The Worst of the Best Podcast

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it so here's what you get from Canada
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Ryan and Reuben
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we live all around the world yeah the
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whole world can watch us right now if
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you look up high enough you can see to
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the other side because today we're
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talking about the Flat Earth the 10
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surprising facts you didn't know about
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flat earthers that's right do you know
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any facts about flat ear is ribon I I
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watched a documentary recently on Flat
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Earth on Netflix on
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yeah that's a that's a fun documentary
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I'd recommend it all right so this is
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the wor best podcast your host uh Reuben
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and Ryan Ryan and reuben reuben that's
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Ryan uh welcome welcome everybody I have
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a small little toy store we have this
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little ball that's printed with a globe
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on it and this guy held it up and said
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hey how come you don't have the Earth
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way it's supposed to look and I said are
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you flat earther and he said yeah are
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you
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oh he got really excited for a second
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there so here's my thoughts on it sure
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okay I'm listening
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I personally think that the world is
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round sure that's probably a yeah yeah
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yeah that's fine but what I said to him
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is I've never been up in space true I'm
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just taking everybody's word on it sure
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I know that they rewrite history books
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there's a slant to things sure and then
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the government does lie to you and
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what's really happening in the North
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Pole there's all those type of questions
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sure do you know what I mean or
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Antarctica and yeah exactly right you
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know it's anytime that presented
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something I'm willing to look and go huh
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maybe but this is where I think that the
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Earth is not flat sure unless you're
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like in saskatch one okay all the other
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planets are around and this would be the
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only one talk and then you got to think
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of all the private satellite companies
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out there right all around the world all
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the different countries they're all
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keeping the same secret right I think
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what Flats have said regarding
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satellites it's not in this list cuz
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it's not a surprising fact that we don't
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know about them apparently but uh okay
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is that there are no satellites oh okay
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yeah
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so it's all manufactured a lot of mental
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gymnastics for me so trying to prove
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that the Earth is flat is hard work for
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flat earthers and they will often go to
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extreme lengths to prove it even if it
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means making ridiculous claims launching
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rockets and satellites of their own I
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guess or try to travel to the edge of
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the Earth so we're going to talk about
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10 curious facts that our listeners and
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maybe your YouTube women didn't know
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about flat earthers so it's about the
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flat people themselves yeah the title is
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not that great my apologies 10
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surprising facts you didn't know flat
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earthers claimed okay that makes more
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sense yeah I'm going to change their
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title okay they just had to type in like
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a few more letters and it make more
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sense yeah you think so you believe Mars
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is around that's right so flat earthers
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believe that Mars is round so November
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2017 serial entrepreneur Elon Musk
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tweeted why is there no flat Mars
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Society the Flat Earth Society replied
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with their verified Twitter handle
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tweeting hi Elon thanks for the question
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unlike the Earth Mars has been observed
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to be round so they're just making that
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challenge again or that's their big
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statement is you can't observe the Earth
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being around it's almost like you can't
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tell the shape of your nose Yeah by
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Looking Through Your Eyes you can't what
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does my nose look like sure that's their
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theory that we haven't truly seen what
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the earth looks like properly okay all
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right so that's number 10 they do
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believe that Mars is around so they are
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not against other planets being round
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they just don't think the Earth is a
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globe just mathematically the likelihood
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right that the planet that is circling
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around the Sun or whatever well actually
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they have different theories what the
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worlds are doing around us they
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literally believe this is not the list
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my understanding is is that the Universe
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truly does rotate around the earth okay
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one thing I've never understood is
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what's to be gained well they're asking
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you what's to be gained by being lied to
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that's their argument I don't know I I
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don't know if it's square round or flat
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it doesn't mean anything to me I I still
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have to get up in the morning go to work
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if I have to pay less taxes I'm okay
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with it being whatever shape so number
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nine ribbon they are planning a Voyage
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to the edge of the world okay so they're
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actually are intending to do an
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expedition to prove sure that they're
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going to hit a wall sure I'll name drop
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here for a second please it might do it
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for you later but go ahead my friend
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Colin Angus circumnavigated the globe oh
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I see what you're saying sorry yeahor
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yeah so that's why I'm named dropping
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you can Google them yeah Angus book that
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I read on him too best selling author
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he's the first human to travel around
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the world via human powered means and
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did he he circumnavigated the globe okay
