Chatterbox Monday

There are many pictures on the internet and in other media depicting the earth as being round. Why do these not disprove flat earth theory?

In general, we at the Flat Earth Society do not lend much credibility to photographic evidence. It is too easily manipulated and altered. Many of the videos posted here to "prove a round earth" by showing curvature will show no curvature or even concave curvature at parts. The sources are so inaccurate it's difficult to build an argument on them in either case. Furthermore, barrel distortion and other quirks of modern cameras will cause a picture to distort in ways which may not be immediately obvious or apparent, especially without references within the picture. Photographs are also prone to distortion when taken through the bent glass of a pressurized cabin as well as atmospheric conditions on the outside. With this litany of problems, it's easy to see why photographic evidence is not to be trusted.



It's also worth noting that if a person were to look down at the earth from high above, they would expect to see a circular shape where the sun's spotlight was shining. This explains why high altitude photographs are generally curved to produce the illusion of a round horizon.

This idea is catching on. Now my forehead is completely flat from slapping it whilst reading that website.

"In general, we at the Flat Earth Society do not lend much credibility to photographic evidence." This is all part of the giant space exploration conspiracy, don't you know. They photoshopped a round earth into those pictures because that is what everyone was expecting!

I like it how their most compelling argument is that the earth looks flat to everyone, but then dismiss the question "As a passenger on an aircraft, how is it I can see the curvature of the earth?" by saying how the person is mistaken and cannot trust their own eyes.

Also nice how their explanation of magnetism flatly(!) contradicts their own map.

Official redundancy notice.

Although guy giving me it said if I find a job before the redundacy date I dont get redundancy payment. Seems off.

If you did deep enough, it's actually quite impressive.  I think whoever thought it up did it to challenge themselves and now they've accidentally created a cult of people who should be culled should the earth run out of resources, which might never happen if bountiful lands are discovered beyond the icewall... or inside the earth as hollow earthers would have you believe.

I can't get my head around people believing this stuff.

Shit. Sorry to hear that.

Finding a job doesn't have any impact on redundancy pay. You only lose the redundancy pay when you start a new job, or am I misunderstanding what that person is saying?

That's the way to do it. When I left a call centre job, I got put on gardening leave for 4 weeks so I started my new job early and got paid twice. Booyah.

With regards to the abilities/confidence part, just remember no new employer will know you lack anything. An interview is like a blank canvass for lies, especially if you work for a big company that gives the bare minimum reference.

Sorry to hear that, Wolfster. A lot of it around. Hope you land on your feet.

I'd agree with this, in regards to interviews. Years ago I was having real trouble getting a better job. Was advised applying for jobs you didn't want to get real life no pressure interview experience, which really did the trick for me. you get good at your job and writing an application/CV (or at least can get help) but hardly anyone practices the part of the application process that really matters.

Good luck with the job searching and hopefully something good will come up for you.

I remember hearing something about flat earth societies, that a lot of them are made up of people who just think they’re trolling everyone else, and none of them really believe it

This all sounds a lot like game of thrones with the ice wall thing.

I suppose on the other side of the earth there are only the four elephants that stand on the giant turtle.