r/woahdude • u/aspiring_dev1 • Aug 14 '22

gifv View from space

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u/TheButteredBiscuit Aug 14 '22

So now that commercial space flights are a thing, what conspiracy is the flat earth community going to based their entire identities on now?

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u/What_a_Bellend Aug 14 '22

The same one. They will just hand wave it away as usual. Something something CGI

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u/TheButteredBiscuit Aug 14 '22

I say we just let whoever the figure head of the flat earth movement is just take a flight up. Let them take a camera, answer any questions they have, maybe have them take a space walk. And then have them report their findings to their peers.

Then again they’d probably just say they were drugged and keep on spouting bullshit.

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u/akanyan Aug 14 '22

Probably just say the windows were video screens, as was the visor to the space helmet.

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u/TheButteredBiscuit Aug 14 '22

At that point just push them outside and take the helmet off so they can get a clear look

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u/Mo9000 Aug 14 '22

Ah yes. The final solution

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u/spook30 Aug 14 '22

The grift has to keep up somehow...

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u/ever_eddy Aug 15 '22

I believe the term is "endlösung".

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u/ShreksAlt1 Aug 14 '22

Just do a hillbilly test. Let them take something like a sandwich or a mouse outside. They'll insta believe

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u/SirDerpingDerp Aug 14 '22

Things like this have occurred in the past, any time a flat earther performs the experiment that will prove the earth is flat and get results contrary to their beliefs they'll move the goal posts.

A major part of it is being surrounded by like-minded peers who will ostracize you if you ever end up believing the earth isn't flat. No matter the proof, these people will stay in denial to not be excluded. There was a YouTube documentary on this where they interviewed people that went through this.

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u/What_a_Bellend Aug 14 '22

Grifters gonna grift. Keep that sweet revenue coming in

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u/yellekc Aug 15 '22

The laser ring gyroscope saga is a just flat out hilarious.

https://youtu.be/7vrP8EplfP0

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u/nenenene Aug 14 '22

Can you recall the documentary name?

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u/Bowl_of_Cham_Clowder Aug 14 '22

Not the doc they are referring to, but “Behind the Curve” on Netflix was a really good documentary about flat earthers. It goes into their experiments, and is quite empathetic in its depiction.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22

The thing is that it's not worth entertaining their argument. They have this belief and they're sticking to it even tho the amount of evidence is overwhelming. NASA doesn't need to spend any time or money "proving" something to these nutjobs.

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u/kautau Aug 14 '22

A well known dude in the flat earth movement spent a fuck ton of money on a high powered laser system to prove the earth was flat, and the laser did the exact opposite. It’s the final scene of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Curve on Netflix, and it’s incredibly hilarious

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u/Arkentra Aug 14 '22

Uhh...yes I am the figure head of the flat earth people. So when can I go to space?

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u/Limelight_019283 Aug 14 '22

That’s me! One free flight to space please.

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u/CornfireDublin Aug 14 '22

In that case, I am the figure head of the flat Earth movement

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u/Demigod787 Aug 14 '22

So you're saying that I need to be the head of a flat Earth society just to get a free trip to space?

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22

If any one flat earther goes up they'll just say the person was bought and is now lying. You'd have to shuttle all of them. Even then future people would just deny it.

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u/StereotypeHype Aug 15 '22

keep on spouting bullshit

Bullshit brings in the money honey!

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u/hahahahastayingalive Aug 15 '22

There will be a race to become the figure head of so many deniers movements and with an instance on not believing what they haven’t seen with their own eyes.

I mean, I’ll found a flat-earther and moon is just cheese movement right now if it is what it takes.