Eric Dubay Sucks at Life (200 Flat Earth “Proofs” Debunked)

It's been quite some time since I checked in with flat earthers, those pathetic grifters peddling the dumbest hoax in the history of the human species. But I felt compelled to revisit the subject in order to debunk the fraud who is still regarded as some kind of flat earth messiah, Eric Dubay. His ridiculous pamphlet commonly referred to as "200 Flat Earth Proofs" was just a rehashed version of a pamphlet from nearly two centuries prior by a fellow named Sam Rowbotham. So what could these proofs be? Do any of them hold water? Not a single one, in fact. However idiotic you think they're going to be, I promise they are much worse. Watch me obliterate them all rapid fire!
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[@mtosc9845]

If the Earth were actually flat, Flat Earthers would believe it’s a globe.

[@georgH]

This! Absolutely!

[@Denvercoder]

Or some OTHER shape. #CubeEarth #DodecahedronEarth #PyramidEarth

[@NeutralDrow]

Given that the contrarianism and specialfeels is the point of Flat Earth...this is depressingly true.

[@Enigma_Real]

Donut shaped and hollow!

[@justmanuel1]

I doubt that, to prove the earth is a globe requires using the brain.

[@penfoldproductions533]

1924: in 100 years, we’ll have flying cars! 2024: explaining to grown men that oceans don’t have wings

[@andregon4366]

Not sure if I should laugh or cry.

[@EdwinOudenes]

We have flying cars called planes.

[@Person-ip7iy]

@@andregon4366 I chose both

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Why do people think the Earth is flat just because they cant see it from space but they all KNOW I cant get women in bed when they cant see my entire monthly routine?

[@alexandruoprica3953]

Unless...hey guys! Someone must've poured red bull into the ocean

[@nobodyknows3180]

Everything is a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works.

[@franimal86]

That sounds like a conspiracy. Coincidence??? 🤣

[@KyleHerrera106]

also there are actual conspiracies, so there is that.

[@pikariocraftf2802]

I don't know how some of these things work and I don't understand the explanation, but I understand *THAT* they work and honestly I can't be arsed to break my brain over these things, the earth isn't flat, still don't really understand how summer and winter happen but honestly I understand that they happen and thats all I really need to know. (Mostly just confused because I thought it was about how the earth is further away from the sun or closer depending on the time of year, as in the earth doesn't orbit the sun in a perfect circle but rather like an oval shape, so why is it summer on one side and winter on the other side at the same time?)

[@ianchapman8859]

@@pikariocraftf2802 seasons happen because the axial tilt of the earth as it orbits around the sun causes either the northern or southern hemisphere to be tilted toward the sun while the other hemisphere is tilted away, the hemisphere tilted toward the sun is summer the hemisphere tilted away from the sun is winter

[@michelleper5065]

i will pay this "professor" 10k cash if you ever land on a moon or mars... 10k!

[@nips8902]

Flat earth fails on every point. The geocentric flat earth has... • No working model, or map. • No way to determine proper distances, or directions between two point on the earth not sharing the same longitude. • No explanation for how the sun and the moon circle the earth, or how the sun migrates from the tropic of Capricorn to the tropic of Cancer and back over the year. • No idea why the ancient Greeks such as Pythagoras, Aristotle, Eratosthenes and Aristarchus believed the earth was a sphere. • No idea what P and S shockwaves detected by seismology equipment tells us about the internal structure of the earth, and the shape and dimensions of the surface of the earth. • No idea what powers the sun and the stars. • No idea of the distance to the stars. • No ideas as to why almost all stars don't appear to change position in the sky from opposite sides of earth's orbit around the sun when the phenomena of parallax says they should, and why we can only use the parallax method for measuring the distance of stars that are closest to the earth. Luckily, Polaris is one that we can determine the distance to using parallax, because it is also a Cepheid variable star, which allows the distance to be measured to much more distant stars where the parallax method not longer works. • No idea of the distance from the earth to the planets, or even much about them at all. • No idea why binary stars obey Newton's law of gravitation. • No explanation as to why we can only see 59% of the total surface area of the moon when, from a flat earth perspective we should be able to see most of it, including the dark side of the moon. • No idea why the moon appears upside down in the southern hemisphere compared to how it looks in the northern hemisphere, and why the phases of the moon are on opposite sides of the Moon, and why it looks circular from all vantage points on the earth. • No idea why sunspots rotate in the opposite direction in the southern and northern hemispheres, or even what sun spots are. • No believable explanation for how GPS is implemented across the world. • No explanation as to why aircraft carry ring laser gyros onboard capable of detecting the rotation of the earth. • No idea how it is possible to develop gravitational maps of the earth's surface, or why anyone would want one, or how they could be used. • No explanation for how eclipses work, especially lunar eclipses, or how to predict them correctly. • No idea why the Humber bridge, the Verrazzano Narrows bridge are built to account for the earth's curvature. • No idea why CERN, LIGO and the Stanford linear accelerator vacuum rings and arms are constructed to take account of the earth's curvature. • No idea why physicists working on LIGO, the gravity wave detector, were awarded Nobel prizes in physics. • No idea why geodetic surveyors keep claiming the earth is an oblate spheroid. • No idea why Google Earth does not publish its underlying flat earth model that allows it to project the earth as a globe. • No explanation as to why the sun rises due east for everyone on the earth on the equinox. • No idea why an observer on the equator during an equinox does not see the sun set at an angle 19° above the horizon. • No idea why there should be a discernible horizon that looks like the edge of the ocean viewed from a beach. The horizon should really be a blur as the farther we look out across the flat earth, the more light is scattered and the more particles in the atmosphere obscuring the view. • No idea how it is possible to see the sun set twice simply by changing your height above the earth (quickly by just a few tens of metres). • No reasonable explanation as to how Polaris can be used in conjunction with a sextant in the northern hemisphere to determine latitude. • No explanation as to why the Artic and Antarctic experience months of days and nights at differ times of the year. • No explanation why bright little objects called satellites by some are regularly visible in the night sky following a predicted path across the sky • No explanation for how tides work.(What to say about Magma tides, their biscuit Earth should crack in pieces) • No explanation how (most times) boats disappear over the horizon when they should be visible on a flat earth. • No explanation as to why the horizon does not rise to eye level. • No credible explanation why helium balloons fitted with non-fish eye cameras often detect the curvature of the earth. • No credible explanation for the existence of the "Downward" force called gravity. • No explanation that does not implicitly make use of the theory of gravity for the atmospheric pressure gradient from high to low pressure with altitude, especially if we live in a dome. • No idea why (almost without exception) hurricanes and typhoons rotate in opposite directions in northern and southern hemispheres respectively. • No explanation for the Coriolis effect observable in controlled experiments such as those conducted by Ascher H. Shapiro in the 1960s. • No explanation as to why the northern celestial pole rotates counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and the southern celestial pole rotates clockwise in the southern hemisphere. • No idea what Antarctica even looks like, and where the South Pole is physically located. • No idea why Venus has phases. Bye bye Geocentric system. • No idea why planets, e.g. Mars, exhibit retrograde motion. Hello Heliocentric system. • No idea why the planets and their moons in the solar system appear to be obeying Newton's laws of planetary motion. • No explanation whatsoever why Stellar Aberration occurs. • No idea why clouds are illuminated from the bottom at sun set. • Can't explain how a commercial aircraft can fly from Perth to Sydney in only 4 hours 10 mins across the flat earth, as to achieve this, it would need to fly faster than an F18 on afterburner all the way. • No idea why the CO2 atmosphere of Mars appears to "Cling" to the exterior of its spherical spinning surface without the need for physical containment. This phenomenon is observable on others planets too. • No idea why the sun and the moon don't change in angular size from rising to setting by a factor of 2 to 3 since they are local to the earth, and no idea why the sun according to the inverse law of radiation is not 4 to 9 times brighter at midday than at sunset and sunrise when viewed from Australia. • No credible reason why millions of people (mostly scientists, engineers and technicians ) over decades would lie to keep the globe earth alive, and why nations and commercial enterprises, accountable to the voters and shareholders respectively, would spend (waste) $2 trillion a year , each and every year to maintain the globe lie. • No idea how it is possible to measure the value of G, the universal gravitational constant and in so doing, verify the theory of gravity. • No scientific papers publish in the last 100 years supporting the flat earth. • No idea why there is snow on height mountains with a local sun as it has to get warmer and snow should melt if you get closer to the sun. Now the globe earth and the heliocentric model have answers that are consistent with each other to all of the above that the flat earth can't explain, but the globe earth is wrong and the flat earth is correct , even although the flat earth model is almost useless at explaining anything?

