If the earth is round then why is my house not on an angle?

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It literally makes no sense how my house can be on flat land if the earth is round.

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[–]BISH 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Everything is at an angle relative to something.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's on a 90 degree angle

[–]cunninglingus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Respnding to this because no one has answered /u/Adventurous_Ad6212's question, and to respond to, 'on human scales the earth is flat', further above.

A: At the centre of an 8 mile radius on earth one's house appears to be approximately 90° to the ground, when seen by a person standing immediately in front of it. If the same person is at a distance of a quarter mile, the house would be seen at a slight angle opposite the viewer. At a distance of 4 miles, a person might see only the roof of the house on the horizon, if that, at an angle opposite the viewer. One can calculate this angle with: Distance = Height/ sin(a) . At human scale, earth is round, also when one sees her/his shadow.

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Such proofs require maths. Are humans capable of that?

[–]Bigs 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (33 children)

I don't believe anybody with an IQ over 75 can believe the world is flat.

Prove me wrong?

[–]Alienhunter 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (12 children)

On human scales the earth is flat. It is an unbounded flat plane that extends in all directions, however this flat plane is not infinite and given enough time if you head in any direction you will eventually return to your point of origin. This is because the earth is curved through a "3rd" dimension of sorts. And if we allow ourselves to imagine what this 3rd dimension, might be like, it is best to think of a circle, which is essentially a kind of line, but one which curves in on itself as you go along it. Some theoretical one dimensional lifeform may not be aware of the curvature in the 2nd dimension, but can be assured of it's existence by traveling the length of the line.

Since humans are confined to a flat two dimensional existence by the oppressive Newtonian theory we cannot uplift ourselves to view the true nature of the earth in all three dimensions. But if we allow ourselves to dismantle the oppressive gravitational laws of the white man, then our burdens will be lifted and we can transcend the bounds of reality into the realm of unreality. And through the efforts of our greatest minds at the UN. We can Unnazify the world forever. And Unmake an Unfair Universe.

[–]iDontShift 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

microwave towers communicate up to 300 km away from each other.

the are place at the same literal height, lets say 100ft from sea level.. and they are BOTH AT THAT

microwaves travel in a straight line

if the earth was round.. the waves would never reach their destination

the earth is flat

railroads are level .. coast to coast

the earth is flat

oppressive gravitational laws of the white man

lol. nevermind. have a great day in your special form of insanity!

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

Yes the earth is a level plane which extends unbounded in all directions, however if you travel in one direction far enough you eventually end up back at your point of origin.

This is because the earth curves through an extra dimension which is imperceptible to two dimensional life forms like humans. It's possible that birds or dragons are aware of it since it appears they have some limited ability to travel though this third dimension.

Microwaves are designed to cook food, you can't send messages with them. You'll just end up with cancer.

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

one direction far enough you eventually end up back at your point of origin.

nah, Antarctica actually surrounds us. there are accounts of it taking 2 years by ship .. to 'go around it'

extra dimension which is imperceptible

like i said, Antarctica's shape makes this explanation unnecessary.

and given i cannot prove what is beyond, i have no idea what is beyond

dragons are big lizards tho, and i don't think they are 'wise'

Microwaves are designed to cook food, you can't send messages with them.

Before the advent of fiber-optic transmission, most long-distance telephone calls were carried via networks of microwave radio relay links run by carriers such as AT&T Long Lines. Starting in the early 1950s, frequency-division multiplexing was used to send up to 5,400 telephone channels on each microwave radio channel, with as many as ten radio channels combined into one antenna for the hop to the next site, up to 70 km away. source

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Actually you get bigger the closer you get to the poles and smaller the closer you get to the equator. That's why Greenland looks so much bigger than Africa on the map. If you measure it locally it's not, but that's because you've gotten larger.

Once you reach 90° latitude you've got a problem though as you'll expand to infinite size, it's unknown exactly what would occur if someone were to do this, they'd likely collapse into a singularly, but since the distance between 89° and 90° latitude is also infinite it would take an infinite amount of time for someone to actually reach either pole so we are safe from the Mercator effect.

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

your ability to bullshit is not interesting to me

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Science may seem like bullshit to the uneducated mind but the true thinkers among us know that you can't make bullshit without cows.

