Flat Earthers and what to do with them

How do they explain phases of the moon, like a crest moon?

Satellites generally that aren't in a geostationary orbit must surely be quite hard to explain if you're a Flat Earther. If they Earth is flat then non-geostationary satellites keep moving around without any means of propulsion 4eva and eva. Neat trick.

By making up a whole heap of bollocks in a desperate attempt to cling to their loony theory?

projectors m8

True.

yeah BUT have you ever seen a satellite orbit with your own eyes? didnt think so! lies, all lies!

that map looks pretty 2d to me...

Flat Earther!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83SfSee_9Hg
Nah i'm only joking haha, unrelated for most of the video but Joseph who is on here too got some great flat Earther comments on this vid...

This one is great.

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@veganjoseph lol

When is the relevant bit? I CBA to find out.

This on the other hand is gold...the bit about the Moon having its own light at 1.50. Fuck me. They guy doesn't even crack the start of a smirk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJfS5bvb6Yk

The sad reality is that the Flat Earth Theory and many others were started to troll people, but people are fucking idiots and the trolling becomes self sustaining once enough people fall for it. See also - the alt right. It's the internet's fault.

I've spent the last three months in the company of a flat-earther, so I'm a little consoled to find I'm not the only one who has to deal with this errant nonsense.

Highlights as follows:

• "If the earth isn't flat, then why do planes take-off and climb, rather than flying close to the surface?"
  
• "GPS doesn't work in the southern hemisphere."
  
• "If the sun is 93 million miles away, how come you can see it with the naked eye?"
  
• "The moon is transparent: if you look at it during the day, you can see patches of blue the same as the sky!"
  
• "We never landed on the moon [obvs]: the earth is protected from the sun's radiation by a shield right? And a rocket went through that?"
  
  

And there was something about how fast the earth is supposed to spin and how fast it's supposed to orbit the sun, but I'm not sure what the point was as I was trying to stem the bleeding from my ears.

He's also a bit of a cunt, but that may be unrelated.

My mind is still blown by the constant acceleration / gravity counter-argument. Presumably there is a fair correlation between these people (oh no, I didn't, did I?), and creationists? So in a timeframe of 6000-ish years... nooo, stop it, stop it, stop it!

Duh. Submarine cables

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No there's no such thing as satellites

I can't find it now but I used to have a link to the best conspiracy theory blog. I started by reading an article about how Stevie Wonder isn't blind and ended up on how Stanley Kubrik faked the moon landing among other things.

This is maybe the first thread where everyone agrees.

there's no such thing as satellites

Wait till they hear that the moon is a satellite. Oh, wait. The moon was also fake. Checkmate I guess.

http://www.philipstallings.com/2015/06/the-biblical-flat-earth-hidden-in-plain.html?m=1

Weve got time yet, Were only on page 4.

Does this person have a job? Can they vote? even worse... ARE THEY RAISING A CHILD?

Sorry. Got ahead.

"If the sun is 93 million miles away, how come you can see it with the naked eye?"

that is extraordinary. Even for a FL'er

People always tell you not to look into the sun "because it's bad for your eyes". The real reason is so you don't spot that's it's obviously fake.