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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian

« on: September 27, 2007, 10:44:04 PM »

You guys hit quote too many times.

Also,
Top Two signs you're a douche:

1) You make stupid lists to generalize people and judge them on negative qualities
2) You're a hypocrite ^^

- Derek the Douche

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The Lounge / Re: Talk Like A Douchebag Day

« on: September 19, 2007, 03:26:05 PM »

I think Tom is smart.

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Technology, Science & Alt Science / Re: 9/11 conspiracy

« on: September 11, 2007, 08:13:53 PM »

Not that I've paid any attention to the thread at all, I am so happy that somebody started it.

Can't have a flat earth without a conspiracy behind terrorism!

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: Woudln't this totally debunk everything?

« on: September 10, 2007, 08:59:39 PM »

Oh.

And the debate -does- exist, the conspiracy just makes you think otherwise, Midnight. Dur.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: Woudln't this totally debunk everything?

« on: September 10, 2007, 08:56:52 PM »

Well, I've heard he's giving away his fortune to anybody who forwards this e-mail to 10 people, finding the cure for cancer and married to Alessandra Ambrosio. Until I turn on the TV, and hear "Bill Gates space rocket almost complete" or something like that, I'll take my grain of salt. It's not something people will overlook or ignore.

I just turned on the news, some lady turned 100 years old today, and it's on the state news. That is so stupid, tell Billy to hurry.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: Woudln't this totally debunk everything?

« on: September 10, 2007, 08:43:26 PM »

This topic is not uncommon to the threads.

Conspiracy or not; round earth or otherwise, you must think about the 'millions upon millions of dollars' 'NASA' put into 'creating and researching' the 'spacecraft' they used to 'traverse space' and 'go to the moon'. Not to mention all of the 'information', 'physics' and 'conditioning' that had to take place before 'the astronauts' could 'travel'. Things that critical will not just simply be duplicated by any civilian with cash, and certainly not without a crapload of publicity from everyone. I'm not saying that it's impossible for people to go into space, or have the technology to doso, I'm just saying that the chance of it happening (especially some nameless civilian) doing it; without everybody (or anybody, for that matter) in the english-speaking world knowing who is doing it in the media is slim.

- Derek

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Are Catholics Cannibals?

« on: September 10, 2007, 08:15:30 PM »

I'm surprised that nobody made a "I eat your mother" joke.
It makes my heart sad.

- Derek

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Are Catholics Cannibals?

« on: September 10, 2007, 06:15:25 PM »

..true.

They -could- be eating Jesus' actual flesh. Pardon me for my assumption.

Then, they are cannibals until I have proof that Jesus' flesh is not being consumed.

- Derek

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Are Catholics Cannibals?

« on: September 10, 2007, 06:10:31 PM »

..it's bread.

I think, unless they're digging up Jesus' corpse and scraping off bits of his skin, they're really not even arguably so. It doesn't turn into his flesh after you swallow it. I like the Pope as much as the next guy, but... honestly. It's still bread, not the flesh of the Saviour.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: The world is round!!!! >:(

« on: September 10, 2007, 06:03:08 PM »

zOMG, He added the Arches. XD.

And, ahm... gross.

 Very

- Derek

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: "Post Your Desktop 4"

« on: September 10, 2007, 06:01:49 PM »

...You made me weep just now, Kangaroo.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Well, here's my attempt...

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:50:55 PM »

I think we were arguing with the chick.

But, okay. Diego, you are one manly, muscular man. I would touch you any day of the week.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Well, here's my attempt...

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:38:55 PM »

Better than Draw? Only while under the influence.

Wow. I usually have to buy a person supper before they move our relationship to this level. No thanks, sweetie, I'm busy trying to prove the earth is flat.

Later, maybe?

- Derek
Er,
~ Derek

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Well, here's my attempt...

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:36:17 PM »

..It's because I'm literate, right?

i am lyke =50= glad that u think im as kewel az Draw^^   

...So, thanks. I guess.

I had this same problem when I walked into the semi-religious bar; all the sexy women thought I was a God incarnate. Based on a true story.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:28:34 PM »

Resisting urge..

Anyway, this is going nowhere quickly, I did what I could to answer how I believed.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Q&A / Re: Well, here's my attempt...

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:26:35 PM »

...Uh, I used to hop around in January, when Draw was around.

Why would he.. make an 'alt' to argue topics he's already involved in?

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:23:04 PM »

It wasn't an actual invitation, when we start talking about gravity, everybody starts throwing their monkey shit and nothing ever gets accomplished.

Kind of like the way this thread is going in general.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:18:02 PM »

I think it's less obscene than your statements about tourists in the South Pole.
I'd also use this as a door to make fun of every utterly illiterate RE'er ever, and use that as a reason to disprove the theory, but I'm still amused by how much you think I care.
You've lived on the earth your whole life, *brandished irate FE arguement* explain Gravity then, mister I've-lived-on-a-round-earth-my-whole-life.

