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Tough to be a flat earther when you live in a port town so good on flat earthers for enjoying what Kansas has to offer
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Like a bunch of conspiracy theories, flat earth is just a symptom of actual, clinical, measurable, schizophrenia that a doctor can diagnose and which is an illness.
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Sep 11, 2017 17:32
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Video title delivers
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Sep 11, 2017 17:49
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What excuse do they have for seeing the curvature of the earth when you're in flying in a plane? Or watching a boat disappear over the horizon?
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Sep 11, 2017 17:56
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Cacator posted:What excuse do they have for seeing the curvature of the earth when you're in flying in a plane? Swamp gas
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Cacator posted:What excuse do they have for seeing the curvature of the earth when you're in flying in a plane? Or watching a boat disappear over the horizon? On the sinking ship, Rowbotham describes a mechanism by which the hull is hidden by the angular limits of perception - the ship will appear to intersect with the vanishing point and become lost to human perception as the hull's increasingly shallow path creates a tangent on which the hull is so close to the surface of the ocean that the two are indistinguishable. The ship's hull gets so close to the surface of the water as it recedes that they appear to merge together. Where bodies get so close together that they appear to merge is called the Vanishing Point. The Vanishing Point is created when the perspective lines are angled less than one minute of a degree. Hence, this effectively places the vanishing point a finite distance away from the observer. Usually it is taught in art schools that the vanishing point is an infinite distance away from the observer, as so:  However, since man cannot perceive infinity due to human limitations, the perspective lines are modified and placed a finite distance away from the observer as so:  This finite distance to the vanishing point is what allows ships to shrink into horizon and disappear as their hulls intersect with the vanishing point from the bottom up. As the boat recedes into the distance its hull is gradually and perceptively appearing closer and closer to the surface of the sea. At a far off point the hull of the ship is so close to the sea's surface that it is impossible for the observer to tell ocean from hull.  While the sails of the ship may still be visible while the hull is perceptively merged, it's only a matter of time before it too shrinks into the vanishing point which rests on the surface of the sea and becomes indiscernible from the surface. We know that this explanation is true because there are reports of half sunken ships restored by looking at them through telescopes. It has been found that the sinking ship effect effect is purely perceptual, that a good telescope with sufficient zoom will change the observer's perspective and bring the ship's hull back in full view. This is not possible if the ship were really behind a "hill of water." Hence, the effect which is usually thought to prove the earth as a globe really proves it to be a plane.
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Sep 11, 2017 18:11
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You've all been conned by Big Orb
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Sep 11, 2017 18:12
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I read that whole thing Dicky B and while I recognize them as sentences containing ideas related to each other, they dont make any goddamn sense.
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Sep 11, 2017 18:20
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Flat Earthers are funded by the Chinese because if American idiots can kill NASA then they will be the only game in town and will destroy us from their orbiting death platforms. Wake up sheeple.
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Sep 11, 2017 18:24
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Lurker Ant posted:They want to be smarter than everyone else, because they are very very dumb There's groups centered around mocking specifically flat earthers For years If you think too much about that it's really very depressing. GRINDCORE MEGGIDO fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Sep 11, 2017 |
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Sep 11, 2017 18:26
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I have a feeling that if space travel was easily available and you could take these people up into space where they could see the earth with their own two eyes, they would still say the earth is flat
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Sep 11, 2017 18:54
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He has a new message:
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Sep 11, 2017 18:58
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Gammatron 64 posted:I have a feeling that if space travel was easily available and you could take these people up into space where they could see the earth with their own two eyes, they would still say the earth is flat If they believe the horizon is a lie there is no amount of evidence they can experience to change their minds and honestly we should weaponize them against other alien species.
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Sep 11, 2017 19:02
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:He has a new message: Your seed, OP. Dude wants your seed. PS - What is in the trucks bed?
