Man seeks to prove the Earth is flat by launching himself in a homemade rocket

[siteseer]

a couple minutes of googling and you can see many demonstrations, at ground level, that show the curvature of the earth. many locations that he can go witness for himself on a weekend trip. why does this guy have a death wish? hmmm? oh he's taking donations ...

 

[EarthBound64]

"Atmosflat" is an amazing word.
Although it should be "Atmoflat."

 

[Chekhonte]

As a soon to be flat person, he'll be the perfect spokesman.

 

[CHC]

"Atmosflat"????

How!?

How do you miss "atmosquare"!?

It was so easy.....

 

[EarthBound64]

"Atmosflat"????

How!?

How do you miss "atmosquare"!?

It was so easy.....

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THEW ORLD ISSQ UARE

 

[MrBS]

Best of luck but wouldn't an unmanned rocket be just as effective and way less dangerous?

 

[Redneckerz]

This almost sounds like the perfect ''only in American'' meme in full force. But then you realize this could happen anywhere.

But yeah, it amazes me that ever since we set off in a balloon in 1783, over 230 years later we still have people that go ''nah-ah. Cant be true.''

In their own way, they are special snowflakes.

I am going to be amazed that if this does not end well, his relatives will say ''We werent aware of the dangers''.

If that happens, we will have gone full force in South Park levels of idiocy.

 

[EarthBound64]

But yeah, it amazes me that ever since we set off in a balloon in 1783, over 230 years later we still have people that go ''nah-ah. Cant be true.''

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Why then, and not when people first circumnavigated the globe?

 

[Redneckerz]

Why then, and not when people first circumnavigated the globe?

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Because even in a balloon at height you can clearly see the curve that you would not get when the world would be flat.

Or just send Hughes a picture of the first V2 rocket that took pictures of Earth in 1946.

 

[killerrin]

Holy fucking shit. I knew Flat Earthers were idiots, but I had no idea they bordered on being without a single shred of mental acuity. For fucks sake, if you truly wanted to figure this out for yourself just attach your phone to a fucking weather balloon... or slap a basket on that fucker and jump in yourself.

 

[Somni]

It all makes sense now. Once that giant meteorite hit hit millions of years ago, it flipped the earth disk and poor dumb dinosaurs fell of the edge into extinction.

Found a suitable image for this sad, flat story.

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This will never not be funny lol

 

[TheJollyCorner]

i cannot fucking wait to watch this live.

i'm going to make the biggest bag of fucking popcorn you have ever seen.

i will watch it from my beanbag in the laziest position possible.

stoned out of my mind.

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Hahahah hell yes!

 

[EarthBound64]

Best of luck but wouldn't an unmanned rocket be just as effective and way less dangerous?

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So how would they see it?

just attach your phone to a fucking weather balloon

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Phones/cameras/etc. are in league with the conspiracy.

I had no idea they bordered on being without a single shred of mental acuity.

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I find it hard to believe that you had no idea about this.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

You can do the same thing with a go pro and not endanger yourself at the same time

 

[Keuja]

So basically they don't "believe" in gravity?

 

[LL_Decitrig]

So basically they don't "believe" in gravity?

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I know. They believe in the effects of gravity, but not the embarrassing stuff like the pervasiveness of gravity, its effect on the observable motions of distant bodies and whatnot. It's quite bizarre.

 

[Deleted member 3335]

Phones/cameras/etc. are in league with the conspiracy.
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Building your own analogue camera isn't that hard.

But I guess that wouldn't work because reasons.

 

[Dyno]

I know. They believe in the effects of gravity, but not the embarrassing stuff like the pervasiveness of gravity, its effect on the observable motions of distant bodies and whatnot. It's quite bizarre.

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The simple logic at work for them seems closer to just believe whatever an idiot yells at you but nothing else. I've still yet to actually stumble across a flat eather who can explain what the government gain from their supposed cover up.

There seems to be nothing even remotely interesting to research in their idiocy because none of them appear to have actually stopped to question what purpose any of it serves. It begins and ends at 'Bill heard it from Bob and Bob heard it from..' on a larger scale.

It's actually disappointing. I can usually have a laugh looking into ridiculous conspiracies but with flat earth they seem to have just latched onto a couple of concepts from other past cultures plus other conspiracies, mashed it together and said fuck it lets use that and add the word government.

 

[Super Corpse Soldier]

I feel like one of these days this thread is going ti disappear for two or three months, than pop back up when rocket man manages to blow himself up.

 

[mac]

Based on a True story, Starring Will Ferrell, Aug 5th, 2019

Rocket Dumbass

Tag line: F*** you, I'm doing it anyway.

 

[Heri]

This sounds familiar... oh yeah:

Poor Wile :(

 

[OutOfcontrol]

is it even legal to launch whatever private shit you made into the aerospace ?

