Platinum
Flat Earth Steam Rocket Guy says he'll launch on Monday.
Platinum
"He found the aluminium for his rocket in metal shops and constructed the rocket nozzle out of an aircraft air filter." hey, greenanddying just how bad of an idea is that? From a flawed round-earther rocket science perspective?
Zita
this is very in the spirit of early rocketry but not even remotely going to do what he wants. :|
6LilacMimeLions
bad for anything serious
6LilacMimeLions
for Mr Baby's First Rocket, he'll probably only kill himself
Platinum
I can't help but think that he'd be able to do this for cheaper by getting one of them stratosphere balloons and an automatic camera
6LilacMimeLions
the cost of helium adds up
Zita
Students film breathtaking curvature of Earth using ...
6LilacMimeLions
obviously faked by the round earth conspiracy
Zita
"nasa is a con and astronauts are liars" says man who desperately, desperately wants to be an astronaut and receive all the same attention
Platinum
That's the exact thing I was thinking of, Zita
Zita
now i'm trying to figure out when the earliest photos of the curvature of the earth were, I think they were with v2's in the 40's
Zita
(which i mean, i'm sure flatearthers reject. but.)
6LilacMimeLions
i think it was ballooning actually
6LilacMimeLions
you can get high enough to kill yourself from hypoxia ballooning 
6LilacMimeLions
...oh you know what, there might not have been photos
Platinum
which is why you don't huff balloons
6LilacMimeLions
I BET NASA KNOWS
Platinum
First Pictures of Earth From 100 Miles in Space, 1947
Zita
yeah I was googling and pulling up stuff taken with v-2 engines in '46 but like... 5 second google
Zita
rocket history is interesting
6LilacMimeLions
okay yeah it was the explorer ii in '35
6LilacMimeLions
i mean we fucking knew about the round earth since we invented boats because you can see masts appearing over the horizon but yeah sure ROUND EARTH CONSPIRACY
mischief maker
you go, Flat Earth Steam Rocket Guy. show us plebeians how it's done.
Zita
/gazes into the flat earther abyss
Zita
i know if i start researching the genealogies of flat earther beliefs i will be at it all day i can feel it
Platinum
I like the takes of hollow earth or 'earth is bowl-shaped' more, honestly
Platinum
At least those sound more creative than "The earth is flat because our maps are flat"
Zita
if the hollow earth has dinosaurs inside it i'm there
Platinum
We're living in the hollow Earth
Zita
lame
Zita
unless there are cool aliens on the outside of the hollow earth, in which case i'd be here for that
Platinum
the gubmint knows
Zita
"if the earth were a ball spinning in space, there'd be no up or down" 
Zita
"how do the people in australia not fall off????"
Platinum
If the Earth were spinning, you could drop something and it'd fly off to the side
Zita
Checkmate, roundearthers
6LilacMimeLions
are you two doing this just to raise my blood pressure
6LilacMimeLions
is that what is occurring here
Zita
quoting/paraphrasing Charles Kenneth Johnson /https://public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/d6/10/d610494a-8d2f-4d53-9774-da37a1ceb56a/42-74947350.jpg)
The Curious History of The International Flat Earth ...
Zita
he sounds like a peach
Zita
and his wife
6LilacMimeLions
"gravity? sounds fake"
Zita
hold the phone i obviously need to teach kids science :|
Zita
hearty chuckle
hearty chuckle
Platinum
"The cities in the background are approx. 16miles apart... where is the curve ? please explain this "
Platinum
Don't forget
Platinum
The sun is only 32 miles wide
mischief maker
my sides
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
i feel like it'd be cheaper to buy three plane tickets
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
from the us to europe, from europe to japan, from japan to the us
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
like
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
done?????
Platinum
You can just put in tv screens on all the windows
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
i guarantee you no one cares enough to put in the effort
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
this ain't mass effect 2
Platinum
We're talking about dudes who think that the pictures of astronauts in space are green screened.
𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙙
i realize i'm screaming into the void here
Platinum
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