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#1422853
Grimsoncrow
Okay, could someone please enlighten me here? -What's with this earth- centric shit? does it say something about it in the babble or something? Why do they come up with these painfully stupid refutations??
Do these people also believe that Moon is made of cheese?
7/12/2012 3:48:12 AM
#1422856
Prager
Just because Pete doesn't buy it (meaning - understand it) doesn't mean it isn't factual.
7/12/2012 3:57:50 AM
#1422857
Anon-e-moose
Seems that it's not only a percentage of Russians who think the sun orbits the earth.
...oh, and four words: Yuri Gagarin. Neil Armstrong.
7/12/2012 3:59:56 AM
#1422858
Looking at the discussion that quote came from, this Petezzzz guy seems to be considered a nutcase even by other members of Rapture Ready.
Also, geometry and gravity seem to be completely new concepts for this idiot.
7/12/2012 4:00:35 AM
#1422859
Cae
Astronomy; you're doing it wrong!
7/12/2012 4:03:15 AM
#1422861
Chatvert
"Why is Polaris always dead center up north if our axis is tilted"?
Oy. It is way too early in the morning for stupidity of this caliber. Looks like someone missed the memo that, contrary to popular cartography, "north" does not equal "up".
7/12/2012 4:06:28 AM
#1422864
Nerikull
Cassiterides, is that you? o_O
This certainly looks like his insanity.
7/12/2012 4:19:04 AM
#1422865
David B.
"Why is Polaris always dead center up north if our axis is tilted?"
Because it is tilted in the direction of Polaris, is that too hard to understand?
"Where are the 1056 mph winds if the earth is spinning so fast???"
Well the atmosphere is (as a whole) revolving along with the Earth so...
"Don't even start by telling me the spinning earth drags the atmosphere along with it, 'cause I don't buy it. I don't see any giant fan blades growing out of the ground to help out with this. If the earth was spinning that fast there should be F6 tornado speed winds, 24 hours a day, along the equator, F5 everywhere else."
...Um, ever travelled in a train or plane, or driven a car? Notice how the air inside those vehicles doesn't blow in your face at whatever speed they are travelling at?
It's like that.
7/12/2012 4:21:35 AM
#1422866
Raised by Horses
Educational system, I am disappoint.
7/12/2012 4:25:33 AM
#1422867
Reynardine
Guess what? Polaris wasn't always the North Star. A few thousand years ago, it was Vega, and a couplethree in the future, it'll be something else. That's because the Earth wobbles on its axis. Meanwhile, if it's true 1/3 of all Russians think that, someplace, the ghosts of Yurii Gagarin and Andrei Belyaev are weeping, and the Soviets were right about what would happen ifthe Western devils took their system down.
7/12/2012 4:28:19 AM
#1422871
Gawd
Poe?
Also, the saying is: "I couldn't care less". Why can't people get this right? Why don't they realize they're saying the opposite of what they mean?
7/12/2012 5:03:40 AM
#1422876
rrpostal
I've seen a scary influx of geocentrists lately. I suppose if you don't believe anything anyone says, anyway, you are free to make up any ol' "it seems to me" answer. The hubris to think you are so much smarter than the best people who have studied specific sciences for their entire career is laughable.
7/12/2012 5:16:45 AM
#1422877
Mister Spak
" let God be true, but every man a liar - Romans 3:4 "
Every one of you fundies IS a liar.
7/12/2012 5:18:25 AM
#1422878
Brendan Rizzo
Well, at least Russia has some excuse for such abominable ignorance: that country went to hell in the Nineties. Of course, last I heard, about an equal number of Americans believe in geocentrism and we have no excuse. It's the 21st century; why do Americans still think the Sun revolves around the Earth? Are there any people who believe this in Sweden?!
7/12/2012 5:21:36 AM
#1422881
Doubting Thomas
The atmosphere is spinning along with the earth, you idiot. Funny how he gets it right with the oceans, but gets it wrong about the atmosphere.
7/12/2012 5:36:54 AM
#1422883
"The weather was pretty nice where I live, today. Just a nice gently north western breese. Don't know about the ol' USA."
If ONLY there was some way to know about the weather in far off lands... like maybe if there was something orbiting the Earth that could take photos of the clouds and "beam" the images down to us. Not only would we know what the weather was like, but we could also find out the Earth's true rotational speed too. Maybe someday the Earth Spin Speed Cabal will be broken and the truth will be set free...
7/12/2012 6:12:30 AM
#1422885
Reynardine
I correct myself: Vega will become the North Star. There is currently no South Star, but there has been, and will be again.
7/12/2012 6:15:09 AM
#1422886
Rabbit of Caerbannog
I nominate this for the "Dumber Than Supersport" Award.
7/12/2012 6:15:13 AM
#1422889
Thinking Allowed
Someone failed science class.
7/12/2012 6:25:30 AM
#1422890
Jezebel's Evil Sister
You obviously fail to understand the gravity of the situation ...
... along with a whole lot of other concepts most of us learned by fifth grade.
7/12/2012 6:29:16 AM
#1422891
breakerslion
Let:
d = density
m = mass
v = volume
d = m/v (m ÷ v)
"An adult human head cut off around vertebra C3, with no hair, weighs somewhere between 4.5 and 5kg, constituting around 8% of the whole body mass." - Danny Yee
The volume of Petezzzz's head is deceptively difficult to calculate. The surface area encloses an almost perfect vacuum, and would, if allowed to collapse, achieve a displacement approaching zero.
Ergo, the density of Petezzzz = approx. 4.5 ÷ (0 (infinitely small, approaching limit zero). As the denominator approaches zero, the density approaches infinity.
In other words Petezzzz, YOU ARE TOO F-ING DENSE TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPLANATION!
How's that for "atheist science", you tit?
Edit: Damn. This web site doesn't do ascii 244.
7/12/2012 6:34:46 AM
#1422892
gravematter
I want to cry.
7/12/2012 6:42:31 AM
#1422893
anevilmeme
My opinion of the species will go down yet again if this isn't a Poe.
7/12/2012 6:49:54 AM
#1422895
Xotan
SLOSH! There! I said it.
What about Joshua and the sun standing still? The planet should have been shrivelled up.
What about the irrefutable knowledge gained during space shots?
In other words, Petezzz is an ignoramus, so deeply engrained in his ignorance that it would be a kind piece of social hygiene to lock him away in some caring institution.
7/12/2012 6:54:46 AM
#1422897
dionysus
Yes, the Sun goes around the Earth. All modern science since Galileo is part of a giant global conspiracy to mess with your head. Admittedly it's a lot of set up to prank one person but it's a funny concept. Too bad you're so smart that you saw right through our ruse.
7/12/2012 6:59:00 AM
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