This thread is meant to debunk the deranged idea that our realm is a planet floating in space.
If the so called established science can't be challenged, then it's not science, but religion.
/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal
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>>173502
It's not the government, it's every government, every corporation, every scientific study, every entrepreneurial venture (see, Elon), et cetera. It's not just a little money, it's a massive financial incentive to fly the most efficiently, make ballistic weapons work at longer ranges...my point isn't that America wouldn't waste money, it's that the amount of waste is massive in a flat earth model, and yet we don't see that. At least, not in that field.
It's not the government, it's every government, every corporation, every scientific study, every entrepreneurial venture (see, Elon), et cetera. It's not just a little money, it's a massive financial incentive to fly the most efficiently, make ballistic weapons work at longer ranges...my point isn't that America wouldn't waste money, it's that the amount of waste is massive in a flat earth model, and yet we don't see that. At least, not in that field.
>>173507
Irrelevant. /vx/ has not bump limits and has not relationship whatsoever to time.
Free the bread.
Irrelevant. /vx/ has not bump limits and has not relationship whatsoever to time.
Free the bread.
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>>173506
There is no anchor. Board-wide bump limit has been set to 2200.
I literally cannot click “reply” to your posts while in moderator mode without the thread crashing on my phone.
There is no anchor. Board-wide bump limit has been set to 2200.
I literally cannot click “reply” to your posts while in moderator mode without the thread crashing on my phone.
>>173512
>without the thread crashing on my phone.
Sorry to read that. Did you try to load the last @50 replays? It works every time without any issues.
>without the thread crashing on my phone.
Sorry to read that. Did you try to load the last @50 replays? It works every time without any issues.
Anonymous
No.173514
>>173513
It would explain why you keep making redundant arguments and posting things that have already been posted.
It would explain why you keep making redundant arguments and posting things that have already been posted.
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>>173498
>"why the lie" is such a retarded fucking question
It's not a retarded question, it's a perfectly valid one that you refuse to answer, most likely because you can't. The "why" of any big project is important, in fact it's probably more important than the "how". It might be technically possible to dig a hole from America to China well, I guess in your version of reality it wouldn't be, but bear with me for a moment, but it would be an extremely expensive and time-consuming project. Even supposing any one party had the resources required, I think most reasonable people would concede that there are easier ways to get to China.
>why do they lie about anything retard. to gain control over others.
Case in point. If what you're claiming is true, then we're not just talking about simple willful deception of the masses by authorities. We're talking about a massive globe-spanning excuse me, table-spanning conspiracy stretching back centuries. Entire disciplines of science have been faked. Entire industries based on that body of scientific knowledge have been faked. Everyone from ancient Greek astronomers to Columbus and Vespucci to Jules Verne he wrote "Around the World in 80 Days," after all to Neil Armstrong and Elon Musk would had to have been in on it, and also willing to blatantly lie to all of humanity about it.
It would also require the conspirators to maintain complete and total control over the independent actions of anyone not involved in the conspiracy, for literally thousands of years. I mean, if some nerd with a sailboat decided he wanted to circumnavigate the earth, only to end up bumping into the sky like the goddamn Truman Show, wouldn't that blow the lid off of the whole thing?
I think that, when you really consider the scope and magnitude of human effort that would be required for what you're proposing to actually be true, "y tho?" is a pretty fucking reasonable question to ask. Considerably more important than "hurr durr how do you prove curvature tho?!?111!?". Doubly so if "they want to le control le people because they are le evil" is the best answer you can come up with. There are easier goddamn ways to get to China.
Also, who are "they," anyway? Which of the usual boogeymen are we talking about here? Jews? Freemasons? Lizard people from outer space? Oh wait; outer space isn't real, so scratch that last one. Still though, we haven't identified an actual guilty party for this whole schizo clusterfuck. Are we still talking about Satan? Is he using "they/them" pronouns now? Wouldn't put it past him, that one's a slippery fucker.
>yes, the actual conditions and workings of the realm you live in matter, thats what we believe. if you disagree fine, just stop being a jewish shill cunt
Yes, they do matter. That is why hundreds of thousands of people over the centuries have devoted time and energy into studying these things and working them out, resulting in the vast body of scientific knowledge that you feel justified in dismissing with a few half-assed memes and some troll physics. This isn't a matter of me disagreeing with you, this is a matter of you disagreeing with literally everyone who isn't retarded.
