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Flat earth believers

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  • 21-08-2017 2:28pm
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    Ms Doubtfire1
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    To my HUGE surprise one of my friends ( know him for a few years) believes that the earth is flat, has a dome, and as such, we were never on the moon.
    He is adamant he's right...I'm just about done laughing here but..any opinions ? I mean - how do you convince someone that the earth is round...you can even see it on Long distance flights...>sigh<.


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    #2
    The_Valeyard
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    I have evidence


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    Korvanica
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    Suggest going on a trip to see the edge ?


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    Kimbot
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    Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »
    To my HUGE surprise one of my friends ( know him for a few years) believes that the earth is flat, has a dome, and as such, we were never on the moon.
    He is adamant he's right...I'm just about done laughing here but..any opinions ? I mean - how do you convince someone that the earth is round...you can even see it on Long distance flights...>sigh<.

    Just tell him to walk to the edge and prove its flat then :P


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    Sofiztikated
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    You won't.

    Just ask him opinion on vaccines and chem trails, and let him shitetalk himself to death.


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    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭Are Am Eye


    it's turtles all the way down


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    Whispered
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    Mint Sauce
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    He's right about the moon thing at least.


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    Malari
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    [Deleted User]
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    Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »
    To my HUGE surprise one of my friends ( know him for a few years) believes that the earth is flat, has a dome, and as such, we were never on the moon.
    He is adamant he's right...I'm just about done laughing here but..any opinions ? I mean - how do you convince someone that the earth is round...you can even see it on Long distance flights...>sigh<.

    He doesn't really believe it. It's something he says because he believes it makes him look different, interesting and special.

    He'll defend it for hours to anyone and talk about it for weeks because he likes being the centre of attention, not because he really thinks anyone can fall off the edge of the world.

    I've met a few of that kind, and they fool nobody. They all want people to believe they're special and insightful, but they're just attention seeking idiots.


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    Ms Doubtfire1
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    Candie wrote: »
    Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »
    To my HUGE surprise one of my friends ( know him for a few years) believes that the earth is flat, has a dome, and as such, we were never on the moon.
    He is adamant he's right...I'm just about done laughing here but..any opinions ? I mean - how do you convince someone that the earth is round...you can even see it on Long distance flights...>sigh<.

    He doesn't really believe it. It's something he says because he believes it makes him look different, interesting and special.

    He'll defend it for hours to anyone and talk about it for weeks because he likes being the centre of attention, not because he really thinks anyone can fall off the edge of the world.

    I've met a few of that kind, and they fool nobody. They all want people to believe they're special and insightful, but they're just attention seeking idiots.
    Lol. I just followed the first posters advice and told him to get into a car and start drivving.And to ring me before he fell off. >sigh<:D


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    branie2
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    I have never met them, thankfully.


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    iDave
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    Is it any worse than believing in 76 genders


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    o1s1n
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    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    He's right about the moon thing at least.

    Watch out for Buzz Aldrin, he may deck you :D


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    branie2
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    Christopher Columbus proved the earth was round


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    circadian
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    Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »
    To my HUGE surprise one of my friends ( know him for a few years) believes that the earth is flat, has a dome, and as such, we were never on the moon.
    He is adamant he's right...I'm just about done laughing here but..any opinions ? I mean - how do you convince someone that the earth is round...you can even see it on Long distance flights...>sigh<.

    He's having you on, and succeeding.


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    me_irl
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    I mean, this is obviously how the dinosaurs became extinct.

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    Cheerful Spring
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    Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »
    To my HUGE surprise one of my friends ( know him for a few years) believes that the earth is flat, has a dome, and as such, we were never on the moon.
    He is adamant he's right...I'm just about done laughing here but..any opinions ? I mean - how do you convince someone that the earth is round...you can even see it on Long distance flights...>sigh<.

    There two different beliefs. Never having gone to the moon,is different to believing the earth is flat.

