I've read too much fantasy So it's not surprising that I find reading easier than many people do and thus have a higher limit for "too much text" - I've just had more practice at it. Most things are easier with more practice.

It does cause me problems at times, e.g. I once saw a woman with runes tattooed on her. I was studying them and trying to decide if they were Elder Futhark (Futhorc? I forget, so I'll look it up...it's Futhark). She thought I was staring at her boobs. That sort of thing can lead to misunderstandings. She probably wouldn't have been all that pleased if I'd told her the blunt truth - I thought her boobs were nothing special and her tattoos were far more interesting to me. It's like the famous film star who said to women he was doing sex scenes with "I apologise if I get an erection and I apologise if I don't". Either way could be taken badly.

You need to get out more matey, fresh air does more than swallowing a dictionary

Burnsy2023 · 22 May 2018 at 15:27

I passed this place in Inverness last week:

J.T · 22 May 2018 at 15:57

Some people are just bonkers!

greengiant · 22 May 2018 at 16:14

Funny how Flat Earthers are also Chemtrail / Geoengineering conspiracy theorists. Although I wonder how many Flat Earth youtube channels are actually trolling the flat earthers, while gaining monetization from youtube?

adolf hamster · 22 May 2018 at 16:31

wait, so we're in a pressurised container? then how do we explain the eminently provable difference in atmospheric pressure based on altitude?

Minusorange · 22 May 2018 at 16:34

adolf hamster said:
wait, so we're in a pressurised container? then how do we explain the eminently provable difference in atmospheric pressure based on altitude?

Sensors are rigged to fake that data innit

adolf hamster · 22 May 2018 at 16:36

Minusorange said:
Sensors are rigged to fake that data innit

and yet they trust gps implicitly

the irony in this situation is so thick forget cutting it with a knife, you'd need a chainsaw

Minusorange · 22 May 2018 at 16:38

adolf hamster said:
and yet they trust gps implicitly

the irony in this situation is so thick forget cutting it with a knife, you'd need a chainsaw

They're also happy to trust pilots who trust that fake data to get them to other parts of the supposedly flat planet

Malevolence · 22 May 2018 at 16:38

More to the point, if we live inside a pressurised system where's the PRV located?

Sliver · 22 May 2018 at 16:40

Malevolence said:
More to the point, if we live inside a pressurised system where's the PRV located?

Just behind the fridge.

agnes · 22 May 2018 at 16:46

Personally, I think it started out as an elaborate hoax and the group starting the hoax realised idiots actually lapped it up then just left it there for utter idiots to carry on.

Everyone loves to argue stuff and this gives idiots with no intelligence to play ignorant and argue anyway. I would however love to meet one, just so I can laugh in their face.

enkoda · 22 May 2018 at 17:51

If planes are spraying a gas that keeps us all from knowing the truth, why are flat-earthers immune to its effects, and how have they established that they aren't the ones being duped? Duh, why am I even entertaining this nonsense??? :confused:

Grandmaster Fap! · 22 May 2018 at 17:52

agnes said:
Personally, I think it started out as an elaborate hoax and the group starting the hoax realised idiots actually lapped it up then just left it there for utter idiots to carry on.

A bit like Scientology

itchy · 22 May 2018 at 18:24

The earth is flat if your an ant and never been on a plane.

Wait? is a plane not a horizontal surface???

Lol.

adolf hamster · 22 May 2018 at 18:24

enkoda said:
Duh, why am I even entertaining this nonsense???

Its a morbid fascination isnt it, you just cant help but try and figure out why they're doing this.

Jokester · 22 May 2018 at 18:34

Eugenics, sometimes it has its uses.

tang0 · 22 May 2018 at 18:57

The people who think the earth is flat, are the same people who think Trump colluded with the Russians

Burnsy2023 · 23 May 2018 at 11:48

tang0 said:
The people who think the earth is flat, are the same people who think Trump colluded with the Russians

Wut?