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so he started in Victoria here went to
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Vancouver cycled walked treed
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circumnavigated around the
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globe uh we'll get to that when he
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crossed the oceans okay he rode yeah
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sure no sailing no motor no engine just
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rolling for now most flat earthers
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believe the edges of the Earth are
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surrounded by Ice walls these are
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surprising fact that most people don't
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know about what flat earthers claim okay
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so think of the world like a plate but
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around that plate is like you've put a
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lip on the plate and that lip is these
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ice mountains yeah I understand and
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that's what they believe is holding
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everything in yeah okay they plan a
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voyage and the voyage is planned by the
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Flat Earth International Conference
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which is keeping information about the
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proposed Expedition Under Wraps other
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than this website because they don't
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want NASA g g supposedly patrolling the
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edges of the earth unaware so yes they
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don't want to be inter accepted by NASA
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to ruin their trip around the world just
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use a satellite GPS and internet uh
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however the exhibition has raised
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eyebrows because the ship will be using
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equipment like GPS which is based on
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around Earth sometimes you got to use
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you got to improvise yeah all right
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number eight they believe spacex's
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photos of staran were doctored you know
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I could see why it looks really weird
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explain well how many pictures have you
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seen of a car in outer space yeah this
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one might be fair
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I've done no Research into it but when I
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I've seen I haven't seen that picture
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but when I've seen pictures similar to
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that like that looks weird so in
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February 2018 Elon Musk launched the
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SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket carrying his
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Tesla Roadster into space and at the
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wheel was a mannequin dressed in an
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astronaut's suit and mus called him
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Starman the vehicle was rigged with
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cameras and the video was streamed live
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on YouTube one of the most popular
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photos of the spectacle showed Starman
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seated at the wheel as if he was driving
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the car into space the Earth was in the
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background and was clearly round this is
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the sort of thing flat earthers do not
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want to see but they basically think
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this photo if you see it on our live
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video or you can Google it it does look
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kind of weird that's where it's dark
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that's where it's night that's right so
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it's night here that's right and then
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over here of course is the is the
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curvature of the globe yeah but they're
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just saying this is doctored that this
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is not this is fake this is photosho
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sure for me Elon Musk has credibility he
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has some yes at least for me I I was I
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say a fan but I'm very interested in in
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him and his work sure and I think he's a
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a genuine human being who is uh truthful
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okay I agree I so I just the idea of it
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is is just ridiculous to me right by the
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way they landed three Falcons Rockets
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today all within like minutes of each
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other uh they went to space they came
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back really yeah well what he's doing is
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amazing have you read his biography I'm
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not as no no and I know you and our
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mother actually know a lot about him
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I've read about I actually have I'm I'm
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more of a headline Observer I haven't
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gotten deep into his stuff yet I know I
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it's it's mindboggling well you don't
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have to edit these shows ribbon you have
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more time to read stuff like need a musk
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that's good all
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right so number seven they claim solar
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eclipses prove that the Earth is flat
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okay they basically claim that the same
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solar eclipses which prove the Earth is
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round actually prove that it's flat flat
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earther say the moon would cast a larger
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shadow on the earth during a solar
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eclipse if our planet was round uh we
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know this is what would happen the sun
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was much smaller and very close to the
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moon so basically they're just saying
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that solar eclipse aren't casting the
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shadow they're supposed to be casting
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okay okay number six flat earthers say
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an Undiscovered object an Undiscovered
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object causes lunar eclipses so the
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first one was solar eclipse I was about
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to say about lunar what about lunar
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eclipse so they're saying here that
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lunar eclipses are another definitive
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point of evidence from the Earth being
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round however flat earthers have tried
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using them to prove the flatness of of
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the earth so flat Earths have some
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interesting explanations for lunar
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eclipses they say lunar eclipses happen
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when a mysterious and undiscovered
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object gets in between the Earth and the
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moon this is wrong lunar eclipses happen
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when the moon enters the shadow of the
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earth they're saying there's an object
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floating around there that's getting the
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way and not just a simple explanation
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that it's when the moon enters the Earth
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Shadow unied when my oldest daughter was
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about four or five she would make up
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games uh she would change the rules each
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time that the game was played so that
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she'd win she'd win right right and I
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was like well no that doesn't make any
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sense that that you know well all this
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anyways I'm just reminded of that right
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they're changing the rules to and if you
