The Earth Is...Flat? Wait, Wouldn't That Mean Our Penis's Are Smaller Than We Think? (959 hits)
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Submitted by TaK (View user info) at 2004-07-18 14:35:58 EDT
While researching for a story I'm currently writing I came across a strange site run by a group of people who honestly still believe that the Earth is flat.
I was searching for the name of the Spaniard that it has been said found America before good old Columbus landed his happy ass here and thought he was in India. I know there have been multiple theories as to who discovered America and when, but I was looking for a certain name that I can't seem to remember. If you know please indulge.
Anyway I found this site and an essay written by a man who is not part of the Flat Earth Society about their beliefs and their President. I found it, to say the least, interesting; I thought maybe some of you would find it the same.
We try our hardest to prove our penile power by what we can explain about the world and the way things work, but there are always those who don't care about proving things, only believing them. They don't care about proving their firmly fixated phallic forces.
Maybe they're eunuchs.
The strange thing is that though I believe what I've been told about the Earth as a globe, it's hard to read these peoples thoughts and, if you're cynical and a little paranoid like me, completely discount their opinions.
Are they crazy or do you think they may have some valid points?
Read and share your thoughts Uber.
The Essay on Flat Earth Society:
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/fe-scidi.htm
The Flat Earth Society Home Page:
http://www.flat-earth.org/
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Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2004-07-19 17:11:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by drky (user info) at 2004-07-19 05:34:04 EDT (#)
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There's also a band called Flat Earth Society. They're a 9-12 piece brass group or something. Bass, guitar, drums and a whole load of brass. They're amazing alternative jazz type stuff. I saw them with Fantomas a while ago and was blown away. So if you happen to come across them whilst looking into this ... check em out.
Submitted by TaK (user info) at 2004-07-18 23:00:46 EDT (#)
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Thank you Matt.
Submitted by DJMattB241 (user info) at 2004-07-18 21:24:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Fuckedup (user info) at 2004-07-18 20:46:11 (#)
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This is fucking irrelative.
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You mean irrelevant, you fucking moron?
Submitted by Gnome (user info) at 2004-07-18 21:03:17 EDT (#)
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i wish i thought it was a spoofed site. but people are pretty goddamned stupid.
Submitted by Rob at 2004-07-18 21:01:28 EDT (#)
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Columbus? Oh, you must mean Columbo!
Submitted by Fuckedup (user info) at 2004-07-18 20:46:11 EDT (#)
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This is fucking irrelative. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about! get your facts
straight and after you've done that, hopefully serving the brain strain you'll have had
trying to get your facts straight, go fuck your mom! you are a retard, I dub you: Fuckedup!
Submitted by Trout (user info) at 2004-07-18 19:51:22 EDT (#)
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It's a spoof site.
i hope....
Submitted by My_dixie_wrecked (user info) at 2004-07-18 19:47:39 EDT (#)
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Who is this "Columbus" guy?
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2004-07-18 19:14:06 EDT (#)
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Never heard of a Spaniard before Columbus... Leif Ericson is the viking who is commonly believed to have landed on the New World first.
Submitted by ugaly (user info) at 2004-07-18 19:06:22 EDT (#)
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if lie down on my trampoline it kind of looks like the sky is curved so thats good enough for me to believe it is round
as for smaller penis's....how does that work?
Submitted by TaK (user info) at 2004-07-18 18:03:46 EDT (#)
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Who the fuck is peni?
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-07-18 18:01:26 EDT (#)
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What does this have to do with peni?
Submitted by ferrisbeuller (user info) at 2004-07-18 17:50:20 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Random Schmoe Blower at 2004-07-18 16:37:32 (#)
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It was Leif Erickson, or 'the viking' that first landed on the North American continent. Or so history says.
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2004-07-18 17:25:36 EDT (#)
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Ummmm you people slept through History class
Amerigo was one of the first to be convinced that Columbus discovered a new continent. He didnt get here before Columbus though.
That being said, I'm not sure what spaniard you're referencing. It shouldn't be too hard to find as there is a fair amount of writing on pre-Columbian contact. The latest was by some fellow claiming the Chinese discovered America some 70 years before Columbus
Submitted by Random Schmoe Blower at 2004-07-18 16:37:32 EDT (#)
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It was Leif Erickson, or 'the viking' that first landed on the North American continent. Or so history says.
Submitted by sg11588 (user info) at 2004-07-18 16:30:47 EDT (#)
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It was Amerigo Vespucci.
Submitted by Donitsu2002 (user info) at 2004-07-18 16:05:43 EDT (#)
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I've known about that site for forever, i thought it was common knowledge since my Physics professor told us to go there for a good laugh....
Who knew?
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-07-18 15:10:57 EDT (#)
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Amerigo Vespucci.
Submitted by TaK (user info) at 2004-07-18 15:03:57 EDT (#)
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Yea, I've heard the viking theory too.
There are several different beliefs as to who and how, but really if you think of it, it is as impossible to prove as anything else, and as easily argued against. Written history or no.
Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-07-18 14:56:18 EDT (#)
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Amerigo was the guy who made the first map america was on... I think.
Didnt that viking guy discover america?
Submitted by sunjunkie04 (user info) at 2004-07-18 14:54:52 EDT (#)
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Bad Religon has a song called Flat Earth Society. I thought it was something they made up.
Submitted by TaK (user info) at 2004-07-18 14:41:02 EDT (#)
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Hey thanks munkeypants.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-07-18 14:39:50 EDT (#)
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I didn't read the whole thing but...
http://www.studyworld.com/Amerigo_Vespucci.htm
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-07-18 14:37:49 EDT (#)
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I was searching for the name of the Spaniard that it has been said found America before good old Columbus landed his happy ass here and thought he was in India. I know there have been multiple theories as to who discovered America and when, but I was looking for a certain name that I can't seem to remember. If you know please indulge.
wasn't it something like
Amerigo? Hence the name America?