>"why the lie" is such a retarded fucking question
It's not a retarded question, it's a perfectly valid one that you refuse to answer, most likely because you can't. The "why" of any big project is important, in fact it's probably more important than the "how". It might be technically possible to dig a hole from America to China well, I guess in your version of reality it wouldn't be, but bear with me for a moment, but it would be an extremely expensive and time-consuming project. Even supposing any one party had the resources required, I think most reasonable people would concede that there are easier ways to get to China.
>why do they lie about anything retard. to gain control over others.
Case in point. If what you're claiming is true, then we're not just talking about simple willful deception of the masses by authorities. We're talking about a massive globe-spanning excuse me, table-spanning conspiracy stretching back centuries. Entire disciplines of science have been faked. Entire industries based on that body of scientific knowledge have been faked. Everyone from ancient Greek astronomers to Columbus and Vespucci to Jules Verne he wrote "Around the World in 80 Days," after all to Neil Armstrong and Elon Musk would had to have been in on it, and also willing to blatantly lie to all of humanity about it.
It would also require the conspirators to maintain complete and total control over the independent actions of anyone not involved in the conspiracy, for literally thousands of years. I mean, if some nerd with a sailboat decided he wanted to circumnavigate the earth, only to end up bumping into the sky like the goddamn Truman Show, wouldn't that blow the lid off of the whole thing?
I think that, when you really consider the scope and magnitude of human effort that would be required for what you're proposing to actually be true, "y tho?" is a pretty fucking reasonable question to ask. Considerably more important than "hurr durr how do you prove curvature tho?!?111!?". Doubly so if "they want to le control le people because they are le evil" is the best answer you can come up with. There are easier goddamn ways to get to China.
Also, who are "they," anyway? Which of the usual boogeymen are we talking about here? Jews? Freemasons? Lizard people from outer space? Oh wait; outer space isn't real, so scratch that last one. Still though, we haven't identified an actual guilty party for this whole schizo clusterfuck. Are we still talking about Satan? Is he using "they/them" pronouns now? Wouldn't put it past him, that one's a slippery fucker.
>yes, the actual conditions and workings of the realm you live in matter, thats what we believe. if you disagree fine, just stop being a jewish shill cunt
Yes, they do matter. That is why hundreds of thousands of people over the centuries have devoted time and energy into studying these things and working them out, resulting in the vast body of scientific knowledge that you feel justified in dismissing with a few half-assed memes and some troll physics. This isn't a matter of me disagreeing with you, this is a matter of you disagreeing with literally everyone who isn't retarded.
>>173512
>There is no anchor. Board-wide bump limit has been set to 2200.
Thank you for let me know.
Flat Earth #2 - Reborn INCOMING SOON
>There is no anchor. Board-wide bump limit has been set to 2200.
Thank you for let me know.
Flat Earth #2 - Reborn INCOMING SOON
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>>173516
Or you could, you know, not do that. This thread isn't breaking any rules and you're free to do what you want, but sometimes it's better to just accept that some hills just aren't worth dying on.
Also, this thread is still in the catalog. Posting a new one before it falls off would technically be in violation of the "no duplicate threads" rule.
Or you could, you know, not do that. This thread isn't breaking any rules and you're free to do what you want, but sometimes it's better to just accept that some hills just aren't worth dying on.
Also, this thread is still in the catalog. Posting a new one before it falls off would technically be in violation of the "no duplicate threads" rule.
Anonymous
No.173523
>>173522
>Implying things are the same as they were 3 years ago
Make s new thread when there's a major relevant happening.
>Implying things are the same as they were 3 years ago
Make s new thread when there's a major relevant happening.
>>173520
I want the thread at the top. If it is not bumping nopony will know there is activity, this is pretty obvious.
I want the thread at the top. If it is not bumping nopony will know there is activity, this is pretty obvious.
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>>173524
>I want the thread at the top.
And I want a blowjob from Twilight Sparkle. Doesn't mean it's actually going to happen. If people want to post in this thread, it's in the catalog, hence people still posting even though it's not bumping anymore. If you post a new thread while this one is still in the catalog, it will be deleted. Consider this your warning.
>I want the thread at the top.
And I want a blowjob from Twilight Sparkle. Doesn't mean it's actually going to happen. If people want to post in this thread, it's in the catalog, hence people still posting even though it's not bumping anymore. If you post a new thread while this one is still in the catalog, it will be deleted. Consider this your warning.
