Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?

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iWitness

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Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« on: May 03, 2012, 08:56:28 PM »
Some say The Flat Earth Society has been Trolling since it was founded in 1956. Others would argue that The Flat Earth Society is the oldest club that is still around today. Whatever you believe about the shape of the earth is your business, but if it's not Flat you may be in for a surprise.

Isolated studies show that more and more people are talking about the Earth possibly being Flat. There are an abundance of user submitted videos on YouTube in the last few months alone all discussing Flat Earth Theory.

Is this trend going to continue? Will the world find out once and for all that the earth is flat and celebrate in all it's wonderful Glory? Will modern science be put to shame in one amazing superflat viral sensation?

Only time will tell.





























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Lord Wilmore

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2012, 09:05:14 PM »
Thanks for looking all of these up - I've added most of them to the society's official YouTube Channel.
"I want truth for truth's sake, not for the applaud or approval of men. I would not reject truth because it is unpopular, nor accept error because it is popular. I should rather be right and stand alone than run with the multitude and be wrong." - C.S. DeFord

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Tom Bishop

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2012, 09:40:21 PM »




I like this guy. I wonder who he is on this forum.

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zarg

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2012, 10:19:00 PM »
There are an abundance of user submitted videos on YouTube in the last few months alone all discussing Flat Earth Theory.

Oh iWitness, you're so cute sometimes.

The videos that have been submitted in the last few months scarcely even approach 1000 views, while the others which approach 50,000 (which still is nothing in youtube terms) have taken about 2 years to do so. This is not what we call "Going Viral".

Search any topic on youtube, set the filter to results within a month, and you'll find very similar viewing trends.
Example: http://www.youtube.com/results?uploaded=m&search_type=videos&uni=3&search_query=unibrow
Here we have a video about unibrows gaining over a thousand views in just 2 weeks, and countless other unibrow hits in the last month alone. Are Unibrows Going Viral?
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[Lord Wilmore's writings] are written the way a high schooler thinks an educated person should sound like.  The pathetic pseudo-academic writing can't hide the lack of any real substance.

Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2012, 05:28:50 AM »
The FES is a club???

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hoppy

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2012, 03:53:04 PM »
Excellent work iwitness, there were some videos that I had not seen before. I like the "ex nasa" artist guy.
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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2012, 05:03:03 PM »
Thanks for looking all of these up - I've added most of them to the society's official YouTube Channel.
I didn't know that the society had a channel. I'll see it.


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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2012, 01:06:29 AM »
aren't most of these parody videos?
they do more damage to the true Zetetics.

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Lord Wilmore

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2012, 07:37:41 AM »
aren't most of these parody videos?
they do more damage to the true Zetetics.


Some are parody videos, but many are of genuine interest. I have excluded those I felt would do more harm than good.
"I want truth for truth's sake, not for the applaud or approval of men. I would not reject truth because it is unpopular, nor accept error because it is popular. I should rather be right and stand alone than run with the multitude and be wrong." - C.S. DeFord

Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2012, 08:10:26 AM »
aren't most of these parody videos?
they do more damage to the true Zetetics.


Some are parody videos, but many are of genuine interest. I have excluded those I felt would do more harm than good.

If FET was solid, no video could harm it.
“The Earth looks flat, therefore it is” FEers wisdom.

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Lord Wilmore

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2012, 08:26:19 AM »
If FET was solid, no video could harm it.


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They don't harm FET. But they might harm the site's image if added to our official YouTube channel.
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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2012, 09:22:50 AM »
Nice Work Willmore!

Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2012, 11:14:29 PM »
The guy in the video, his name is Math Powerland, he is some some of an artist but claims that he used to work for NASA. He probably is a member of this forum, I suspect its Lord Dave. lol
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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2012, 12:38:16 AM »
I'm not sure that FET is going viral, but it is surely picking up momentum. Perhaps one day. Also, thanks for the links, I enjoyed many of the videos.

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Tom Bishop

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2012, 12:42:00 PM »
Math Powerland certainly is a member who has been following this forum. I've seen him explain the sinking ship effect with my own explanations verbatim.

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zarg

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2012, 02:10:11 PM »
I've seen him explain the sinking ship effect with my own explanations verbatim.

The mark of a true free-thinker.
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[Lord Wilmore's writings] are written the way a high schooler thinks an educated person should sound like.  The pathetic pseudo-academic writing can't hide the lack of any real substance.

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2012, 05:29:46 PM »
The guy in the video, his name is Math Powerland, he is some some of an artist but claims that he used to work for NASA. He probably is a member of this forum, I suspect its Lord Dave. lol

Actually, his name is Math Boylan.  Personally, I don't think that he's very funny.
http://www.rtbot.net/MATH_BOYLAN
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Besides, perhaps FET is a conspiracy too.
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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2012, 06:12:40 PM »
this guy seems like hes mocking what many of believe is True.
and whats with the painted girl? and 911 references???
his videos do not reflect disc earth theory, and any Zetetic would not embrace this.
please delete any of his videos from this site

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Tom Bishop

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #18 on: May 06, 2012, 11:22:10 PM »
The guy in the video, his name is Math Powerland, he is some some of an artist but claims that he used to work for NASA. He probably is a member of this forum, I suspect its Lord Dave. lol

Actually, his name is Math Boylan.  Personally, I don't think that he's very funny.
http://www.rtbot.net/MATH_BOYLAN

Fortunately people come to this forum to see what I think, not what you think.

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markjo

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2012, 05:23:49 AM »
Fortunately people come to this forum to see what I think, not what you think.

Yes Tom, your stand up routine is much better than his.
Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
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Besides, perhaps FET is a conspiracy too.
Quote from: bullhorn
It is just the way it is, you understanding it doesn't concern me.

Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2012, 07:32:03 AM »
The guy in the video, his name is Math Powerland, he is some some of an artist but claims that he used to work for NASA. He probably is a member of this forum, I suspect its Lord Dave. lol

Actually, his name is Math Boylan.  Personally, I don't think that he's very funny.
http://www.rtbot.net/MATH_BOYLAN

Fortunately people come to this forum to see what I think, not what you think.

You seem conveniently to forget the enormous number of times when people disagree with you.
“The Earth looks flat, therefore it is” FEers wisdom.

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Lord Wilmore

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2012, 08:00:25 AM »
Thanks for looking all of these up - I've added most of them to the society's official YouTube Channel.
I didn't know that the society had a channel. I'll see it.


Sorry, I didn't spot this when replying before, and I should have responded. Yes, we have a YouTube channel, and you can find it at the below link:


http://www.youtube.com/user/flatearthtoday


Any and all submissions are welcome. I'd love to see more community-created videos up there.
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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #22 on: May 08, 2012, 03:15:21 AM »
Yes, we have a YouTube channel
... and my word it is ugly.

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Lord Wilmore

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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #23 on: May 08, 2012, 04:39:52 AM »
Yes, we have a YouTube channel
... and my word it is ugly.


Yeah... to be fair there isn't a wealth of imagery for me to work with in terms of a background, and I have neither the time nor the ability to create one of my own.
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Re: Is Flat Earth Society Going Viral?
« Reply #24 on: May 08, 2012, 10:06:38 AM »
When I submit my redesign entry I'll include a general press kit that can be used for stuff like that.