Why Flat Earthers Scare Me | Asmongold Reacts

[@agent01soul]

Years ago every village had an idiot, now because of the internet they can get together and have conferences

[@heliosgnosis2744]

There is tens of millions of them I am starting to think George Carlins stat of think of how dumb the average person is, now think half of them are even more dumb that that. It is funny and scary like Asmon says.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@heliosgnosis2744 It's got electrolytes.

[@deejitv]

rofl omgosh this is so true.

[@SchifferThe2nd]

The internet is a double edged sword.

[@aroemaliuged4776]

And half of you’re great country is as this
Why … oh why

[@SeFreaCweth]

The Earth is a cube. Every minecraft player knows this.

[@Zefar77]

Like come one, we have a perfectly functional simulation of it. How can it be disproved?

[@kuppa391]

But in minecraft the earth is flat? Cubeheads coping and seething rn.

[@promethiac2641]

"hHmm" - Minecraft villager saying "For real tho"

[@Gn8Lif3]

Turn up the Resolution jeez😊

[@PlaceOfDestination]

Minecraft earth isnt cube. Its endless.

[@user-pu4vf7ie2e]

If the Earth was flat, these people would believe that the Earth is round.

[@CorrosiveCitrus]

You're not wrong
And that's why what asmon said is spot on, it's not about the shape of the earth, it's about going against established authority
If the man says jumping in fire is bad, then jumping in fire is good!

[@Coxy_Wrecked]

Exactly, these kind of people just want to believe the truth is actually wrong. They want some sort of affirmation that they are more intelligent than the majoritiy when in fact they just make themselves look stupid.

[@rw0dyxer012]

@@Coxy_Wrecked Its the same thing with people who think they know how firearms work when they argue that the bullet WILL go to where they are aiming at. If you point a firearm straight at a target's forehead with a scope or a sight, people believe that is where the bullet will go when really it will actually hit their nose, eye or cheeks.

[@Infamous41]

just like when ur parents like something u like u don't like it nomo

[@gamer61701]

And if NASA published pictures of the Earth from space showing that it was the shape of a pyramid, you would instantly believe that it was 100% pyramid shaped.

[@bruhboi699]

My favorite documentary was the flat earth documentary where they used science to “prove” and then disprove their own theory

[@xiiguardian]

Under the dome I think. Saw it too. 😂

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

r/thathappened

[@sindicta5757]

@@Godzilla_Star_Eater it literally exists and you can watch it right now? how you gonna act like bro is lying when the video is literally up on the internet...

[@vamvam7690]

@@Godzilla_Star_Eaterthat was a dumb comment…one Google search could’ve saved you from that lol

[@rickybobby5153]

A 15 degree drift? Thanks bob 😂

[@marcuswalton7268]

there's a somewhat famous quote from a national park ranger I believe that is something like "The reason its so hard to create a bear proof trash can is that there is considerable overlap in intellect between the smartest bears and the dumbest people"

[@rhatikeo]

i remember that saying

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

To be fair, Yogi was a pretty smart bear.

[@Cloud-bs2kn]

​@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan definitely above average

[@CptnJaymz]

I heard that quote in Ron Swanson's voice...
and I'm ok with that.

[@aroemaliuged4776]

This is deplorable and depressing!!
The female bears actually look after their Cubs without manipulating social norms

[@LOOUUUD]

"Think of how dumb the average person is and then realize half of them are dumber than that," - George Carlin

[@innocentsmith6091]

But most people are within a standard deviation of the mean. So most less-than-average people are only marginally less intelligent than most more-than-average people.

[@alexnorth2452]

It's disappointing how people are incapable of thinking of original comments these days

[@Mastikator]

@@alexnorth2452 Nothing wrong with learning from our wisest elders.

[@metagen77]

@@innocentsmith6091 Everyone is missing the point, 10% fall below 80. Do you have any idea of how many people this is and how slow they are

[@the-answer-is-42]

Technically this is wrong, it should be the "median" person, not the "average" person.

[@FixationwithCarnage]

"you cant reason someone out of a position they didnt reason themselves in to"
this is just...chefs kiss*

[@Evelyn_Okay]

People don't want the truth. They want to be right

[@Musashi42069]

I lost my shit when the dinosaurs got yeeted to the outerspace.

[@CSIGrissom]

But that’s how it happened 😂🤣😭

[@rustymustard7798]

Panspermia lol.

[@oatsey1345]

dinosaurs never existed.

[@Exigty]

@@oatsey1345 Go to a museum and come back to me

[@SeFreaCweth]

That's what happened, IRL

[@Jenkkimie]

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." - Charles Bukowski.

[@nillehessy]

no de problem is elite cabal & their agendas and their agendas behind that and all their tentacles of their minions with their tentacles full of
goin low low low a low deez i see

[@Subsistence69]

This is a good one

[@catbert7]

Indeed.

[@pottistarter4971]

I used to be like this and believe someone even tho i knew they are wrong because of the confidence they exuded while saying it

[@JuffBeezos]

Which would imply that people open to the concept of a flat earth are more intelligent than those who are confident on either side of the topic.
Not that I believe in a flat earth at all, but the quote likely works outside your favor in this scenario.

[@Incogneto1981]

"It doesn't sound crazy if you're stupid" Best line I've heard to describe Flat Earthers.

[@artistryspectrum512]

Couldn't careless about flat earth.. that's like being mad at pineapple on pizza. Now, on the issue of gender and pdf files- they take the cake

[@Incogneto1981]

@@artistryspectrum512 😅

[@networkengineer4405]

Flat earthers are proof of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@darthbrooks4933]

💯

[@leocrow1919]

Do you have 1 real image of Earth being a ball from outer space that is not a cartoon?

[@darthbrooks4933]

@@leocrow1919 lol, just say you don’t understand math or physics.
Can you show me a model in which our day/night cycle works on a flat earth? No, you sure can’t😂

[@darthbrooks4933]

@@leocrow1919 no one claims it’s a “ball”. Sphere doesn’t mean ball, lol. The fact you can’t differentiate that difference says a lot and the fact you use that word(making your argument a strawman) like it’s some sort of gotcha is WILDLY telling.

[@iron_rush_theater1246]

Maybe it was George Carlin (or some other comedian) who said "tell someone there are a billion stars in the sky and they will believe you, but put a "wet paint" sign on a wall and they have to touch it to be sure."

[@firecloud42]

But we want people to test theories and ideas, it’s the best way to learn
The problem is flat Earthers “test” things and either don’t accept the out comes if proven wrong or don’t do further tests to make sure what the outcome wasn’t a fluke or an unknown variable effected it

[@V4Now]

Patrick Star appears...

[@TyrianHaze]

That's actually the basis for flat earth theory. They are unable to see whether the earth is flat or a sphere from their perspective on the planet, so it could be either until they themselves see it with their own eyes. It's not necessarily that they are mentally handicapped for believing the earth is flat, it's more that they are skeptical of the claim that it is a sphere and went with the default that it is flat based on their perspective on the surface of the planet. Personally I learn towards it being a sphere, but it could be either since I haven't jumped on a rocket and looked down at the Earth from space to verify myself.

