Earth: Flat or Globe?

[Fiendish Thingy]

In light of the thread on the completely false, made up “NSA audit” of the 2024 election getting, as of this writing, 136 recs, I thought it was important to take measure of the health of the reality based community here at DU.

Thread I’m referencing is here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220527249

If you consider this poll to be important, or at least entertaining, please rec so that others may see and participate.

26 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	The Earth is flat
	3 (12%)
	The Earth is a globe
	19 (73%)
	ARRGLE BARRGLE! Merrick Garland! AAUGH!
	2 (8%)
	I'm waiting for the NSA audit on the shape of the earth to be released before I make up my mind.
	2 (8%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[1WorldHope]

1. I just woke up so my mind is not too sharp.

Is the point of your post to say, if you think that plump cheated on the election, you are dumb enough to believe the earth is flat?

[EdmondDantes_]

2. Given the evidence for the both is the same

When people are trying to believe the NSA can some test that's top secret, but this random.guy with some covid theories and the Russian-Jewish Mafia theories is authorized to speak about it fully, that's beyond grasping for straws.

[Kaleva]

15. Believing Trump cheated and that the NSA actually conducted an audit are not the same thing

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. It's an oblate spheroid. Kind of like Krasnov.

(I know, there's one in every crowd. I'll let myself out.)

[Hugin]

5. It's definitely not a globe.

It's got all kinds of bumps and it's wider in the middle. Also, like the King of the MAGAts.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. I respect your specificity. Nt

[TommyT139]

26. Thank you!

I searched for that option, to no avail

[ForgedCrank]

4. Hey, I

figured some smartass would eventually press that button so I figured it may as well be me.

[flvegan]

7. Nice post, Hitler.

Desiring people stick to reality based posting here, that other thread notwithstanding, is obviously too authoritarian a request (at least from time to time).

Here's a (context-free) YouTube link to explain someone's position somewhere potentially somewhat about the topic at hand:

(picture giant colored font with at least one large yellow arrow, super clickbaity headline)

/s

[Aristus]

8. A globe.

And William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.

Signed,

A member of the reality-based community.

[sorcrow]

12. And they were performed.....

And they were performed in the Globe Theatre.
Coincidence? I think not.

Regards,
Sorghum Crow

[Torchlight]

9. A globe... crunchy chocolate on the outside

molten preserve filling inside, and coated in a thin shell of sweetened, willful sanctimony that melts in your mouth, but not on your hands.

[chowder66]

10. It's fucked.

[sakabatou]

11. Eratosthenes is rolling in his grave these days

[Kaleva]

14. There's a reason why discussions about Big Foot, Chem trails and such are banned

[tritsofme]

16. And yet threads on conspiracy theories that are no less delusional get 150+ recs.

Quite a sad commentary.

[Fiendish Thingy]

17. There used to be a forum called "Creative Speculation"

I really miss it, for that’s where all this stuff belongs, not in GD.

[Polybius]

19. Was there an official post saying it will will be taken down?

Or was it just let go without explanation?

[Fiendish Thingy]

21. I think the forum was closed, along with many others, in the last big update to DU

A couple of years ago?

There was some sort of announcement about the old groups that were being closed, and new groups, such as Liberal YouTubers and Cable News Clips, being created.

[TnDem]

18. Didn't know they were banned?

News to me....I just never had the inkling to discuss bigfoot on Democratic Underground? If I wanted to do so, there are probably Art Bell forums to join.

[Polybius]

20. Art Bell...

Remember when he covered Mel's Hole?

[Kaleva]

23. It's in the TOS

Why we have this rule: Democrats are supposed to be part of the "reality-based community." Some amount of skepticism toward powerful institutions is healthy and appropriate, but that doesn't mean every paranoid fantasy is true. Posts about mass shootings being "false flag" operations, 9/11 being a controlled demolition, no airplane at the Pentagon, chemtrails, black helicopters, the Illuminati, or other nonsense make us all look like fools. This website may have the word "underground" in our name, but we are not extreme fringe.

[Fiendish Thingy]

24. It just shows there are some members of the RBC with a sense of humour

150+ recs for a 2024 election denying thread is more troubling IMO.

[WarGamer]

27. DU is largely still in grief after 2024

People have differing reasons for believing in made up fantasies.

One, it just makes people feel better. you see... it's hard to believe that the plurality of the US population chose Trump and his vision over the vision of Kamala Harris and the Dems.

To believe that requires a really dark interpretation of human nature and question humanity otself.

That can be hard on people.

So we look for answers.

It's soothing to believe... "Trump cheated in each and every swing state"

because then it places the sin on an individual or a single group rather than casting a shadow across a broad swath of humanity.

I always prefer a reality based world but I 100% understand why people wish to create their own reality.

[Sneederbunk]

28. We are in need of a special prosecutor for this.