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Flat Earther amazingly avoids killing himself in a DIY rocket...


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Naw, man. I'm glad he lived through it and that he loves his cats and that he had the balls to actually launch himself after building the thing. I mean, compared to all that, for me at least, being a flat earther is just one of those "agree to disagree" things. I'd drink a beer with the guy.

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2 hours ago, Lasty said:

... that only went, like, not even 2,000 feet into the air. More of a terrible carnival ride than proof the earth is flat or a platform from which to run for Governor of California...

Liftoff

why don't they just put a go pro camera on a weather balloon like Tosh did?

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57 minutes ago, bnmjy said:

Old news. I read he doesn't actually believe the earth is flat. He just wanted the flat eartg idiots to fund his endeavor.

New to me, so I decided to be annoying, you're welcome.

Plausible. Source?

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11 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Why are you guys fascinated by this guy?  He's a limo driver from IE and part time wannabe celebrity.

For the record, I'm not. I just heard about it, and posted one thread because I wanted to participate in a marginally pointless discussion about it instead of checking to see if there already was one only to read it over.

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4 minutes ago, Lasty said:

For the record, I'm not. I just heard about it, and posted one thread because I wanted to participate in a marginally pointless discussion about it instead of checking to see if there already was one only to read it over.

Good.

/thread.

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17 hours ago, Lasty said:

... that only went, like, not even 2,000 feet into the air. More of a terrible carnival ride than proof the earth is flat or a platform from which to run for Governor of California...

Liftoff

a) I would think, no matter the outcome, he'd be in the lead for Governor - particularly in California.

b) I take it this was no "Salvage 1" then?

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20 hours ago, Lasty said:

Because it's... not borderline suicidal?

i wouldnt be so fascinated either @scoobdog.  these kind of guys are protecting their childhood and want to believe crazy things to feel young.

 

i dont even click or pay attention.

 

@Lasty maybe the stunt was too feel incarnate because suicide is so fucking complicated.  its possible he wanted to launch himself into a spot

between life and death, testing the line of surviving, provoking death to feel incarnate (distancing himself from reality).

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On 5/25/2018 at 6:24 PM, mumbo13 said:

i wouldnt be so fascinated either @scoobdog.  these kind of guys are protecting their childhood and want to believe crazy things to feel young.

 

i dont even click or pay attention.

 

@Lasty maybe the stunt was too feel incarnate because suicide is so fucking complicated.  its possible he wanted to launch himself into a spot

between life and death, testing the line of surviving, provoking death to feel incarnate (distancing himself from reality).

Hmmm... I'd say your assessment of that potential motivation is fair enough, but death is a reality most people distance themselves from and suffer during more of the time they have left as a consequence. That is to say, death is a very significant part of our reality, and walking that line isn't necessarily a sign of total delusion. No doubt the guy has issues (and who doesn't) but he could see at least a part of what's going wrong with society; that people tend to placidly and complacently accept what authorities spoon feed them... It seems to me like the guy was shaken and is basically just glad to be alive, which is the best case scenario after the fact of having launched himself in a rocket he made. 

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48 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Wut?

September 25th, 1987

That's me playing banjo in my icon, do I look old to you? xD

Granted I'm not exactly young except comparatively speaking, but you get the idea.

Did you actually think I was old? What made you think that? 

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