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watch this documentary Netflix and I
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don't want to give anything away they do
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that a little bit in that documentary
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The Flat Earth documentary is got it's
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neither Pro no nor con but it's called
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be behind the curve that's right behind
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the curve thank you Ruben it gives them
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a sounding board to say what they feel
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and how they believe everything is what
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they believe and I think it's pretty
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objective yeah you know like they let
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the Watchers decide for themselves if
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they think what they're hearing is sure
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hogwash or yeah I got to say did you
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change your mind about it about the
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Earth no I will say this for flat
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earthers it's fun it's F it's a fun
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theory Sure it's fun because it's
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harmless it's not hurting anybody that
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I'm aware of yeah and I and I really do
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think that there's some type of credence
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to what's happening in Antarctica or the
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North po something's going on there and
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I think that feeds it more than anything
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else right there is stuff going on this
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on the polls and that actually is a
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could be another discussion that maybe
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Ruben and I will do a podcast on the 10
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most interesting facts of the South Pole
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because there are some interesting stuff
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going on there mhm so number five they
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believe the sun is small and right above
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the Earth so basically they believe that
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the sun is it's like a big flashlight
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we're in this um Dome literal Dome so
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they got the plate with the ridges and
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we're in this like biodome and the Sun
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is just like this little dot that goes
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around yeah so and the something like
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that right and the Earth is spinning so
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or spinning the plate spinning and the
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Earth the Sun is moving around anyways
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so see this is for me in the same when
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there's so many people that are not
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connected with each other all coming up
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to the same conclusion doesn't sense
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like you have scientists in Russia or
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scientists in China or scientists in
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India they're not communicating with
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each other about like let's all make
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sure we're telling the same story you
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know what I mean right or it's like when
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people say oh there's a there's a cure
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for cancer they're just trying to stop
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you from knowing what it is right but
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meanwhile like Steve Jobs dies of it or
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yeah you think if anyone had the money
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and ability yeah yeah so Flat Earth
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thers they believe that Equinox
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equinoxes exist because the sun is right
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above the Earth and orbits the North
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Pole which is actually the center of the
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world so Flats add that the sun is much
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smaller than we think oh hold on a
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second so is the North Pole ice and then
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is ice around there kind of like a donut
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I was say like if you're look yeah the
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the sun is right up is like the eye of a
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storm that's the Sun uhhuh and I'm not
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too sure there are lots of like we don't
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have to get too I'm probably not
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explaining very well but if you want to
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see online what flat earthers mean about
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the sun being small just Google it
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there's okay yeah it's hard to explain
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but they basically just think that the
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sun is this is right above the Earth
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that orbits the North Pole where the
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North Pole is that's a good question I'm
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not too sure what that means okay number
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four the flat earthers actually launched
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a homemade rocket an attempt to view
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this last year wasn't it it was yeah it
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was uh March 2018 that's right so Hughes
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tested his rocket the guy that made this
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good for him yeah you know what test
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prove yourself so he says Hughes tested
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his rocket in March 2018 and went 572 M
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into the air before the Rocket's
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parachute deployed and glided back to
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the ground it landed hard injuring
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Hughes
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oh he was in
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it he was in it yeah he's got skin in
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the game I thought it was like a drone
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or a GoPro camera was on top of it no no
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however he suffered no permanent damage
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and probably returned to working out his
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rocket when he got better this guy got
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into the rocket it cost him 20 grand it
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was built from scrap metal and he got it
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almost 1,00 ft into the air on his own
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dime and building good for him got some
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skin in the game I like that that's
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great wow that is definitely not the
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worst now say what you will if I give
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you 20gs would you be able to build a
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rocket no you give me a million dollars
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I would know how to do it yeah so he's
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obviously not a dummy no no there's
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actually a lot of quote unquote so smart
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people it would be unfair to call people
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dumb because they have a different
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belief than you but it's just the
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information that they have and they're
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making the best choice with what they
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feel is true have you ever heard of the
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rapper Bobby Ray Simmons ji Ren also
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known as Bo yeah of course well he's a
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flat earther but unlike Hughes who wants
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to see the Earth from space Bob wants to
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launch a satellite and take pictures of
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the Flat Earth that's actually probably
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a safer and smarter idea so also in like
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Hughes BB is trying to crowdfund the
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satellite probably because he is keeping
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his own money for more realistic
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projects let's check out the crowdfund