[@merccc1]

@@TyrianHaze There are things you can do to literally test it yourself. They deny anything and everything no matter what instead and will believe literally anything that even remotely supports their idea blindly. That is the issue. Difficult to progress to solving the next issues if you constantly need to revisit everything to make sure yourself it is right first. That is why there are studies, examples, demonstrations, and so on to help catch people up to speed.

[@mbburry4759]

​@TyrianHaze flat earthers aren't just people who are ignorant or uneducated, and are like "looks kind of flat to me, but guess it could be round, whatever idk"
Flat earthers are people who have thoroughly looked into their idea and are absolutely confident in it, despite an overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary.
Also All of thier theories involve some form(s) of a global (discus, lol) conspiracy that tricks people into thinking it's a sphere for nefarious reasons... it also typically involves some god/Satan stuff, and tend to evangalize thier beliefs in flat earth...

[@voidmain2453]

Saying “trust science” or “believe in science” is a terrible way to put it, science challenges science all the time, science disproves science all the time. The problem is when people challenge science with nothing but voices in their heads and their ignorance in the topic. You don’t “believe” or “trust” science, you understand that the evidence is compelling enough to be accepted as true

[@conorloney2288]

Damn gonna have to remember that. Thats a great way of thinking about science.

[@Blakkrazor69]

I love Physics. I like the total surface area of the Earth moving, spinning, at speeds of around 1000 mph...faster than the speed of sound...in an Oxygen Rich Atmosphere....the friction would be distinct for the life of that planet as would the atmosphere's movements, they would be locked into the same rotation as the moving surface area creating all that drag, all that friction. But hey, I'm not arguing for a shape of any prison, I'm arguing for people to use some Physics and create their own models. Hell...they could ask AI to create the model for them. But the herd never thinks of the Physics of their Reality.

[@vukkulvar9769]

The solution is to outcraze them. "You think the Earth is flat? The Earth is a pyramid; everybody knows that!"

[@domerame5913]

Trusting science means trusting the scientific method, not trusting the postulations of scientists. Science challenging science is a reason to trust it.

[@onthelvl8291]

But you know and I know scientists are in their own echo chamber. If anyone tries to challenge the status quo with evidence,that's pretty damming, it's just handwave dismissed.
There is zero measurable curvature down here where it matters. Can't be found. 3/4 of earth is underwater. Water at rest wether it's in a cup, a puddle, in a toilet, it is always level. Always. Water does not conform. Water will not lie. Every test ever done to gauge the motion of earth , proved the opposite. We're not moving. It's not hard to see once ya see it. It is difficult to deal with. I think it sucks. Life was a lot easier as a NASA fanboy atheist cruising the galaxy on a spinning water ball. But, it's not the case

[@Aprichit_anniyan]

3 quotes that will help you in your life.
1.Arguing with an idiot feels like running in circles. You end up exactly where you started but more exhausted.
2.The problem with arguing with idiots is that they often confuse arrogance with intelligence.
3.The moment you engage in an argument with an idiot, you've already lost. They thrive on wasted time and frustration.

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

FULLY! The best way to get OUT of that conversation, by changing the Subject.

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

SJWs, feminists, and cultists use that same principle to avoid debate. You're just scared and can't handle cognitive dissonance so you rationalise not communicating with us. When one side is unwilling to talk, the people on the fence see the side more open to talking as more reasonable, which is the flat Earthers.

[@MrMancreatedgod]

Bruh. People run in circles all the time. Exercise has many benefits. Smdh

[@killjoyredux8361]

The problem is that this applies to both sides of any argument yet hubris blinds us to our own echo chambers

[@RegularFlyGuy]

@@killjoyredux8361 sounds like a you problem more than anything else to be honest. While this is something that plague many people, its also quite easy to have a discussion. The exchange of ideas is not a new concept and has been around for thousands of years.
If you’re having a discussion with someone with the intent of sticking to your guns regardless of the evidence presented to you, thats your problem.

[@cyberwolf2l967]

Some people feel that their lives are so boring that they need to feel persecuted in order to feel important.

[@adrianstanczak1127]

Yeah but... ARE they persecuted? Sure everyone but them thinks they're idiots, but nobody really persecutes them or tells them they're not allowed.

[@RegularFlyGuy]

@@adrianstanczak1127 no, the argument is that they will openly say it in order to vomit their opinions and bogus science. They’re trying to bait you into a discussion you dont wanna have.
Most of them will actually do “research” (youtube videos) and memorize what they see and hear. Now you’re in a discussion with someone who actually has arguments that you will most likely not be able to disprove on the spot. You, as a regular person, chose to accept this “theory” because its just fucking logical and people who dedicated their lives to study the universe are telling you its true. So you most likely dont have the required evidences to prove and explain why earth is in fact, not flat.

[@thrax1920]

Actually the world is resting on the backs of four huge elephants which are standing on the back of an enormous turtle, named Great A'Tuin.

[@DarthZ01]

but whats under the turtle?

[@Orannis9]

Incorrect. Great A'Tuin is the specific space turtle, or Chelys galactica, that holds up the Discworld. Some other giant space turtle is holding up the earth.

[@vanillaskin1907]

@@DarthZ01 It goes all the way down

[@Max_Ohm]

@@DarthZ01 More turtles.

[@HasegawaRayven]

​@@DarthZ01It's turtles all the way down.

[@Stu98765]

The funniest shit is flat earthers doing experiments to prove the earth is flat and then proving it's round.

[@TheHorreK2]

And then never talk about it. Still love the 15° per Hour Drift-Rotation that was proven during the Flat-Earth Documentary and they never talk about after that

[@michaelpettersson4919]

And then they start to adjust their measuring methods and fail again.

[@KE-yq2eg]

I've never seen that but would love to find proof of it being round.

[@OP-lk4tw]

​@@KE-yq2egyou have proof everyday, it's called the sun

[@ziploc2000]

They also have a habit of doing "experiments" where they fudge the experiment, like putting a camera below the edge of a table so they can make a coin disappear behind the table.
The difficultly is telling whether they push Flat Earth because they're stupid, or just for clicks and attention. Most of the "big names" in FE have been caught out lying or practicing deception more than once.

[@durbledurb3992]

My elderly father asked me a while back: 'if the Earth is spinning at 5,000 miles-per-hour, how does all the water in the oceans not spin off into space?' All I could do was look at him in shock.
I'd have a far better life now at almost 50 if I hadn't listened to any of his advice as I was growing up. When you're a kid looking for guidance you are relying on your parent to set you in the right direction. It's a lottery. He may have had some of that passed to him, so he thought that was how to raise a kid, but that doesn't help me much.

[@samiuya1948]

you should ask him if the train is running at 50miles per hour then why he didn't fall down when he was standing

[@DeadSnail1204]

A lack of knowledge makes you think he was completely brainless and no good advice to give.
That's a very ignorant and ridiculous mind set to have

[@gratmccall]

The flat earther X account tweeted "Flat Earthers have members all over the GLOBE!"
yes, they actually used globe...

