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DetlefK

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Tue Sep 26, 2017, 05:49 AM Sep 2017

A GoFundMe-campaign to prove that the Earth is flat.

https://www.salon.com/2017/09/25/b-o-b-flat-earth/

Rapper and adherent to an antiquated cosmography, B.o.B. won't stop until he proves once and for all that the earth is flat (which means never, because it isn't.)

Last week the rapper launched a GoFundMe page in an effort to raise $200,000 to help "B.o.B. find the curve!" The site says that the donations will go towards the purchase and launch of multiple satellites, all of them designed to help the writer of "Nothin' on You" determine once and for all if we live on a disk or a globe. For those who just want to rubberneck this whole business, B.o.B. "will be keeping you updated with step-by-step documentation of the process!" via a website.



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Haha, that's stupid. Everybody knows that the Earth looks round from space because camera-lenses are round. (That's an actual argument of the flat-earthers I once found on Twitter.)
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A GoFundMe-campaign to prove that the Earth is flat. (Original Post) DetlefK Sep 2017 OP
Is this bogus? Throck Sep 2017 #1
Over $600 raised so far. JNelson6563 Sep 2017 #2
LOL. Don't need a rocket for the satellites, just push 'em off the edge. Girard442 Sep 2017 #3
Everyone knows the Earth is round and flat. democratisphere Sep 2017 #4
If the earth is round and flat, how come maps are square? DetlefK Sep 2017 #5
Paper is square, not round. When did you ever see round copy paper? democratisphere Sep 2017 #6
I wonder if he understands negative numbers... Ohiya Sep 2017 #7
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