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Shaq believes in a flat earth. Edit: Claims he doesn't believe in a flat earth
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The Albatross
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Shaq noooo!
I don't really believe he's being serious, though, just joking around. Shaq says tons of bizarre things every day just to get a rise out of the media and people around him.
I don't really believe he's being serious, though, just joking around. Shaq says tons of bizarre things every day just to get a rise out of the media and people around him.
efyu_lemonardo
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What ever happened to the burden of proof?
Can I just decide the moon being made of cheese is a legitimate theory?
Emerson
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The burden of proof was never a standard for most people. Most people are fucking idiots. It's just that thirty years ago they didn't have a constant stream of misleading information thrown at their faces that they aren't equipped to deal with.
RipperGrim
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I've always wondered why flat earthers think everyone else is lying. Like what reason does anyone have to lie about the earth being round???
They're in the pocket of Big Sphere!
elrechazado
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It provides cover for the real truth: Hollow earth
Audioboxer
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Dat logic.
Checkmate atheists.
Hope it's... trolling?
Checkmate atheists.
Hope it's... trolling?
efyu_lemonardo
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See, this is the part I don't get. If I told any person I have a million dollar diamond in my pocket they'd require hard evidence. No one would just take my word for it. Burden of proof is alive and well when it comes to daily matters. But somewhere along the line between shit that is fucking obvious to a toddler and rocket science people seem to have their philosophical views flipped.
More_Badass
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An air of authority is enough to bypass that burden of proof. A scientist/expert/celebrity/politician/president said it, thus it's probably true, versus you saying it
efyu_lemonardo
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Then why believe in a flat earth in the first place when plenty of authoritative figures stand firmly in opposite camp?
More_Badass
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But there are other figures who don't.
And that's what matters. As along as someone with some level of authority exists that says what you believe, you can spin and twist it into validation that you're right. Who cares what those other experts and authorities say, these guys agree with me, so there has to be some truth to it
IISANDERII
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Can a moderator correct the title please??
Can they please also correct Shaq while they're at it?
Pinko Marx
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This is a good thing. This means more material for Aries Spears.
https://youtu.be/hR3cz6NDb2M
https://youtu.be/hR3cz6NDb2M
efyu_lemonardo
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That, to me, can explain why plenty of dubious "get rich quick" scams exist. People want to believe in them because they have something to gain. What does anyone gain from believing in flat earth?
paradise_circus
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the night sky is actually a pretty good indicator why the earth is a globe. every citizen would look at the same direction if they would face the polar star or other star constellations.
still looks cool though
Crimson-Death
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Yep, and I put them in the same category as Trump voters, lower than the soles of my fucking shoes, down down down in the sewers of intelligence.
But I never though Shaq would be down there, he must be trolling, and I will investigate it now for the sake of my remaining sanity.
Ether_Snake
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Kind of impossible when people say it's the devil's work no?
GraveRobberX
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If these flat 🌏ers are truly right in their belief, this man also has a point then!
Is that you Steve?
Professor Beef
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I haven't heard of him since Kevin Hart summarized his career in 5 minutes.
I don't understand this either. What's to be gained by anyone by keeping "the truth" hidden ?
If the earth is flat how do you reappear on the other side
Where is the seam of the earth
Why isn't there an edge
If you go across the entire world and show up on the identical continent you started on is it really the same continent you left from because the earth is flat and just repeats in every direction?
Why doesn't the sun hit the floor
Where is the seam of the earth
Why isn't there an edge
If you go across the entire world and show up on the identical continent you started on is it really the same continent you left from because the earth is flat and just repeats in every direction?
Why doesn't the sun hit the floor
Chezzymann
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big pharma.
DontBeThatGuy
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few things on the internet are more bonkers than a flat earth website.
Okay, but think about this. What kind of PhD holder would publicly announce so passionately that the Earth is flat and not mean it?
The textbook industry makes $$$$ bank cash money in the 12 years they spend convincing us of ball earth
the night sky is actually a pretty good indicator why the earth is a globe. every citizen would look at the same direction if they would face the polar star or other star constellations.
still looks cool though
That gif is odd... why are there two sunsets on the horizon that do not change during the time elapsed?
runningjoke
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You need long exposure on the camera for that shot to work, the light is probably coming from a city
Sho_Nuff82
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Would be really weird if we found out that was a huge group of flat earthers in the NBA/pro sports, sort of like Scientology in Hollywood.
chillybright
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itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
is that true?
nkarafo
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Give him a break, the guy is huge. His heart has a hard time pumping blood all the way up to his brain.
Most flat earthers don't really believe that. They just try to be edgy and anti-establishment.
I'd understand if this were the 1400s but in this era we have tons and tons of normal everyday people flying around the world, if the Earth was flat it couldn't be hidden, it'd require the participation of the airline and shipping industry AND all of its passengers, which would be an insane amount of people.
Just with air travel, excluding just looking at the horizon, are they suggesting that a flight from California to Japan isn't going to head East but West and really, really fast to hide its true distance from the passengers? I don't know where they believe the edge is but wherever they place it there's clearly traffic going both ways. I don't get how it could be flat.
Elitist1945
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That they're right because you can't prove them wrong.
I imagine they like feeling right.
Security blanket and all that.
efyu_lemonardo
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But you can easily prove them wrong. If you want to believe in something that can't be disproved, turn to religion.
I agree with you though that feeling like they know better than the rest of us is part of it, as is rejection of consensus due to some anger towards society.
pirateluigi
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It's funny that this is the part that really makes the conspiracy fall apart. Pictures from space? They'll say it's faked. Ships disappear over the horizon? Some pseudo science bullshit about optics. Why no explorer ever found the edge? Mutual treaty between all nations to imprison and execute anyone that approaches Antarctica.
But ask a flat earther WHY anyone would lie about the earth being round? "Uhh... to keep you from the truth." Yeah, but why? "Because they don't want you to know that it's all a lie" Yeah, but why? "Uhhh... big banks?"
ChemicalCutthroat
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It boggles the mind that someone whose job was entirely based on what he was capable of doing with a sphere can't grasp the concept of the planet also being round.
Next time he goes near a basketball someone should just hand him a vinyl record instead.
Next time he goes near a basketball someone should just hand him a vinyl record instead.
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