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ProudLib72

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81. Elevation where I live 5400' above sea level

Wed Nov 22, 2017, 01:00 AM

Nov 2017

A few miles away are some mountains that are 14,000' above sea level. So I can get in my car and drive half an hour, hike a couple miles, and be 8,600' above where I started. I can look out over the expanse of the plains and try to spot my house 8,600' below. I will have beaten this idiot's height by 6,800' and remained safe doing it.

By all means, please proceed.

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Darwin test coming up -This man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth [View all] malaise Nov 2017 OP

He better not punk out like Evil Kneivel lame54 Nov 2017 #1

Thank you. old guy Nov 2017 #32

How did Evel Knievel pumk out? quickesst Nov 2017 #78

I think it was on SNL that they said these nuts could see that every other planet was round Not Ruth Nov 2017 #2

In fairness he is saying it's a disc unblock Nov 2017 #5

A disc wold planet; here you go: icymist Nov 2017 #47

it's turtles all the way down! unblock Nov 2017 #51

With the Disc World on the back of four elephants! icymist Nov 2017 #52

I do no think suicide via stupidity is a laughing matter. His family should seek help for him. LonePirate Nov 2017 #3

I disagree re this level of stupidity malaise Nov 2017 #17

Really hoping this fool has not reproduced, pre-flight. lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #68

Why not? Quanta Nov 2017 #76

Sounds like he adopted flat-earthism for the fundraising opportunity unblock Nov 2017 #4

Ground Control to Major Mike... MineralMan Nov 2017 #6

The Earth looks flat from 1800 feet PJMcK Nov 2017 #8

It looks flat at 35,000 feet, too. MineralMan Nov 2017 #12

Photoshop PJMcK Nov 2017 #64

The Earth is not a torus? csziggy Nov 2017 #73

Mmm makes me hungry for donuts! Canoe52 Nov 2017 #80

Not just the Earth ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 #84

LOL. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2017 #89

LOL malaise Nov 2017 #18

I have no idea. MineralMan Nov 2017 #19

NASA is conspiring to destroy this guy's rocket PJMcK Nov 2017 #7

I'd bet it's illegal and I hope the FAA intervenes struggle4progress Nov 2017 #9

That will just convince them they are right Takket Nov 2017 #38

I'm not so worried about Flat-Earthers as a political constituency: most of them are just jokesters; struggle4progress Nov 2017 #66

I don't get it. Why is it so important to them to prove that the earth is flat? smirkymonkey Nov 2017 #87

Hughes is a stunt man and wants publicity struggle4progress Nov 2017 #88

Proof Neanderthals didn't go extinct they evolved into Flat-Earthers njhoneybadger Nov 2017 #10

hey, don't be so hard on Neanderthals.They were never that stupid. librechik Nov 2017 #25

There are much easier ways to disprove the curvature of the earth...or rather prove it BoneyardDem Nov 2017 #11

"It's not rocket science." 3catwoman3 Nov 2017 #13

You forgot the picture. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2017 #14

ROFL malaise Nov 2017 #21

Does it work with steam power? ffr Nov 2017 #90

republican Comrade Casino* inspires this level of "intelligence" Achilleaze Nov 2017 #15

He should ride along NotASurfer Nov 2017 #20

Watch him hit a UFO. N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2017 #16

I wish the man attempting this feat DesertRat Nov 2017 #22

Not sure he could build a malaise Nov 2017 #23

Maybe Barron could help him! DesertRat Nov 2017 #57

I'll admit, I thought the term "Flat Earther" was a slur against anti-science types. I had no idea.. NightWatcher Nov 2017 #24

That hit me for six malaise Nov 2017 #27

"That hit me for six" I have never heard this expression. panader0 Nov 2017 #42

The highest scoring run in the game of cricket is six - malaise Nov 2017 #44

Ah, cricket--no wonder I didn't know. Thanks..... panader0 Nov 2017 #46

The had a convention in NC recently. Ilsa Nov 2017 #33

Let me guess. His craft is called the "Trumphumper?" Vinca Nov 2017 #26

I think it's made by Acme Corporation. Initech Nov 2017 #74

ROFL - perfect! Vinca Nov 2017 #83

Atmosflat.🤣😃😄😅😅😂😘😗😙 pangaia Nov 2017 #28

He needs a Gopro and a helium weather balloon VMA131Marine Nov 2017 #29

I might burst with laughter malaise Nov 2017 #45

You cant fix stupid. MrScorpio Nov 2017 #30

If FOX News reported that the Earth was flat Mr. Ected Nov 2017 #31

Please please please put it on live TV. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #34

Sadly I suspect that he will be malaise Nov 2017 #36

Hahah! lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #37

Flurking idiot could go almost 20 times that high in an airplane kysrsoze Nov 2017 #35

Nah! He'll be the 2017 winner malaise Nov 2017 #39

Spaceman spiff! Takket Nov 2017 #40

More like Spaceman Spliff lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #92

hem AllaN01Bear Nov 2017 #41

Hahahahha malaise Nov 2017 #48

I don't see any potential problems sarisataka Nov 2017 #43

1,800 feet high lapfog_1 Nov 2017 #49

I would suggest he get some pointers and tips sdfernando Nov 2017 #50

Wonder if he believes in gravity? fantase56 Nov 2017 #53

"Flat earth science" - is that an oxymoron? Initech Nov 2017 #54

I think so malaise Nov 2017 #56

Isn't he afraid he might hit the dome? Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #55

Florida Man already tried this treestar Nov 2017 #58

So did Johnny Knoxville! Initech Nov 2017 #72

Hahahhaahahha malaise Nov 2017 #82

Ooh! Ooh! I have a preview of how it's going to go! Initech Nov 2017 #59

This should make next week's top ten 'idiots' malaise Nov 2017 #60

It will be in this week's "People Are Dumb" for sure! Initech Nov 2017 #62

Thank you!!! lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #70

be cheaper to buy a plane ticket. spanone Nov 2017 #61

Or he could just rent a drone that is capable of flying that high. Initech Nov 2017 #63

or he could use google...😎 spanone Nov 2017 #65

I'm not sure about the Darwin aspect. Jim Lane Nov 2017 #67

Valid point which explains why some of us are stunned that a flat-earther is interested in science malaise Nov 2017 #69

I wanna know where he thinks the edge is.....Tijuana? Zimbabwe? Siberia? lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #71

Stupidity should hurt. krispos42 Nov 2017 #75

Ignorance kills. Solly Mack Nov 2017 #77

Suicide by willful ignorance Generic Brad Nov 2017 #79

Elevation where I live 5400' above sea level ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #81

wonder if the man's life insurance agent has gotten a call from headquarters..... dembotoz Nov 2017 #85

"Hughes only recently converted to flat-Eartherism, after struggling for months to raise funds ..." sl8 Nov 2017 #86

I'm crowdfunding passengers on the rocket if anyone wants to have their family Trumpster go ffr Nov 2017 #91