    There is evidence Nasa has faked moon/Apollo photographs. Why they did this not sure? The evidence we never went to the moon is not strong though. The Soviets/ Russians would have said something by now. We as species did not just go one time to the moon, we went there numerous times, and many Nasa employees and astronauts were involved in the moon project for decades. This would be hard to fake.

    Flat earth. Moon looks like a circle, does it not when you look it at night. If it was flat surely the shape would resemble this shape at night? If we talking about the surface of the planet, yes it is flat.


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    Cheerful Spring
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    jonnycivic wrote: »
    Just tell him to walk to the edge and prove its flat then :P

    Day and night cycles ( Sun revolves around the earth) and different time zones countries experience compared to another, is all the evidence you need the earth is circular and shaped like a ball. Inside our Earth the land surface is flat there is no land shaped circular in shape.


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    Are Am Eye
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    branie2 wrote: »
    Christopher Columbus proved the earth was round

    Read a book or something will you.
    Or wikipedia. For the love of Jesus.
    Start with Copernicus.


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    Ms Doubtfire1
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    :dizzy: he's now saying it's not exactly flat but shaped like a saucer and the northpole is the rim so we can't fall off...#IGIVEUP


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    valoren
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    The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts - Bertrand Russell

    Alternatively...

    Oi! No! The world is round, it's been round, and it will be round forever! - Stephen Hawking.


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    Zubeneschamali
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    Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »
    how do you convince someone that the earth is round

    If the Earth was flat and there was a real risk of falling off, it would be important to convince round-earthers that they are wrong, but the Earth is round and flat earthers are not in any danger.

    It's a bit like God - if the God of the Bible existed, it would be important that everyone believes it, but God, and afterlives are not real so people can believe or not, makes no odds.


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    johnnyskeleton
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    As far as I can tell, before the internet the last people to believe that the earth was flat were in ancient Babylon some 3k years ago. So either your friend is a really insightful clasdical scholar who is expounding on their beliefs, or else hes had too much internet


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    Red_Wake
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    Get him a login, this place needs a new idiot.


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    Academic
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    I suspect that for at least some "flat earthers" it's simply a familiar sort of attention-getting behaviour. Ditto for those who claim the U.S. never went to the moon.


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    corner of hells
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    I work with a born again Christian who believes in creationism and will also tell us she gets prophetic dreams.
    She will also start praying and quote from the bible to us while work.


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    Carry
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    There are actually flat earthers abound. They are dead serious, it seems:
    https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/

    Their arguments are delightfully bonkers:
    https://wiki.tfes.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions

    I especially like this one:
    The earth is surrounded on all sides by an ice wall that holds the oceans back. This ice wall is what explorers have named Antarctica. Beyond the ice wall is a topic of great interest to the Flat Earth Society. To our knowledge, no one has been very far past the ice wall and returned to tell of their journey. What we do know is that it encircles the earth and serves to hold in our oceans and helps protect us from whatever lies beyond

    Interesting times ahead considering climate change and melting ice ... :D


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    Ipso
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    Academic wrote: »
    I suspect that for at least some "flat earthers" it's simply a familiar sort of attention-getting behaviour. Ditto for those who claim the U.S. never went to the moon.

    It also makes them feel special, to them everyone else is wrong and they are the only people to "get it".


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    namloc1980
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    Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »
    To my HUGE surprise one of my friends ( know him for a few years) believes that the earth is flat, has a dome, and as such, we were never on the moon.
    He is adamant he's right...I'm just about done laughing here but..any opinions ? I mean - how do you convince someone that the earth is round...you can even see it on Long distance flights...>sigh<.

    Does he watch football on Sky Sports? Ask him to explain satellite TV or how eclipses work or seasons or why summer daylight is longer than winter days. Or why can't you see My Everest from Ireland?


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    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Does he watch football on Sky Sports? Ask him to explain satellite TV or how eclipses work or seasons or why summer daylight is longer than winter days. Or why can't you see My Everest from Ireland?

    Or just if he has GPS in the car, or Google Earth on his phone, or a million other things that prove him wrong. Not that it'll make any difference, he stands out as a flat-earther, that's why he says he believes it.


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