Anonymous
No.173529
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>>173528
>If you post a new thread while this one is still in the catalog, it will be deleted. Consider this your warning.
Fine. Then what about /sp/?
>If you post a new thread while this one is still in the catalog, it will be deleted. Consider this your warning.
Fine. Then what about /sp/?
>>173530
No. This is your thread for talking about this schizo flat earth nonsense. All discussion of this subject will be contained here. You already have two containment threads on /sp/, you don't need another one.
No. This is your thread for talking about this schizo flat earth nonsense. All discussion of this subject will be contained here. You already have two containment threads on /sp/, you don't need another one.
OP
No.173533
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>>173524
You already have a very loyal set of flies posting to this garbage pile of a thread. What more do you want?
You already have a very loyal set of flies posting to this garbage pile of a thread. What more do you want?
>>173535
~Oh nooooo....! No free speech to be had on /mlpol/. Time to look for greener pastures.
Perhaps Facebook would be more to your liking.
~Oh nooooo....! No free speech to be had on /mlpol/. Time to look for greener pastures.
Perhaps Facebook would be more to your liking.
OP
No.173538
>>173536
>What more do you want?
The Flat Earth bumping as it should. Not more, not less. I'm not asking much, just to be allowed to shitpost in my designated containment thread without being torpedoed by the management.
>What more do you want?
The Flat Earth bumping as it should. Not more, not less. I'm not asking much, just to be allowed to shitpost in my designated containment thread without being torpedoed by the management.
>>173539
You're not being torpedoed, you're just being asked to follow the basic rules of the site. If you want to insist on being a cunt about this we can go down that road, but you probably won't like where it ends up.
You're not being torpedoed, you're just being asked to follow the basic rules of the site. If you want to insist on being a cunt about this we can go down that road, but you probably won't like where it ends up.
OP
No.173541
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>>173505
>every corporation, every scientific study, every entrepreneurial venture (see, Elon), et cetera
blatantly false lie. why would you make this up?
>>173515
why are you asking me why all those figures in the past and present can never demonstrate how they verified curvature? everything they show us is fake, using CGI, photo manipulation, or greenscreen pools inside studios.
VERY GOOD QUESTION ON WHY THEY WOULD JUST RANDOMLY SAY ALL THIS SHIT, AND THEN ITS GETS THROWN INTO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CIRRUCULUM.
WHY. WOULD. THEY. DO. THAT?
>every corporation, every scientific study, every entrepreneurial venture (see, Elon), et cetera
blatantly false lie. why would you make this up?
>>173515
why are you asking me why all those figures in the past and present can never demonstrate how they verified curvature? everything they show us is fake, using CGI, photo manipulation, or greenscreen pools inside studios.
VERY GOOD QUESTION ON WHY THEY WOULD JUST RANDOMLY SAY ALL THIS SHIT, AND THEN ITS GETS THROWN INTO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CIRRUCULUM.
WHY. WOULD. THEY. DO. THAT?
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>>173542
>never demonstrate how they verified curvature
Aristotle didn't have greenscreen pools (what do you mean pools?), photo manipulation, CGI, or....photos. He had raw math and shadow measurements with which he extrapolated a close estimate of the volume of the earth.
>blatantly false lie
It's literally the only way that the globe earth model could be sustained -- if absolutely no flights followed the flat map, or any spacefaring craft or ballistic weapon. Because if the flat earth model were true, those who utilized it would be able to launch missiles faster, fly jets faster, move satellites faster, and get the advantage in any conflict or race. And yet...we don't see that. We see pilots flying routes in a specific route, as though the earth were a globe.
>never demonstrate how they verified curvature
Aristotle didn't have greenscreen pools (what do you mean pools?), photo manipulation, CGI, or....photos. He had raw math and shadow measurements with which he extrapolated a close estimate of the volume of the earth.
>blatantly false lie
It's literally the only way that the globe earth model could be sustained -- if absolutely no flights followed the flat map, or any spacefaring craft or ballistic weapon. Because if the flat earth model were true, those who utilized it would be able to launch missiles faster, fly jets faster, move satellites faster, and get the advantage in any conflict or race. And yet...we don't see that. We see pilots flying routes in a specific route, as though the earth were a globe.
>>173542
>why are you asking me why all those figures in the past and present can never demonstrate how they verified curvature?
Are you high, or just a bad typist? I'm not asking anything even remotely close to that. I'm asking who you think organized this vast conspiracy you're claiming exists, and what, if anything, they hoped to gain from it. Still waiting on an answer, btw.
