by "Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
Published 12/10/2017 at 11:32
by "Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
Published 12/10/2017 at 11:32
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My brother-in-law who works at one recently discovered that one of his co-workers is a flat-earther. This is the caliber of person changing your oil
Oh, and said BIL just crashed his brand new Miata into a tree in daylight on dry roads.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
12/10/2017 at 11:41, STARS: 0
Aren’t flat earthers just people ironically trying to disrupt the idea of being attached to our limited concepts of time, space, and the multiverse? Like a band of Merry Pranksters who just want to mess with us.
Or have they really never seen something disappear over the horizon without assuming a turtle ate it?
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
12/10/2017 at 11:43, STARS: 4
I used to think that, and maybe that’s how it started, but as time goes on and this movement somehow gains momentum, it becomes clear to me that many of them honestly believe we live on a large frisbee.
"InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
12/10/2017 at 11:46, STARS: 1
The Turtle Moves.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
12/10/2017 at 11:47, STARS: 1
I can actually empathize with people saying we faked the moon landings. Sure, it’s a one-in-a-billion chance, but they have a tiny case. Or even...gag...chemtrails. There’s always a crazy outside chance, which is the only way a conspiracy theory works.
The flat earth thing fails on simple, everyday empirical evidence freely available to us all.
"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
12/10/2017 at 11:55, STARS: 1
I was the control adjuster at a national oil change place for 9 months. That’s all I needed never to go to one
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
12/10/2017 at 12:06, STARS: 3
In the flat Earth theory, the crazy outside chance is that pretty much all of science is a lie.
"Sam" (samwellington)
12/10/2017 at 12:08, STARS: 8
"Nibby" (nibby68)
12/10/2017 at 12:10, STARS: 4
Tell them brains are also flat
"jimz" (jimz)
12/10/2017 at 12:13, STARS: 0
?
one guy at one quick-change place is a loon, so that means everyone who works for any of those places is too?
my reason for never going back to one is the guy who tried to up-sell me on $15/qt synthetic for my SRT-4 because, you know, “these turbo engines.” Yeah, scooter, it’s gone 165,000 miles so far on conventional, I think it’ll be ok.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
12/10/2017 at 12:15, STARS: 3
Ive watched a lot of flatearth video and rebuttals on the tubes as a hobbie and i gotta say...it takes soooo much suspension of good logic to accept. I can see how people just taking the cocnept and using that without thinking about it. I mean how many times does knowing the earth is round apply in your daily life. Forget it and move on right? The ones i cant get are the ones that come up with their “scientific” justifications... I mean...just trying to explain how the sun isn’t in two places at once for two people 100 miles apart at noon and prediction its location in the sky. It boggles the mind
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
12/10/2017 at 12:17, STARS: 0
I think most of us have anecdotes just like yours that show a general lack of expertise in the staff. This is just further evidence of that.
"MM54" (mm54mk2)
12/10/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 0
What ever happened with that guy who was going to launch himself in a steam-powered homemade rocket to prove the earth was flat?
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
12/10/2017 at 12:20, STARS: 2
As I said in reply to another comment, it basically requires you to believe that all science you’ve been taught is a lie.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
12/10/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 1
The launch was postponed because he lacked the proper permit to do it on BLM land.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
12/10/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 3
The other thing i dont get (on a conceptual level) is why? Why would it be worth the massive coverup effort to convinve people the earth isnt flat? Whats to gain by covering up a flat earth?
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
12/10/2017 at 12:30, STARS: 2
Well, OBVIOUSLY:
Thousands of years ago we were lied to about the earth being round so that a nation that didn’t exist at the time could pretend to pioneer space exploration in order to then fake a moon landing to show the Soviets we’re better than them.
"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
12/10/2017 at 12:36, STARS: 3
“The flat earth thing fails on simple, everyday empirical evidence freely available to us all.”
This statement applies to a lot more people than just flat earthers.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
12/10/2017 at 12:47, STARS: 0
Meh, you don’t need to be a rocket surgeon to know how to properly change oil. He may be a flat farther moron, but it doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with his day job.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
12/10/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 2
You don’t need to be a rocket surgeon, but basic logic and critical reasoning skills are needed for just about any job. I would argue that being a flat earther indicates a lack thereof.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
12/10/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 0
Dumb people can still learn to perform simple, repetitive tasks by rote perfectly well, in some cases better than intelligent people who’s minds can’t be made to work that way. Those quick lube places are basically an assembly line, doesn’t require any more critical thinking or reasoning ability than the kitchen at McDonalds. Follow instructions, read the manual, do as you were taught.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
12/10/2017 at 13:16, STARS: 2
But these people also screw up at McDonald’s on occasion (sometimes more often). I’m comfortable with that risk on my egg McMuffin, but not my engine.
"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
12/10/2017 at 13:35, STARS: 0
“said BIL just crashed his brand new Miata into a tree in daylight on dry roads”
Raph from Jalopnik is working a second job and is a flat Earth nutter?
Huh
"Tapas" (tapas)
12/11/2017 at 01:35, STARS: 2
He was going to launch the rocket to a height of up to 1800 feet. The Burj Khalifa is 2720 feet (to top of the tip).
He could just go to the top most observation deck and be a moron there, instead of being a moron in a rocket funded by other dumb people.
"MINIGTI" (76tr6)
12/11/2017 at 22:22, STARS: 1
I recently reluctantly took my GTI to one. A couple days later it was leaking more oil than my TR6 and XJ6 combined.
All because instead of using the official VW crush washer I gave them they put in a different drain plug. Changed it myself when I got back from thanksgiving. Amazing, no more leaks