[@erlanggawimas6500]

👍

[@lrw6447]

@@erlanggawimas6500bro responded to this a+ level essay with “👍” 😭😭😭😭

[@freddan6fly]

No idea of how satellite tv discs always point to the geostationary orbit above the equator No explanation for a compass No explanation why all magnets are dipoles (Maxwell's 2:nd equation) and why the globe earth must have two poles No explanation for how Foucault's pendulum works No explanation for how a gyrocompass can find rotational north or south. No explanation for how people in South America and South Africa can see the south celestial pole at the same time, or South America and Australia. No explanation for how a sun dial works No explanation for how my German Equatorial Mount works. No explanation for sunrise No explanation for sunset No explanation for why the sun appears to move in a straight line over the sky at 15 degrees per hour No explanation for why the moon appears to move in a straight line over the sky at 13.5 degrees per hour. No explanation for sun movement over the sky No explanation for seasons No explanation for time zones.

[@lrw6447]

@@freddan6fly 😎😎🕶️🇬🇧

[@SithBich]

just no idea and no clue... Eric probably believes babies come from storks!! Since he lives in a medieval fantasy world.😂😂

[@timmaQlate]

So basically, 200 "proofs" are nothing more than 40 lies phrased differently.

[@Wangangtangle]

😂 people like you shouldn’t be allowed to vote

[@Wangangtangle]

I apologize I didn’t read that right Iam actually like fucking retarded

[@tripolarmdisorder7696]

About 8 independent thoughts, all just rephrased endlessly.

[@markymarkst3r]

Apparently though, it resonates convincingly with some individuals.

[@stringtheorysucks]

Yes that’s it exactly. Greater Sapien has been debunking these “proofs” individually. And essentially there are the same claim worded differently

[@nektu5435]

"... shine a flashlight on a beach ball or something. Get your life together." is the funniest thing I've heard this orbit 😂

[@MiddleMalcolm]

I know! 😂 There were so many lol moments for me in this, and Dave's delivery is perfect! 😁

[@SmileOlderBro_GodsBrother]

Timestamp please?

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

heh cool, i thought up that experiment myself years ago. compare it to a dinnerplate which you move about and its allmthe proof you need

[@yimwee2401]

Love how he tags on a deserved insult after almost every point. Cracks me up every time.

[@nektu5435]

@@SmileOlderBro_GodsBrother 51:43

[@3141minecraft]

Earth can't be flat because if earth was flat, there would be slimes everywhere

[@LeviathanProbably]

top 10 things flat earthers can't explain

[@AMPYMCSTAMPY]

"Horizon is always eye level" that guys never climbed a mountain. "We haven't ever observed objects attracting smaller objects through mass alone" and then goes on to list all the times we have observed a massive object attract smaller objects via gravity. 😂

[@freddan6fly]

Cavendish experiment is one that I did in physics class at university.

[@mrboiardo1176]

Fun fact: Eric once made a rap song in which he denied the holocaust and praised Hitler

[@Lexi2019AURORA]

🤮

[@ordinaryguy4]

Smartest flat earther

[@defintlynoob4263]

i thought that guy was an adult not a gen a monkey

[@SuperSimpForTheStars]

EW WHAT

[@ButteredToits-]

nazis are gross things

[@YBRMiniboss]

POV: You've been scrolling through the comments for way too long trying to find a flat earther to roast.

[@nickierv13]

In that case you may find it interesting to know that the earth is neither flat nor an oblate spheroid. It is in fact shaped like a banana. If you find this appealing the meeting is at 8 and will need to find some from both the flat and ball camps to debate 😅

[@TheRealTrigan]

@@nickierv13I find it quite apeeeeeling HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@commandershepard7728]

@@nickierv13 ....Behold the Banana Earth....the Atheists nightmare- Ray Comfort

[@Noordledoordle]

Sort by '"New."

[@raggedclawstarcraft6562]

Sort the comments starting from the latest. Hint: they all been replied by Prof. Dave with insults towards them :D

[@andreiiosup6622]

I just love how points 17 and 18 are contradictory. Like he's saying that we should see stars in every direction, yet immediately after he affirms that light speed exists.

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Eric DuBunked is another stable genius.

[@KyleHerrera106]

how does light speed existing prevent seeing stars in all directions again? I think you might want to rethink that one. Also, we do see stars in every direction, don't we?

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

@@KyleHerrera106 It was pointing out Eric's contradiction. You don't see it?

[@Trystan3345]

@@KyleHerrera106there are not stars in every direction, if light speed didn’t exist allowing the light from stars to reach us immediately and the universe were infinite AND homogenous the entire sky would be lit. Simple, no re-thinking required.

[@Gamer_10104]

I’m not sure what’s funnier; the fact that this guy probably wasted 100+ hours writing this book, or that it took only about 90 minutes to completely debunk.

[@eoetoast]

He didn't take that long to write it because most of it was plagiarized

[@KyleHerrera106]

@@eoetoast he didn't waste a second of his time, he has been handsomely compensated. So the answer to your question is, neither one. In fact both are so far from funny that you should probably be ashamed for asking the question. Or perhaps just learn the definition of funny, maybe someone you know can explain humor to you.

[@lehuypham1954]

@@KyleHerrera106 sigh... ur a flat earther aren't u?

[@DDlambchop43]

frankly that's 89 min more than I would have patience for.

[@zaroff7022]

Prof. Dave trashing flat earthers = Infinite joy

[@yourabot1062]

endless*

[@elfishmoss1457]

Quite correct​@@yourabot1062

[@yourabot1062]

@@elfishmoss1457 it was a joke dude

[@elfishmoss1457]

@@yourabot1062 fair enough

[@yourabot1062]

@@elfishmoss1457 it was a reference to Dave correcting the retard in the vid

[@angrysparky37]

Im sorry Dave you made a mistake. You said flat earthers could go to the south pole and get a job. That's simply impossible as we all know there is no such thing as an employable flat earther

[@vpvnsf]

They won't even be able to go to school.

[@MeerkatADV]

They would have to have scientific knowledge which is obviously impossible. They might be able to get a job as a chef or something.

