I'm just curious as to why this is often brought up? Whether that be concerning CommodoreTeach himself, or someone who agrees with him. I just curious as to how the shape of the earth makes a difference as to what is going on in the world that is pertinent to our lives.
Mind you, I'm not a so called "Flat Earther", however that has no bearing whatsoever on how I see posts made by CommodoreTeach and the knowledge I take from his posts. If I don't agree with something that was said, I don't point out that the "Flat Earther" thing.
Whether the Earth is flat, round, or whatever, the powers-that-be are pulling the strings.
This has to do with quite a lot actually.
Because it shows how rational people are. There are also unknown layers to this, which are difficult to understand in text.
But the prominent person who was a flat earther ( can't remember his name now but i can find him if i search hard enough) wanted to prove that the earth was flat and died in some freak accident while trying to prove that.
He was wrong of course, but the interesting part comes after his death when his public relations person said that he was basically "trolling" or "joking" about the whole flat earth thing and did it as a way to attract advertisers and to fuel his addictions which were extreme sports.
He was one of those daredevil RedBull guys who did these crazy stunts.
So, if we assume that one is joking about this then we are okay because we know it's a lighthearted discussion and maybe an ice breaker as i mentioned to him. Like, you'd be a lot of fun at parties basically when you start with the flat earth topic.
But then the question becomes: how far do you want to push the joke? Do you even want to admit that you're joking or you wanna be like Andy Kaufman til the end?
Then the other part which is worse is that there are people who are not or may not be joking about the whole flat earth thing.
That's even worse!
That's why it has to do with rationality and credibility.