OT: Duke Alum - Kyrie Irving and Sparty Alum - Draymond Green Believe Earth is Flat
It appears Kyrie Irving and Draymond Green are flat earthers. FYI, the Earth is round.
Per the initial podcast where Kyrie unleashes this foolishness:
“This is not even a conspiracy theory. The Earth is flat. The Earth is flat. “It’s right in front of our faces. I’m telling you, it’s right in front of our faces. They lie to us.”
While serial ball-kicker Draymond doesn't proclaim that the Earth is flat, he's definitely not a believer in a round earth:
“Who’s to say that picture is telling the truth? I can make a round picture with my iPhone today, with the panorama camera and make it look round."
I hope Kyrie is trolling, but based on his follow up comments he appears to really believe this stuff. Draymond is a Sparty, so not much surprise there.
Links to the various stories:
http://www.foxsports.com/nba/story/kyrie-irving-flat-earth-draymond-gre…
http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/02/18/draymond-green-kyrie-irving-…
February 19th, 2017 at 8:26 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 10:37 AM ^
They do have high levels of mercury though, that's a fact and not so healthy
February 19th, 2017 at 11:03 AM ^
I'll take a trace amount of mercury over polio, Hepatitis, smallpox, or any of the other diseases that vaccines have drastically decreased.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:51 AM ^
Vaccines are absolutely fine. Do not talk about things you don't understand, because it's clear you're bad at it.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:52 AM ^
We now return to breathlessly over-analyzing anything tangentially related to Michigan sports (like this apparently.)
February 19th, 2017 at 11:50 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 8:33 AM ^
I cannot believe that either institution let them into college.
February 19th, 2017 at 8:45 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 8:59 AM ^
The flat earth conspiracy people have been around way longer than that twitter hashtag, sad to say.
February 19th, 2017 at 8:46 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 11:10 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 9:08 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 9:13 AM ^
of using a fucking smartphone to deny basic science is hilariously sad.
I could see it if he was rocking one of those Fred Flintstone shell/horn phones though.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:40 AM ^
Jabberwock....you mistakenly dropped in a pic of Brady Hoke in place of Fred Flintstone.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:15 AM ^
But didn't have the guts to start a new thread :(
My hats off to you.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:15 AM ^
Apparently, they don't teach shapes until sophomore year there.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:17 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 9:21 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 10:20 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 9:16 AM ^
LMAO! There are many things in this world that aren't what they seem or what we are told but the earth being flat isn't one of them.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
What next? Bet they believe in Santa Claus too
February 19th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
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February 19th, 2017 at 11:24 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 9:28 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
People should, and can, calm their terror by asking him where the degree is from.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:31 AM ^
First world problems. This is exactly why I'm such a vocal propoenent of removing warning labels.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
Wow, turtleboy! You come up with that one all on your own? Doubting that one.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:37 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 12:33 PM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 9:48 AM ^
so we probably don't want to discuss too much, especially since it distracts from the real conspiracy:
Stevie Wonder can see. You're not fooling anyone, Stevie.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:58 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 9:56 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 10:01 AM ^
There goes his chance at ever playing for the Harlem Globetrotters.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:07 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 10:12 AM ^
Everybody knows that the earth is square with a roulette table in the middle of it.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^
All grow a pair and start behaving responsibly, this shit will continue. They want to be "the new way people exchange ideas and learn about the world around them" and displace traditional media, but they have no desire to spend the money to fact check and weed out insane shit.
I mean for Christ's sake, these companies won't even move their ass to censor ISIS and violent White Supremecists from spreading their propaganda on their platforms, let alone lift a finger to make sure they're not platforms to spread blatantly insane anti-science that makes the population dumber. They just don't care, they've got a revenue target to hit.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:54 AM ^
I am cooking a delicious omlette on this comment, and will use the leftover BTU's to heat my home for the remainder of the winter.
* actually mostly agree with you.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:59 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 11:18 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 12:27 PM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^
It's not "the internet," one big blob mass in 2017. Some websites have managed to carve out a place as mainstream outlets that rise above the fray and are given more credence by the general public than others. No, of course we'll never be able to stop some guy with a blog spot from saying some crazy shit.
But websites like Youtube and Facebook that have entered into the mainstream media absolutely have a responsibility to be gate keepers and keep from giving destructive nonsense the benefit of their brand and exposure.
Here's an example: let's say 12 years ago Brian had run a story about how it was a done deal that Lloyd Carr was stepping down, taking the AD job and that DeBord was being promoted to HC. It would have generated some hits sure, but the fallout from Some Guy With a Blog saying something nutty and wrong in 2005 would have been minimal.
If Brian today ran a story about Harbaugh leaving to take the the Chargers job, it would result in the Michigan AD having to make a statement and it would be a giant mess. MGoBlog is not just "Some guy's blog" in 2017, it's considered an important source of news and opinion on Michigan athletics, And take this sites standing and multiply by 10 to get to where Facebook and Youtube are now.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:46 AM ^
"Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little."
So 4 centuries ago, Bacon appropriately offered that conspiracy theories are one way small minds deal with complex issues...and thus, occupy the portion of those small minds that could identify the facts or solutions.
The twin-edged sword of access to the internet.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:52 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 10:56 AM ^
I have a friend who had two sick kids and was trying to treat them with oils. I lit her up. I basically said get your head out of your ass and get these kids to a medical facility or I will call the authorities and have someone else do it. One of them almost died and the crazy part is that it only changed her thinking on it for a short time. She has since reverted back to this line of thinking, that almost everything can be treated outside of the system and that the medical community is some nefarious scam force to be avoided. It's like a mental deficiency with some people.
February 19th, 2017 at 12:04 PM ^
I have friends like that. Maybe not to that extent, but very distrustful of the medical establishment. Anti vaxxers.
February 19th, 2017 at 12:52 PM ^
if he had sought traditional medical intervention instead of trying to treat his own pancreatic cancer with veggie smoothies for a couple of years. That's not an exaggeration. What I'm saying is, even genius, visionary people have weird blind spots on exactly this issue.