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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by warrenm2
Have you tried, just once, to have a reasoned argument about anything? Its been sneer, after sneer, after sneer, after sneer, after sneer, after sneer, after sneer, after sneer. Says more about you than anyone else.

More breath-taking hypocrisy from Warren
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
More breath-taking hypocrisy from Warren
It's the new in thing on Scoobynet, the poor bullied down trodden righty.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:03 PM
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Great example here of misunderstanding Mercator maps

Google maps also use Mercator (wrongly in my opinion because they dont highlight this) which drastically distorts distances once you understand this the times all add up


update after now watching all the way through its not Mercator he is misunderstanding its the economics of Airlines and why they dont fly non stop to destinations no one wants to fly to
He actually says that they create dummy flights to try and fool people like him.

holy **** the force of stoopid is strong with this one

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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mattstant
Great example here of misunderstanding Mercator maps

Google maps also use Mercator (wrongly in my opinion because they dont highlight this) which drastically distorts distances once you understand this the times all add up
Look, please stop posting, well thought out, educated responses that reflect reality. Haven't you got any links to YouTube vids posted by people who have missed their meds?

And the fact you are posting in constructed English, with punctuation, everyone knows that txt speech lends your point more credence. Oh and don't forget to pop lol or something similar in at the end of every post, ok?

Some people........
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Geezer
Look, please stop posting, well thought out, educated responses that reflect reality. Haven't you got any links to YouTube vids posted by people who have missed their meds?

And the fact you are posting in constructed English, with punctuation, everyone knows that txt speech lends your point more credence. Oh and don't forget to pop lol or something similar in at the end of every post, ok?

Some people........
hi geezer I is well respectin yooze epreshiatin my educashun lol will stop doin the big spellin now
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mattstant
Great example here of misunderstanding Mercator maps

Google maps also use Mercator (wrongly in my opinion because they dont highlight this) which drastically distorts distances once you understand this the times all add up

What type of map should I look at to better understand the strange flight paths

Thanks
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by gary77
What type of map should I look at to better understand the strange flight paths

Thanks
good question.
Trouble is the Mercator map is so pervasive and widely recognised.

if you think about it though ANY flat representation of a globe has to be compromised in some way.
try cutting up football so it sits flat on the ground without having huge gaps in the sections

try this no idea how it works

http://thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!...NDcwNQ(MjI1)MA
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:46 PM
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Here ya go.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:49 PM
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I was going to state great circle route is quickest

but this a non-starter presumably for a flat earther
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by neil-h
It's the new in thing on Scoobynet, the poor bullied down trodden righty.
You misunderstand (colour me shocked!). No-one is claiming bullying, I'm claiming tedium.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 03:17 PM
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Just checked google maps and to be fair to them when you use there measuring tool they do show a curved projection between two points to ilustrate this is a Mercator map.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 03:57 PM
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This is extremely high level trolling and I am very impressed. Well done dan.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 06:13 PM
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do us a favour , nothing on the scale
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by warrenm2
You misunderstand (colour me shocked!). No-one is claiming bullying, I'm claiming tedium.
Oh yeah? Like the constant lefty bashing that goes on...
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 07:22 PM
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Can someone please find a direct flight from Sydney to south America
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by gary77
Can someone please find a direct flight from Sydney to south America
You do understand that planes need fuel to fly...right? And there is a certain capacity...right?

In fact - Falklands War - read up on how the vulcan bombers got there. (I know it ain't from Sydney, but the other guys, maybe not you, will get where I am coming from)

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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 07:46 PM
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It's Okay found one myself , Sydney to Santiago 12.5 hours , flat earth debunked by me ,

Anything new in nsr ?
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Torquemada
You do understand that planes need fuel to fly...right? And there is a certain capacity...right?

In fact - Falklands War - read up on how the vulcan bombers got there. (I know it ain't from Sydney, but the other guys, maybe not you, will get where I am coming from)
I'm not interested where your coming from unless it's Sydney to Santiago
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by neil-h
Oh yeah? Like the constant lefty bashing that goes on...
You earn it!
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by gary77
I'm not interested where your coming from unless it's Sydney to Santiago

Then you fail completely, yet again. You understand the requirement to have enough fuel to fly to the destination required...right?
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:14 PM
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What are you trying to say ? That there isn't a flight from Sydney to Santiago ?
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:20 PM
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I wonder how long it will take him to realise the utter stupidity of his epic fail
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by gary77
What are you trying to say ? That there isn't a flight from Sydney to Santiago ?
Hey, I can answer a question, my bad - I was looking at somewhere further.

If it works here you go: http://www.farecompare.com/12q/resul...04090000P1CTFN

So, what are you actually aiming at, rather than is there a flight there, which you could effing well google yourself.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by gary77
I wonder how long it will take him to realise the utter stupidity of his epic fail
Get to the point will you.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Torquemada
Hey, I can answer a question, my bad - I was looking at somewhere further.

If it works here you go: http://www.farecompare.com/12q/resul...04090000P1CTFN

So, what are you actually aiming at, rather than is there a flight there, which you could effing well google yourself.
dammit, it went to the wrong destination.....
Oh, no it didn't, browser went batty for a moment.

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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:26 PM
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I decided to try debunking the flat earth theory by finding a flight that on the globe is much shorter than on the flat earth map such as is on the UN flag , so I Google a couple of destinations and no flight available , I starting thinking holly **** , what if there are none , so I put the post up then went back to searching and found one ,

So either the flight is fake or that's it , proof earth is not flat , can't believe I'm actually writting this
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by gary77
I decided to try debunking the flat earth theory by finding a flight that on the globe is much shorter than on the flat earth map such as is on the UN flag , so I Google a couple of destinations and no flight available , I starting thinking holly **** , what if there are none , so I put the post up then went back to searching and found one ,

So either the flight is fake or that's it , proof earth is not flat , can't believe I'm actually writting this
good! I thought you were a flat earther as well as a conspiracy theorist
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:36 PM
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I like a good conspiracy theory , i don't automatically believe them , just as I don't automatically believe everything in the news or that governments tell us ,

It is ultimately impossible to prove any conspiracy to be fact it is easier to disprove some ,

Is there any big event in history that you don't believe happened as you've been told , or at least question if it actually happened as you've been told it did
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by gary77
I like a good conspiracy theory , i don't automatically believe them , just as I don't automatically believe everything in the news or that governments tell us ,

It is ultimately impossible to prove any conspiracy to be fact it is easier to disprove some ,

Is there any big event in history that you don't believe happened as you've been told , or at least question if it actually happened as you've been told it did
ok, you have risen a few notches in my estimation Either that, or it's the day drinking....

I get you, but the theories I hear are very far fetched and I really can't abide them, mostly. In all honesty, I currently can't think of anything that doesn't have some form of sound backing of science or reason. I am halfway through a crappy Friday afternoon though.
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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 09:30 PM
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Wow..

I started reading this thread and thought wtf is this guy smoking.. Check.

Then I thought, ah he got me it's April 1st.. Oh, was started yesterday!

I'd like to think he's having a giraffe but I don't even think that's going on!

Makes you wonder what gravity really is doesn't it?! We could go to the 'edge' of the flat earth and throw a rock off, watch it drop.. Just like the whole flat earth itself would, hold up maybe we're falling? Or maybe the flat earth is the base of everything?

Must be a wind up Shirley!
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