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Sep 11, 2017 19:03
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Burt Sexual posted:Your seed, OP. Dude wants your seed. I think a craftsmens level to prove the earth is flat?
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Sep 11, 2017 19:05
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Dicky B posted:On the sinking ship, Rowbotham describes a mechanism by which the hull is hidden by the angular limits of perception - the ship will appear to intersect with the vanishing point and become lost to human perception as the hull's increasingly shallow path creates a tangent on which the hull is so close to the surface of the ocean that the two are indistinguishable. The ship's hull gets so close to the surface of the water as it recedes that they appear to merge together. Where bodies get so close together that they appear to merge is called the Vanishing Point. The Vanishing Point is created when the perspective lines are angled less than one minute of a degree. Hence, this effectively places the vanishing point a finite distance away from the observer. Well ya know unless you actually go on a ship and use a high powered optic on a clear day to actually see a ship at the limit of the curvature drop below it. Which you can do. Even at the lowest level of military service if you're broke.
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Sep 11, 2017 19:13
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Every day, a guy in my town drives one of his vehicles (covered in Flat Earth slogans) to the town square or somewhere else that's highly visible, parks it, and leaves it there. He has two Flat Earthmobiles, actually. And a house covered in Flat Earth slogans. He used to have props in his yard demonstrating Flat Earth theory but the city made him take them down. Is this in Denton TX? They did a video with the guy. Edit: Yep, thats him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugq4owrsKI4
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Sep 11, 2017 19:17
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and another, more truncated interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnXIeZDuwGQ&t=51s
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Sep 11, 2017 19:22
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I mean poo poo, people have known that the earth is a sphere well before the birth of Christ. It was a commonly accepted fact even during the middle ages. Hell, the story about Christopher Columbus proving the earth was round was kind of bullshit because everyone knew it was already. They didn't think he was going to fall off the side of the earth, they thought he would run out of supplies and starve before he got to his destination. The dumbest thing about the flat earth conspiracy is not only how difficult and elaborate it is, but why in the world would a government try to trick everyone into thinking that the earth is the wrong shape? At least government conspiracies like 9/11 truthers, UFO coverups and the Kennedy Assassination have motives. Why would a shadowy Illuminati try to fool everyone into thinking the world is round? Shits and giggles?
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Sep 11, 2017 19:37
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Cacator posted:What excuse do they have for seeing the curvature of the earth when you're in flying in a plane? Or watching a boat disappear over the horizon? "the window is curved" or some such nonsense for every point you make they'll give you an ad hoc explanation. The one that seems to stump them the most are lunar eclipses. Some of them think the sun is some sort of spotlight, moving around the flat earth. This just doesn't make sense. One of them explains about a 'bulge' that clearly proves its true but really he's just a delusional crazy person
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Sep 11, 2017 19:42
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What if the earth isn't flat OR round?!? Honestly it seems kind of hilly where I am - the only possible explanation is that the world is a giant hill.
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Sep 11, 2017 19:54
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GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:There's groups centered around mocking specifically flat earthers So they have Specific Flativity and General Flativity?
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Sep 11, 2017 20:16
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Gammatron 64 posted:I have a feeling that if space travel was easily available and you could take these people up into space where they could see the earth with their own two eyes, they would still say the earth is flat
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Sep 11, 2017 20:17
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that's one thing I always wondered about any of this NWO stuff - Let's suppose that it is true and the entire history of the world is somehow controlled by some shadowy organization for nefarious purposes. Well then we're hosed and can't do anything about it, right? So what's the point of drawing attention to it?
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Sep 11, 2017 20:21
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Lemon posted:that's one thing I always wondered about any of this NWO stuff - Let's suppose that it is true and the entire history of the world is somehow controlled by some shadowy organization for nefarious purposes. Well then we're hosed and can't do anything about it, right? So what's the point of drawing attention to it? "I WAS RIGHT!!!"