>everything they show us is fake, using CGI, photo manipulation, or greenscreen pools inside studios.
That's a pretty bold claim to make. Have any proof?
>WHY. WOULD. THEY. DO. THAT?
That's literally what I'm asking you. Also, I repeat my earlier question: who exactly are "they?"
>why are you asking me why all those figures in the past and present can never demonstrate how they verified curvature?
Are you high, or just a bad typist? I'm not asking anything even remotely close to that. I'm asking who you think organized this vast conspiracy you're claiming exists, and what, if anything, they hoped to gain from it. Still waiting on an answer, btw.
>everything they show us is fake, using CGI, photo manipulation, or greenscreen pools inside studios.
That's a pretty bold claim to make. Have any proof?
>WHY. WOULD. THEY. DO. THAT?
That's literally what I'm asking you. Also, I repeat my earlier question: who exactly are "they?"
Anonymous
No.173545
>>173542
>VERY GOOD QUESTION ON WHY THEY WOULD JUST RANDOMLY SAY ALL THIS SHIT, AND THEN ITS GETS THROWN INTO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CIRRUCULUM.
Also, this is not a sentence, nor is it the proper spelling of the word "curriculum." Those little red squiggly lines under the words you type indicate spelling errors, you should pay more attention to them.
>VERY GOOD QUESTION ON WHY THEY WOULD JUST RANDOMLY SAY ALL THIS SHIT, AND THEN ITS GETS THROWN INTO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CIRRUCULUM.
Also, this is not a sentence, nor is it the proper spelling of the word "curriculum." Those little red squiggly lines under the words you type indicate spelling errors, you should pay more attention to them.
>>173543
using sticks and shadow IS NOT verification of curvature or valid measurement. its not aristotle youre referring to goof, its eratosthenes who first made this dumb idea up
>>173544
Im asking YOU why they would say all this shit without being able to verify it. they never brought forth falsifiablity to begin with.
>I'm not asking anything even remotely close to that.
okay tell me why I should care? thats why I asked you the thing I asked you specifically. youre being psychoanalytic like a jew, and questioning my stance against a positive claim thats never been verified. "why would they fake it all" is not the question to be asked, its "why have they never verified shit to us but still make these claims"
using sticks and shadow IS NOT verification of curvature or valid measurement. its not aristotle youre referring to goof, its eratosthenes who first made this dumb idea up
>>173544
Im asking YOU why they would say all this shit without being able to verify it. they never brought forth falsifiablity to begin with.
>I'm not asking anything even remotely close to that.
okay tell me why I should care? thats why I asked you the thing I asked you specifically. youre being psychoanalytic like a jew, and questioning my stance against a positive claim thats never been verified. "why would they fake it all" is not the question to be asked, its "why have they never verified shit to us but still make these claims"
Anonymous
No.173549
>>173548
>youre being psychoanalytic like a jew
You use "Jew" like a meaningless buzzword, as if that behavior is somehow exclusive to them. People do that shit on the internet all of the time.
Also, Psychoanalysis isn't real. It's pseudoscience, and modern psychology has since moved passed it.
>questioning my stance against a positive claim thats never been verified
You are making very many positive claims about a supposed global conspiracy to convince people that the earth is round.
>why have they never verified shit to us but still make these claims"
When they verify it with actual photos and math, you say they are fake.
What would even count as verification to you?
>youre being psychoanalytic like a jew
You use "Jew" like a meaningless buzzword, as if that behavior is somehow exclusive to them. People do that shit on the internet all of the time.
Also, Psychoanalysis isn't real. It's pseudoscience, and modern psychology has since moved passed it.
>questioning my stance against a positive claim thats never been verified
You are making very many positive claims about a supposed global conspiracy to convince people that the earth is round.
>why have they never verified shit to us but still make these claims"
When they verify it with actual photos and math, you say they are fake.
What would even count as verification to you?
>>173466
>>173516
>>173512
>>173520
>>173528
Here's who I see it:
<Mysteriously, this thread fell off to page two around 2.6k posts.
<The bump limit is apparently set at 2200 or was this a recent change?
<Perhaps that could explain why the thread dropped off past threads that hadn't been bumped at the time.
<This could obviously just be a technical thing but it's just a bit weird and why I included it.
<Admin Lotus said, he can't click reply (while mod mode on) without his phone crashing.
