# I can't convince doorhinge that Earth is a sphere; thus, it is not a sphere **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259 "2015-12-12T18:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/41 "2015-12-14T10:03:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Waitaminute, how are the elephants supposed to walk on A’Tuin’s back when they’re standing like that? Don’t tell me they’re side-stepping all the time. > [@naita](#): > > The elephants don’t move. Sorry, that’s inaccurate. They don’t move except to occasionally lift a leg to let the sun or moon pass by. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/42 "2015-12-14T15:20:41Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Sorry, that’s inaccurate. They don’t move except to occasionally lift a leg to let the sun or moon pass by. Or, to space fart. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/43 "2015-12-14T16:48:32Z")
> [@naita](#): > > The elephants don’t move. > [@naita](#): > > Sorry, that’s inaccurate. They don’t move except to occasionally lift a leg to let the sun or moon pass by. > [@dasmoocher](#): > > Or, to space fart. And when an elephant’s space fart meets a Solar Flare, you get a Nova! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/44 "2015-12-14T17:03:27Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > That boy has never been out in the sun in his life, considering the bridge that he spends all of his time lurking underneath. The one in Fort Lee, right? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/45 "2015-12-14T17:06:48Z")
I’ll just leave this here. > [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942/7446): > > “Strawman Alert” - “Strawman Alert”. > > _Warning Will Robinson. Dr. Smith is creating a strawman._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/46 "2015-12-14T17:58:20Z")
> [@glee](#): > > And when an elephant’s space fart meets a Solar Flare, you get a Nova! That’s why they’re always pulling each other’s trunks. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/47 "2015-12-14T18:00:56Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > As the OP of that thread, please PLEASE let it die. NEVER!!! Ignorance must be unfurled. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/48 "2015-12-14T18:29:01Z")
I’m honoring the boycott of the climate change thread, but I feel compelled to highlight this magnificent bit of idiocy. In response to a post concerning COP21: > [@](#): > > …COP21 reached a historic agreement today after an emergency one-day extension to the negotiations. **Nearly** 200 countries signed the deal… (quote excerpted; bolding mine) …our boy had this question: [Quote=doorhinge] I wasn’t aware that there are 200 countries. Are you sure that number is correct? Or doesn’t it matter - to you? [/Quote] Whew, he nearly had something there. Nearly. Almost. Not quite. Just about. A bit less than. Within a gnat’s eyelash of. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/49 "2015-12-14T18:45:06Z")
> [@Subterraneanus](#): > > I can’t convince doorhinge that Earth is a sphere; thus, it is not a sphere Bwahahaha. You’ve never tried to convince me that Earth is a sphere. That makes you a liar. But if that’s the best you can do, that’s the best you can do. I expect nothing less from you. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/50 "2015-12-14T18:47:00Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Bwahahaha. You’ve never tried to convince me that Earth is a sphere. > > That makes you a liar. > > But if that’s the best you can do, that’s the best you can do. I expect nothing less from you. Missing the point, once again, and thus proving the point. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/51 "2015-12-14T18:47:49Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s based on **doorhinge’s** trolling in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=772882) in which he’s claiming he doesn’t believe in global warming because he hasn’t been “convinced” by the evidence, while it’s obvious he doesn’t have the foggiest understanding of the evidence. > > Here’s a sample post. You and I have discussed this several times and you are aware that I have stated that global warming is occurring. I guess that makes you a liar, also. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/52 "2015-12-14T18:51:54Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > You and I have discussed this several times and you are aware that I have stated that global warming is occurring. > > I guess that makes you a liar, also. Your version of _global warming is occurring_, is, “It’s been warming since the end of the ice age.” Which makes you the liar, since you’re dishonestly representing your position. Also, no one loves you, and you’ll die alone in your mom’s basement. #eatenbycats ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/53 "2015-12-14T18:54:58Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > His attempt at overcoming his boner about [“Greenland is not the Arctic”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=724652&page=2) were made worse by claiming for _ **pages** _ that he was right because ‘all other posters were the ones claiming that Greenland was the Arctic’. > > It was the most idiotic straw man ever. It did not matter that it was repeatedly explained that Greenland was **in** the Arctic and for the purposes of the rise of the oceans, the ice over the arctic ocean is not very important for that issue, but the ice over Greenland is. > > As the way he did “deal with” with the ice cream metaphor **doorhinge** is being willfully obtuse and he is dumb enough to think that being that obtuse is meaningful. > > As for an appropriate name he should had been doornail. Greenland still ain’t the Arctic. You repeatedly stated that I couldn’t find Greenland. I laughed at you. The “ice cream metaphor” was silly then, and it’s silly now, but you have no way of knowing that. You’re still not convincing MORE people to buy into what you are selling. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/54 "2015-12-14T18:55:59Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > You and I have discussed this several times and you are aware that I have stated that global warming is occurring. > > I guess that makes you a liar, also. So tell me, when you state that you are unclear on whether or not there are **nearly** 200 countries in the world, are you lying or just too dumb to look it up? Also, what possible significance does the number of countries have to do with any point you may have about climate change? ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/55 "2015-12-14T18:58:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Jeebus, will _someone_ explain or link to what he thinks the Earth IS, if not a sphere? I’m also waiting for an answer. I beginning to believe that most of this pits posters are applying for jobs at MSNBC as political commentators. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/56 "2015-12-14T19:09:52Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Missing the point, once again, and thus proving the point. Are you saying that **Subterraneanus** has tried to convince me that the Earth is a sphere? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/57 "2015-12-14T19:12:56Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Are you saying that **Subterraneanus** has tried to convince me that the Earth is a sphere? No, I think he’s saying you’ve missed the point. Once again. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/58 "2015-12-14T19:15:34Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Your version of _global warming is occurring_, is, “It’s been warming since the end of the ice age.” Which makes you the liar, since you’re dishonestly representing your position. (post shortened) Hahahaha. My position has been that global warming has been occurring since the end of the last ice age. Since I did not dishonestly represent my opinion, I guess that makes you confused/delusional/impotent/hysterical. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/59 "2015-12-14T19:21:54Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > No, I think he’s saying you’ve missed the point. Once again. **Subterraneanus** ’s point was that he, **Subterraneanus** , can’t convince me, **doorhinge** , that Earth is a sphere. Since **Subterraneanus** has never attempted to convince me that the Earth is a sphere, that makes him a liar. Your point only requires a hat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259/60 "2015-12-14T19:31:02Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > You and I have discussed this several times and you are aware that I have stated that global warming is occurring. > > I guess that makes you a liar, also. Trolls gotta troll. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-convince-doorhinge-that-earth-is-a-sphere-thus-it-is-not-a-sphere/740259.md?page=4)