[@sinom6707]

Flat earth is so last year its all about the flat hollow earth now.

[@treytilley333]

That was so 2010

[@you_tube6733]

its all about past the ice walls.

[@promethiac2641]

We should retro The Matrix

[@94DEATHSOUL94]

Thats sooo 17th century

[@serenityssolace]

I always talked about the hollow earth. Not only I am obsessed with this theory, even the Nazis and Hitler were. They sent entire expedition teams in Antarctica to find the entrance to Agartha, the home of the Aryans, the home of the Vril, the home of the Hyperboreans

[@crashyburnymit4080]

The best thing the internet did was to give voice to everyone, the worst thing it did was to give voice to everyone.

[@Stevo.100]

The problem isn't everyone has a voice, it's that everyone isn't critical. That means people spew out their ignorance and people blindly believe it. If people were critical there'd be absolutely no problem at all with people being able to say whatever they want. This is actually one of the reasons why people are f*scist and believe it's justified. Because they understand humans having freedom can be dangerous.

[@Teerts63]

Yeah that’s how ended up with people thinking men can be women, or that being gay is okay.

[@danielschmaderer]

@@Stevo.100 precisely. Furthermore, a lot of people have a difficult time admitting they’re wrong as well. I’ve been in heated debates, to find out at the end that I was wrong. Admitting so was hard, but people tend to respect you when you can own up to being wrong. A lot of flat earthers are so prideful and just won’t admit that they’re wrong and don’t know what they’re talking about.

[@Stevo.100]

@@Teerts63 Yeah, thankfully that happened.

[@kekistaniattackhelicopter2242]

How do I know a conspiracy is real? Tom Scott makes a video about it.

[@PrefoX]

"it doesn't sound crazy if you are stupid" THAT IS THE BEST SENTENCE EVER

[@TotallyUniqueWords]

Why don't flat-earthers use GPS?
Because they can’t find the “flat” option.

[@tjjones621]

or the zoom out button...

[@Zetherior]

People have a strange belief that people in the past were less intelligent than we are now, or that they didn't think exactly as we do today.
They did.. people have not changed at all, they just had less tools, less resources and limited language.

[@robertnapier624]

Why are Greek philosophers often quoted?

[@Lighthammer18]

We can see further today because we stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@huntermad5668]

​​​​​@@robertnapier624
Greek philosophers are a bunch of theorists. They have way more thing wrong than right.
The scholars of Islamic Golden Age have way more impacts in modern science than them. They took what Greek had and develop it way way more and with early scientific methods
Many fields of Modern science came from them not those Greeks.
The misconception came from the Renaissance where people dug up old and proven to be false or outdated Greek works to use instead of much more developed works from the Arabs.
Many actual discoveries the Renaissance came from the further developments of Arabs works.

[@Panteni87]

​@@huntermad5668 The majority of Islamic contribution was translating the texts of the old philosophers...

[@huntermad5668]

@@Panteni87
Nope, that is only one part. The translators didn't only translate but studied to see whether the works were true or not. Then used that knowledge to build up even more.
Also, just like today, U can't just ask somebody to translate a scientific works, u need to use subject experts so those translators were all accomplished men with decades to studies before becoming translators. That was a high paying job in contact with many really valuable books, one need to meet requirements to be accepeted
The idea is to teach and improve the ancient knowledge (the correct ones) not blindly copy them.
Many of the later generation scholars are not translators but scholars of various Houses of Wisdom.
Like Alogrthim came from the name of the Father of Algebra.
Through, in philosophy, many sources showed the same type of arguments between different schools. Some scholars wrote about the ridiculousness of the sides performed the same debates like thousand of years ago

[@NPC10912]

Its easier to fool someone then to convince them they have been fooled. Its cognitive dissonance* Insult me all you want this statement rings true.

[@NPC10912]

​@circusbrains thanks for the spell check!

[@JohnSmith-xf2fw]

Omg so true brother and let's not forget:
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Insult me all you want, these statements ring true!

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

They have all balloon footage they need, but they still believe earth is curved and water curves with it.

[@leogtt1627]

@@Zemlja_je_ravna balloon footage lmao dog

[@anotherlover6954]

True. For example: We never went to the moon. People find that fact hard to swallow.

[@noelahg79]

"It doesn't sound crazy if you're stupid." Well said.

[@tut28Angel]

I understand our ancestors thinking the earth being flat. But not us.

[@357smallblock]

The Earth isn't round or flat, it's fucked

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

BEST ANSWER ON THIS VIDEO, NO CONTEST!!!

[@JimmyDoyel-by2cp]

for westerners hehe

[@donotdoit8428]

So a Donut shaped?

[@thephilosopher7173]

@@JimmyDoyel-by2cpand Eastern Europeans unfortunately

[@riki4644]

By me

[@kdraw7178]

Just add 4 elephants and a giant sea turtle underneath, that would atleast make it sensible.

[@Historyeel]

Nice reference

[@DY__599]

I second this, nice reference!

[@GrrillaFinger]

Yeah sure buddy, Maybe if you believe that elephants are real.

[@Marinanor]

You can't fool me, it's turtles all the way down.

[@ozzymandius666]

A'Tuin!

[@GhastlyH]

I can not only prove the world is flat I can use the flat Earth to make predictions about when the earth will end. Who created the Earth? God, g-o-d God. What is God spelled backwards? Dog, d-o-g dog. The Earth is obviously a Frisbee that God has thrown into the cosmos and the Earth will end when it is caught by God's dog. In mathematics we call that symmetry. Check and mate atheists.

[@NneonNTJ]

This joke is better thought trough than the actual FE theory.
Very impressive.

[@ItachiUchiha-yc9nv]

Makes more sense than every religion🤣

[@loquist42]

"It doesn't sound crazy if you're stupid."
That's the most impressively concise explanation of flat earth I've ever heard.

[@BhikkhuBear]

"Humans were supposed to eat raw potatoes and die at the age of 32 due to a tooth ache" is probably the funniest thing I have heard all week. I love that.

[@Josh-wu9ef]

Is that Asmon's present condition?

[@Skylancer727]

I mean it's so true. Humanity made it 200K years like that. Thinking everyone one of us is capable of knowing everything or at least having a trace understanding is very wishful.

[@taylemgames2652]

Even tho this is untrue. If someone survived childhood/childbirth, most people lived into their 60s and early 70s. Other factors of course were war, famine, accidents, etc.

[@GoersEdits]

I almost spat out my drink driving i was rollin

[@XanKreigor]

@@taylemgames2652 Yep, main reason why most families back in the day tried to have 3+ children. Since if you had at least 3, that nearly guaranteed one of them survived to adulthood.

[@fatleg7985]

My personal theory is that Flat Earth started as a massive troll post that spiraled out of control. Like a few people online posted some pseudoscience nonsense that they thought no one would be stupid enough to believe, and then watched in some combination of horror and amusement as they found out that yes, there are people that stupid.

[@serbrighterunagainst9231]

the reason why there is more and more of them, is they didnt booster up

[@Burgo361]

Considering what the old internet was like that is probably what actually happened, there are probably still people that believe there are haunted websites that can curse you to death as well, that was a big one back in the day.