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page rub absolutely so on September 21st
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2017 he launched a GoFundMe page seeking
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1 million to launch one or more
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satellites into space the page is called
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show be be the curve yes show be be the
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curve and we know what it's about the
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curve of the earth yes okay yeah it's a
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little play on words there Jason our
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brother are only live Watcher of our
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show thanks Jason for chiming in and
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listening he said the only damage that
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Hughes has was his pride so how much
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does he have for his GoFundMe 's he's
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just falling a little bit short this is
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legit before we give the number Ruben
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this is legit Bo GoFundMe it's still
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available you can still add to the funds
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yeah he started started in September of
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2017 that's right he's 1 million is his
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goal Ruben how close are we to that $1
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million uh in the past uh almost two
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years he has raised a total of
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7,424 $
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7,424 he's getting there at this if I if
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I was smart enough in math what would be
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the rate that we'd have to get to to
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reach a million so $7,000 a year gray
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Stevenson has donated
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$6 Robert melinson five bucks what's
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crazy if a million people just did a
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dollar it would get done yeah sure
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anyways okay well congrats to Leanne
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Carpenter she looks like a nice woman
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there she's donated $10 to Bob's project
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oh thanks Leon Carpenter 17 months ago
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money well spent okay number two YouTube
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is turning people into flat earthers
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we've been seeing been an increase in
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flat earthers lately this is true it's
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been in the news more it's it's easier
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to like that guy at at your work today
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saying it wasn't today it was it was
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recently okay saying are you flat
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earther 2 he got really excited CU he
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felt safer to talk about it so in fact
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there are so many out there they now
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hold annual conferences in 2017 and 18 a
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group of researchers from Texas Tech
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University got curious and they wanted
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to understand why we've seen an
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unprecedent rise in flat earthers and
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basically they found out that YouTube
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playing with all these conspiracy videos
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and everything sure has allowed people
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to um sink their teeth into it a little
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bit more maybe accepted so the internet
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and/ youube has got a lot of converts
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into the fly of society sure yeah Al one
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of the great things about the internet
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is that you can post anything you want
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yeah you can find your people hey you're
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listening to us right now that's right
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for our two listeners thank you for
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joining the show last and certainly not
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least number one some flat earther sink
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teleportation I love this one is the
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reason we don't fall off the edge of the
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Earth so rib this is speaking to Colin
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yes he got teleported yeah that's right
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so basically you know the game Pac-Man
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sure yeah yeah so they're saying that
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when you reach the edge of the Earth
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uhhuh you're not hitting a wall you
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literally just get teleported to the
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other side and keep going forward that's
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some ice yeah so I don't know where that
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magic occurs but it's before the wall so
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that's how planes can fly across the
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world that's how Colin your buddy can
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roll across the world yeah when he was
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rolling this way he crossed that barrier
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unbeknownst to him he was onto the other
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side and kept on rowing wow yeah okay so
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Reuben out of these 10 which one's the
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worst now what's your criteria for worst
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I argue is which one do you think if you
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were to I guess if you were to say which
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one is the most least
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believable some of these are actually
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they they happen so they're not
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non-believable like the rocket was
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launched well first of all the Rocket's
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the best one yeah the Rocket's the best
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Buddy's in there look at that can you
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imagine what he was thinking and feeling
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and I love how there's like six people
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here for the launch oh I would have been
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there I would have been thereo taking
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the day off work so he actually launched
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himself in a homemade rocket I I love
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that's the best one a lot of these
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aren't necessarily just what the believe
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why the Earth is flat but some of them
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have been things to prove the Earth is
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flat things that are claimed yeah things
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that they want to do so these are just
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10 things that we did not know or our
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average listener didn't know what flat
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earthers claim or want to do as flat
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earthers there's another way of saying
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that yeah I got M answer very easy hands
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down teleportation yeah the number one
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teleportation is the most ridiculous the
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idea that you got to some sort of
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magical Edge and like the game Pac-Man
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if you know the game when you get to the
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edge of the game you get teleported to
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the other side that's exactly what they
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think is happening to you yep that's
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where I'm at two for two Ruben you and I
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tonight's recordings two in a row where
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we both have agreed on the worst of the
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best will we agree on the next one we'll
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find out so thank you for listening 10
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most surprising facts so to our Flat
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Earth Society members remember in front
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of every Silver Lining there's a cloud
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and that cloud is on top of your Dome
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