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

@@MeerkatADV I wouldn't trust them for anything round, like onions

[@robertberatheon4213]

Unfortunately I’ve meet a few FEers who have high level jobs making about 300K a year. It’s extremely depressing

[@angrysparky37]

@@robertberatheon4213 Wow that is depressing.

[@dylanwarwick4429]

I have to call you out for 57. They could not get those jobs because they require an understanding of physics. One of the job listings is for a Neutrino observatory for example.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

They need janitors and shit. Even flerfs can do that.

[@iliketea1076]

Hostility in Dave’s tone has been continuously rising since this flat earth thing. But who can blame him? They piss me off just the same.

[@ralsei7820]

He’s tired of their BS

[@BroncoJosh]

​@@ralsei7820I want to say that I am as well, but I just can't help myself when I see dumb comments from them.

[@stormwolf3255]

"Science is not about building a body of 'known facts' - it is a method for asking awkward questions and then subjecting them to a reality check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good". [Terry Pratchett]

[@HerrMau]

RIP Terry Pratchett - he was my all-time favorite author. And a genius.

[@pufffincrazy5275]

Us roundworlders could learn a lot from that legend

[@AlisonThedis]

I didn't know that quote, but I love it! Thanks for sharing.

[@gtbriggs6614]

Hence the term theory

[@buff3dn3rf26]

hence religion.

[@nickbouletos8399]

new flat earth content is always a ball

[@L4ftyOne]

Fax

[@IIScarletKingII]

ballin shall commence

[@jamierichardson7683]

😂

[@hydromokuba]

Da-dum tss!

[@witchy90210]

Well is it really new?

[@foogee5403]

"That would mean the moon was sucking the oceans into space and onto the moon. It doesn't do that." Me (dramatically): "But it WANTS to!!!"

[@3fast5you]

If the Earth is flat, how come we need to use a magical elf boat in order to get to Valinor? Check mate, flat earthers

[@kristurowski1619]

"Trains can't handle curvature"...Switzerland: "Hold my beer"

[@Batlafication]

I gotta say, the train stuff was especially stupid, and that's saying something

[@mohsn295]

China has the largest and fastest hi-speed rail system in the world.

[@Batlafication]

@@mohsn295 but is it flat?

[@MeerkatADV]

The rocky mountains would like a word.

[@OlivierGabin]

Shap summit enters the debate, followed by Bézier-Neussargues.

[@smaakjeks]

James Randi called them unsinkable rubber ducks. Flat earthers are textbook examples.

[@smaakjeks]

@@adamwalker3560 oh, what a world

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

Or floating turds.

[@republicofluckteinburgpres1385]

Oh damn flat earthers, ArE yoU gONnA TaKe tHat?!

[@philipyates3194]

@@smaakjeks But what shape is that world?

[@smaakjeks]

@@philipyates3194 well, banana shaped, obviously

[@IwasFRAMEDiTELLyou]

I've said it before and this just reinforces my feelings on the topic; the central tenet of flat-eartherism is not understanding how big the Earth is. Every single argument they make from not seeing a curve, to train tracks not considering the curve, to pictures of Earth from space or of a flat horizon, every one of them can be explained by the idea that these people think the Earth is really really small instead of really really big. The entire movement is made up of people who cannot imagine how big the Earth is and so choose to believe that all the observations they make that don't support a small round earth must imply a small flat earth instead of realizing that they lack the imagination to visualize just how vast our planet is. I have trouble understanding sizes at a large scale too, but just because I cannot get my brain wrapped around the distance between the Sun and the Earth or how big a light-year really is *does not* mean that the sun is actually just painted on a firmament or something equally absurd. Some people will absolutely refuse to admit their lack of imagination and will ironically use what imagination they have to come up with something they can wrap their heads around without having to admit their own limitations.

[@freddan6fly]

They also use the mathematics for a paraboloid (z=x^2+y^2) that works pretty well for the distance to the horizon if you are at average length and stand with your feet wet at the shore. But for anything else, you need to use the formula for a oblate spheroid (r^2=x^2+y^2+z^2/1.00003) and account for observer height to calculate the distance to the horizon.

[@Lentomannen3]

The funniest with flerfs is that they say "nu uh" and "that is impossible" to "disprove" the globe, but they NEVER bring out the evidence for their flat pizza land. So a lot of what they think is "debunking" the globe but never any proof of the pizza.

[@NotAriieFluffie]

"Once you get really high, you'll see it" what kind

[@jandecreates8251]

Lol thats a good one

[@nicolasgomez6637]

Yes

[@rbgtk]

Either kind, just gotta get high enough

[@sasserfamily6425]

Obviously the kind they are when they think the earth is a disk

[@Cracker_Smacker]

Snoop D O double G kimd

[@xCateyez]

Imagine writing a book of 200 "proofs" but not taking the time to check what proof means.

[@ericpode6095]

Apparently one of his proofs involves a 140 foot lighthouse, except it was rebuilt to 108 feet over 100 years ago.

[@AtheistJr]

Dave: The Hound This guy: chicken

[@mtdfs5147]

Dude fr. These people think "proof" is just getting a verbal 'gotcha' moment, when that ISNT how science works. Their lack of a model speaks volumes to what their goal actually is. They want to feel special.

[@jonesfamily4326]

I dont think it was his book originally.

[@txag007]

Another good one is just a statement. That’s it, no proof provided but a random thing.

[@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus]

Anyone else looking for flat earthers to laugh at in the recently added comments? ;)

[@desmay2studios]

yup

[@freddan6fly]

Definitely.

[@user-vm3dd4yd2l]

All the way

[@sparki9085]

Flat earthers acknowledging momentum is literally impossible

[@Emperor_Creeper]

Don't you hate it when the pilot falls asleep mid flight, and forgets to account for the curve resulting in the plane filled with passengers flying past the stratosphere? Happened to me once, this is why I don't fly on Spirit.

[@newsystembad]

They call it Spirit Airways because they're taking you to the spirit realm, boyo 💀

[@woutslosse9776]

This made me spit my drink all over my phone lmao

[@Emperor_Creeper]

@@newsystembad So they know how to get past the firmament dome? Wow, no wonder why they're owned by NASA!!

[@sparkycjs]

Or when they forget to fly around the sun in the clouds and it gets really hot in coach 😂☀️

[@Emperor_Creeper]

@@sparkycjs Oh man I hate it when that happens..

[@eruick047]

as an Eric, I profusely apologize in name of all Erics for this fool

[@Driahva]

His stupidity has really brought down the average for Erics everywhere. I'm sorry this has happened to you, and that a name change can help you avoid the shame of loose association.

[@paulnolan4971]

Ahh shit man. I apologise for Christianity then. Raise your profusely for a profoundly

[@travtuck7646]

I hate it when dumbasses share my name too. LOL

[@realtsarbomba]

I call him obersturmbannflerfführer Erich for the very obvious reasons...

[@TheGamingLegendsOfficial]

could you call the Council of Erics to revoke this guy's Eric privileges?

[@MichaelSeraph_]

1:07:19 this reads like he only knows the word vacuum from vacuum cleaners and thus assumes that vacuum means that it magically sucks things in. Amazing

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

The flat earthers are a little slow.

[@LeviathanProbably]

they are a lot more than a little slow. I'd consider myself a little slow because I thought space was like a vacuum cleaner before watching these flat earth debunks, but I never thought the earth was flat or denied science, I just thought "huh its kinda interesting that space doesn't just suck all of the air off the earth" and was too lazy to look up why.