[@user-df4kf6fg7h]

Honestly, flat earthers are the best argument against the idea of the free market of ideas.

[@wyzkun]

well flat earth society been around longer than the internet itself. but still it could be someone that saw it and think it is dumb and post it on the internet.

[@Tclans]

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
- A. Einstein

[@Canadian_Guy_82]

What people don't understand is they think a theory is a guess. In science that's absolutely not true. A hypothesis is a guess. A theory is formed when dozens, if not hundreds, of hypothesis' are found to to be accurate. In science a theory is the closest thing we'll ever get to a fact.

[@Guyonnn]

Believing something you can’t prove wrong is called having faith. Believing something you can prove wrong is just being dumb.

[@anonisnoone6125]

"You can't reason a person out of a position they didn't reason themselves into." Asmon be saying some fire quotes sometimes. This literally applies to most of the morons on twitter and reddit.

[@Cuwop2]

I remind some friends of this too often. Based asmOn

[@rmy420]

I read this as he said it 😂

[@kylemenos]

Unfortunately this also applies to the education system and government.

[@cwjalexx]

It’s a good quote but it’s an old one

[@enkiduthewildman]

"It doesn't sound crazy if you're stupid."
My understanding of the internet just leveled up two levels

[@MythicalMaestro69]

"The Flat Earth society has members all around the GLOBE"

[@down-the-rabbit-hole]

yea, delusion has no boundaries.

[@8584zender]

TBH, the original flat earth society was done as a joke to see how far you could take a bogus narrative and try to support it with argument. Since CZcams, it's about half dudes trying to make money by getting clicks, and about half that are scientifically illiterate.

[@VladTepes-SaviorofEurope-mw4uy]

Like how people still believe whatever "the news" say

[@Blink_____]

What is satire

[@Bugdenl]

It's one of those controlled opposition jokes to spread the propaganda. Bit like how they lied to people that the hospitals were full in 2020, whilst simultaneously all around the world medical staff having enough time to choreograph dance videos together... Joke's on those who laugh without investigating.

[@nomi_4773]

I WAS A FLAT EARTHER FOR 3 YEARS!
here's what I found.
It's not that the people are dumb they are just bored with their lives, and being a flat earther brings about excitement. the kind that is addictive. People subconsciously knew it was all bs. At least I did.

[@zakaris7259]

I mean like open world game about that would be cool tho

[@CarlosAM1]

Imma be real with you, I find the prospect of a nearly infinite universe with equally as many possibilities to be far more exciting than believing we live in some random disk and that everything outside of it is fake.

[@nomi_4773]

@@CarlosAM1 I agree now, but back then it wasn't how a universe is that was exciting but the exciting part was discovering something that only a few people know. A band of rebels against the antagonistic world government.
It's all bs now that I think about it.

[@CarlosAM1]

@@nomi_4773 Oh, yeah that makes sense. Goes for most conspiracy theories as well, the moon landing being fake, 9/11 being controlled demolitions, HAARP controlling the weather, etc. I'd imagine many people who believe those things also like the idea of thinking they know something most people don't, and there in comes the whole thing about having to somehow teach someone who thinks that they were lied to that they are, in fact, being lied to and that the truth was what they used to think before.

[@cavestoryking8761]

I kinda doubt you are legit... but if you are, what pushed you away from the view, and what pushed you towards it?

[@DeepFriedOreoOffline]

People don't go to school and learn a bunch of varied facts so that they will remember them for the rest of their life. People go to school and learn a bunch of varied facts to build a sense of schedule, and to give them the opportunity to decide which facts they are most interested in to choose their own livelihood.

[@dakotah4866]

Play downside is most people who went to school to study facts studied under David rockefeller's educational system here in the union so they're not very bright. they're just taught to conform
Rockefeller said I don't want a nation of thinkers I want a nation of workers.

[@Grim-Crusader]

It's called self selecting servitude. The most efficient form of slavery. You are a genius 😮

[@lasjames7516]

Never thought I'd see Asmon react to Hossenfelder

[@josephcorferro7199]

Been watching her for years, she's great

[@ExceptBacon]

He’s reacted to at least one more of Sabines videos fairly recently

[@alekmoth]

Probably would have to. If she only opened her mouth when she speaks. The clenched teeth is so painful and impossible to ignore.

[@TheBl4ckSh33p]

​@@ExceptBaconseems I missed it. 😱 I watch her videos almost daily.

[@hadesunderworld4203]

@@alekmothshe is a smart human being and her first language isn’t English … but everything she says is fact

[@derekgrubbs4754]

I think the whole "Look at who you can't criticize and you'll see who rules you" is referring more to when it's actually forbidden and illegal to criticize a person or group, rather than just what's socially acceptable. It may be frowned upon to criticize kids with cancer but it's not illegal. But if disagreeing with someone, criticizing them or their beliefs, or simply not going along with their ideas leads to you being arrested, fined, or jailed, then that quote becomes a lot more valid.

[@DarthZ01]

like leaving a skid mark on a pride flag drawn in the road resulting in jail time.

[@BasedHyperborean]

@@GOD_AND_FLAT_EARTH_MUSIC_VIDEObro stop schizo posting 😂

[@Genesiscoupe3000]

The amount of things that turned out to be actually fact about covid, that people called "misinformation" or a "conspiracy theory" is insane!
No I will never just "trust the science" again!
Especially when it's an experimental science!

[@nom6758]

Yeah thats why people get arrested for not saying the right pronouns or burning pride flags.

[@Cuwop2]

​@@GOD_AND_FLAT_EARTH_MUSIC_VIDEOi pray for u buddy.

[@annoyingtiger888x2]

People try to shame me for not voting, but I know I'm dumb and I don't understand this shit. Every time I was forced to vote, I just chose whoever had the coolest name because I don't know these people and I don't understand what they stand for.

[@xfranchize]

I don't vote on survivor either it's the illusion of choice.

[@nathanbrammer8471]

The Greeks worked out the Earth wasn't flat using sticks, shadows and distance, it's not difficult.

[@serbrighterunagainst9231]

It's not a ball neither.

[@jacobcollier4587]

@@serbrighterunagainst9231bro I’ve seen it

[@chigchong2805]

@@serbrighterunagainst9231 not a perfect ball

[@chiquita683]

Yea but you cant do that today

[@hopmajibhohepeajibho7595]

Actually, that's wrong. What Eratosthenes did was a measurement of circumference of the earth but the way he did that does not prove or falsify that earth is a sphere. It's a common misconception for some reason

[@gabrielsullivan5518]

I had a flat earther friend once, and had a debate over what the sky would look like if the Sun went in circles. After I brought up several points that he could not reconcile with a flat earth, he, without joking, told me that "the sky is glitched". That it's like a projection or distorted portal to another realm, and it makes it look like the earth was round, while in reality it's flat.
Asmon is absolutely right that taking flat earthers to space wouldn't solve a thing.

