This Flat-Earther Is Going To Launch Himself In A Homemade Rocket On Saturday

[tiger roach]

Most Flat earthers are likely just trolls

This has always been my assumption - trolls, or they think they are making a very deep point about thinking for oneself instead of just accepting what we're taught. Which is pretty misguided; tossing away all evidence that doesn't support a position doesn't count as critical thinking.

 

[mongooz]

I've always thought flat earthers were silly. If you go to the ocean and line up a straightedge with the horizon, you can actually see a slight curvature.

that's just the meniscus effect.
rolleyes1

 

[nuke_diver]

that's just the meniscus effect.
rolleyes1

Well I don't have any so what does that mean for me

 

[DFB]

then what about the Atlantic??
cop0

The Atlantic Wall

 

[Steverino]

Someone who really thinks the earth is flat probably doesn't believe in technology and therefore never posts online

You'd think so...

But no.

 

[ShoeTongue-Fu]

 

[Mark Wein]

https://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Self-taught-rocket-scientist-propels-himself-12779293.php

 

[Jbird]

1,800 feet?

That's it?

 

[OGG]

Weaksauce.

 

[Tiltsta]

Why didn’t this idiot just charter a plane?

 

[Knox in Box]

also....if the earth is flat....what keeps all the water in the oceans from spilling over the sides?

A fried edible tortilla bowl. Like a big taco salad.

 

[Knox in Box]

I've always thought flat earthers were silly. If you go to the ocean and line up a straightedge with the horizon, you can actually see a slight curvature.

Who's to say your straightedge isn't bent?

#Devilsadvocate

 

[rickenvox]

1,800 feet?

That's it?

Mt Whitney is over 14,000. I've already climbed up that an proved that the world is round.

 

[Jbird]

Mt Whitney is over 14,000. I've already climbed up that an proved that the world is round.

Highest I've been is the Mt. Chiquita peak, 13,075.

We started to head over to Mt. Ypsilon which is 13,500 but it started snowing pretty hard, and we were wearing shorts When we headed back down the trail it warmed back up in the 70s-80s and we were sweating again.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

1,800 feet?

To flat-Earther rocket dude:

You’re not high enough!

Wait. That might be an incorrect statement. What’s the context?

 

[Steverino]

He didn't see any curvature from 1000 feet though. Not sure what his point is, other than to get media coverage enough to get the attention of people with deeper pockets. No one in their right mind would back this guy, though.

 

[Danhedonia]

Sure, he's an idiot crackpot, but he's an idiot crackpot who shot his ass 1,800 feet in the air, and came down in one piece with enough time left over for a few beers and dinner.

I tip my hat.

 

[GomezAddams]

Sure, he's an idiot crackpot, but he's an idiot crackpot who shot his ass 1,800 feet in the air, and came down in one piece with enough time left over for a few beers and dinner.

I tip my hat.

A man has gotta have a hobby.

 

[bsman]

Highest I've been is the Mt. Chiquita peak, 13,075.

We started to head over to Mt. Ypsilon which is 13,500 but it started snowing pretty hard, and we were wearing shorts When we headed back down the trail it warmed back up in the 70s-80s and we were sweating again.

I can't count the number of times I've read about people who had to be rescued (or recovered) from mountains because they were unprepared for the drastic changes in weather that are endemic in montain environments. When I lived in Idaho, such things happened a LOT during the summer: https://sectionhiker.com/why-does-cotton-kill/

 

[Tig]

Well, at least he out flew Evel Knievel.