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 7:05 PM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
Any time I hear the "2 + 2 =" analogy, I always think of my CPA friend who would always give me what he termed the "Accountant's Answer":
Q: "What's 2 + 2?"
A: "What do you want it to be?"
February 19th, 2017 at 10:29 AM ^
The belief that strawberry ice cream tastes better than vanilla = the belief that there's a giant underground alien base near Dulce, New Mexico.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:46 AM ^
People haven't suddenly become tolerant of things that are wrong. That's not a thing that just accidentally happened. What happened is that corporate, for-profit news institutions turned into 24-7 propaganda machines, and in the interest of attracting the ratings of a particular propaganda machine, other, better for-profit news institutions copied their style of reporting, which basically involves arguing loudly and poorly on the air for hours at a time over whether or not basic facts are true.
This isn't an accident. It's not something that just happened with no precusor. It's an intentional effort by people who have a monetary interest in making sure that most American people don't have a solid concept of what the facts of their existence are intentionally designing and propagating media which reinforces the idea that all facts are open for debate by people, no matter how unqualified, and that if a fact doesn't fit the world you want to live in, you're free to seek out another fact which cancels it out.
February 19th, 2017 at 11:04 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 11:46 AM ^
That's TWO comments by you in this thread that I completely support.
What's next?
February 19th, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
so this must be End Times or something.
February 19th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
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February 19th, 2017 at 12:33 PM ^
I agree with almost everything you say, but strawberry ice cream is objectively tastier than vanilla unless it's for a sundae.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:37 AM ^
Dude, i applaud your effort to troll crackpot conspiracy theorists , but when you lead with trolling roughly 90% of the planets population and breaking the no religion rule on Mgoblog I gotta neg you. That's a dick move.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:14 AM ^
He's not trolling any religions; he's merely poking at a belief that some of them hold.
February 19th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
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February 19th, 2017 at 10:49 AM ^
Young earth creationism isn't a religious thing, it's a political thing. I know that sounds weird, but remember that the vast majority of Christians don't believe in YEC - it's a pretty niche belief that's only espoused by politically conservative Christians in the United States, and the politically conservative part of that conversation is the specific bit.
February 19th, 2017 at 12:33 PM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 12:34 PM ^
Is cut down an old-ass tree and count the rings to realize the Earth is older than 6000 years.
February 19th, 2017 at 1:15 PM ^
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February 19th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^
There's a tree in Sweden that is more than 9000 years old, but it is clonal so only the roots are that old. There is also a tree in California that is likely more than 5000 years old, so pretty close.
Edit: Did a little more reading. There's an aspen grove in Utah that has a root system that is estimated to be 80,000 years old.
February 19th, 2017 at 1:34 PM ^
Something tells me you'll be arrested on the spot for cutting down a tree that is 6000 years old lol.
February 19th, 2017 at 1:54 PM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 3:20 PM ^
And there are plenty of other ways to prove it anyway.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:45 AM ^
says go fuck yourself. #pastafariansrule
February 19th, 2017 at 2:02 PM ^
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February 19th, 2017 at 3:34 PM ^
And Buzz would slap the shit out of them too.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:38 AM ^
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February 19th, 2017 at 8:20 AM ^
Well, it explains why Irving lost the 3-point competition last night - clearly he was unfamiliar with the shape of the object required to make said shots and that's what threw him. Now, if he had been allowed to use, say, a Frisbee or a flat piece of cardboard or something, it may have turned out differently.
February 19th, 2017 at 9:00 AM ^
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February 19th, 2017 at 3:03 PM ^
I'm sure you still have nightmares of blowing a 3-1 series lead.
February 19th, 2017 at 8:20 AM ^
February 19th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
It's the chemtrails that are obscuring the view, silly. Why do you think the gubbermint is spraying them in the first place?
February 19th, 2017 at 8:23 AM ^