[@BL33NB]

Thats true, gettin em there would not solve anything... but keeping em there would xD

[@Sp3rw3r]

You do not even need to go to space. A high-flying plane would do to see some curvature.
When asked a flat earther about the curvature, he responded that the windows distort the view.
I think this proves that point.

[@Reblwitoutacause]

Bro, more than 50% of people can't picture an apple in their mind if you ask them to visualize one, nor answer how they would feel if they didn't have breakfast yesterday.

[@michaelhazelton7286]

Space is NASA CGI
"Rocketships to nowhere" - Donald Trump

[@chrisjohnstone9376]

​@@Sp3rw3rhe was probably confused by your question since modern astrophysicists have already declared you won't see curvature at 100 000ft so if you think you saw it at 35 000 you must REALLY have your nose up against the window.

[@neonshadow5005]

"It doesn't sound crazy if you're stupid." Nailed it.
Interest in Flat Earth as far as YT and other video platforms are concerned probably has a lot to do with the anti-Flerf channels that are enjoying a lot of popularity also.

[@Sweetleaf82]

Chemtrail folks have absolutely lost the plot too. 99% won't get back out of that rabbit hole.

[@Sweetleaf82]

@TriIIiian 🤣

[@Sweetleaf82]

@TriIIiian I think my dad's in there
Wish me luck! :/

[@artistryspectrum512]

There's worse things. You could be tricked to chopping off your ___'s.

[@sirghosttoad7558]

Flat Earthers have proven more times that the earth is round then flat and everytime they are like "hmmm, this data says we are wrong. Lets ignore this data"

[@skyisthelimitreadyornotfor2]

Observations alone are not science. Give independent and dependent variables in an experiment if you really want to make a point.

[@cpames8773]

What's round have to do with anything?

[@joeharm8141]

Einstein married his own relations 🤮😬😬😬😬😬

[@travismcnasty4239]

Well yeah. It's not because flat earthers are stupid... I mean it is true that they are willfully ignorant.
It's just that scientists aren't trustworthy.

[@Stevo.100]

The flat earthers have arrived lmao
Dear flat earthers: get in a plane, travel in one direction, where will you end up? Back where you started. Why is there no real images of the flat earth and every image is a drawing? If there's an ice wall and it's guarded, why is there not a single video showing either the ice wall or the guards? Why can I not see the Eiffel tower by using a telescope in Australia? I know I'm wasting my time, but it feels good to give them that feeling of cognitive dissonance as they scramble to make weak excuses for why they can't admit they believe something obviously wrong.

[@ragneue]

The only good thing about flat earth is their map illustrations, it's obviously innacurate but it'd go so hard on a DnD campaign

[@utrak]

Flat Forgotten Realms. Nice
But that would make Spelljammer a lie

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

The best part is they cannot make a single map that makes all of their beliefs make sense simultaneously. They have to pull out a completely different map for each explanation

[@RykanXP]

It's a disk in the crystal sphere. The top of the disk is toril while the bottom is abier. Nobody reaches the other side because nobody wants to deal with aboleths. ​@@utrak

[@eddyronbinson2466]

should try the discworld dnd campaign, wont be disappointed

[@anotherlover6954]

I like the map of all the continents outside of the Antarctic circle.

[@gratmccall]

Flat earth conspiracy is my logic check... If I start believing in it, I know I've gone off the deep end officially and require help.

[@tjjones621]

So true. I saw myself voluntarily showing up at the insane asylum and being asked why I am there... lol

[@zzznardszzz4715]

Flat earth CZcamsrs aren’t just stupid, they’re predatory grifters.

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

How much are they making? I want to join them

[@sefatsilverlake3816]

22:30-22:50 This is the main point of the matter. I saw a scientist mentioning how these conspiracies became widely spread in a period that contains 2 factors:
- Mass communication accesible for most people.
- Highly divisive politics.
They are merely a symptom of a divided and distrustful society.

[@SkemeKOS]

Is it a conspiracy or a scientific fact that large bodies of water seek level?
Is it a conspiracy or a scientific fact that you can not have gas pressure adjacent to a vacuum without a container?
'Flat earth' is a result of people thinking critically and logically, and actually applying science. Unlike the globe which is based purely on faith and theories.

[@CorrosiveCitrus]

@@SkemeKOS if you "can't have gas pressure adjacent to a vacuum without a contain", how do you explain the pressure gradient right here on earth?

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

Funny how anti-woke people suddenly support the WEF when it comes to the Earth shape

[@Pressbutan]

Can’t believe Asmon is a woke round earther, smh

[@hyruler036]

He’s not voting for Trump either, smh

[@chrisl6845]

Globehead

[@serbrighterunagainst9231]

Tesla stated that gravity does not exist, I guess he doesn't beleive in AC, radio waves nor the "wireless world" vision of Tesla... or does he?

[@serbrighterunagainst9231]

Tesla said there is no gravity

[@collinpavle654]

@@hyruler036brother. Look at your username. Are you okay?

[@tjjones621]

Flatearth map reward now over $91M. I wonder what's taking so long...

[@dannyv2230]

A couple years ago I had some insane coworkers at my job. They were super racist, antivax, and flat earthers. I’m so glad I got out of there

[@Mimo-ye5pm]

Love that they go for the Christian religion because talking about any other one would be offensive

[@PARAN0IDxGERBIL]

The adherents of the other big one will harm you physically if you say anything bad about it, so it makes sense

[@wingsoficarus1139]

To be fair, the people most vocal about flat Earth are the ones with access to the internet. The western countries (mainly US and UK) just so happen to have the most access and the main religion is Christianity which is why the correlation happens.

[@cfmfxr]

Christianity actually believes the earth is round...

[@kurvaanyad12]

Im an atheist but the fact that you can mock christians makes their religion 1000% more appealing to me than any other one.

[@roboorb8477]

@@kurvaanyad12 same i was sad to see the typical reddit athiest take that makes us all look bad.

[@LuKiSCraft]

"If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" - Sam Harris

[@joshanonline]

Yeah, as someone that has long-time friends that are Flat-Earthers, I came to these conclusions years ago. But Asmon puts it best: "They just don't believe it." It's all faith-based. They rather believe the smallest evidence that they can interpret to prove their argument than thousands against it.

[@nillehessy]

@@joshanonline i think most of them are either proud/peer/friends/locked in closet commies and/or folks that hate/can´t stand/never tried the good old deity(ies) or those who really just don´t givv shxt whatsoever yeh only when the beer is empty
yeh those in the system ofcourse who are scared for well yeh i mean crazy shxt might happen when it all finally goes over that certain keeling over percentage
hehehh hey let it be and let it shine is what i´m sayin

[@SkemeKOS]

Exactly. If only globe believers would stop ignoring the damning evidence against their fantasy model.

[@SkemeKOS]

@@joshanonline That's because Asmond is a fool. Flat earth has hundreds of proofs. HUGE, undeniable proofs. Whereas the globe has zero.
Just as an easy starter -
Why don't you have any evidence of curvature? Why has it never been detected(measured)? Not even 1mm
Why can't you explain gas pressure next to a vacuum, without a container?
Why can't you demonstrate water sticking a ball?
Why can't you detect the earth rotating?

