But how would you be so inclined as to assume that there is "likely" no information in the video which could be new to you, if you have not watched it? Why the fuck are you even here arguing about the fact that he posted a video?
I'm pretty sure there won't be much new information because there very rarely is. I've been on this site for a while, there are only a few arguments actually used, and which are used by newcomers and veteran members alike. There are only a finite few kinds of arguments made, and I've heard them. Circumpolar stars, to the coriolis effect, to flight times/distances, to sunsets, to explanations of the moon and related phenomenon...
I posted, because there aren't many FEers active on the forum, and I try to save them the trouble of dealing with awful threads like this so people who have actually interesting questions can have their posts addressed. I'd much rather hear a description of how the celestial gears model actually works, or an explanation of eclipses, than hearing the perspective-answer to a ship going over the horizon, or the description of a spotlight Sun, or its orbit, for the umpteenth time.
Threads like this don't achieve anything. The OP likely knows there'll be no response because very few people have time to sit down and watch a 45 minute video, much less write up an intelligible reply, and even if they did I doubt there'd be much covered that hasn't been covered countless times before.
Don't like it? Don't want to watch it? Then fuck off to a thread where you can actually have a say in the argument. In this case you don't because YOU are too lazy or just unwilling to observe what's being presented. Just like any other case in a debate between FE and RE, all you people do is snub out logic and honest opposition during debate. So if you don't have time to go over the video then again, go to a different thread that's only text, this guy hasn't done anything wrong by sharing a video. Hell even this video is more credible in explaining and supporting the idea of a round earth than any proof I've seen supporting the FE model.
I'm a REer. That doesn't change the fact that this was a ridiculous thread. Dropping a link to a video that'd take multiple hours to respond to and being too lazy to elaborate on even one argument is not 'honest opposition.' RET has a strong position, no question, it can be defended without resorting to tired old repetition and absurdly long videos that you know won't get a response.
Sure, FE models are typically weak. That should make it easy for an argument to be made. Instead, we get completely stupid arguments, like referencing something no one wants to watch, or the "But completely unrelated objects are round!" argument that seems like it keeps making the rounds, or people who claim to see curvature from see level.
So, yes, I'm going to speak up when threads like this are made because they don't achieve anything.