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

you can't make bullshit without cows.

actually you'd need bulls.. if you wanted bull shit

that type of lack of attention to detail has lead modern science into a 70% un-reproducibility problem ..

science is bullshit when lead by big pharma, big gov, and other interests that .. literally have our worst interest in mind

it is scientific to take real world evidence and compare it to what we are told

it is unscientific to ignore the results that negate previous theories

tesla said ether exists, and thru it instantaneous transmission was possible

einstein said light was fastest thing, destroying tesla's ether

then quantum mechanics arrived. quantum entanglement proves faster than light transmission is possible.

hence einstein was wrong, the ether does exist

yet we still pretend, and use equations, and project.. using bullshit equations that we force to fit our preconceived ideas about how it should work (based upon theory) ..

that is not science.. science says you propose an idea then prove it .

not propose a theory then force reality into it

and that, we have done.. with much creative imagination.. that many love.

enjoy the fantasy. it all is

[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Actually you can't make bulls without cows.

[–]Bigs 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That was pretty good :)

Except as someone who goes sailing and understands the basics of celestial navigation, the world is very round. That's how that old-timey navigation works, by extending the meridians of the Earth out to the stars, and using them as landmarks, like being on the inside of a giant ball.

:P

[–]iDontShift 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (18 children)

railroads are level, coast to coast

suez canal is 100 miles, connects two oceans, is level the whole way

wikipedia does NOT have a reference for the 'curvature of the earth'

what this proves is your IQ does not equal awareness of reality

the earth is provably flat, it is unprovably round (except with fancy videos/cgi nasa creation bullshit)

the reality is, you are a fool for believing it is round.

you have no evidence. gyroscopes spin in place indefinately (and retain their position in space)

the 'south pole' is actually the edge of the plane of existence.. the extent to which the sun warms things.. beyond that?

look up admiral bird, the guy that did operation high jump (why high jump? because antarctica has a 200 foot wall of ice... NOTHING LIKE IT ON ACTUAL NORTH POLE)

so really, your IQ fails you because you lack the evidence .. and you hold lies can't which cannot be disproven by you, you will never go to space or be able to contact the lies.. and if you do you'll be so deep in non-disclosures (that actually result in your death upon breaking.. and probably your family and friends..)

first "man on the moon" actually said, in an interview with a little girl..

girl: why haven't we gone back to the moon

armstrong: maybe because we didn't go the first time

he was hospitalized and made dead after that. truth

[–]Bigs 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (17 children)

You know the biggest problem with making Google Earth was not the satellite imagery, which they already had, it was making it all line up on a flat screen - because the Earth is curved and screens aren't.

Try taking multiple screenshots of a large area of Google Earth, and then lining them up together to create one large pic? You can't do it, cos they won't line up.

And as I just pointed out to someone else, the way celestial navigation has worked for many hundreds, maybe thousands, of years, is by projecting the globe of the Earth out to the stars, creating a giant ball. You can tell by which parts of the ball are visible and at what angle, whereabouts on the inner ball (Earth) you are. In fact that's pretty much how GPS works, albeit with radio waves and very precise timing, using artificial stars.

Beside, how come the moon, the sun, Mars, Saturn etc etc are all round, but not this place?

:P

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

how come baskets are round and not the court?

how come you avoided all my proofs that the earth is flat? you cannot destroy even one of them

you pretend that made up problems about google earth cover it all up.

try and prove the earth is flat/ball without big government or big corporation being involved in the equation

without the big lies (e.g. google map problems) there is no proof

armstrong told a little girl .. when asked why we don't go back.. we didn't go the first time .. and few weeks later buzz was dead

[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

I already gave you one, hundreds of years ago people smarter than you could navigate our globe, by extending the globe to the stars.

That simply would not work on a flat plane, indeed the entire point of it is based around what is or is not visible, and the angles of what is visible, due to the curvature. It is undeniable that celestial navigation works; if you could figure it out (which I doubt) you could go outside tonight with a sextant, and find your own ass, in the dark.

I'd like to say I have faith in you... but I don't. Sowi.

