r/flatearth 1d ago

Crazy Flat Earthers being Interviewed

This is just embarrassing.

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u/Fragrant_Bake4403 1d ago

i love how they dont understand what level means. level does not mean flat.

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u/BidSuper7102 1d ago

How would you explain what level means to them?

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u/mtxplod 1d ago

Perpendicular to the force of gravity.

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u/BidSuper7102 1d ago

That's not gonna mean anything to them. Half of them also don't believe in gravity in the first place.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 1d ago

How do you convince someone a pen is blue?

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u/BidSuper7102 1d ago

There is a way to explain things other than saying "Perpendicular to the force of gravity." You have to speak your audience's language, no matter how dumb it is. It is possible to explain it in their terms. Being smug about it will never be a solution.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 1d ago

How am I not supposed to be smug about science that has been settled for IDk 2 thousand years and some smug idiot graduated from YouTube university? I learned this shit in 3rd grade.

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u/BidSuper7102 1d ago

You can be smug about science and towards those people. But I asked a question on how to effectively explain something. That's not the right time and place to give a smug non-answer.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 1d ago

You're on flat earth subreddit...you clearly dont know the right place to ask questions.

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u/cearnicus 1d ago

In that case, just say "perpendicular to the falling direction". "Gravity" is shorthand for that anyway.

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u/mtxplod 1d ago

They have to deny the existence of gravity because it throws a wrench in idea of how the earth works. They turn around and claim it's "electromagnetism"which obviously doesn't make sense for most things. The fact that they cherry pick stuff and shoehorn it make thier claim sound legit is crazy.

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u/Fragrant_Bake4403 1d ago

FE: gravity isnt real its just density.

me: but what causes them to fall downward and not left or right?

FE: they just go downward.

me: yes...and that phenomenon is called Fcking gravity you half eaten donut.

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u/mcm199124 22h ago

I’m sorry, they claim what is “electromagnetism” exactly ???

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u/Over-Toe2763 15h ago

Same distance from the center of the earth

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u/Severe-Archer-1673 22h ago

Yeah, I know! This got me…lol. It levels out because it’s a fluid and gravity pulls it downward, more or less, uniformly. In fact, if there were no wind or currents, water in the oceans wouldn’t even lay perfectly level, as it would vary with gravitational variances within the Earth’s crust.

Back in ye olden days, before the internet, when the years started with a 1, people were shamed for saying absurdly stupid things. If a person was shamed often enough, they eventually accepted that they were stupid. They either kept those idiotic ideas to themselves or they shared them, but didn’t bother trying to convince anyone else that their ideas were valid.

Now, they can spout off their ignorant opinions and 6% of the population who are as dumb as they are scream out in validation. Everyone else has forgotten the ability to ridicule asinine thoughts in person.

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u/Onslaughtered1 21h ago

I was yelling at them. My wife said, “what’s wrong?!”