# Flat earth clowns! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934 "2015-10-17T20:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/21 "2015-10-18T03:25:02Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Flat tax, young Earth. Apollo hoax, Montauk Project. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/22 "2015-10-18T03:55:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’ve always thought the Flat Earth Society was tongue-in-cheek. Hell, I’ve even considered joining just for grins. I think there was another group that was tongue-in-cheek, but the group linked to earlier in this thread is the continuation of Charles K. Johnson’s efforts, and as serious as a broken vertebra. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/23 "2015-10-18T04:35:08Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I guess if you’ve ever wanted to experiment with crazy sex is the best sex, this would be a good group to sign on with. Fairly low level and harmless on the crazy scale, but crazy none the less. Nah, if you’re going to stick your dick in the crazy, you’ve already made the decision to cross that boundary. I say go all out, if sex with lame-crazy is good, then sex with psycho-crazy is gonna be out-this-world. 🆒 Just be braced for the fallout. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/24 "2015-10-18T09:32:31Z")
> [@northporlarbear](#): > > I’ve never seen anyone claiming earth to be flat. Especially with the photos of Earth from the space. [The fat black chick who was on _The View_ actually thought so](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UkrkaH_V7fE#t=59)_!_ She probably makes more in a week than most of us do in a year and yet she’s never seen a globe… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/25 "2015-10-18T09:47:59Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I think there was another group that was tongue-in-cheek, but the group linked to earlier in this thread is the continuation of Charles K. Johnson’s efforts, and as serious as a broken vertebra. I _still_ want to join. That would really spice up the ol’ resume. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/26 "2015-10-18T17:07:14Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I’ve heard that Mercator is about as close as you can possibly get. Is there something better? Depends on what you’re using it for. That’s why flattening the Earth is such a good idea. Only one literal diagrammatic projection would be necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/27 "2015-10-18T17:08:43Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Depends on what you’re using it for. That’s why flattening the Earth is such a good idea. Only one literal diagrammatic projection would be necessary. Yeah, but who gets to be in the center and who ends up on the edge? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/28 "2015-10-18T17:14:05Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Yeah, but who gets to be in the center and who ends up on the edge? > > Stranger Whoever contributes the highest in the Kickstarter. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/29 "2015-10-18T17:48:59Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Whoever contributes the highest in the Kickstarter. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/30 "2015-10-21T21:41:30Z")
Note that The Bible officially declares several times the flatness of the Earth (Matthew 4:8, etc.) and that the Sun, Moon, etc. all go around it. The original Flat Earth Society was founded on this. In later years, it got a lot of “members” who signed up for the fun of having the membership certificate for their wall. It went moribund, got revived thanx to the Internet, etc. Who knows what percentage believe what now. It is incredibly easy to show that it can’t be. E.g. make a phone call to someone on the opposite side of the globe and compare day/night. But these … people … have thought of that. They have an incredible “system” for explaining all the oddities of the position of the Sun wrt a flat Earth. Their concept of Optics is strange and then some. Sometimes someone will show up here pointing out some oooolld, badly done “experiment” that disproves the curvature of the Earth. It’s hopeless arguing with these folk. Just think of how weird GPS would be for a flat Earth, alone. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/31 "2015-10-21T22:00:39Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > . . . E.g. make a phone call to someone on the opposite side of the globe and compare day/night. . . . Charles Johnson made a phone call to someone in New York, when the Moon was directly overhead in Los Angeles. The friend measured the angle. 45 degrees. Therefore (simple geometry for simple minds) the Moon is only 3,000 miles above the earth. It’s Science! Not the fake greaseball Greek thing! Johnson was so wonderfully emphatic. (In contrast, I had some real respect for Harold Camping, who had the grace to say, “I don’t know” now and then.) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/32 "2015-10-22T00:11:21Z")
