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Iggo

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43. Bonjour.

Reply to dawg (Reply #37)

Wed May 2, 2018, 11:48 AM

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"Pac man effect" keeps people from falling off flat earth [View all] Demovictory9 May 2018 OP

And to think that some people think science fiction is utter nonsense. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2018 #1

I rather liked the Ringworld books ismnotwasm May 2018 #30

One of the more interesting flat-earth questions I recently encountered is: RockRaven May 2018 #2

i think they believe in gravity Demovictory9 May 2018 #3

but why does gravity go in this direction and not that direction? RockRaven May 2018 #4

I don't think they do, or at least not in the conventional sense. Decoy of Fenris May 2018 #7

Presumably they have to invent an entirely different force to keep the Sun and the Moon in place muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #19

They can't believe in gravity the way it actually works. Cuthbert Allgood May 2018 #26

Science! It's what's for breakfast. byronius May 2018 #5

seems like a reasonable explanation to me... Victor_c3 May 2018 #6

The Calvin's Dad method? A HERETIC I AM May 2018 #12

I'm so stealing that hueymahl May 2018 #36

I forgot how much I used to love Calvin and Hobbes Victor_c3 May 2018 #38

Raised all mine that way jberryhill May 2018 #13

"Free thinkers" GreenEyedLefty May 2018 #8

ow. my brain. pansypoo53219 May 2018 #9

One of my favorite books.... Sancho May 2018 #10

One of my favorites, too. Aristus May 2018 #23

Interesting gender roles too... Sancho May 2018 #48

.. or maybe the earth is round GreenEyedLefty May 2018 #11

This stuff is a great counter to "why are you so closed minded"? jberryhill May 2018 #14

This is a good illustration of the problem with the "we have to present both sides" concept oberliner May 2018 #15

Teach the controversy jberryhill May 2018 #18

No we don't. Cuthbert Allgood May 2018 #28

I have an old book that says otherwise jberryhill May 2018 #34

Thor wrote a book? Cuthbert Allgood May 2018 #40

On an earth shaped like that, your problem would be falling back towards the center Oneironaut May 2018 #16

The Earth simply cannot be flat... Dave Starsky May 2018 #17

Finally, an irrefutable argument ! nt eppur_se_muova May 2018 #20

Obviously. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #29

Your post gets a DUzy (if they were still being awarded). longship May 2018 #32

I only wish that I had come up with it originally. Dave Starsky May 2018 #46

These people are artists, not scientists. Nt NCTraveler May 2018 #21

They've never heard of airplanes dalton99a May 2018 #22

Good thing Pac Man was invented sarisataka May 2018 #24

The earth is not round... Wounded Bear May 2018 #25

My higher power is gravity because it keeps me grounded. n/t elocs May 2018 #27

They ignore any fact they don't like, and then they dare to call themselves "FREETHINKERS?" DetlefK May 2018 #31

It's the woo version of Pastafarianism jberryhill May 2018 #35

Should be called the Asteroids effect imo aidbo May 2018 #33

We shouldn't mock. The world really is flat. dawg May 2018 #37

Bonjour. Iggo May 2018 #43

I've been hanging out in a Flat-Earther-forum for a while. Let me tell you how these people think: DetlefK May 2018 #39

They belong to same legion of people as climate change deniers Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #44

Question about the conspiracy theory Jim Lane May 2018 #50

There was no Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Posidonius, Aristotle, Plato, Strabo, etc... petronius May 2018 #51

Yet another victim of Occam's Razor! VMA131Marine May 2018 #41

I guess there are no cats on this Flat-Earth MiniMe May 2018 #42

Gee, centrifugal force doesn't spin the oceans off the edge. Gravity is stronger in the center. TheBlackAdder May 2018 #45

Moebus Earth! csziggy May 2018 #47

that is pretty cool. Demovictory9 May 2018 #55

That's a great drawing of the Earth, but . . . Staph May 2018 #49

They forgot to illustrate the turtle... Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #52

The Earth is not round, but teleportation is real. Good grief. LOONS! bitterross May 2018 #53

they're out there folks and at least some of them vote yonder May 2018 #54