But hey, give it a try:

https://youtu.be/UV1V9-nnaAs

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

why is the curvature of the earth formula non-existent in a concrete form?

the north star is always centered above the north pole. given all the earth movement, galaxy movement .. ball earth fails to say how it is so

the south 'pole' (which doesn't exist) does not have a south star, or any star that stay constant ..

you spend your time masturbating with words, truth is simplier, crisp and clear

i know you are also one with all that is and your potential is limitless.. unless you side with the ego in which case you are nothing

[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

You're dribbling.

The stars are used because they're so far away they appear not to move. In navigation you can also use the sun and moon - because you need to know the time. Learn, so you cannot keep pretending you're too stupid to understand:

https://www.quora.com/Why-was-an-accurate-clock-so-important-to-navigating-the-early-sailing-ships

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

missing the obvious is why you think as you do

nobody is debating if the stars are used for navigation

the conjecture I made was that the north star does NOT MOVE

the 'south pole' does not have a 'south star' .. and in fact there are different constellations over the course the night...

so let me clarify again..

north pole .. sky appears to rotate around north star

'south pole' .. sky does NOT ROTATE around a central point

the fact we use them for navigation is not mean anything to this discussion

[–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

You produce the zinger 'North star! Doesn't move!' and in the same halitosis whine that there's no south star, and the stars move? Let me let you in on a sneaky secret... psst... the Earth is spinning, and not on a pure south/north axis. True story.

Logic is not your strong point but let's try again... By viewing the positions and angles of the celestial sphere, ie starrrrrs... we can determine our position on our smaller, INNER sphere. We KNOW the celestial sphere is a sphere, and thus so must Earth be, due to the angles measured. This was known and understood many hundreds of years before you were even born, so stop confusing your inability to understand with an entirely false conviction.

Question for ya, why is the moon round? Why is Saturn round? Why is Mars round? But you (pretend to) think Earth isn't?

A better question perhaps - what would it take to convince you?

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

the Earth is spinning, and not on a pure south/north axis.

explain how the north star stays constant then. what is above should appear below. this is logically.

and thus so must Earth be

fallacy logic.

due to the angles measured

best i can find of this 'proof' would be the well theory.. which is explain by light refraction .. which is ignored when needed by ball earthers

A better question perhaps - what would it take to convince you?

fix nullschool.net website which hosted a live picture of earth that could be projected as flat earth.. making it obvious what is

i watched ALL MY PROOFS be TAKEN AWAY by odd circumstances...

the guy that wrote the code for nullschool intentionally broke the flat earth map projection in his repository

i took that code and found when he broke it. what does it prove? only that someone doesn't want you to see proofs that are available that don't require conjecture...

nullschool flat earth map .. about 40 seconds in

maybe because all the lies that I undercovered that point to a flat earth .. are not being rebuked.. but covered up and destroyed

degrasse tyson said he'd debate eric dubay here is the drama .. instead of the debate happening.. it was cancel and eric dubay saw his channel deleted for some time

you are either stepping into the shitshow unaware..

or you are totally aware and hoping to stop me.

i doubt you have anything that would even begin to resemble something that could, at this point, given all the concrete evidence that I have.. to change my mind again..

i am here to change you.

God is all that is, and ball earth theory places you as a small insignificant nothing in a universe so large that our place in changed from being 'the center of all' to 'little speck of dust floating in a sea of nothing'

that is why ball earth theory exists.. to separate your ability to see the divine .. and get you to look with eyes that see accidents and happenstance

there are no accidents, there are no mistakes.. all is in divine order

i debate you because for some reason i feel it is good, that I see this lie must be dispelled.. that it is a barrier, very intentional.. and it falling away will help bring the end of the dark era of satan we have been living in (we live as the IS NOT)

satan isn't the devil, it is the mind, devoid of God.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You know, I used to think that.

Some people really insisted I get educated about the flatness of our world. So I listened. I heard their "we don't know what the Sun or the Moon are" and went with it, experimenting with that notion. I watched videos. Many videos, trying to understand the genius of the Flat Earthers who knew so much more than I do. I kept studying, and learning.

And here I come to tell you that you are wrong. In my precise estimation, the number is 72.

[–]weavilsatemyface 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

You are absolutely right! If we built houses perfectly flat and perpendicular to the radius of the earth, there would be a gap between the base and the surface of the earth. Remember those maths classes you slept through in school? We can use Pythagoras' Theorem to work out the size of the gap.

