Whats with these flat earther morons?

[fncceo]

Anyone got the REAL answer?

The diameter of the Earth is just under 13,000 KMs. The bulge at the equator, which makes it a spheroid vs a sphere, is only 43 KMs (1/3rd of a percent) which is imperceptible to the eye when looking at the entire earth.

 

[Cellblock2429]

I thought Chen trails were just for poisoning us with mind control drugs?
Pfrt.
Cellblock apparently ain't as smart as he'd like us to believe

/---- No I am.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Anyone got the REAL answer?

The diameter of the Earth is just under 13,000 KMs. The bulge at the equator, which makes it a spheroid vs a sphere, is only 43 KMs (1/3rd of a percent) which is imperceptible to the eye when looking at the entire earth.

/---- You want the truth? You can't handle the truth.

 

[konradv]

You want the truth? You can't handle the truth.
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Bizarro earth or as some would call it, Trumpsylvania.

 

[Votto]

I started hearing sometime last year, that there are actually people who believe this. Mostly people I consider to be dimwits. I have largely ignored this subject, because I consider it to be utter nonesense.

Last week I was having a conversation with my cousin, over the phone. Towards the tail end of said conversation, she stops me and asks. "So is the Earth round or flat"? Well I immediately rolled my eyes, thinking oh no not a family member. My response was very quick, with the obvious answer. She than quizzes me, about if you walked from one end of Earth to the other, where would you end up. Of course my answer was, right back where you started. She said, "I dunno about that"

Where did this start? I know muslim clerics have tried to speak on this. Telling their folliwersb that the Sun hides behind the moon at night. Yes really!

There has to be some other source of this idiocy. One of the circles it seems to be most prevalent in, is professional athletes. But I am assuming, they are following someone else on this subject. I wouldn't be shocked if it's picking up steam amongst the hollyweird crowd as well, they sure haven't displayed much in the smarts department lately.

So does anyone know, what the root of this lunacy is? And just for giggles and shits, I have added a simple poll on the subject. And if anyone out there buys into this, please explain why!

What I don't get is when we look up at the moon or look at Saturn or Jupiter through a telescope and even the sun is round, but yet the earth is somehow not?

Makes no sense.

 

[fncceo]

What I don't get is when we look up at the moon or look at Saturn or Jupiter through a telescope and even the sun is round, but yet the earth is somehow not?

Makes no sense.

All rotating bodies exhibit some bulging at the equator. How much depends on the force of the spin. However, that bulge is so small compared to the total diameter it is imperceptible to the human eye.

 

[OldLady]

I started hearing sometime last year, that there are actually people who believe this. Mostly people I consider to be dimwits. I have largely ignored this subject, because I consider it to be utter nonesense.

Last week I was having a conversation with my cousin, over the phone. Towards the tail end of said conversation, she stops me and asks. "So is the Earth round or flat"? Well I immediately rolled my eyes, thinking oh no not a family member. My response was very quick, with the obvious answer. She than quizzes me, about if you walked from one end of Earth to the other, where would you end up. Of course my answer was, right back where you started. She said, "I dunno about that"

Where did this start? I know muslim clerics have tried to speak on this. Telling their folliwersb that the Sun hides behind the moon at night. Yes really!

There has to be some other source of this idiocy. One of the circles it seems to be most prevalent in, is professional athletes. But I am assuming, they are following someone else on this subject. I wouldn't be shocked if it's picking up steam amongst the hollyweird crowd as well, they sure haven't displayed much in the smarts department lately.

So does anyone know, what the root of this lunacy is? And just for giggles and shits, I have added a simple poll on the subject. And if anyone out there buys into this, please explain why!

What I don't get is when we look up at the moon or look at Saturn or Jupiter through a telescope and even the sun is round, but yet the earth is somehow not?

Makes no sense.

Technically they aren't perfect spheres, but the bulge is not large enough to be noticed unless you're measuring it with a yardstick. I wondered the same thing. FNCCEO is right.

Because the difference between the north and south diameters and the east and west diameters is not as great as you'd figure:
https://www.quora.com/If-earth-is-g...phere-why-do-NASA-images-show-an-exact-circle

 

[Votto]

What I don't get is when we look up at the moon or look at Saturn or Jupiter through a telescope and even the sun is round, but yet the earth is somehow not?

Makes no sense.

All rotating bodies exhibit some bulging at the equator. How much depends on the force of the spin. However, that bulge is so small compared to the total diameter it is imperceptible to the human eye.

For those that think it is all one big conspiracy, what is the angle?

 

[usmbguest5318]

I started hearing sometime last year, that there are actually people who believe this. Mostly people I consider to be dimwits. I have largely ignored this subject, because I consider it to be utter nonesense.

Last week I was having a conversation with my cousin, over the phone. Towards the tail end of said conversation, she stops me and asks. "So is the Earth round or flat"? Well I immediately rolled my eyes, thinking oh no not a family member. My response was very quick, with the obvious answer. She than quizzes me, about if you walked from one end of Earth to the other, where would you end up. Of course my answer was, right back where you started. She said, "I dunno about that"

Where did this start? I know muslim clerics have tried to speak on this. Telling their folliwersb that the Sun hides behind the moon at night. Yes really!

There has to be some other source of this idiocy. One of the circles it seems to be most prevalent in, is professional athletes. But I am assuming, they are following someone else on this subject. I wouldn't be shocked if it's picking up steam amongst the hollyweird crowd as well, they sure haven't displayed much in the smarts department lately.

So does anyone know, what the root of this lunacy is? And just for giggles and shits, I have added a simple poll on the subject. And if anyone out there buys into this, please explain why!

They are just messing with you. The Earth is neither flat nor round. It's an oblate spheroid.
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Well, if one must be pedantic about it, the Earth's shape is only approximately, but not perfectly, that of an oblate spheroid because the Earth's mass is not evenly distributed within the planet, thus creating "bumps" on the surface. That said, there's no question the Earth looks more like a "squashed ball" (oblate spheroid) than an egg (prolate spheroid) or perfect sphere.

In the scheme of things, however, I suspect for most folks, "round" is a perfectly fine description, most likely because Earth looks like no polyhedral solid and is therefore nowhere flat and everywhere curved.

Edit:

OP, I cannot answer the poll question because other than myself, I don't know anyone here. Sorry.​

 

[SixFoot]

I watched some live video not long ago on Facebook where a balloon was carrying a joint into the upper atmosphere. I figured it had to be internet trolls, because I've never met someone who actually believes the Earf is flat, and I doubt there's really that many.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

This thread needs a heavy hitter like Dale Smith.

 

[Old Rocks]

This thread needs a heavy hitter like Dale Smith.

By golly, you are right. We need to know why the round earth theory is an Illuminati conspiracy to deprive white males of their manhood. LOL

 

[Tommy Tainant]

This thread needs a heavy hitter like Dale Smith.

By golly, you are right. We need to know why the round earth theory is an Illuminati conspiracy to deprive white males of their manhood. LOL

Those efiing Rothschilds !!!