<The thread is therefore too big and needs a new one.
>Posting a new one before it falls off would technically be in violation of the "no duplicate threads" rule.
<I disagree.
<GG posted, in that case, duplicates of his threads back when he was reviewing F:E.
<Now he's reviewing a longer work, obviously you can't reasonably force him to post in his thread past 700 posts until it drops off the catalog.
<I would also say that Occupied Equestria threads also falls into this category of being duplicates of one another.
>If you post a new thread while this one is still in the catalog, it will be deleted.
<This board has very low activity. This will take forever. I don't believe you don't know this.
Anyway, I don't really see the problem. It's been here for years, just let OP post a new thread and then it can sit here for years too. Through this period he hasn't posted his ideas outside of his containment thread, as far as I'm aware. Like look at the humor thread's Op that's on the board right now, it literally makes fun of his position but you can't find him replying to it to start anything.
>>173516
>>173512
>>173520
>>173528
Here's who I see it:
<Mysteriously, this thread fell off to page two around 2.6k posts.
<The bump limit is apparently set at 2200 or was this a recent change?
<Perhaps that could explain why the thread dropped off past threads that hadn't been bumped at the time.
<This could obviously just be a technical thing but it's just a bit weird and why I included it.
<Admin Lotus said, he can't click reply (while mod mode on) without his phone crashing.
<The thread is therefore too big and needs a new one.
>Posting a new one before it falls off would technically be in violation of the "no duplicate threads" rule.
<I disagree.
<GG posted, in that case, duplicates of his threads back when he was reviewing F:E.
<Now he's reviewing a longer work, obviously you can't reasonably force him to post in his thread past 700 posts until it drops off the catalog.
<I would also say that Occupied Equestria threads also falls into this category of being duplicates of one another.
>If you post a new thread while this one is still in the catalog, it will be deleted.
<This board has very low activity. This will take forever. I don't believe you don't know this.
Anyway, I don't really see the problem. It's been here for years, just let OP post a new thread and then it can sit here for years too. Through this period he hasn't posted his ideas outside of his containment thread, as far as I'm aware. Like look at the humor thread's Op that's on the board right now, it literally makes fun of his position but you can't find him replying to it to start anything.
Anonymous
No.173552
>>173551
>Mysteriously
I will retract that mysteriously. I honestly don't know and I sorry for accusing anyone. I kinda just copied the wording of the previous post that I replied to in the post.
>Mysteriously
I will retract that mysteriously. I honestly don't know and I sorry for accusing anyone. I kinda just copied the wording of the previous post that I replied to in the post.
>>173551
>GG made new thread
There's nothing worth talking about in Flat Earth. No big new thing that absolutely needs to be talked about.
Every time in GG'ss it's a new topic fully exposed or exhausted and it's not on /vx/ which is much shorter.
OP and cohorts didn't even answer anything.
You never answered.
There's never an answer.
Ever.
Why are you even on this stupid bastard's side?
He shoveled shit and dances around every point.
>173526
>This is texbook FlatEarthphobia, WOW.
He lies constantly.
>I don't really see the problem.
Really?
Have you even read these past thousand posts?
Good God man.
You know what happened next?
He made a new thread anyway!
It's been deleted, but for fucks sake dude.
Nobody gets any answers every time someone says post a curve and someone does so or there's fucking math it's dismissed on insane nonsensical grounds or never talked about again.
Every fucking time.
>I would appreciate not using such harsh language.
Well there's nobody answering anything except retarded images and twitches hour long rambles that fuck up the FlatEarth position or just says "hehe globbers dum".
>GG made new thread
There's nothing worth talking about in Flat Earth. No big new thing that absolutely needs to be talked about.
Every time in GG'ss it's a new topic fully exposed or exhausted and it's not on /vx/ which is much shorter.
OP and cohorts didn't even answer anything.
You never answered.
There's never an answer.
Ever.
Why are you even on this stupid bastard's side?
He shoveled shit and dances around every point.
>173526
>This is texbook FlatEarthphobia, WOW.
He lies constantly.
>I don't really see the problem.
Really?
Have you even read these past thousand posts?
Good God man.
You know what happened next?
He made a new thread anyway!
It's been deleted, but for fucks sake dude.
Nobody gets any answers every time someone says post a curve and someone does so or there's fucking math it's dismissed on insane nonsensical grounds or never talked about again.
Every fucking time.
>I would appreciate not using such harsh language.
