World is flat

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  1. BLAZINGGIANTS

    BLAZINGGIANTS Well-Known Member

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    That makes total sense. OK, I guess the world IS flat.
     
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    The world is flat. But a ball down on an even floor and it stays there, it doesn't roll.
     
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    But yet, you put Sly down on the floor, and he rolls over....
     
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  4. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    He also humps your leg, but that doesn't mean we're all getting laid tonight.

    #FlatEarth
     
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    I'm "The Big Red Dog" so my legs are tough to hump. I'd squash that old, little B.
     
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    Rap is to music what the Flat Earth Society is to science.
     
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    That's just called building a house with a level
     
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    If you put a ball on another ball, it rolls off. So if the earth were a ball, balls would all roll off of it. Duuuuuh!!!!!
     
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    Not if the bottom ball was enormous and the surface ball was tiny
     
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    Ok, whatever you say....if the world were a ball, we wouldn't need any gasoline because we could just roll downhill to wherever we wanted to go.
     
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    Oops! not quite so. The earth gravitational force vector is from the center of it's mass. So the ball rolls no where when on a surface perpendicular to the force vector.
     
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    The ball rolls no where on a flat surface. If the Earth were a ball, everyone would be living together in the North Pole because they'd need to stay on top of the Earth.
     
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    Also, if the world were flat, when you go to Nebraska it wouldn't look flat, it would be curved.
     
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    Then you should also be able to see the Rockies from hundreds of miles away in Nebraska ...which you can't...I believe the horizon on the open sea is 60 miles away or so...MarAzul would know
     
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    I would need to break out Bowditch to give you precision. But the horizon is about 6 miles away in my line of sight standing on the deck of my boat.
     
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    seemed like the Blue Ridge had a further range of vision but she's pretty high off the water...I've forgotten
     
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    No, because they are obscured by smog. Some days you can barely see Mt Hood here.
     
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    There's no smog in Nebraska...just manure
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    The world is flat...the world is round, together we see that his guys just doing it for PR...


    Anyways, if the world is flat, why can't I see Mt Rainier, or Jefferson easily?
     

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