what would you say...

if someone dumped you in a rocket and orbited you a few times AROUND the "FLAT" earth? what is it, an optical illusion? someone gave you hallucinogenic drugs?

i will tell you what they would say:

"zomg, its a conspiracy! the evidence contradicts my bullshit theory, it must be a conspiracy! i need to go and be gay because i have no logical brain and im a silly american who needs to get educated and get a life!"

EDIT:
wait... maybe even your entire life is a conspiracy? maybe you are ACTUALLY living in a jar, as a project of an alien, or maybe you are actually in the matrix and you're life is already all planned.

FFS, if you have nothing to say that is believable then STFU.

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if someone dumped you in a rocket and orbited you a few times AROUND the "FLAT" earth? what is it, an optical illusion? someone gave you hallucinogenic drugs?

It would appear that not all of them believe it. A lot of it is satirical, as they play Devil's Advocate just for the sake of arguing.

Which I thought about doing myself just to see how amusing it might be. :roll:

i will tell you what they would say:

"zomg, its a conspiracy! the evidence contradicts my bullshit theory, it must be a conspiracy! i need to go and be gay because i have no logical brain and im a silly american who needs to get educated and get a life!"

EDIT:
wait... maybe even your entire life is a conspiracy? maybe you are ACTUALLY living in a jar, as a project of an alien, or maybe you are actually in the matrix and you're life is already all planned.

FFS, if you have nothing to say that is believable then STFU.

And who is to judge what is and isn't believable?  You?  Who gave you that power?

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i will tell you what they would say:

"zomg, its a conspiracy! the evidence contradicts my bullshit theory, it must be a conspiracy! i need to go and be gay because i have no logical brain and im a silly american who needs to get educated and get a life!"

EDIT:
wait... maybe even your entire life is a conspiracy? maybe you are ACTUALLY living in a jar, as a project of an alien, or maybe you are actually in the matrix and you're life is already all planned.

FFS, if you have nothing to say that is believable then STFU.

And who is to judge what is and isn't believable?  You?  Who gave you that power?

Common sense and logic. You clearly lack it.

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i will tell you what they would say:

"zomg, its a conspiracy! the evidence contradicts my bullshit theory, it must be a conspiracy! i need to go and be gay because i have no logical brain and im a silly american who needs to get educated and get a life!"

EDIT:
wait... maybe even your entire life is a conspiracy? maybe you are ACTUALLY living in a jar, as a project of an alien, or maybe you are actually in the matrix and you're life is already all planned.

FFS, if you have nothing to say that is believable then STFU.

And who is to judge what is and isn't believable?  You?  Who gave you that power?

Common sense and logic. You clearly lack it.

Oh, yes.  Just because something contradicts everything you have learned AND your beliefs automatically disqualifies it as truth.

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i will tell you what they would say:

"zomg, its a conspiracy! the evidence contradicts my bullshit theory, it must be a conspiracy! i need to go and be gay because i have no logical brain and im a silly american who needs to get educated and get a life!"

EDIT:
wait... maybe even your entire life is a conspiracy? maybe you are ACTUALLY living in a jar, as a project of an alien, or maybe you are actually in the matrix and you're life is already all planned.

FFS, if you have nothing to say that is believable then STFU.

And who is to judge what is and isn't believable?  You?  Who gave you that power?

Common sense and logic. You clearly lack it.

Oh, yes.  Just because something contradicts everything you have learned AND your beliefs automatically disqualifies it as truth.

Your missing the obvious fact that our theory comes with proper evidence (in various forms, you refuse to accept any of it, that's not our fault), and yours... well... doesn't.

Your missing the obvious fact that our theory comes with proper evidence (in various forms, you refuse to accept any of it, that's not our fault), and yours... well... doesn't.

What part of PHOTOS CAN BE DOCTORED don't you understand?

On the other hand, I can look outside and clearly see it is flat.

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Your missing the obvious fact that our theory comes with proper evidence (in various forms, you refuse to accept any of it, that's not our fault), and yours... well... doesn't.

What part of PHOTOS CAN BE DOCTORED don't you understand?

On the other hand, I can look outside and clearly see it is flat.

I actually can't believe the sheer stupidity. In fact, it speaks for itself.

Had me laughing anyway.

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Your missing the obvious fact that our theory comes with proper evidence (in various forms, you refuse to accept any of it, that's not our fault), and yours... well... doesn't.

What part of PHOTOS CAN BE DOCTORED don't you understand?

On the other hand, I can look outside and clearly see it is flat.

I actually can't believe the sheer stupidity. In fact, it speaks for itself.

Had me laughing anyway.

Prove me wrong.

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Wait, do you mean to tell me that, when you look outside, it looks round?

Lets see you invest time in doctoring something that gives no benefit to itself in the end.

It's called motive. And there is none.

Lets see you invest time in doctoring something that gives no benefit to itself in the end.

It's called motive. And there is none.

Straight from the FAQ that noone seems to read anymore:

Q: "What is the motive behind this conspiracy?"

A: The motive is unknown although it is probably money.

