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Current time: November 29, 2024, 11:40 am

Poll: How should we deal with flat-Earthers?
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Ignore them
60.00%
24 60.00%
Debate them with evidence and reason
27.50%
11 27.50%
Other
12.50%
5 12.50%
Total 40 vote(s) 100%
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Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
(November 5, 2019 at 8:33 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(November 5, 2019 at 7:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 'Debated' or 'ignored' sets up a false dilemma.  It leaves out the 'beat them with sticks' option.

Boru

Given my cousins' devotion to the 2nd-ish Amendment, a better option exists. [Image: rVHmfgj.gif]

Disagree.  No one deserves to be shot for having stupid ideas.  A medium-size thumping, however...

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
Come over and I'll introduce you to my cousins. And by "introduce" I mean "stand where the pavement stops and point."
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
One thing to remember about the flatters, they believe that the world is no more complicated than it looks.
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
(November 5, 2019 at 8:50 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(November 5, 2019 at 8:33 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Given my cousins' devotion to the 2nd-ish Amendment, a better option exists. [Image: rVHmfgj.gif]

Disagree.  No one deserves to be shot for having stupid ideas.  A medium-size thumping, however...

Boru


Nah.

Shooting is a perfectly valid option.

It prevents the spreading of stupid from that source.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
I used to distribute 2 oz. smart pills, delivered at supersonic speed.
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
(November 5, 2019 at 6:34 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I used to distribute 2 oz. smart pills, delivered at supersonic speed.

“High speed lobotomies”

Wink

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
(November 5, 2019 at 6:40 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:
(November 5, 2019 at 6:34 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I used to distribute 2 oz. smart pills, delivered at supersonic speed.

“High speed lobotomies”

Wink

[Image: rVHmfgj.gif]

(November 5, 2019 at 6:27 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: One thing to remember about the flatters, they believe that the world is no more complicated than it looks.

For example, gravity. It took a genius to get the first good grasp on it, and he needed an assist from an apple. But any good ole boy can understand acceleration. "A '57 Chevy with a 396 c.i.d. engine will gravity your ass, son!" So it's easier to think the Earth is accelerating constantly than it is to understand why the Australians don't fall off the planet.
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
Ignore. The evidence is right there for them to see and there is no reasoning with people who refuse to believe it. Lalala
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
(January 19, 2020 at 12:08 pm)Smedders Wrote: Ignore. The evidence is right there for them to see and there is no reasoning with people who refuse to believe it. Lalala

Remaining silent in the presence of absurdity is not a virtue.
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RE: Should Flat-Earthers be debated or ignored?
(January 19, 2020 at 1:42 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(January 19, 2020 at 12:08 pm)Smedders Wrote: Ignore. The evidence is right there for them to see and there is no reasoning with people who refuse to believe it. Lalala

Remaining silent in the presence of absurdity is not a virtue.

Maybe, but what (logical) evidence are you gonna present to someone logically-averse? It's all feels and oohs and aahs.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
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