[@Conserpov]

Too bad Sam Harris exposed himself as an unreasonable person recently.
I used to respect him, and that's a very good quote.

[@dmitriyobidin6049]

The irony is that flat earthers use technologies to "spread their knowledge" that was made and are possible just because scientists built it around the fact that the earth is a globe...

[@Cosmic_Corpse22]

"I believe this thing because I dont understand the truth and because I dont understand the truth, people that tell me the truth must be lying."

[@Godzilla_Star_Eater]

- anti-woke people

[@RTheu2109]

"flat earthers has members all around the globe"
Idk is this phrase is real but it just sums up everything to me

[@KE-yq2eg]

That was a quote by the Flat Earth Society. They are pretty much a group of deceptionists formed to make people believe how stupid flat earthers are and it worked.

[@Doomknight86]

its real one of their goup have twitter and they said that

[@kaim0d0]

It is not. Its by the "Flatearth Society" which is an stupid disinformation grp.

[@vianneyb.8776]

It comes from a tweet by the Flat Earth Society, but I think this group is satirical

[@kaim0d0]

@@vianneyb.8776 It's not a satirical group, it's a gate-keeper group spreading disinformation.

[@VygoLive]

Hollow earth > flat earth

[@samderry6305]

Agreed

[@Squirberus]

isn't a raging torrent of liquid hot magma with a giant hunk of metal pretty dope tho? what am I missing?

[@RJHetherman3]

U mean like caves?

[@codahampton8653]

Hollow moon inside out earth

[@jaybee8862]

Nah man... Hollow Moon + Flat Earth all the way ❤

[@PeterMasalski93]

You know what I like about a flat earth? Is that you can directly jump into space without using a rocket, just walk over the cliff at the edge of the earth, and you fall into space. I bet I can save Elon Musk billions of dollars.

[@tjjones621]

They also think they have seen the Sun in the clouds which proves the moon landings and we can just take a plane there...

[@dk-sky3820]

21:59
“This (flat earth) is a GLOBAL conspiracy”
Lmao 😂😂😂 Indeed

[@xdferocious6016]

Birds arent real is the coolest thing ive heard ina long time

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

That's my favorite one.

[@Ed-ealmighty]

Their heads move so robotic 😆

[@jgobroho]

Government surveillance drones

[@Mizikame]

Where have you been? This has been a thing since like 2012 lol

[@danielschmaderer]

When I heard this one, I laughed so hard. I didn’t believe that was an actual conspiracy theory.

[@casketclubmerch]

I've genuinely never understood the 'purpose' of believing the Earth is flat? What do they gain from arguing that it is? Is it just an act of defiance against scientific authority?

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

More like a search for the truth. Defiance does not give any motivation. Researching for the truth give motivation for exploration.

[@CorrosiveCitrus]

Basically yes

[@electricdawn2258]

They believe earth is flat, because if it were a sphere, then science would be right, and science can't be right, because then evolution would be correct, and when evolution is correct, they are apes, and they don't like to be apes.
They want to be "speshull"! Also, they're conspiracy zealots. They're distrustful in the EXTREME of everything "official" or "mainstream". So, earth can't be a sphere, because that is the official point of view. Which they'll never trust.
It's a very stressful life IMHO. How can you go shopping, without fearing all the time that you won't be poisoned?

[@dhimgirish7161]

@@Zemlja_je_ravna Nah flat earthers are not searching for truth. They are just getting a emotional high by opposing the smartest people that ever lived on earth and feeling they are equal to them or even better than them. They are literally hundreds of science experiments you can do to prove that earth is round but they put the least amount of effort and just open their mouth and say earth is flat and feel good.

[@RedPatick]

Asmongold's take on religious people being more likely prone to believe in conspiracy isn't awful because it isn't true as in fact it is.
The problem is that conspiracy theories and the Bible(not religion) are not comparable .
The Bible it's a complex I'd say enhanced history book, people will never understand what's beyond their limits.

[@Soggygranite]

Ive never understood why the idea earth is round could be that unbelievable. Every object visible in the sky is a globe…

[@namaanda5349]

^thanks for the laugh

[@kekistaniattackhelicopter2242]

No, It's a disk :D

[@Saandy_]

You see, some of them think that only earth is a disk and all other planets are globes. Others think all planets are disks, and every other planet is constantly rotating in such a way that they always point towards earth, making them look round at all times. I guess in this theory, earth is the centre of the universe? Point is, they can't come to a consensus.

[@Metallijosh100]

​@@Saandy_ The idea they're disks pointing towards us his hilarious, you can literally see them spinning as globes. What a sad world.

[@themurmeli88]

@@Metallijosh100 Especially something like Jupiter. It even has a bigger-than-earth size spot that you can use as a literal point of reference to see that it is rotating.

[@jayrodathome]

If the earth is round how come when I talk to my friends in Australia they aren’t upside down in the zoom video?

[@oldjose9110]

because australia doesn't exist so does your friend

[@SebaztienHawke-ci5hm]

Because their camera is also upside down, duh! Your screen just flips it. Software 😂

[@prosbo]

Because Australia doesn't follow the curve of the sphere, it sticks out to the side so it's level and flat like every land mass.

[@bloodvayne8183]

Flat earth people are the type of people that if they went to space they would say the windows on the rocket are tv screens.

[@russellschie1876]

The religious people that hold onto the claim when they are very intelligent and successful in a tough field is even scarier.

[@aedus2814]

"Wizard's First Rule: people are stupid."
"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool." - Wizard's First Rule

[@bl8388]

And humility is important. Even if we don't believe something as glaringly incorrect as flat earth, we all have delusional and ignorant beliefs.

[@andya4528]

Great book by a great author.

[@jbfwinning]

Strange, would have said a horrendous book by a narcissistic hack

[@dassadec]

​@@andya4528the one good book of the series

[@dassadec]

​@@jbfwinningsame, but Wizards first rule wasn't too bad by itself.

[@Hath.0]

Wait until people find out the United Nations logo is the flat Earth map.

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

I thought that it was the F.O.W.L. map from Dark Wing Duck.

[@bl8388]

@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan "Let's get dangerous." Oh, no, look what you made me do.

[@zachattack245]

I had to google this to make sure. That is actually hilarious.

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

For a strange reason airplane flight routes work only on that map.

[@interstella0]

oh i did see this as a supporting evidence for their flat earth theory awhile back

[@tommy605]

couldntcareless6969 said something like don't trust science because it's just a theory, then followed that with "but all scientific laws should be followed" and it's obvious they have zero knowledge of science. A science theory is a description of that scientific law you think should be followed.
Think of it this way. That laptop you're interested in, is a physical laptop. The spec sheet is the description, or in science terms, the theory, of that laptop. Now, the laptop description is not really a theory, it's a description, but in science, that's what a theory basically is. It describes the observable law. We see things act in a certain way, ie fall to the ground when dropped. The theory of gravity explains the how that happens, it describes the details of how that law works to interact with the object, the ground, the air around it, etc.
And then he said there were 500 testimonies of Jesus returning, and that is 100% wrong. There is a claim that it was witnessed by 500 people, no names ever provided to that group of 500. Even in different books of the bible, they can't agree on who was there. Belief in Jesus is a 100% faith position, which, if you read the bible, that is what Jesus seems to want, so why bother trying to prove it to others? just believe and move on.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

On the field of experiments to prove the Earth isn't flat, I am reminded of the guy (Bob something) used a $20k laser gyroscope to prove the Earth flat and it did the opposite.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

Bob Knodel.
His experiment wasn't about the shape of the Earth (that was Jeran Campanella) it was about whether or not it was moving.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@GuardianSoulkeeper Thank you for the clarification. It's still stupid but that is an important distinction.