Well there's nobody answering anything except retarded images and twitches hour long rambles that fuck up the FlatEarth position or just says "hehe globbers dum".
Anonymous
No.173554
Anonymous
No.173555
>>173553
>You never answered.
I did answer.
Besides, the idea that whoever gets last word wins doesn't make any sense.
>Really?
There's no problem with having a containment thread for this question.
>There's nothing worth talking about in Flat Earth. No big new thing that absolutely needs to be talked about.
Never stopped threads before nor are you unbiased judge for this.
>Why are you even on this stupid bastard's side?
I'm not really on anyone's side. I simply think the flat earth model is convincing and I find no argument so far as I lurked that really convinced my otherwise, but obviously it could be wrong, which I'm very open for. That people generate drama about this has nothing to do with me.
>You never answered.
I did answer.
Besides, the idea that whoever gets last word wins doesn't make any sense.
>Really?
There's no problem with having a containment thread for this question.
>There's nothing worth talking about in Flat Earth. No big new thing that absolutely needs to be talked about.
Never stopped threads before nor are you unbiased judge for this.
>Why are you even on this stupid bastard's side?
I'm not really on anyone's side. I simply think the flat earth model is convincing and I find no argument so far as I lurked that really convinced my otherwise, but obviously it could be wrong, which I'm very open for. That people generate drama about this has nothing to do with me.
Anonymous
No.173557
>>173556
>I simply think the flat earth model is convincing
What model? Any model that a flat earther provides either contradicts itself or has to introduce new ideas to compensate for its inconsistencies. Like if gravity is just an upward force, as another anon said, then it would have to always be accelerating in order for objects to accelerate downward. If the flat earth map people associate with it is to be believed, then people on opposite ends of the outer ring are all seeing the southern cross from completely different areas in other directions. And then the questions of what are north and south come up. On the map with the north pole as the center, this means that there is no east or west, north is just an inward direction, and south is literally just "head towards the nearest point on the ice wall" (don't get me started on the ice wall argument, my head hurts already).
If OP has any long term memory he might remember when I confronted him about the southern cross hundreds of posts ago.
>I simply think the flat earth model is convincing
What model? Any model that a flat earther provides either contradicts itself or has to introduce new ideas to compensate for its inconsistencies. Like if gravity is just an upward force, as another anon said, then it would have to always be accelerating in order for objects to accelerate downward. If the flat earth map people associate with it is to be believed, then people on opposite ends of the outer ring are all seeing the southern cross from completely different areas in other directions. And then the questions of what are north and south come up. On the map with the north pole as the center, this means that there is no east or west, north is just an inward direction, and south is literally just "head towards the nearest point on the ice wall" (don't get me started on the ice wall argument, my head hurts already).
If OP has any long term memory he might remember when I confronted him about the southern cross hundreds of posts ago.
>>173551
Moderating a site like this tends to be a balancing act between preserving free speech for all users which includes idiots with nothing especially valuable to say while still maintaining a high-quality discussion environment. Rules on the site exist for the purpose of maintaining that quality. To that effect, how stringently a given rule is enforced will depend on the situation and the general attitude of the site's userbase, as well as the overall effect any mod action would have on the quality of the site as a whole. In other words, the interpretation of the rules is subordinate to their purpose.
For instance, the No Generals rule was put in place originally because generals were a huge problem on 4chan at the time the site was founded, but since this site didn't really have the same problem, we didn't feel the need to strictly enforce this rule for most of the site's history. The Syria General and Anonfilly threads technically count as generals, but those threads are well-loved by the community and have been an integral part of board culture for some time. To my knowledge nobody has ever complained about either of them.
Eventually, though, the "random news" thread and a couple others turned into massive generals which were being constantly bumped with low-effort content and no discussion, mostly by one user. This meant that every time someone visited the site, it was usually the same couple of low-quality, general-topic threads at the top of the page. This led to multiple complaints, which were deemed valid, because essentially this one user was filling the board with the kind of low-quality high-volume posting that people come here from 4chan to get away from. So, in this case, the no generals rule was enforced for these threads, while other threads like Anonfilly and /sg/, which arguably are generals, were left alone.
>GG posted, in that case, duplicates of his threads back when he was reviewing F:E.