[@reinerhoch1357]

I can tell you this, If you are in the vacuum of space without a spacesuit then it will definantly SUCK

[@LeviathanProbably]

@@reinerhoch1357 yeah that is where the whole thought of "space is like a vacuum cleaner" came from for me.

[@personalanonymous3172]

@@LeviathanProbably Yeah that's the thing. Most of the flat earth "proofs" are shower thoughts that people have, curious about why something works like that. "Hmm, why can't we see the horizon is curved? Hmm, why does the vacuum of space not suck the atmosphere off the Earth?" These are perfectly valid questions for someone learning about science. The problem with flat earthers is that they get this shower thought in their head, and instead of googling it and getting the usually simple answer like a normal person, they stick with it and assume the answer must be a worldwide conspiracy in which all countries (including sworn enemies) are working together.

[@hippopotamus86]

Notice how flat earthers try constantly to prove the earth isn't round, but never try to prove the earth is flat. Well they have, but end up proving it's round before moving onto the next crazy idea.

[@Eye_Of_The_Pyramid]

They do claim proof. The problem is, they're "proof" is not proof because it's foundation is a falsehood. Example being: The horizon never curves below eye-level, or "trains travel in straight liner lines.

[@politonno2499]

If Earth was flat, there would be slimes spawning everywhere

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

only in Holland

[@Sealanimations69]

Tell the flat earthers 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zone_Tan]

And the presence of an evil eye watching you.

[@elfishmoss1457]

If the earth were flat, what is on the other side? It's just the void or something? Surprised I haven't seen anyone ask that or explain it at all yet.

[@T.E.S.S.]

@@elfishmoss1457 why do you hate god?

[@eljison]

Thanks! Dave, you deserve a trophy for getting through all 200 items of that stupidity. Thank you for making it somewhat tolerable.

[@jameshart2622]

I think there were only something like 8 actual ideas in there, all either stupid or fraudulent.

[@joejester61105]

One of the joys of not really caring either way is observing that both the guy who wrote the book and the guy debunking the guy that wrote the book, used the same logic to prove each other wrong. You gave your money to a guy that "disproves" another guy by saying "he lied about the distance and his math is wrong," about 30 times. Didn't bother to get the ACTUAL mileage or show why the math was wrong, just said the same phrase over and over, claiming this was a "debunk." Also...please notice in no way did I insult the KZbinr by calling him an idiot, or dumb, or whatever mean and condescending terms he used. You can have a difference in opinion while also being a kind human being. Do I personally believe the Earth is flat? No. I don't.

[@Slicerwizard]

@@joejester61105 Clown. Dave gave those moronic "proofs" more time and respect than they deserve.

[@judet2992]

We all felt his still growing frustration.

[@user-dj3jp6hw3c]

​@@joejester61105 but Dave makes sense and Eric doesn't. Dave's proofs are proof, and Eric just lies

[@SkiperGripper]

the fact you still respond to comment is amazing, props to you for actually dealing with this. Side note your replies are normally funny to read, the massive contrast between your normal tone and them is gold.

[@hamishclayton347]

The bit about planes and air travel got me the most chuckles… “Eric leave your mother’s basement and see the world” 😂😂😂

[@rodrigosampaio1560]

One time I read a quote from a flat earther calling the atmosphere as "atmosflat", I nerver laughed more in my life

[@sparkycjs]

Yes or atmosplane / atmos 😂

[@rodrigosampaio1560]

​@@sparkycjs Yeah atmosplane sounds more like it, I tried to translate from my native language

[@olivergottkehaskamp3369]

@@sparkycjs So Dolby is in on the conspiracy! I knew it! 🫠

[@RIZFERD]

I feel sorry for flat-earthers they've never been traveling AROUND the world They don't know what Jetlag is, huge timezone differences between countries and continents. It's already evening April 29th here in Indonesia and it's still morning April 28th there in USA #flatearth

[@sparkycjs]

@@RIZFERD it's morning April 29 in USA, and mid afternoon here in the UK 😊

[@MrMarcusIndia]

I think we need a new word because describing Eric Dubey as a moron is unfair to other morons everywhere.

[@NetTubeUser]

I call them the peasants 2.0

[@nightmareTomek]

Nah, I think it's the perfect word. And I like how often Dave says it.

[@user-vq2mm4vy5k]

How about; Eric douchebay, or more to the point; douchebag?

[@datlizardboi2949]

yeah im a moron and already know eart aint flat it hurts my feeling

[@foo219]

Keep in mind that moronity is a spectrum. You can be a highly functional moron, a semifunctional moron like me, or all the way moron like a flat earther.

[@irvanmaulana9351]

Wait... Some people still believe earth is flat???

[@DDlambchop43]

too flippin many

[@duanejohnson9798]

Calling Eric Dubay a tool is unfair to tools, as true tools are useful 😅.

[@iamTheSnark]

The content of my toolboxes agree(s).

[@IvanSensei88]

Oxygen Thief it is then.. hope I didn't offend thieves with this one.

[@throwawayavclubber7269]

@@IvanSensei88 Yeah, that's not fair. Thieves can be pretty cool, in an outlaw sort of way.

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Obviously he's a human sized intelligence virus.

[@GRAHFMETAL]

I met a flat-Earther for the first time, IRL, just a few weeks ago. I explained to him that I was an Army Radio Operator for 15 years and I was deployed all around the world, sending signals across the planet and I had to calculate for the curvature of the Earth for directional skywave propagation signals. He then told me that I'm a paid shill for NASA... which would mean that every radio operator on Earth in also apparently paid by NASA?... and we've all kept our mouths shut?!?... ffs, we're not even in the U.S... so why NASA?!? Oh, that's right, cause Flerfs think that NASA is a global shadow government trying to destroy their Bible. They're SO f'n desperate

[@newsystembad]

​@@adamwalker3560The Bible uses the poetic term "the circle of the Earth". Which people who AREN'T chimp-brained Evangenital Christians can understand as metaphorical language used by ancient peoples to convey their philosophies and worldview. Eratosthenes had proved the Earth a spheroid over 200 years before the apocalyptic cult that eventually became Christianity was even formed, and most of the educated Hellenic world would've been aware of his writings. Biblical literalism, especially the kind Dubay vomits, is a VERY new concept in historical terms, barely a century old.

[@stefansigmund1822]

@@adamwalker3560that’s because even the bible was already bought by NASA.

[@TeaMollie11]

Sign me up!!! I want that nasa money!!!!

[@EnigmaticLucas]

If there actually were a conspiracy to mislead the public about the shape of the Earth, the amount of people who would be in on it would be unsustainable. If that many people know a secret, stastically one of them is bound to spill the beans eventually.

[@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine]

@@adamwalker3560 Considering when and where it was written. It probably mention/reference a spherical Earth.

[@mihaitha]

I'm sorry, Dave, but you're wrong. Flat earthers couldn't get jobs in Antarctica, to get a job one needs to be useful at something.

[@shreyvarad]

not exactly, they could be the world's first human snowplow

[@asiano3385]

They are usefull. Because without them there would be no way how to compare smart and not smart.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Even flat earthers can scrub toilets.

[@mihaitha]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains I doubt a flerfer would be able to pull off that task TBH

[@francischimenti1374]

​@ProfessorDaveExplains You sure about that Dave? 🤨

[@macstmanj3]

Poor Red Bull into the oceans, give them things wings

[@swbfuf]

lmao

[@TellyKNetic]

The rambling about rivers makes me wonder if he thinks "North" means "Up."

