The Flat-Earth Society

[Barc0de]

There are people who still believe that the earth is not spherical or egg-shaped...but is actually..Flat. Yes.People who use computers to post their thoughts on the internet. I was laughing hard.

here is your chance to laugh hard too!

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forums/

just read some of the replies of the 'defenders' of the concept.:lol::banghead:

eg:

Q: "What about satellites? How do they orbit the Earth?"

A1: They don't, satellite signals come from radio towers.

Ok, how do u guys explain when you see a satelite in the sky?

Well, it's like this:


1. They are airplanes (really fast government airplanes)
2. They are unexplained phenomenae that the Government uses to back up their claims.

eg2:

There is no way a round earth is credible. Please read

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/f...pic.php?t=2140

[Sienar]

Well everyone knows GPS is a system of really tall antennas that no one can see, so I can see where their coming from

[unclejun]

I believe in the existence of A'tuin and the four elephants, I live on the discworld...

[Barc0de]

Discworld were amazing games!

[babu]

Discworld were amazing games!

The books are amazing too. :nod:

[Dr_Slump]

I was seriously shocked when I first read about them. They have no excuse being so stupid. I could accept it if they were Amish or something, but these people are living among us. Creepy.

[Hawanja]

That is by far the stupidest shit I've ever read.

The explaniation for fluctuations in gravity:

"One proposed explanation is that the stars each some some mass, and therefore have a slight gravitational pull. The higher you climb, the closer you are to the stars, resulting in a slight upwards pull. This makes it appear that you weigh less as you gain altitude. Keep in mind this is only a proposed explanation, we have not tested it as yet."

We should forcibly sterlize all these people to prevent them from passing on the stupid gene.

[Barc0de]

that's exactly what i said yesterday to Dr.Slump :p

[madhatter256]

This is much funnier than those zany conspiracy believers. God has a sense of humor all right.

[Cheese007]

I'm at a loss for words...
Ironically, I was wondering if anyone still believed the earth was flat a few days ago.

[cahaz]

http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum...pic.php?t=7541

[RyanGamerGoneGrazy]

http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum...pic.php?t=7541


I couldn't resist, there theorys may hold somewhat credible information, however, common sense and general knowledge only makes them look like idiots

Ryan

[WolverineDK]

This is much funnier than those zany conspiracy believers. God has a sense of humor all right.

Yeah, but God has a sick sense of humour. That is my point of view.

[madhatter256]

Their FAQ is priceless!

http://theflatearthsociety.org/forum...pic.php?t=1324

[babu]

oh come on, really. they can't be more serious than the church of the flying spaghetti monster xD

[sflynn]

That website has to be a hoax. That is just way too funny

[Cheese007]

If there are people who get horny off of Shyguy and Boo, anything is possible. Yes, there are people like that. Oh and btw, how much do you want to bet that there is at least one "The moon IS made of cheese!" topic in the alternate science forum?
EDIT: http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/f...pic.php?t=1198
I hear a toilet flushing in the distance. Must be the remaining shreds of this site's crediability going down the crapper

[Barc0de]

Q: If you go directly south won’t you eventually fall off the edge of the Earth?

A: Yes, you will. In order to use this fact as proof you need to record a video of someone flying directly south around the world without falling off the edge. Furthermore you need to prove that your navigational equipment allows you to travel directly south without deviating.

^priceless?

Now take the terrain into account -- much of the Ice Wall is probably unapproachable except by air -- and you can trim down the numbers even further.

Strategically locate some helicopter pads (on the wall or floating) and you can have heavy armament on the scene in thirty minutes. Assuming an Apache helicopter can fly 150 mph, in that time they could fly 75 miles, so we would need to place pads every 150 miles, requiring 521 pads. Obviously, if you don't insist on thirty-minute response time, you can do with fewer. Don't forget that the watchmen can see 15 miles away from the wall, so thirty minutes should be more than enough to intercept any boat that tries to approach, snap pictures, and sail to safety.

Of course, this is all assuming that the only means our governments have of detecting trespassers is by looking with their eyes. We're neglecting radar and high-altitude spyplanes, probably with infrared cameras.

We're also neglecting intelligence. Anybody who wants to travel to the ice wall has to leave from someplace, and these someplaces can be watched by agents as well. There aren't too many good places to set on on such a journey from. Then, such expeditions would also have to be planned, and agents could get words about them before they even start. Once they've started, agents could monitor radio transmissions. If they can discover tresspassers a thousand miles away instead of only fifteen, then maybe they don't need so big a force as you say.

Now, I'm going to take this, and say that we need about one-thousand men guarding the wall, again with two shifts each, if we include cameras, infrared, radar, intelligence, and all that good stuff. This is more than I stated previously, but bear in mind that I had been very generous with the amount those men had been paid. Now, seeing as the men practically have no influence (all they do is guard an ice wall; it's not like it's probable they have a lot of friends at all, let alone ones in high places), they don't necessarily need a very grand rate of pay. Therefore I'm dropping my previous estimate to a simple one-hundred thousand dollars per person. That still leaves us with the same amount of two-million dollars to pay for every guard in the wall forces.

Insanity:
If you don't have enough proof, you won't be revered as a revolutionary, you'll be revered as Patient #3562 at the local mental hospital.

Death:
While a most likely uncommon side-effect, NASA could easily kill you and say, "He died in a space shuttle accident, I swear." Honestly, by the way it seems on TV, those things are so unstable, no one would ever EVER doubt that someone died while in space due to some random accident (add a bunch of jargon and you've got an incredibly convincing reason for death).

I don't know what average joe has $1,000,000. In any case, you're being incredibly ignorant. Just because I'm not educated as a scientist (yet), doesn't mean that my theories are completely irrelevant. You have to be one of the most narrowminded persons I've ever met, and I've been surfing this board for a while.

George Bush believes the earth is flat and so does his administration. That is why Cheney shot that lawyer. They are taking down the Round Earthers one at a time.

[madhatter256]

Q: If you go directly south won’t you eventually fall off the edge of the Earth?

A: Yes, you will. In order to use this fact as proof you need to record a video of someone flying directly south around the world without falling off the edge. Furthermore you need to prove that your navigational equipment allows you to travel directly south without deviating.

^priceless?

What scares me is that one of them is a pilot! 'used' to work for an airline. In otherwords he was fired! Gee, I wonder why:rolleyes:

[Taemos]

This site is priceless. I had no idea that there were people who still believed in this theory*.


*load of bullshit