This thread is really livin up to my expectations

So glad I read this thread.

CharlieBrown17 said:

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Ok so how does an eclipse happen then?

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Easily. Like I said, that's a crude animation. The sun and moon actually shift their rotations to create seasons and an eclipse every now and then.

mrad85 said:

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Junkhead said:

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Geralt of Rivia said:

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Does the co-worker have big cans?

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No

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There's the problem right there. No concept of nice round things.

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clearly round...

ToHntortoFsh said:

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How many lumens is my flashlight allowed to be? I've got some pretty powerful ones that'll light the **** out of my neighbor's house at night.

If the sun isn't as big and as far away as we think it is, how big and far is it??

I think the answer round earth deniers give for the sun trajectory is an oval type orbit.

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Flashlight brag

As well as a soapbox from which to continually shout your hatred of chicken.

I bet flat-earthers love them some chicken.

And I'm not shouting, I'm just saying.

That reminds me, free breakfast at my local Chick-fil-a all week next week! Best chicken on the whole flat Earth!

Wait, so if global warming continues and the ice walls that hold the ocean back melts, the whole ocean will spill off the side?

Damn you Al Gore, you've killed us all.

We should mount a Texags expeditionary force to scale the ice wall and put this whole "round earth" conspiracy to bed. Nothing I like more than exposing our corrupt overlords.

I know it's a bit of a derail but I need to hear more about this Jared Fogle is CIA agent conspiracy theory.

Slicer97 said:

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Are flat-earthers the same people that think GMOs are bad, Monsanto is conspiracy to kill poor people, essential oils can cure cancer, and make sure they buy only gluten-free corn tortilla chips?

Instead of being the information superhighway that was intended, what the internet has accomplished is to advance ignorance and stupidity at a rather shocking and dismaying rate.

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They make those? I'll be danged. What will they invent next?

Brennus said:

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Wait, so if global warming continues and the ice walls that hold the ocean back melts, the whole ocean will spill off the side?

Damn you Al Gore, you've killed us all.

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Like flat earthers believe global warming is real.

Mr_mo8268 said:

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mm98 said:

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My mom does.

She believes, or at one point believed, in The Flat Earth Society. She also still th8nks we've never been to the moon. She believes in chem trails. But her weirdest theory......

She thinks Jared The Subway Guy is a secret CIA agent.

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I have heard about the subway guy, although most of these government people are pedos so I wouldn't be shocked. The whole Clinton gang and their people are pedos.
Do you think your mom is crazy for believing this stuff? There is a lot of evidence to back her up.
Is evrryone awre of how NASA started? Does everyone trust the government and think they wouldn't lie despite them lying about huge things all the time?

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I didn't know Patrick in Denton posted on Texags.

Slicer97 said:

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Are flat-earthers the same people that think GMOs are bad, Monsanto is conspiracy to kill poor people, essential oils can cure cancer, and make sure they buy only gluten-free corn tortilla chips?

Instead of being the information superhighway that was intended, what the internet has accomplished is to advance ignorance and stupidity at a rather shocking and dismaying rate.

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You forgot to add vax refusers and people who think amber necklaces help with teething pain.

Drawkcab said:

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CharlieBrown17 said:

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Ok so how does an eclipse happen then?

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Easily. Like I said, that's a crude animation. The sun and moon actually shift their rotations to create seasons and an eclipse every now and then.

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It's not eclipses thats the big problem with that model, but celestial body phases. The moon in that diagram would have different phases when viewed from different parts of the Earth in the night sky on the same night assuming the light source is the sun. And it would also be impossible for it to display the full moon all the way to new moon range of phases (the moon would have to move to where it was almost behind the sun to be reflect a full moon, and come close inside the range of the sun to be new moon). If there was another light source that cause these phases it would need to orbit the moon in such a way that it would obviously be observeable from earth. It would need orbit the moon such that it would be shining up from the direction of the surface of earth at full moon...but then near new moon when there is a crescent, the opposite is true, it would have to be shining towards Earth and we would see it.

I imagine that any "serious" flat Earther types also have to believe ridiculous things like the moon is a hologram, or fake (these theories do exist, BTW for doubters) rather than actually believing in a model like that one.

One thing I find interesting is when people apparently demonstrate that objects can be seen at great distances across a necessarily flat body of water that should not be visible due to the curvature of the earth.

In similar fashion, can any civil engineers answer whether the curvature of the earth is ever accounted for in highway or bridge design?

I don't buy the flat earth hypothesis, but I think these are interesting questions.

Win At Life said:

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I live n Houston. The earth looks pretty dang flat from here.

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You oughta see how flat it is here around Lubbock. Seriously. There's a town up here called Levelland. Can't get much more flat than that.

Telescope.

Drawkcab said:

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CharlieBrown17 said:

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Ok so how does an eclipse happen then?

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Easily. Like I said, that's a crude animation. The sun and moon actually shift their rotations to create seasons and an eclipse every now and then.

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It's actually because of an increase in multi-chain carbon molecules in the atmosphere. They just tell us it's the moon's shadow to keep us pacified like sheep.

If the Earth were flat it would be demonstrable simply by going to tall viewing platforms with no obstructions and checking how far you could see.

If you were in Houston, the furthest object that you could see on the ground in the distance would be the same from say, 1/3 up the way of a building like Williams Tower (the tallest thing around so nothing is blocking the view) as it would be from the very top since it would just be a measure of how far your eyes can physically see and penetrate the atmosphere.

In reality the furthest away you can see the ground on a clear day would be roughly 20 miles away when you were 1/3 of the way up, but when you go to the top, on the clearest day you can see 35 miles. On a clear day on a flat earth, you should see the same distance so long as you are above everything regardless of how much higher you go. If you've ever been on the viewing deck of a supertall office building and also looked out of the window of an airplane, or been on top of a mountain its obvious that the higher you go the further you see.

The opposite would be the case on a flat earth, you would see less the higher you go, because as you got higher you are getting physically further away from the ground and so your eyes should not be able to see as far.

MooreTrucker said:

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Win At Life said:

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I live n Houston. The earth looks pretty dang flat from here.

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You oughta see how flat it is here around Lubbock. Seriously. There's a town up here called Levelland. Can't get much more flat than that.

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I saw a scientific study that concluded Kansas is literally flatter than a pancake. I'll try to find it and post if I think or care about it when I'm just screwing around online tonight (as opposed to getting ready to call it a day and shut down as I am now).

THe bridge over lake ponchatrain, North of new orleans, had to take the curvature of the earth into account.

Drawkcab said:

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MooreTrucker said:

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Win At Life said:

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I live n Houston. The earth looks pretty dang flat from here.

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You oughta see how flat it is here around Lubbock. Seriously. There's a town up here called Levelland. Can't get much more flat than that.

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I saw a scientific study that concluded Kansas is literally flatter than a pancake. I'll try to find it and post if I think or care about it when I'm just screwing around online tonight (as opposed to getting ready to call it a day and shut down as I am now).

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https://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html

Then how have people circum navigated the world?

It's not like it's a maze. They went in a circle.

Not a Bot said:

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The earth IS flat. Really isn't up for debate in my mind.

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Moron, troll or being sarcastic?