[@66bloodmoon]

Wow! I actually now wonder that too. If he does then he must be full-blown retarded

[@freddan6fly]

Yes that is what he "think"

[@ericb3157]

yes, he really does thing that North is up, AND thinks that "gravity should pull things off the bottom of earth."

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Yes. Many. Many flerfs thing south is down because...desk globes place south as down. They throw a total conniption fit when you point out that East was 'up' on old European maps and *South* was up on Chinese ones. And I believe Egyptian maps as well. It's glorious.

[@OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout]

You just know Eric's somewhere saying "well, you paid to download my book, so I win."

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Free download! Suck it Eric.

[@OpinionsNoOneCaresAbout]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains Oh thank goodness.

[@66bloodmoon]

​@@ProfessorDaveExplains lol

[@fabriceklaus1946]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains thats one smart dumbfuck then ...

[@2ndchookie919]

@@66bloodmoon Not even smart enough to make money from his delusion.

[@knightbeforedawn]

"200 proofs", more like "35 misconceptions repeated numerous times, plus some dishonesty thrown in for good measure".

[@freddan6fly]

And some racizm at the end.

[@AtomicTrain]

​@@freddan6fly Wait where's the racism?

[@freddan6fly]

@@AtomicTrain 198.

[@AtomicTrain]

@@freddan6fly oh yea u right, idiots are idiots🤦🤦🤦

[@easyhelp]

@knightbeforedawn All presented in "wish to sound scientific" word salad...

[@bogeyholetroll]

#20: artillery include the earth's rotation in their calculations. Both range and azimuth are altered.

[@bogeyholetroll]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_ballistics#Coriolis_drift

[@freddan6fly]

@@bogeyholetroll I did artillery aiming as military service in Sweden with tables for Coriolis correction and ballistic wind correction, and other tables to calculate ballistic wind from wind direction observations. Tedious task. And you are 100% correct. Even snipers need to correct, if they want to reach their target. Especially the the new Ukrainian snipers with Snipex Alligator. At 1.6km and above you have to compensate.

[@Brandon-a-writer]

"Has this guy ever been on a plane?" I'vc wondered if these guys have ever left their home state, the geocentrism idea feels more realistic only when your world is so narrow and your worldview even more so. To think you know more than the collected wisdom of all humanity is hubris of such heights that even fuckin' Icarus is going, 'you need to pull back bro"

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Home state? Dude probably never left any of mommy and daddy's property lines lol

[@Yes-gz9qs]

Asked a flat earth women if she would like to dance. She said no because she refused to believe we were at the ball 🤷

[@moonagedaydream-ohyeah]

This comment needs more likes. 😅

[@SithBich]

😂😂😂

[@florianju5638]

xD

[@MrGrumpyGills]

Dad joke award 🎖

[@nkuniverse7856]

😂😂

[@stuartgray5877]

These Flerfs often accuse me of Lying about my Job. This is because: 1 - I test fiber-optic gyroscopes by using earth rotation as the stimulus. I have been doing this for almost 30 years now. I have tested the Litton LN-200, The Northrup Grumman SSIRU, the Airbus Astrix-120, the Honeywell MIMU, and my next project will fly another SIRU. 2 - AFTER I test these gyros (using earth rotation as the stimulus) I install them onto real spacecraft, launch them to space, then USE THEM to point the spacecraft to do things like: Takes Photos of the earth from space.

[@TanyaSapien]

insert a flat earther saying "fiber optic means OPTICUUL!! It's a hologram projector! He's the guy who makes the fake round earth images!!!"

[@paulbooth3953]

My respects sir!

[@EricLS]

NUH UH!

[@restanibalu]

They must be like “wow you go through all of it just to LIE TO US?” lol

[@I_drive_over_dogs_n_dont_stop]

Wow man! That’s so cool! Kinda makes me feel unproductive lol

[@PrinceSheogorath]

Ok i showed this to a “friend” heavy quotations, and he directly said to me “I don’t listen to KZbin videos they can be faked” THEN NOT EVEN TEN FUCKING MINUTES LATER SHOWED ME A KZbin VIDEO OF SOMEONE TRYING TO DEBUNK THIS GUYS VIDEOS

[@eliburke2779]

i feel your pain

[@bennowakowski3099]

Here's my proof that 1+1 = 17 1) Presume that 1+1 = 17 2) 1+1 = 17 It has the same level of validity as any of this guy's proofs

[@Gramini]

"It's *obvious* that 1+2=16, so it makes sense that 1+1 must be 17"

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of an old Peanuts comic: "two times two is twoty-two, three times three is threety-three, and four times four is forty-four-forty-four. math is easy."

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

@@ericb3157 So one + one is onety-one.

[@johnboettcher1962]

Flat earth breakthrough: OCEANS DONT HAVE WINGS

[@jameshart2622]

Given some of them I've seen in the comments talking about water (water can't bend, lol-wat? Or won't bend "at rest" (again, wut? Why not?)), you realize that they probably do need that level of explanation. It's embarrassing.

[@Cosmic-Spanner]

I gave one a line diagram of a sphere with an observer standing at north. He had claimed the horizon could NOT drop on a globe. There was a boundary from the observer at a set distance and a line from the observer eye down to that horizon marked "horizon". His response was - I was a liar because we all know the horizon is a flat line in the distance that goes across a view: He couldn't even understand the simplest diagram, at any level - and the need for him to deflect from the topic and ignore any explanations was totally overwhelming him. He couldn't make a single intelligent response, but presented himself as some geometry expert.

[@johnboettcher1962]

@@Cosmic-Spanner I think they are stuck in two dimensions

[@Cosmic-Spanner]

@@johnboettcher1962 Yes, a lot of them don't seem to have ay spacial skills at all.

[@Syrnian]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TheDesertRat31]

This Eric guy is really lucky that breathing happens automatically. If he had to think about it, he would be dead.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of a scene in a book, "there will be dragons" by John Ringo, where someone is insulting a villian, and one insult is something like "you must have a tiny demon sitting on your shoulder, whispering 'breathe", or you would cease that vital activity for sheer lack of thought."

[@nathanielkhoo3460]

How would he imagine being a dolphin, which would have to voluntary breathe and sleep with half a brain on

[@KiLLuminati.]

Like dolphins😆

[@Dragon_named]

Good insult let me just…. **steals it**

[@pepebeezon772]

Damn you!!! Now I have to think about it for the next few minutes

[@CodyTheWolfdog]

The rewatchability of these flerf debunkings is unparalleled

[@spleenbean2082]

Professor Dave, I'm a student studying ecology and environmental policy and I'm always dumbstruck seeing the amount of climate change denial there is in the mainstream, and I think it's getting worse over time. From conspiracies saying that it's not real, or it is real but humans didn't do it, or that it is real but it's a good thing ( "CO2 is "tree food" so more is good!").... it is just bizarre. Like creationists and flat earthers, climate change deniers disregard evidence from almost every field of science with their claims. There is a video on your channel about climate change denial from 5 years ago, do you plan on making any videos addressing this new wave of crazies? Just curious, thank you!

[@SonOfmowgef]

If you're interested in climate change denier debunk content check out Potholer, he has tons of it.