[@knowingjake]

My theory is that flat-earthers are so aggressive about their beliefs and so unlikely to change them because they're desperate to be right about something that nobody else is. It would mean that for the first time in their lives, they're the smart one and everyone else is the idiot.

[@bl8388]

A flat earther, a vegan and a keto pro enter a bar.

[@zachattack245]

Literally main character syndrome. People are so fucking bored and so mind-warped into desperately wanting something "cool" to be real (like a fantasy movie). They think they're special and the whole "I'm right, everyone else is wrong". Like you know that cartoon with the big crowd of people, and there's one guy standing alone saying "yes, you're actually all wrong". SO MANY PEOPLE fall for that shit. It's unreal.

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

They all believed the Globe before they have seen the truth. No one of them wanted it, but they would rather accept the truth than to live in a lie.

[@TheMusicolophile]

Aggressive? How?

[@joeharm8141]

Yeah how are they aggressive?

[@Hiddenow]

The ancient egyptian mathematician Ptomely wrote that the Earth was likely round due to all known evidence. He was big into geometry and astronomy.

[@boreasreal5911]

he was hardly ancient egyptian, given that he lived during a time when the romans controlled egypt and was in time closer to us than to the builders of the great pyramids. Although the fundemental point of your argument still stands. People 2000 years ago understood that the earth was round.

[@Hellabananachips]

Flat Earthers source: trust me bro

[@Carmidian]

I hate when people say it's mainly a theory. People don't understand that theory in the scientific world is not the same thing as what you think it is. What you think and what the scientists call it is called a hypothesis! A theory is very well proven

[@andrewssilva3634]

dude, it is impossible to talk to people like Asmongold about this, they look at this video and think this is all there is about this theory...

[@Scatterblades]

well yes. but it is a worlwide misconception. people almost always think that 'theory' is hypothesis even if it's already have evidence and proven. or they just unable to incorporate it well with the context. "it's just a theory" is something that i heard almost everyday in the office.

[@Torqueware]

Its hard to have discussions with flat earthers as a HAM radio guy, because as soon as you explain beyond line-of-sight radio communications they shut down. And they cant justify why VHF and UHF communications dont go as far as HF, because they cant get past the hurdle of the earth being round.

[@Abou47Pandas]

the fact the states and Europe has had transatlantic communication since what-- the 20s-- and VHF and UHF just cant.

[@Titanic_Tuna]

I imagine that must be frustrating for you whenever you're in that situation.

[@effigy42]

Why do you need curvature to send HAM radio signals further than it it was a level ground? 😂😂😂😂

[@effigy42]

Insanity

[@charlethemagne5466]

@@effigy42 lol the total lack of awareness about your lack of information

[@saltwatertaffybag]

CZcams adding a "for context" wikipedia article about how flat earth is nonsense unironically gives it legitimacy 🙄

[@Apoch86]

"I think thou doth protest too much" comes to mind haha

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

How?

[@jf2849]

@@GuardianSoulkeeperthose “for context” are fake and used to push the mainstream narrative. Everyone knows google and CZcams can’t be trusted. They put those up to convince people that the subject in the video has been disproven.

[@Abou47Pandas]

@@GuardianSoulkeeper He is saying that from the perspective of a flat earther, it gives it more legitimacy, because to them the powers that be are trying to suppress it as if it proves their point. It also gives the topic more attention and thus the perceived legitimacy. The Idea is that by addressing it directly, it might imply that Flat earth is a significant enough topic to warrant an official rebuttal. Essentially... talking about fringe theory elevates its status by making it look like a valid subject to debate.

[@salty_superspreader3647]

SHE IS PROPAGANDA. THE SUN AND UP AND DOWN. RISE AND SUNSET. WOW THIS IS JUST TO CALL PEOPLE DUMB. SO YOU FEAR BEING CALLED DUMB.

[@man23studio]

The statement that

[@tjjones621]

I can name a few, but I haven't tried in a long time. I also forgot all those damned geometry and algebraic equations... something about the sides of an equilateral triangle are congruent. Whytf they couldn't just say they are equal. geesh!

[@Roggor]

​@@tjjones621 True. Someone may have absolutely aced maths and science in school but if they don't need to use that knowledge in day to day life they WILL forget it.
Not because they're stupid but because they're human.

[@Phynastor]

I pulled out a notepad and tried to name as many as I could. I did get to 20, but it took me a lot longer than I thought it would.

[@tjjones621]

$10,003 FlatAfrica flight chart reward. 32 flat paper flight charts cover Africa. First person with a roll of tape wins! I added $3 to cover the cost.

[@NoTimeAllTime]

I like the conspiracy that flat earth is in fact a conspiracy to discredit other conspiracies

[@effthree7227]

that's exactly what it is, and it worked

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

I don't think relating two totally different conspiracies is a good way to _seriously_ go about things.

[@D3adCl0wn]

When there are ACTUAL conspiracies that has to be revealed, junk ones like flat-earth make me think of it as a DOUBLE conspiracy (like a cover up kind to lure you away from real damaging conspiracies). Which is ironic since the meat of it points to a distrust in authority which, let's be real here, doesn't need flat-earth to start with.

[@lucasbastosrodrigues140]

Seems much like this. there is a lot of true facts that people are mixing btween some crazy stuff....
We know that some big indutrial corps pay some idiots to protest againts the pollution and climate change in very dumb ways.
Tha was to make people get a bad opnion about the topic and don't listen when someome say about it. soo is very likely i think is a tatic some powerfull dudes are using and is working very weell.
The sky is blue so that is why the grass is red... and vo a lá people think the sky can't not be blue now!

[@papalegba6796]

The flat earth scene is full of ex military reservists so yeah of course it's a psyop 🙄

[@joejohnny9965]

The best part about being a conspiracy theorist is not having myocarditis.
-Round Earther

[@user-ee2bd5vv2z]

Facts.

[@dan4500]

but science only took a picture of your heart, you didn't see the myocarditis for yourself... check and mate

[@user-ee2bd5vv2z]

@@dan4500 such a dumb response. Rather than taking a balanced approach and admitting that sometimes science gets it wrong and that we should always question it, you go straight to "well at least they get some things right so there is still no reason to use critical thinking". Check and mate.

[@drenathor]

@@user-ee2bd5vv2z I'm pretty sure @dan4500's response was a joke...