 

[choodi]

So by trying to prove his flat earth theory, he going to prove Darwin's theory. Sounds fine by my book.

 

[Jack Scofield]

In his eyes, why would his evidence be more compelling to me than NASA's?

 

[haotshy]

is it even legal to launch whatever private shit you made into the aerospace ?

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I was wondering the same thing since there's a slim chance they could hit a plane.

 

[Tesseract]

In his eyes, why would his evidence be more compelling to me than NASA's?

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because.

 

[Hardan]

He's probably hoping the police or some agency will step in and prevent this for safety concerns. So he'll be able to to say 'see! They don't want you to know the truth!'

 

[Ursus007]

And the winner of the Darwin award next year will be...

I stood feel sorry for the man, but I'm really all out.

 

[Raiden]

It boggles my mind though. If i truly believed that Earth was flat i would use all my resources to travel to the edge and have a peek. Why blow yourself up in a rocket to see what? 500 meters up? There are larger buildings ffs ..

 

[LookAtMeGo]

You can't travel to the edge because of the giant ice wall.

 

[nilbog]

Saddest kickstarter ever

 

[Stinkinmushroom]

This is the real problem: he will come back and say it is flat. The pictures he'll take, he'll say are distorted because of lens. So only his own eyes will be proof... do you really think he'll come back and say 'shit we were wrong bros pack it up'?

 

[choodi]

This is the real problem: he will come back and say it is flat. The pictures he'll take, he'll say are distorted because of lens. So only his own eyes will be proof... do you really think he'll come back and say 'shit we were wrong bros pack it up'?

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No, I don't think he'll come back...alive anyway.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

I'm pretty sure flat eathers are trolls who dislike how prevalent science is in their society or the uneducated who are easily manipulated and ignorant. Sad to see some people go this far but I have a feeling this guy is gonna profit out of this event somehow.

 

[Androidsleeps]

Why not just sail to the edge where the ice wall is?

 

[LookAtMeGo]

That's a good way to get yourself killed by the knights watch a.k.a the illuminati

 

[Sander VF]

It all makes sense now. Once that giant meteorite hit hit millions of years ago, it flipped the earth disk and poor dumb dinosaurs fell of the edge into extinction.

Found a suitable image for this sad, flat story.

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Why is it banned? The idea presented by the gif isn't any more idiotic than the rest of what they believe.

 

[CellarDoor]

Why not just sail to the edge where the ice wall is?

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Because there are dragons that guard the edge, and won't allow you to get close. I thought everyone knew this?

 

[Reven Wolf]

Because there are dragons that guard the edge, and won't allow you to get close. I thought everyone knew this?

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Oh and the

Spoiler: Game of Thrones

army of white walkers in case you do get close!

 

[GiantEnemyGoomba]

So basically they don't "believe" in gravity?

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The most common explanation I've seen is the disc is accelerating upwards all the time at the same rate as gravity.

I wonder how fast it's going at this point.

 

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I hope this dude returns safely with an open and humble mind. Maybe he'll even make his ill-advised adventure profitable by becoming one of those hokey public speakers who gives presentations at public schools.

 

[Keuja]

The most common explanation I've seen is the disc is accelerating upwards all the time at the same rate as gravity.

I wonder how fast it's going at this point.

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Now I'm curious... Do they also have an explanation on why and how the disc is constantly accelerating ?

 

[Box]

So the disc is accelerating vertically. No lateral movement at all? Is it spinning?

 

[zon]

The flat earth 'theory' is obviously just a conspiracy to keep us away from the real truth of our earth being hollow and we're being ruled by the lizard people who live inside our planet. These flat earthers are just paid actors to keep us distracted from the truth! WAKE UP SHEEPLE

 

[Gernau Morat Gurgeh]

Pah, dupes.

De Chelonian Mobile

 

[Pandaman]

Why not just sail to the edge where the ice wall is?

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because the UN patrols the ice wall with their vast fleets of ships, preventing anyone from ever getting close.

 

[SnakeyHips]

You have to admire the dedication people will go to try and fight against the norm. It's admirable really. Shame that dedication isn't being put towards something useful. God speed, sir.

 

[zoukka]

People want to feel special.

Just watched a doc about a family that drinks silver water every day and makes their toddlers drink since it's much "healthier" than big pharma medicine. Obviously the doctors told them they might end up killing their kids, but they didn't give a fuck!

 

[Spades]

Is he actually going to go through with this?

 

[Satanael]

He knows he needs a rocket to go up, but does he know he needs it to counter gravity?

You know, that thing with mostly equal force in every point of the globe because of the distance to the center.

This would be way cheaper and less embarrassing for him if he just got a plane ticket to Barcelona and do a couple of jumps in Mount Tibidabo.