[@spleenbean2082]

@@SonOfmowgef I found him- This is great! Thank you :)

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

My biology education only extends to A-Level. Even so, I understand plants don't just keep photosynthesising more with more CO2. It is rate-limited by other factors, and it produces its own CO2 during respiration. I doubt a certain blonde-haired Congresswoman paid any attention in school, or stayed in school for long.

[@luisfilipe2023]

You know it’s bad when half of these can be debunked by a teenager who paid attention in physics class

[@federicogiana7430]

And you're being generous: 3/4 of the "200 proofs Eric Dubay doesn't understand anything" can be refused by a 3rd grader who has paid attention in geometry. My favourite one: "On a globe rivers would need to climb uphill": the moron doesn't even understand "up" and "down", who could top that?

[@greegypt2030]

I think way more than half can lol...

[@shadowsimp697]

​@@shakalaka1477 this channel is against conspiracies, if you haven't noticed by now. you may keep your delusions to yourself.

[@southernbrain691]

​@@shakalaka14772 intended genders then unintended rare combinations (XY for male , XX for female , but sometimes people get different chromosomes like YX or XXY)

[@franimal86]

@southernbrain691 Don’t bother with this one. He’ll get his panties in a wad

[@Nxck2440]

Ooooh boy flat earth is back on the menu!

[@ringbearergaming8375]

"Looks like flat earth is back on the menu boys" *Uruks roar*

[@paulnolan4971]

Better oblate than never

[@Cobinja]

Yes, I do have pizza tonight

[@ianianianianian]

we’re eating good today

[@EchavarriaJr]

Why do flat Earthers want the Earth to be flat so bad?

[@Bob-the-1-and-only-blob-fish]

So they can deny all science and all institutions and send themselves back to the past as is evidenced by Eric’s antisemitism and all flerfs tendency (not always) to be conservative

[@freddan6fly]

It is a brainwash. The stupidest people in the history of our globe can pretend they are in on a secret, so they feel important for the first time in their pathetic loser-life. The only importance they can play is _a warning example_ for why to not fail school.

[@shadowmomochiuchiha6839]

Doesn't sound too ideal.

[@DDlambchop43]

it's not that it has to be flat, it's that they feel like they're being kept out of the loop on some great secret. It has to be something, ANYTHING other than what THEY have been saying.

[@bennowakowski3099]

It matches the shape of their brain

[@myeyeswentdeaf6213]

14:37 #32 ‘Gravity Is Crazy’ is my absolute favorite! 😂 “How can big giant oceans stick to the Earth, but tiny things like bugs and birds can fly up into the air?”. 🤣 🤦🏻‍♂️ Ya gotta be friggin kidding me…right? 😳

[@drtbke]

“Pointing to someone else who is stupid doesn’t make you any less stupid.” 🤣🤣

[@drtbke]

“Shapes are hard.” Another banger

[@drtbke]

“…so he can say it and sound less stupid. Mission failed.” 🤣

[@mightytheknight2878]

"Task failed successfully"

[@metalfyregaming2468]

If stating the obvious is stupid, then yeah, I guess you're right.

[@SemiIocon]

It's so funny how planes are just endlessly confusing these people.

[@Lucaz99]

Planes, trains, tides, the horizon. Truly clueless

[@ianianianianian]

honestly, they confuse me too, but that doesn’t mean the earth is flat

[@petlemons]

I can't help but wonder why none of them have bothered to get a pilot's license. I like to think that maybe some have tried, and in their training learned enough physics to realize how ignorant they were.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@adamwalker3560 Not complete. The curvature across the top of the wing reduces pressure, which greatly assists and is most important in lift.

[@mehallica666]

@@adamwalker3560 Air passes faster over the top of the wing than it does the bottom, creating higher pressure under the wing thus creating lift.

[@abbyamberhere]

So much of flat earther logic is just starting with a legitimate inquiry a curious person could have, like "why do rockets going to space turn and fly sideways while going up?," but instead of finding out the actual answer and in doing so increase their understanding and appreciation of the world, assert that since they are innately a Person of Common Sense and that doesn't currently make sense to them, it must therefore be a conspiracy.

[@Edgeedman]

I became a flat earther once , thankfully i stopped believing in that bs

[@scar6073]

How did it happen?

[@Edgeedman]

@@scar6073 idk I just got convinced

[@scar6073]

@@Edgeedman damn sorry to hear that bro

[@omlett6482]

"Rails can't handle any curvature" Has this dude never seen a Rollercoaster in his life??

[@MeerkatADV]

Well, to be fair a Rollercoaster is not powering itself along that path.

[@Noooiiiissseee]

​​@@MeerkatADV What do you mean not powering itself?

[@Zuhaitz-24-8ii]

That guy hasn't seen anything in his life, he sees everything flat

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

The major east-west railways of Canada's west show excess and uneven wear because of Coriolis deflection.

[@bayardkyyako7427]

​@@Noooiiiissseee they mean that a train gets it's power from sources like coal whereas roller coasters don't. Assuming he is thinking of traditional trains

[@RocketCouch]

THANK YOU FOR NOT PLAYING DUBAYS VOICE

[@nicolasgomez6637]

Yeah, this right here is deserving of a medal, thank you professor Dave!!! His voice in that single clip at the beginning is insanely snobby sounding

[@nightmareTomek]

I wouldn't have watched the video, if he did play his voice. I already have to shut off most other ones containing flat earthers because my stupidometer is overflowing.

[@catprog]

And not a very good recording studio either.

[@rodschmidt8952]

I don't know which is more impressive, the dedication to create 200 proofs, or the dedication to debunk them

[@KyleHerrera106]

neither is impressive in any capacity, to be honest.

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

The "200" proofs are straight copy and pastes from an old ass book, and at the *absolute most*, are 10 different things repeated in slightly different ways. But honestly seems more like the same five things.

[@gordonbarnes7005]

I'd say it's more impressive to debunk them. It takes effort and knowledge to debunk something this thoroughly. It doesn't take much effort to make crap up like Dubay does.

[@IceForgeOfficial]

Flat earth debunk videos are a great place to learn astronomy, physics, meteorology, etc.

[@physetermacrocephalus9986]

@@Globehoax only if you're delusional and are immune to logical reasoning.

[@ericb3157]

@@Globehoax yeah, right. a local sun would appear MUCH bigger at noon than at other times of day, dummy. your CULT can't even explain SUNSET.

[@freddan6fly]

@@Globehoax " Also great way to go outside and observe a local sun at noon"- No one have seen a local sun. Heard of sunset? Thanks for providing yet another piece of evidence for the globe.

[@66bloodmoon]

​@@GlobehoaxYour brain's located up your ass. You're too retarded to understand the sun. Isn't that close you brain dead dribbling ball sack. You're self-awareness of how stupid you are is amazing

[@KianWdx]

@@Globehoax if either were local we'd never see a sunset and the moon would look drastically different from different viewpoints, notice how neither are true?

[@kristurowski1619]

"Oceans don't have wings" I'm done...😂😂😂

[@TheRox0923]

How did he get this information??

[@windigo000]

@@TheRox0923 well duh. oceans don't reproduce, therefore can't evolve flight. 😁

[@TheRox0923]

@@windigo000 WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THIS INFORMATION?? FREE MASON? 😂

[@hanifarroisimukhlis5989]

Hmm... yup, is not red bull

[@lbernau]

@@hanifarroisimukhlis5989 What if it's an ocean of Redbull?

[@mindfulatheist]

Hey Dave, just wanted to say you've inspired me to debunk nonsensical bullshit on the internet. You're awesome!