So someone is giving the conspiracy money to cover up the fact that the world is flat. I fail to see how the sheer mechanics would work. And if it isn't money, then what else could it possibly be?

Common sense, again, FTW

So someone is giving the gov't money to cover up the fact that the world is flat. I fail to see how the sheer mechanics would work. And if it isn't money, then what else could it possibly be?

Comman sense, again, FTW

A lesson in sheer mechanics:

Mechanically, scissors are a first-class, double-lever with the pivot/hinge acting as the fulcrum. For cutting thick or heavy material, the mechanical advantage of a lever can be exploited by placing the material to be cut as close to the fulcrum as possible. For example, if the applied force (i.e., the hand) is twice as far away from the fulcrum as the cutting location (e.g., piece of paper), the force at the cutting location is twice that of the applied force at the handles. Specialized scissors, like bolt cutters exploit leverage by having a long handle but placing the material to be cut close to the fulcrum. Scissors cut material by applying a local shear stress at the cutting location which exceeds the material's shear strength.

... but I don't see how it has to deal with the conspiracy.

Sheer mechanics is also used as a figure of speech, meaning the manner in which something works.

Reading comprehension, FTW

Sheer mechanics is also used as a figure of speech, meaning the manner in which something works.

Reading comprehension, FTW

First Topic:
How Can They Afford the Conspiracy?
...
CONSPIRACY MONEY TOTAL = $47,000,000 USD (Forty-Million U.S. Dollars)
...
How Does The Conspiracy Benefit?

This is not easily answered, but I've taken some insight into this and made some estimates on how the conspiracy could be making money:

Government Paychecks:
It's very possible that the conspiracy runs by just sucking money out of the government that they are underneath. Seeing as the head honchos in those governments don't have to know about the conspiracy, it'd be pretty easy to take money from the government. Also, even if the leaders DID know, it's tax money that's going into the space exploration research, so really, they'd still be pulling profit. Basically, if you chose to believe this option, the leaders of the conspiracy are taking tax money and getting filthy stinking rich off of it. Sounds like a motive to me.

Display of Power:
Some people are control freaks. Maybe they get a rush from showing that they can change everyone's mind about the true shape of the Earth.

Embarrassment:
So, the government messed up at a really bad time to mess up, and they've been pooling all of the already-angry tax-payers' money into research that eventually led to a less-than-exciting discovery: The Earth is flat. Everyone was wrong. Millions (probably billions) of dollars of money that didn't really belong to them had been basically tossed down the drain for research of the round Earth, when, in fact it was flat. So, instead of angering people and possibly even sparking a revolt of some sort, they made up some stuff. And you know how lies tend to roll and get bigger and bigger until they're inescapable? I'd say a worldwide conspiracy is that concept...to the max.

Recruitment/Faithfulness:
Similar to the one above. Maybe the future-conspirators were ashamed that they hadn't reached out to space yet, and they felt that the people were getting hasty and impatient with them, so they decided to say they did it, and qualm the welling resentment of them, so they could ACTUALLY send people into space on a later date, without a bunch of morons knocking on their doorstep asking when they would be done with their space ship. Unfortunately, they later realized that they were wrong the whole time, and therefore had to uphold the conspiracy, lest they be accused of lying, and therefore reverting the resentment to its original state.

Reading comprehension for the win, indeed.

Where'd you get those figures from? You must have a real source. But then, if your conspiracy was true, you'd have no knowledge abut those figures, just like you'd have no book.

Where'd you get those figures from? You must have a real source. But then, if your conspiracy was true, you'd have no knowledge abut those figures, just like you'd have no book.

How about you read the linked material.

Like I said, if the conspiracy was true, and live up to the standards you gave them, you wouldn't have those sources to have those figures. Just like you wouldn't have a book.

Logic, FTW.

Like I said, if the conspiracy was true, and live up to the standards you gave them, you wouldn't have those sources to have those figures. Just like you wouldn't have a book.

Logic, FTW.

Do you like not making any sense?

It makes perfect sense. You're just too ignorant to see how.

Damn, I thought this was going to be a Dave Matthews Band thread.

Damn, I thought this was going to be a Dave Matthews Band thread.

Ha ha, me too, to be honest.

OM-GODZ! Just because the earth LOOKS flat, it MUST be! OF COURSE! How could I have been so DULL?!?

Come on people, GET A CLUE.

How the hell does the magnetic field work then, eh? eh?

I suppose all the laws and equations of magnetism that show that the world has to be a sphere are just part of your conpiracy bullshit...

I suppose all the laws and equations of magnetism that show that the world has to be a sphere are just part of your conpiracy bullshit...

Which equations would those be?

How the hell does the magnetic field work then, eh? eh?

It's a product of a moving charges.

dmb!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!!!!111111!!!!!!!!!!!112!!!!7

dmb!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!!!!111111!!!!!!!!!!!112!!!!7

And as evolution fails, chaos theory and patterns emergent begin to take prophetic form...

I win. Again.

Hara's RE noobery was delicious.