The Glim Glam threads are each dedicated to a review of a single story, so each thread is technically its own topic. The FoE review spilled into multiple threads because of the 700 post limit on the main board + the length of the story + Nigel's endless shitposting taking up space. It was an ongoing topic that was consistently producing new content, and the duration of the thread was determined by the amount of time needed to review the entire story. As soon as the story ended, there were no more GG FoE threads; the next Glim Glam thread was about a new story. In other words, every Glim Glam thread has a self-contained topic, and the lifespan of the threads is determined by how long it takes to exhaust discussion of that topic.
This thread is different. For one, it's gone on for three years, for almost 3,000 posts, without any apparent conclusion being reached. How many more threads of the same length would it take to bring the discussion to a close? The problem with this thread is that it's not a discussion that's going to end, it's just going to go on the way it's been going in perpetuity forever. Since the OP of this thread is the same person who was responsible for a large portion of the high-volume low-quality posting I mentioned earlier, it's likely that he sees the endless cyclical nature of this thread as a feature and not a bug.
Basically, what OP wants is for this thread to be continuously bumped to the top of the overboard so it's constantly visible, the same way he wanted visibility for his other low-quality junk threads. The problem with this is that what makes him happy tends to piss everyone else off.
So, in effect, we're being asked to piss off the entire mlpol community or at least most of it in order to accommodate the whims of one obnoxious schizo. To this request, we say "neigh." If people want to discuss flat earth, they are free to do so in this thread until it expires. Meanwhile, the rest of the community gets a break from seeing it constantly occupying the top spot on the overboard. Pretty much a win-win for all parties involved.
Moderating a site like this tends to be a balancing act between preserving free speech for all users which includes idiots with nothing especially valuable to say while still maintaining a high-quality discussion environment. Rules on the site exist for the purpose of maintaining that quality. To that effect, how stringently a given rule is enforced will depend on the situation and the general attitude of the site's userbase, as well as the overall effect any mod action would have on the quality of the site as a whole. In other words, the interpretation of the rules is subordinate to their purpose.
For instance, the No Generals rule was put in place originally because generals were a huge problem on 4chan at the time the site was founded, but since this site didn't really have the same problem, we didn't feel the need to strictly enforce this rule for most of the site's history. The Syria General and Anonfilly threads technically count as generals, but those threads are well-loved by the community and have been an integral part of board culture for some time. To my knowledge nobody has ever complained about either of them.
Eventually, though, the "random news" thread and a couple others turned into massive generals which were being constantly bumped with low-effort content and no discussion, mostly by one user. This meant that every time someone visited the site, it was usually the same couple of low-quality, general-topic threads at the top of the page. This led to multiple complaints, which were deemed valid, because essentially this one user was filling the board with the kind of low-quality high-volume posting that people come here from 4chan to get away from. So, in this case, the no generals rule was enforced for these threads, while other threads like Anonfilly and /sg/, which arguably are generals, were left alone.
>GG posted, in that case, duplicates of his threads back when he was reviewing F:E.
The Glim Glam threads are each dedicated to a review of a single story, so each thread is technically its own topic. The FoE review spilled into multiple threads because of the 700 post limit on the main board + the length of the story + Nigel's endless shitposting taking up space. It was an ongoing topic that was consistently producing new content, and the duration of the thread was determined by the amount of time needed to review the entire story. As soon as the story ended, there were no more GG FoE threads; the next Glim Glam thread was about a new story. In other words, every Glim Glam thread has a self-contained topic, and the lifespan of the threads is determined by how long it takes to exhaust discussion of that topic.
This thread is different. For one, it's gone on for three years, for almost 3,000 posts, without any apparent conclusion being reached. How many more threads of the same length would it take to bring the discussion to a close? The problem with this thread is that it's not a discussion that's going to end, it's just going to go on the way it's been going in perpetuity forever. Since the OP of this thread is the same person who was responsible for a large portion of the high-volume low-quality posting I mentioned earlier, it's likely that he sees the endless cyclical nature of this thread as a feature and not a bug.
Basically, what OP wants is for this thread to be continuously bumped to the top of the overboard so it's constantly visible, the same way he wanted visibility for his other low-quality junk threads. The problem with this is that what makes him happy tends to piss everyone else off.
So, in effect, we're being asked to piss off the entire mlpol community or at least most of it in order to accommodate the whims of one obnoxious schizo. To this request, we say "neigh." If people want to discuss flat earth, they are free to do so in this thread until it expires. Meanwhile, the rest of the community gets a break from seeing it constantly occupying the top spot on the overboard. Pretty much a win-win for all parties involved.
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