[@gulox8241]

Damn and here i thought i was dumb........

[@raghav1026]

I can guarantee that you are smarter than all flerfs put together.

[@mackingcheese47]

Hey Professor Dave! I’m an undergrad physics student minoring in math and I’ve been interested in flat earth obliteration for over 4 years now. Your videos are always funny and actually get me thinking about some of the phenomena that I can’t immediately explain! You’re one of the big reasons I got into physics, so thank you!

[@Chinga3000]

The reason you do not have more likes on your comment is, most are envious of intelligence in that they will never have ()it. It often makes me wonder what we'd be like if evolution gave all people 200 I.Q?)" Which is why most need to be told over & over again just like Eric & his ilk, just acknowledge it & seem dumber than you are to almost everyone. There will be very few occasions in life that you will need to demonstrate otherwise, & know that when you do, there's no going back to seeming less smart "48 Laws of Power" quote. Eric & his mob would've burned you at the stake centuries ago for you trying to educate them about basic physics! They'd have DEMANDED they & the world is the way it is, because of the made up gods people like you & me wrote into existence for a laugh over the campfire lol! If we'd have known humans would slaughter each other for thousands of years over words once written, we wouldn't have bloody bothered ha!... Live Long & Prosper.

[@Jrathage]

I don't know whether to be amazed or disappointed that so many of these are just re-phrasings of "I don't understand Conservation of Momentum, and I have to protect my kids from understanding it!"

[@NORAMA01]

I like how people say dave is using ad hominem as if they are blind and deaf until dave starts insulting people

[@fenixdown2396]

This video is so freakin funny. 🤣 Thanks for taking the time to make this. It is shocking to think that these 200 "proofs" would convince anyone the Earth is flat. 21:30 is too good.

[@TasTheWatcher]

_"If they were right, one proof would have been enough"_ *- Einbert Alstein*

[@RIZFERD]

I feel sorry for flat-earthers they've never been traveling AROUND the world They don't know what Jetlag is, huge timezone differences between countries and continents. It's already evening April 29th here in Indonesia and it's still morning April 28th there in USA #flatearth

[@jamesthesurgeon]

haha ainbart elsten go berrrrrrrrrr

[@cantfindmykeys]

Einstein was a plagiarist and a fraud, stole his peers papers while working in a patent office (who didn't care much because they thought their theories were bunk). And he beat his first wife.

[@cantfindmykeys]

​@@jamesthesurgeonwas that spelling intentional or a typo?

[@Kennyfornia]

Scary thought: They are allowed to vote😩

[@daddy4934]

And they sometimes breed... Scary...

[@theoldtruth1196]

Scarier thought, they will probably successfully vote their conspiracy theory friend back in.

[@judet2992]

I know you used that as a way to convey dismay but that emoji usually means something worse.

[@firewfire]

I dont think it matters when our only options are fkn d trump and dementia joe 😂

[@nicolasgomez6637]

Scarier thought: they are allowed to own firearms...

[@damascar3639]

i dont know if this was just a throwaway joke or if you heard the news / it made international news, or if it originated somewhere else and was just repeated here ,but the fact that the flat Earth has a "Pacman effect" where if you go far enough to one side you get teleported to the other side is a HUGE meme here in Italy , as after a youtube video exposed what was being said in a flat earth convention that took place here, many started to rightfully ridicule some of the """"theories""""" expressed, including the pacman effect and the fact that Australia doesnt exist. So yeah , some flat Earthers genuinely believe in the Pacman Effect.

[@FutureWorldX]

The skater at 10:06 shows perfectly how gravity works, even though the skateboard landing was not successful.

[@Jamie-iy1nm]

Laughed so hard at "Shine a flashlight on a beach ball or something. Get your life together." 😂 That one statement should be the motto for debunking Flat Earthers from here on out.

[@vinyllpreviews9462]

I literally laughed out loud at that. I had the same argument with a flat earthers the other day that said it's impossible for the moon to reflect light. I said, you know, every thing we see is reflecting light, that's how we see things.

[@valynnwolvenlore3190]

@professordaveexplains this should be on a shirt with some STEM field symbols 🤣🤣

[@OpticTeadrop]

No way, you're actually tearing THIS legendarily horrible video to shreds! I remember a few years ago flat-earthers spamming this everywhere! Can't wait to watch this video in the evening with popcorn, it's going to be a great time!

[@eh9618]

now we get to spam this video in retaliation!!

[@vinyllpreviews9462]

​@@eh9618someone literally told me to research flat earth, they left a link, I clicked on it just to see if it was dubay. I replied with professor Dave's reply to globe busters. We were arguing over seasons, I told her the sun would have to speed up and slow down by that explanation. I was the told the sun does move slower in the summer.

[@tomwanders6022]

@@vinyllpreviews9462can the person explain how that happens? 🤨

[@vinyllpreviews9462]

@@tomwanders6022 we could observe if it slowed down and sped up. She replied you can see it speed up and slow down. I quit arguing because the brain washing is complete. I think a lot of these people refuse to do any research because they don't want to see the results.

[@2dgraphix]

I started a flat earth debunk channel a few years ago, then quit for personal reasons. Dave has sparked renewed interest and motivation to continue once more.

[@maerchenbuch]

This is a new "standard book" for flerfs. Thank you!

[@nobodyknows3180]

Our solar system according to flat earthers: O o o -- o O Ø O O •

[@freddan6fly]

Most of them denies the existence of space

[@nobodyknows3180]

@@freddan6fly That's only because they can't see inside their own heads...

[@Violet51000]

You forgot Pluto. What? Yes it is a planet! I want to live in the timeline where we have 10 planets dammit!

[@Violet51000]

(Assuming that the new one I heard about is a real thing. And not some bullshit.)

[@WebberSomn]

More like: Cgi cgi __ cgi cgi cgi cgi cgi

[@A69thSource]

"I believe the Earth is flat because everything that says otherwise is obviously just CGI"

[@nicolasgomez6637]

"I don't believe you are real, therefore YOU ARE A BOT!" this logic is hella broken, like bruh XD Great pun tho

[@sharkrancher282]

Today I learned that all skateboarders are CGI.

[@30000beesinatrenchcoat]

That's gotta be some kind of fallacy

[@theponderingwarrior7839]

Have you ever thought about responding to the channel "Long story short"? At first, I thought they were just a small time channel that is just mistaken on evolution, but apparently, they are connected to the discovery institute. Given your history with DI, you might wanna check out what sort of stuff they are claiming.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

yep it's on the list

[@murilo7794]

If the Earth was actually flat, Eric Dubay would deposit 500,000 dollars on my bank account by Friday.

[@papiderpy]

fingers crossed the earth is flat! about to be payday for you big time

[@vpvnsf]

Actually if it was flat, then Eric Dubay would be a globe earther.

[@michaelhorning6014]

The German Paris gun that shelled the French capital in WWI had a range of 75 miles. The trajectory calculations had to compensate for the rotation of the earth.

[@gruminator5048]

Do you mean big bertha or is this different?

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

​@@gruminator5048big Bertha is a different weapon. Iirc big Bertha is that huge WWII tracked mortar. The Paris Gun was a railway cannon with a barrel so long it needed a suspension bridge looking rig to keep it from sagging and breaking lol.