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Sep 11, 2017 20:24
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Wicker Man posted:"I WAS RIGHT!!!" Yeah I guess - Now that I think about it the ones who are actively trying to call people to action also happen to be selling something. But it just seems like such an obviously self-defeating argument.
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Sep 11, 2017 20:28
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My favorite conspiracy theory is lizard people and I absolutely want that poo poo to catch on and go mainstream
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Sep 11, 2017 20:35
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Lemon posted:that's one thing I always wondered about any of this NWO stuff - Let's suppose that it is true and the entire history of the world is somehow controlled by some shadowy organization for nefarious purposes. Well then we're hosed and can't do anything about it, right? So what's the point of drawing attention to it? Also if they were capable of orchestrating such vast all-encompassing manipulations and cover-ups of the very fabric of reality and society to such a degree then they're obviously way more competent and intelligent than anyone else out there and quite frankly deserve it.
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Lemon posted:that's one thing I always wondered about any of this NWO stuff - Let's suppose that it is true and the entire history of the world is somehow controlled by some shadowy organization for nefarious purposes. Well then we're hosed and can't do anything about it, right? So what's the point of drawing attention to it? to amass the prepper militia to fight back against the UN troops that will be knocking on your doors to confiscate your guns no one knows or talks about what the plan is beyond that
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Sep 11, 2017 20:47
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Varg posted:to amass the prepper militia to fight back against the UN troops that will be knocking on your doors to confiscate your guns Vaccinate all white people where vaccination = islamic sterilization.
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Sep 11, 2017 20:49
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Every day, a guy in my town drives one of his vehicles (covered in Flat Earth slogans) to the town square or somewhere else that's highly visible, parks it, and leaves it there. He has two Flat Earthmobiles, actually. And a house covered in Flat Earth slogans. He used to have props in his yard demonstrating Flat Earth theory but the city made him take them down. Why do you live in my town. Leave.
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Sep 11, 2017 20:49
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Shinjobi posted:Why do you live in my town. Oh poo poo, we found the subject of the OP!
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Sep 11, 2017 21:13
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Don't forget planes have to fly extra fast to get to Australia to maintain the illusion that the world is round. The whole air travel industry is in on it folks! Domestic flights could be three times faster but they don't tell you that!
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Sep 11, 2017 21:25
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General Dog posted:Actually, in the bible Job correctly states that God "hangs the earth on nothing" (Job 26:7), where as the mentions of pillars are pretty unambiguously figurative. Selectively choosing some parts of the Bible (and especially the Old Testament) as completely 100% literal, like "pi equals three," and other parts as obviously figurative and not meant to be taken at face value is a fun game. BrutalistMcDonalds posted:He has a new message: I couldn't be bothered to give two shits about Flat Earths or whatever, but I am definitely interested in anything that is 200 proofs.
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Sep 11, 2017 23:55
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It's a political maneuver by a group of "peudo-oppressed" people to gain traction so that they don't have to be dragged kicking and screaming into an ever-changing, global-economic, anti-fossil fuel, socially progressive brave new world. In short, they are terrified of anything that would make them have to respond in some way by adjusting. It's easier to exist than to think.
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Sep 12, 2017 00:06
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"Man on the MooM... My rear end"
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Sep 12, 2017 00:27
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What is a moom?
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Sep 12, 2017 00:28
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BigBadSteve posted:Dude, he's an obsessive irrational nutbag. Once you talk to him he'll probably rant at you every time he sees you. Shinjobi posted:Why do you live in my town.
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BigBadSteve posted:If you accept his teachings, you must join him in spreading the word. If you reject his teachings, he probably hopes you will walk to the edge of the flat Earth and fall off. lol good luck climbing the 100 foot ice walls idiot  even if you did dont forget the thousands of military personnel from every country in the world that will turn you away and remove your memory
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The funny thing is that there arent just flat earth people. There is a Concave Earth Society and a Hollow Earth Society alongside the Flat Earth Society.
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