[@dan4500]

@@user-ee2bd5vv2z you're right, critical thinking wasn't used here, check and mate also "whoosh"

[@junechevalier]

Flat earthers are the kind of people who would've believed the earth is a sphere, if the world had been flat. It doesn't matter what the truth is. They just want to be outliers

[@user-hd7hr6ep8z]

If th Earth was flat instagram would be filled with videos like someone is taking a piss from the edge of the world. Check mate flatearthers!

[@Dripi_weta]

flatearth is wild.. BUT HAVE YOU HEARD OF "SPACE IS FAKE".....

[@SkemeKOS]

Prove space, as is described by mainstream 'science' is real.
Go!

[@antmann993]

same thing bruh

[@jetlag133]

the only think that is flat is space

[@RogHawk]

@@SkemeKOS See Dwayne Kellum's balloon flight videos showing the lack of pressure and atmosphere at height, as well as the curvature of the globe.

[@effigy42]

@@jetlag133why can space be flat which is scientifically way more insane than earth being flat? Yet people blindly accept it because or school and tv…

[@tomaO2]

I met my first flat earther the last few months. Took me awhile to understand what she meant by a "dome" over the planet, and she keeps talking about how Elon Musk keeps sending rockets and it hits the dome but it doesn't get damaged by hitting the dome, but the important thing is that it's impossible to break through the dome. At least if you are using rockets, which aren't really well known for being super sturdy and capable of smashing through things, since making something sturdy adds weight. What about explosive missiles? She thinks that's a great idea and she wonders why no one ever thought about that, and I'm a genious for coming up with it.
The moon isn't real. It's an image that a secret organization projects onto the wall of the dome, or "firmament" as she now calls it (changing language to make it sound less crazy). Where does the light come from? That's a great question. She doesn't know. Can we send scientists to study the dome? No it's too high, and people fall unconscious when they get near the dome. What about robots. No, no, no, the connection with the robots cuts off and so that doesn't work at all...
She. Is. Insane. And she is constantly trying to convince me, and anyone else that will listen, of her whackjob conspires. She's also constantly getting sucked into any money making scheme. We got some magical stock market that you just need to give 200$ and they garuntee massive returns and it's funded by Elong Musk because he just wants the working man to make money. We got mobile games that if she could only pass level 2 would give her 10k. We got some sort of virtual earth where you can buy the virtual land and then you own the physical property, meaning you don't actually own your own home unless you buy the land on this game. It's just one thing after another.

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

Sadly, some people go so far down the rabbit hole that they get lost. Have you ever heard of the crazy / hot, bow chicka bow wow chart?

[@nicholascampbell90]

It's the hot / crazy matrix 😂

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

Seems like you found an Asylum escapee

[@tomaO2]

@@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan If she was hot, I be fine ignoring the crazy, because it's not a kind of crazy that I find either dangerous or offensive. It's just crazy conspricy anti-establishment nonsense.
Oh, and she's not religous.

[@francestaylor9156]

It sounds like these people are stuck in the Truman Show.

[@FixtIt]

I bet there's some overlap with flat earthers and Holocaust deniers.

[@Stevo.100]

Flat earthers: "The images you see of the round earth are computer generated"
Flat earthers: "This is what the earth actually looks like, here I'll show you this drawing because that's all we have, no we don't have any actual real photographs of the flat earth, yes I'm allowed to have double standards"

[@danielschmaderer]

@@Stevo.100 they also show their computer generated “proof” of how the sun and moon rotate around their map, which is also hilarious.

[@Stevo.100]

@@danielschmaderer Yeah they really didn't think that one through, if the earth was flat you'd always be able to see the sun.

[@danielschmaderer]

@@Stevo.100 they claim the sun gets further away and out of sight. If that were true and the sun were traveling around their version of a flat earth, size would charge as it goes further away during a sunset. Since it doesn’t, their theory goes in the trash at that point.

[@TheIdiotChallenege]

the funny thing is, no flat earther actually believes its a disc floating in space. only the ones debunking it think they do. flat earthers don't even think space exists. if they really want to convince flat earthers that the earth isn't flat they should probably debunk what they think it is, which is a flat plane under a dome, submerged in underwater, this is why they cannot produce pictures of earth from space because in their model, there is no space and nobody can get outside the dome.

[@themurmeli88]

@@Stevo.100 Ah you see, that's because of draw distance!

[@wicklander855]

When the Dinosaurus flew off I laughed so hard I almost pissed myself.

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

Imagine how far they would fly if they got twisted by the Globe xD

[@zyfryth]

Watching this video with a master degree in Geodesy is painful. Why do ppl believe this shit in 2024...

[@remieres]

"keeps water from escaping" Escaping where? from falling off the edge of a disc? why would water fall off the disc if there's no such thing as GRAVITY.

[@Nectazumor]

Dayum, the amount people in the comments believing that the earth is flat or that the earth doesn't spin is scary... so those are the 80 IQ people, yikes.

[@bl8388]

I'm seeing very few pro flat earth comments.

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

Yet all your opinions about it are based on the belief in the things someone else told you.

[@Geometric3163]

He often has like 20k people watching him. 5% of that is still a thousand people.

[@Elrog3]

They will flock the these videos in larger numbers than they would if the video was about some other topic. But yeah, still scary.

[@namnutar]

Average Asmon viewer

[@taik_5]

It's funny that there's a snippet under the video declaring the falsehood of flat earth, but you go to any video talking about transgenderism, and suddenly that's alllll facts.

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

BINGO!!! Just like my body, my choice. Oh wait, unless you don't want to be forced into ingesting something forcibly, or be conscripted into "bankers conflicts," etc.

[@jethro502]

A key part of the why is missing. Sure its not trusting authority, however its also narcissism. They believe they have the knowledge. No-one else knows this big secret, only them. Everyone else is blind, they have their eyes open. It gives a huge ego boost and they cant give it up if faced with evidence, because their worlds would collapse around them.

[@Jingleschmiede]

At the moment, I cannot decide what the most stupid statement is: "The earth is flat." or "Trump is the new messiah." .

[@Marinanor]

The atmosphere of Earth is not carbonated.
So technically it IS flat.

[@kaiserstritz136]

🤣

[@AndSaveAsManyAsYouCan]

I forgot about this one, but I thought it was the bodies of water that weren't carbonated.

[@cmbaz1140]

👈🏻👈🏻😏

[@arthurfhackingshelby9631]

most flat earther are from america

[@mina_loi]

the other majority is united arab emirates.

[@myhigherpower9112]

aka MAGA

[@SilverSidedSquirrel]

or are religious

[@tuongpham7609]

To be fair, most of them did come from Europe.

[@pluralizor2957]

OK so I'm In A rather large debate server and flat earths a big one, this isnt accurate, it's people from alllll over, you'd be shocked

[@robertfreestone414]

Very well articulated analogy why conspiratoriats are so ridiculously stubborn.
In fact, I've always considered globe vs. flatearth debates to be science-themed interventions than an actual debate about something that requires any amount of sincere scrutiny. For example, an Oswald vs. Cube debate regarding the Kennedy assassination is a legitimate debate, but something that's been understood for 2,500 years? Nah.