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LEFT WING LOONS Title: Flat Earthers Plan Trip Around Antarctica to Prove You Know What Well, the tough Flat Earthers are getting going and theyre going to
Antarctica! For those not familiar with the theory, the continent at the bottom of the planet thats round to the rest of us is different if a globe were flattened with the North Pole in the center. Then, the outer rim would be a thin band wed all call Antarctica. For those who know their math, thats also called a circumference. The circumference of the round Earth is about 24,900 miles (40,000 km) but thats around the equator and theres still the southern hemisphere to flatten out and add to the flat map. In an interview with Forbes, flat-earther Jay Decasby, who is developing a flat earth reality series, puts the white ring of Antarctica circling such a round map at over 60,000 miles. But, but, but! you say
didnt Colin OBrady just complete the first-ever solo crossing of Antarctica on a trip that took 54 days and measured 932 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean via the South Pole? Decasby scoffs at your question. Thats right. He claims the best way to prove the Earth is flat is to sail a ship around the circumference of Antarctica which should be 60,000 miles. Such a trip would also prove that the edge of the Earth is circled by a wall of ice 150 feet high. Captain James Cook did this first, although that claim is obviously disputed by flat earthers like Decasby who says theres no way Cook sailed 60,000 miles (did you catch the flaw in this logic?), but still quotes Cooks description of a high wall of ice in which the captain was never able to find an inlet that penetrated it. Never mind that Antarctica has since been circled many times and many inlets have been found. Jules Vernes Phileas Fogg strove to go around the world in 80 days. Viking Ocean Cruises is offering an Ultimate World Cruise that will circumnavigate the Earth and visit 59 countries in 245 days (for the low, low price of $93,000). Why not, in the name of science or the debunking of science, let these flat earth believers finance and sail a ship around Antarctica and prove their theory to the the sun-worshipping cult of heliocentrism or forever hold their peace? Entertainment could be provided by bands singing flat versions of I Get Around, Roundabout and Fat-Bottomed Girls (You Make the Rockin World Go Round). The challenge will be to find a cruse ship with a big enough galley to stock a buffet for 60,000 miles. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
#2. To: Tooconservative (#0)
We need a few laffs. Thanks
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