Remember the Flat Earth Slogan: There is Nothing to Sphere but Sphere Itself! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/33 "2015-10-22T00:16:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_Danger](#): > > Why all of a sudden are there so many people now making youtube videos about the earth being flat? the money? the things they say are so easily disproved yet there are more everyday You mean flat earth society isn’t an organization for professional women’s volleyball players? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/34 "2015-10-22T00:17:43Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Remember the Flat Earth Slogan: > > There is Nothing to Sphere but Sphere Itself! _flattens **Voyager** _ ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/35 "2015-10-22T00:36:25Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Is there any reason to believe that site isn’t a hoax? Um, member 00001 is the totally serious, not the least bit whimsical Thomas Dolby. > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I don’t know if I want to sleep with any of them. You haven’t seen Dolby’s wife. Today: [http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/462154442-actress-kathleen-beller-at-the-hollywood-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QbzRbDCuD01EnoxffnizH%2BWwJHHrZACNWPfAhGosdoaKuRbNic%2FWZQ3aOnDPjG%2FfdQ%3D%3D](http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/462154442-actress-kathleen-beller-at-the-hollywood-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QbzRbDCuD01EnoxffnizH%2BWwJHHrZACNWPfAhGosdoaKuRbNic%2FWZQ3aOnDPjG%2FfdQ%3D%3D) Back in the day, totally not the least bit safe for work: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vyKzCrpkPY/Ucmira-RutI/AAAAAAAAY2o/jk\_C1VWUDME/s640/KathleenBeller\_TheBetsy\_RW5\_nitrovideo+-+Copy.jpg](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vyKzCrpkPY/Ucmira-RutI/AAAAAAAAY2o/jk_C1VWUDME/s640/KathleenBeller_TheBetsy_RW5_nitrovideo+-+Copy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/36 "2015-10-22T01:17:52Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Note that The Bible officially declares several times the flatness of the Earth (Matthew 4:8, etc.) and that the Sun, Moon, etc. all go around it. Which part or version of Matthew 4 8 do you believe “officially” declares this? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/37 "2015-10-22T01:19:52Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Um, member 00001 is the totally serious, not the least bit whimsical Thomas Dolby. > > You haven’t seen Dolby’s wife. Today: [http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/462154442-actress-kathleen-beller-at-the-hollywood-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QbzRbDCuD01EnoxffnizH%2BWwJHHrZACNWPfAhGosdoaKuRbNic%2FWZQ3aOnDPjG%2FfdQ%3D%3D](http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/462154442-actress-kathleen-beller-at-the-hollywood-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QbzRbDCuD01EnoxffnizH%2BWwJHHrZACNWPfAhGosdoaKuRbNic%2FWZQ3aOnDPjG%2FfdQ%3D%3D) > > Back in the day, totally not the least bit safe for work: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vyKzCrpkPY/Ucmira-RutI/AAAAAAAAY2o/jk\_C1VWUDME/s640/KathleenBeller\_TheBetsy\_RW5\_nitrovideo+-+Copy.jpg](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vyKzCrpkPY/Ucmira-RutI/AAAAAAAAY2o/jk_C1VWUDME/s640/KathleenBeller_TheBetsy_RW5_nitrovideo+-+Copy.jpg) She’s not flat. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/38 "2015-10-22T01:32:10Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Which part or version of Matthew 4 8 do you believe “officially” declares this? It doesn’t take a lot of effort to look up a single Bible verse. Anyway, it’s the bit where the Devil takes Jesus to a high tower, from which he can see all the nations of the earth. Not possible on a globe. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/39 "2015-10-22T01:39:13Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Um, member 00001 is the totally serious, not the least bit whimsical Thomas Dolby. > > You haven’t seen Dolby’s wife. Today: [http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/462154442-actress-kathleen-beller-at-the-hollywood-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QbzRbDCuD01EnoxffnizH%2BWwJHHrZACNWPfAhGosdoaKuRbNic%2FWZQ3aOnDPjG%2FfdQ%3D%3D](http://cache3.asset-cache.net/gc/462154442-actress-kathleen-beller-at-the-hollywood-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QbzRbDCuD01EnoxffnizH%2BWwJHHrZACNWPfAhGosdoaKuRbNic%2FWZQ3aOnDPjG%2FfdQ%3D%3D) > > Back in the day, totally not the least bit safe for work: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vyKzCrpkPY/Ucmira-RutI/AAAAAAAAY2o/jk\_C1VWUDME/s640/KathleenBeller\_TheBetsy\_RW5\_nitrovideo+-+Copy.jpg](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7vyKzCrpkPY/Ucmira-RutI/AAAAAAAAY2o/jk_C1VWUDME/s640/KathleenBeller_TheBetsy_RW5_nitrovideo+-+Copy.jpg) Okay, now I _really_ want to sign up. (Although that first link is blocked.) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-earth-clowns/734934/40 "2015-10-22T03:07:31Z")
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