I -- with the assistance of Wolfram Alpha -- have done the maths so you don't have to. The average American house is about 15m (50 feet) wide, so let's double it to 30m (100 feet). As you can see from the diagram, this leaves an astonishing gap of 0.07mm or nearly 0.003 inches. That's almost the thickness of a piece of paper.

So if you can't slide a piece of paper between the ground and your house, that proves that the Earth is flat! You can argue with me but you can't argue with Pythagoras!

[–]RedEyedWarrior 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The earth is huge. That's why a lot of land is flat despite the earth being round.

[–]Adventurous_Ad6212[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

deeze nuts are round.

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Your balls are showing.

[–]Questionable 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (17 children)

Low effort controlled opposition much?

The Lost History Of The Flat Earth:

https://www.bitchute.com/video/QetnEQ2pszMr/

[–]Alphix 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (16 children)

Imagine watching a 5-hour long mind-erasingly stupid video about Flat Earth... Yes, ancient history is suppressed, but not for these reasons!

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

railroads are level coast to coast

there, saved you five hours and you are little less stupid

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Wait, what? LOL I am not stupid. You are mistaken.

Gotta love it when people assume. I honestly get a kick out of people thinking I'm stupid. These are the ROFLMAO moments I cherish the most.

Of course they're level. Doesn't mean they're planar. These are two absolutely different things. Wait, what's that wooshing sound?

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Of course they're level. Doesn't mean they're planar.

it does exactly mean it is planar. if you measure every inch at being level, then it is level.

that whooshing sound is getting it passing you by

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

OH. MY. GOD.

I estimated 72. Will I have to revise even lower?

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

i dunno. your ability to comprehend is pretty low.

I honestly get a kick out of people thinking I'm stupid.

perhaps that is because you actually are

literally

stupid wouldn't know itself would it if not for those outside it to notice

but then stupid thinks smart is dumb when it sees it as well..

so perhaps it is in your ability to realize your dreams

how is that going for you?

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My Mensa-administered IQ test with a score of 174 means nothing then?

All my dreams have come true, but one.

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

ah, words are cheap. your analysis of the materials presented says otherwise.

and oh, how trolls refuse to stay on topic.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Imagine claiming intellectual and moral superiority, while willfully remaining ignorant, speaking down to others, and using the term 'lol' unironically. OH wait. You don't have to imagine that, as I am describing you, and what you have done here.

Now here's a whole list of videos you can claim to be better off not watching:

https://conspiracies.win/p/140w2NrqUS/my-personal-list-of-recommended-/

Because ignorance is strength!

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

teh lolz, not worth answering HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

my personal estimate is 72.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Weird. I was originally going to insult your I.Q, and then you come back with a non-referenced estimate of 72.

my personal estimate is 72.

How exactly did you come to that number, and what is it meant to answer?

not worth answering

I assure you, I deleted all potential Questions I intended to ask before hitting the reply button.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

.

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I tested out at 174. Luckily, mercury poisoning is bringing that down.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

In person or online? I.Q tests are susceptible to human error, and are not generally multiple choice above 145.

Most IQ tests score an individual on a scale of 100. The highest score possible is 145, and the lowest score possible is 61

[–]Alphix 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Mensa

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That didn't actually answer the Question. In fact, the only time you did give any answers, they were to Questions I had not asked.

I'm sensing a pattern here.

[–]Alphix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In person. Sorry that was in the '90s, I don't think they had a test website up in those days. I didn't look, either.

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    [–]iDontShift 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    go put a level on railroad tracks, discover how level they are..

    and how they go up and go down.. but always return to level

    no curvature to be found

    ask wikipedia for the curvature formula so you can work it out for yourself (lol.. it doesn't exist)

    [–]Adventurous_Ad6212[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I put a level in my asshole and trust me there is nothing flat about it!

    [–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Wait... your house isn't on an angle? How does it drain?

    [–]Adventurous_Ad6212[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    floods. my cardboard box has too many holes.

    [–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    You might want to invest in a sump pump, or perhaps a Styrofoam cup.

    [–]Adventurous_Ad6212[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    My only styrofoam cup is used to get change