[@Mr-wv1tu]

I was in the artillery in Sweden (A3) thirty odd years ago. It was the same there - the rotation of the earth + the curvature had to be taken into consideration. Flat earth believers are among the most ignorant of the lot.

[@jackys_handle]

Combing through this must have taken absolutely ages and much much sanity.

[@NeutralDrow]

I mean, I'm sure Eric inadvertently helped lessen the pain by packing dozens of "proofs" together that were all debunkable with the same tool (i.e. Google Maps vs. the "We Shouldn't See This Far" miniseries).

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

It took a day

[@mcv2178]

​@@ProfessorDaveExplains Maybe only cos you rock, though : )

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

​@@mcv2178It no doubt helps that he debunked it all years ago.

[@lightningninja6905]

​@ProfessorDaveExplains I friggin love how you specify the time cost but not the sanity cost (I know it's probably because sanity isn't quantifiable, but I like to think it was because that part was accurate.)

[@user-nu2it6kf2m]

Was going to post this in the Flat Earth subreddit but got banned lmaoo

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I hope other people spam the hell out of it with this link. Make them all cry for a year.

[@MrOttopants]

Imagine if flat earthers were really the researchers and free speechers they claim to be. Never mind, they wouldn't be flat earthers if they were actually those things.

[@EBDavis111]

r/flatearth is satirical

[@user-nu2it6kf2m]

@@EBDavis111 there is a real one though r/globeskepticism

[@optimND]

@@user-nu2it6kf2m and r/ballearththatspins

[@justtrolin]

ty for taking the time to do this. idk where you get the fervor, as I would have walked away as my patience and focus gets exhausted with each passing page.

[@bogdyee]

I still want to meet some of these free masons. The masons that work on my bathroom are quite expensive unfortunately.

[@KyleHerrera106]

just head down to your local lodge, asshat.

[@roland.w]

I think I can describe flat earthers in one sentence: "I can't understand it, so it's fake"

[@GrumpyGrebo]

Better yet one word: attention

[@MorNloR]

also: "my worldview is destroyed with facts, and I hate that, so it must be wrong, because im always right, there is no way im wrong" another one is: "my worldview is destroyed with facts and evidence, so now I ignore it because of cognitive dissonance"

[@nightmareTomek]

"They expained it 100x to me and I still don't get it. They must be lying."

[@meanyomama]

Globe earth argument: “you don’t know how it works you’re stupid”

[@chasingcheetahs5017]

I can describe them 3 words: argument from incredulity

[@MarkAhlquist]

Here's a faster debunk: We can't see the sun at night.

[@NeutralDrow]

They like to pretend light arbitrarily stops at 3000 miles. I learned that from a flerf in the comments of one of Dave McKeegan's videos. When I pointed out that you can see the sun at the same time in both Oslo, Norway and Cape Town, South Africa (distance: roughly 6300 miles), they resorted to one of the things Dave called out in this vid, and just lied about the number.

[@MarkAhlquist]

@@NeutralDrow But then they'll hold up pictures of places that they can see with a camera, supposedly too far away to see because of curvature, but they can see because the earth if flat. But they can't take a picture of the sun at night.

[@MarcCastellsBallesta]

Been asking them about how to see it with my telescope since 2018. Still waiting for answers.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@MarcCastellsBallesta They've told me to disassemble my telescope to find the clandestine electronics that "do the fake CGI"

[@sub-harmonik]

no no no no it's like a giant spotlight

[@jasmijnariel]

"We see too far!" No, we dont see far enough to match your pancake😂

[@Cracker_Smacker]

TLDR : we see too far he lied about the elevation and the math

[@federicogiana7430]

Yes, I personally had several "we see too far" conversations with FE proponents, and in a nutshell, it always ended with them having lied about the positions, or having the weirdest ideas about how to calculate line of sight or failing to take into consideration that the observations aren't made in a vacuum (i.e. refraction). usually a combination of the three. Also, they have weird ideas about geography as well (reread "proof" #81 carefully for a quick laugh - props to Greatersapien for eventually noticing that hidden gem after 160 years).

[@stuartgray5877]

@@federicogiana7430 They ALSO do not know how to calculate the curvature. They constantly use the "8 inches per mile squared" when that approximation gives you the "Drop from a Tangent" NOT the "Hump height". It is no wonder they never find the "curvature" they are looking for because they are always looking for TOO MUCH.

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

​@@stuartgray5877*8in per mile squared. But yeah. They think Earth is hell of a lot smaller than it actually is.

[@federicogiana7430]

@@stuartgray5877 Absolutely yes! That's what I meant by "having the weirdest ideas about how to calculate line of sight" and what I hear when someone says "they lie about their math". Now for the fun part: the "8 inches" formula was derived in the XIX century by surveyors and engineers to account for curvature in their projects. No flerfer has ever been able to explain to me why they had to come up with this formula if there was no curvature to account for...

[@anisaliu7255]

The fact that we've reached the point where a 21st century professor has to sit down and explain why the Earth isn't flat for 2 hours is extremely concerning for us as a species

[@Dano6sic69]

out of everything thats happening in 2024. this is what concerns you. ok lol

[@anisaliu7255]

​@@Dano6sic69 Maybe those things wouldn't happen if people spent more time solving actual world problems instead of rotting their brains, wasting their time trying to prove the Earth is flat. Thanks for proving my point.

[@FatKat911]

@@Dano6sic69 It's ironic that many people still choose to stay primitive by trying to prove the earth is flat, when science has already been flourishing. What's interesting is how humans evolve, and devolve at the same time.

[@Dano6sic69]

@@anisaliu7255 literally no one who could have any kind of chance at bettering our world is trying to prove a flat earth.

[@Dano6sic69]

@@anisaliu7255 All Ive proven is your wasting your time worrying about people trying to prove a flat earth. I can confidently assure you. that will never happen.

[@dmcerrrmmmm]

And this convinced...zero flat earthers.

[@bens.7523]

Yeah, flat-earthers are pretty stupid in that they have a very low standard of evidence for what they want to believe, and an impossibly high standard of evidence for what they don't want to believe. I asked Austin Witsit what evidence he would accept. I got crickets.

[@rippedtorn2310]

@@bens.7523 Seen that mad Scottish wan ? Aye we huv a flerf ! Cannae mind his name but he's a prize fud lol.

[@serpex77]

Because you do not have the basics of logic and science. Elementary school knowledge. Do you get it?

[@jdevlin1910]

you mean facts and logic don't make any difference then 🤣

[@serpex77]

@@jdevlin1910 Yes. For these people nothing else matters... Except their own beliefs.

[@MT-sb6ms]

This is so stupid. We literally have a live stream of earth from the ISS, and guess - its not flat. Or just get on a plane and see for yourself.

[@66bloodmoon]

Well that would require brain cells to realize that. But no, they're all bunch of fuxking morons that don't have a brain cell between them

[@IvanSensei88]

Anything that debunks the flat earth fantasy is obviously fake

[@LordKrulos]

It’s not live bozo and what makes ur bozo brain think flying a plane proves globe earth?

[@DDlambchop43]

that won't help. they just say it's all CGI and NASA is in on it.

[@ThePageofCups]

This is like reading someone's notes on their weird homebrew fantasy setting.

[@alanhyland5697]

Glad that Dubay didn't repeat any points in an effort to pad his number of proofs.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Only 3 to 8 times in a row here and there.

[@paulc5405]

It’s essentially 4 total points he makes and stretches it out to 200. If it wasn’t all lies I would respect the effort