'The Flat Debate Society'

decadence · Post by **decadence** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:57 am

Being John Malcovich….Oh wait, wrong introduction (but the irony is incomprehensible to many)…

At the “Flat Earth Society”, one of the members of which who is from my home town (I am not proud of that), people sit on their computers for hours at a time, arguing across a public forum (stage) about whether or not the Earth, you know, your home world, is flat or not. They post at each other, back and forth, day after day, arguing scientific jargon, posting links to Googled arguments that support either side, and basically accomplish nothing but data load on some no-name domain server that will one day be unplugged and end up being used as a fishing boat anchor someplace.

These people that claim to actually believe that the planet Earth is flat will argue until the point that even trying to TEASE them becomes physically painful for most people.

Out of all of the amazingly complex, (begrudgingly interesting too!) articulate personalities I have come across there, I can say with 100% straight-faced certainty that, well, I am unique. Everyone who participates in an online forum, regardless of content, has a gimmick. There are the textbook normalcy cases, like the ‘high school teacher on lunch break’ or the ‘doubting Christian looking for something more to believe in’ or the ‘I know everything because I have declared myself HAL9000′ or the ‘I am just cool like that’. The list fits any social gathering or meeting where people meet to discuss any and every topic imaginable. The difference between normalcy and this website, however, are that these people are debating one of two things: The Earth is or is not, flat. I refuse to take a side, and thus remain the most unique member on the forum.

But that labels me as nuts as well right? I mean, if I do not believe the earth is flat, I fit the majority of every man, woman, and child on this planet. But if I also deny the world is ROUND, then I am as nutty as the fruitcakes to purport to believe it is not, yes?

Hold the phone a moment, and listen to WHY I do not believe in either argument, and why this post is hard for me to type, because I am laughing so hard I cannot breathe:

THERE IS NO DEBATE ON THE FLAT EARTH FORUMS.

Allow me to explain that a little more in-depth:

A debate occurs when two or more parties engage in an exchange of ideas, based on human knowledge on a topic. This can be predicated by of course emotional investment in aforementioned random topic, or it can be from personal experience.

Arguing back and forth about the shape of planet Earth is just that: People arguing. There is no debate to be had, to be taken seriously, or to glean ANY insight from, whatsoever, because both parties are clinically insane. Why? Their argument cannot be proven, on either side, to either side’s satisfaction.

What does insane mean? It means the ‘lack of reason’, not to be confused with “lack of intelligence” as many of these people seem highly educated and articulate human beings. They are committing crimes against the reasoning, human mind, when they constantly debate back and forth over an issue neither side can ever fully vindicate with consensus. Thus, madness.

It is nothing new, but I hold out hope that eventually, the real debate will be made manifest, the real debate being:

“What possible gain can there ever be, in any real-world setting, of either side of this debate winning?”

Neither side can win, and thus dutifully render all debate utterly nonsensical and meaningless, and thus only serve to entertain those who are intelligent and self-aware enough to realize that the premise behind the echelons of believers and non-believers is so unfathomably mindless that it has become a viral, sapient entity all its own, convinced that feeding itself will sustain it.

The end is always the same with these types of scenarios. Silence. But as for right now, the laughter is drowning out my sorrows.

You simply CANNOT make this shit up.
http://www.theflatearthsociety.org

I go by midnight there, for reference to the festivities.

decadence · Post by **decadence** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:59 am

Someone could make a mythos from this shit....

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:42 pm

The Earth geometric shape wasn't right for Cthulhu and the Old Ones so they turned it into a circle so it would look better...well I gave it a shot

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:18 pm

ORBIT! ORBIT FUCKING EXISTS!

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:25 pm

THE EARTH IS FLAT!
THE EARTH IS ROUND!

The Earth is Hexagonal.

Enkil · Post by **Enkil** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:25 pm

decadence · Post by **decadence** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 4:35 pm

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:55 pm

i have observed the celestial bodies in their graceful imitation of the classic pac-man® maze. the sun, which was created in the image of pac-man, exits the sky on the west side and reenters on the east.

sorry for blowing your mind so completely like that, but we can't go on living this charade anymore.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:33 pm

Your all crazy! The earth is a Tetrahedron!

vrv · Post by **vrv** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:22 pm

I dont feel like reading that book. But the earth is a square obviously you retards.

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:17 pm

Look at the pyramids!
The earth is a triangle. DUH!

cultistofvertigo · Post by **cultistofvertigo** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:24 pm

it is a shining trapezohedron. Or not. One of those. Or not.

That reminds me of a video I saw on Youtube of some guy trying to dismiss evolution by showing the evolution of "forks" to "sporks" and then "spoons." Why did I put those in qoutation marks? It was hilarious, and I plan on making a video not debating him, for there is no use in the effort as he is just SO far gone, but proving him right. BEcause, you know, Baphomet does live in Washington D.C. (the guy's name is... venom Fang X, i think, check it out!)

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:51 pm

Fucking retards. Fucking orbit. Orbit!

odin2 · Post by **odin2** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:58 pm

So "Sporks" came before "spoons"? lol

Jesus Prime · Post by **Jesus Prime** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:01 pm

Yes. Early sporks were hunter-gatherers.