Flat Earth?

[mavhc]

Turns out that every other planet is round and goes around the sun, and we're unique, just like how the atoms of earth are totally different from those elsewhere, and also the laws of physics, handy.

[6Foot2]

Classic

 

"I don’t believe in science," Mr Hughes told the Associated Press (AP). "I know about aerodynamics and fluid dynamics and how things move through the air, about the certain size of rocket nozzles, and thrust. But that’s not science, that’s just a formula. There’s no difference between science and science fiction."

 

I await the conspiracy theories surrounding his demise with interest!

 

Link: Flat-Earth Rocketeer Fails to Launch (Again) [Live Science, 5^th February 2018]

 

...The flat-Earth rocketeer remains planet-bound.

 

"Mad" Mike Hughes, a flat-Earth conspiracy theorist who has managed to get significant attention for his now-repeated failed rocket launches, strapped himself into his second homemade rocket Saturday (Feb. 3). But, as Noize TV documented in an excruciating 11-minute livestream of the event, Hughes' rocket never left its pad...

[ozydave]

Let's hope Darwin takes over with his evolution and prevents this man from spreading his seed further

[elsiegee40]

Link: Flat-Earth Rocketeer Fails to Launch (Again) [Live Science, 5^th February 2018]

 

Somewhat less impressive than Elon Musk [emoji849]

[6Foot2]

Somewhat less impressive than Elon Musk [emoji849]

That understates it.

 

Somewhat.

 

[korifugi]

Somewhat less impressive than Elon Musk [emoji849]

 

That understates it.

 

Somewhat.

 

 

I now have the mental image of a guy trying to launch a pickup truck into orbit.

[elsiegee40]

Ummmmmm

[6Foot2]

Ummmmmm

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Link: Flat Earthers from around the globe coming to Edmonton | Edmonton Journal

 

In the comments:

 

Please take a moment to appreciate that the venue this conference is being held at is called Fantasyland.

 

[arwen]

Some flat earthers have taken to graffiti-ing road signs, walls, bridges up here. I cringe every time I see them, and it is the only occasions I have this complete desire to go clean it off. Most other graffiti I couldn't care less about.

[korifugi]

Some flat earthers have taken to graffiti-ing road signs, walls, bridges up here. I cringe every time I see them, and it is the only occasions I have this complete desire to go clean it off. Most other graffiti I couldn't care less about.

 

I can imagine them thinking of themselves as rebellious revolutionaries - affecting gang signs, referring to themselves as the "Flat Pack", or at least until they realise this'd make them sound like they come from Ikea.

[mikeprice]

I can imagine them thinking of themselves as rebellious revolutionaries - affecting gang signs, referring to themselves as the "Flat Pack", or at least until they realise this'd make them sound like they come from Ikea.

 

Yeah - but if you get a flat pack from IKEA and take it down to the beach

then hold it up to the horizon and you will see that the horizon is as flat as the pack

the pack if flat therefore the earth is flat

 

proof positive

 

 

go 'Flat Pack'

[elsiegee40]

https://www.facebook.com/EnglishLanguageEnthusiast/posts/1252129861589717

[6Foot2]

Are these the same people who claim Finland doesn't exist?

Hmm.

 

 

Uninformed and idiotic.

 

Wrong and offensive.

 

Not even worthy of contempt, only being ignored.

[mikeprice]

Hadn't heard about Finland - shocked to hear it doesn't exist

 

[stevejp]

Hadn't heard about Finland - shocked to hear it doesn't exist

 

 

Not half as shocked as the Finns must be!

Edited March 14, 2018 by stevejp

[mavhc]

Hmm.

 

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Uninformed and idiotic.

 

Wrong and offensive.

 

Not even worthy of contempt, only being ignored.

 

No trolls, we're already full of trolls

[mikeprice]

Not half as shocked as the Finns must be!

 

Looking at the map they must be REALLY good at swimming

 

in cold water as well

 

I'm impressed

[3s-gtech]

On his second point, I'm sure Stephen Hawkins does exist, somewhere. He may have died, who knows? However, as it was the famous scientist Stephen Hawking who died, that still stands uncontested.

[elsiegee40]

No trolls, we're already full of trolls

 

I didn’t know Voldemort invented Pi day!

[6Foot2]

Hadn't heard about Finland - shocked to hear it doesn't exist

 

 

Link: Flat-Earthers Have a Wild New Theory About Forests [The Atlantic, September 2016]

 

...our flat earth has no forests...

 

[mikeprice]

Yup - great one that

 

I'm tempted to view the 1.5 hours of the original video - but - err - can't be bothered

[mavhc]

All conspiracies live as multi hour videos that you Must Watch to Fully Understand their argument.

 

In unrelated news, all conspiracy theorists are unemployed

[korifugi]

Link: Flat-Earthers Have a Wild New Theory About Forests [The Atlantic, September 2016]

 

Well. wood yew believe it - I'm truely stumped as to how these people function.

[elsiegee40]

Well. wood yew believe it - I'm truely stumped as to how these people function.

 

[emoji849]Punny thread ➡️

[6Foot2]

Link: Flat-earther blasts off in homemade rocket in bid to reassure himself world is shaped 'like a Frisbee' [The Independent]

 

A self-taught rocket man who believes the earth is flat blasted himself 1,875 feet into the air, in an effort to reach orbit and reassure himself the world is shaped “like a Frisbee”.

 

‘Mad’ Mike Hughes, who has been likened to cartoon character Wile E. Coyote, propelled himself into the sky in a homemade rocket on Saturday, landing hard in the Mojave Desert.

 

The 61-year-old limo driver said he was fine – apart from his aching back – after the launch near Amboy, California...

 

 

‘Mad’ Mike Hughes is checked by paramedics after his homemade rocket trip

 

...In the future Mr Hughes wants to build a ‘Rockoon’ – a rocket that is carried into the atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and lit – which would take him about 68 miles up.

 

He also plans to run for governor of California.