But, um, seriously, weather isn't my thing.
And, there's a thread for being an idiot for the sake of being an idiot. It's not this one.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:12:34 PM »

I can't explain FE weather when I don't fully understand it myself, my ideas are skew, as I said. Ask somebody more well-thunk on the matter, as I said.

- Derek.

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:08:48 PM »

*roll* I didn't do a word-for-word search. Shockingly, I trusted the emphasis on Austral Midnight Sun to be something worthy of actual referense. Please remember to breathe as I tell you that I don't really care if you believe the things I do, and am, therefore, only going to argue with you as long as it gets me out of actual homework.

And good job spelling my name right. Third time's the charm. I guess I'll have to start SIGNING EVERY ONE OF MY POSTS so you can look at it.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 05:06:06 PM »

Er, having lived in Alaska for about 3 years, it.. doesn't. The sun 'sets' every night in the summer, it also rises about two hours hour later. It may not get pitch dark, but night happens.. nightly.

I'm not sure about the FE stand on this, and I've never put much thought on the grounds of weather patterns, though I'd cast my vote to simply say that the sun is following it's pattern, and, again, the bank of the elipse is right there in the summer. This would force the shift of the sun to shift like the RE'ers believe the moon does to the earth in the theory, and I think that's the way it goes; it spins on it's own, and it spins around the central point.

Though, interestingly enough, I read a passage by an old-school FE'er who claimed the sunlight and moonlight shone through random holes over the dome in the sky.. Just food for thought, I'm still looking.

Might as well wipe out Germany too, while we're at it. No Holocaust memories! Problem solved!

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:53:42 PM »

And I don't see anything informative about the Austral Midnight Sun on my ahm.. esteemed research files (*cough google cough*). It's noplace on Wiki, either.

So, explain it, or find somplace that does so I can instigate more stupid arguements?

Also, Australia doesn't exist either. Don't you pay attention?

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:50:18 PM »

The RE one does, sure.
The FE one proves ours.
Irony.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:46:59 PM »

Whatsyourface #1:
I appreciate you agreeing with me?
My feelings are all hurt 'n stuff, remind me to weep. Invite yourself to do the experiment also, the whole room will not experience 'daytime'. It's also important to factor in the size of the earth in the FE theory (Circumference: 78225 miles, Diameter: 24,900 miles) and the size and brightness of the sun (32 miles in diameter- smack me if I know the brightness, somebody will). It was an off hand analogy, not an actual experiment. Invite yourself to do it, though.

Whatsyourface #2:
It's spelled Derek.
I found a picture in the forum that kind of explains the equinox better, right near the bottom of the FAQ, the explanation is better than mine, I think, but it sort of follows my train of thought.

Also drawn from the FAQ to keep you busy while whatshisface#1 figures the relative size of the sun in comparison to a circular room, and shines it on a mirror with an additionally relative reflective quality of the ice wall:

"It's a perspective effect.  Really, the sun is just getting farther away; it looks like it disappears because everything gets smaller and eventually disappears as it gets farther away."
 Not that it helps, but I still rest that the sun follows it's pattern, and, because of the central shift, it is in different places at different times.

I also have no idea what the Austral Midnight Sun is. Looking it up.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:34:48 PM »

Our ideas are in the FAQ. I believe that as much as you and your word documents. Nice and organized, there are lots of people explaining the theory.

You forgot the 'Master'.

- Master Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:32:57 PM »

About the posts, again, I'm not the FE master, Diego will know. It still won't light up the whole room, by my thoughts.

And, ahm, if you want me to answer a thought, word it like a question so I know what to answer/poke fun at.

And number them.

And, while your at it, feel free to refer to me as Master Derek.

- Derek.. Master Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:30:37 PM »

Well, at least 500 women sleep with me every week.

Does it seem obscene to you? Why am I not allowed the same spectisicm?

By the way, it's true
- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:28:07 PM »

Two things while I keep up.

1: I already said I don't know everything, not exceping the theory. This is my speculation, like I said. Don't be dumb. If I want to be a pompous asshole, I'll just ask you to prove your beliefs to me. I'm too lazy to be -that- stupid yet.

2: They are the same.

3: I'm missing your question now, Mister Trekkie. Tell me what I'm looking up

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:25:26 PM »

I still tried to be thorough. The accurate response would be, "There is no antartica."

So, There is no antartica. Antartica does not have days.

Problem solved.

- Derek

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Flat Earth Debate / Re: FEers, try to tackle this for me

« on: September 10, 2007, 04:22:36 PM »

It will not illuminate the room as bright as the light immediately hitting the mirror is. ie; daytime. I'm not saying it's completely dark at night, it's simply less bright.

- Derek