Mike Hughes: RIP on this flat planet

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Re: Mike Hughes: RIP on this flat planet

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DarkHelmet wrote:I'll bet the rocket hit the top of the dome that covers the flat earth. The fact it only went up 1000 feet actually proves the flat earth.


He's on the cusp of being able to confirm or deny the flat earth hypothesis and conveniently all four of his parachutes and rocket fail? Man, it takes a lot of faith in coincidences to deny a flat earth.

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Re: Mike Hughes: RIP on this flat planet

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EAllusion wrote:
DarkHelmet wrote:I'll bet the rocket hit the top of the dome that covers the flat earth. The fact it only went up 1000 feet actually proves the flat earth.


He's on the cusp of being able to confirm or deny the flat earth hypothesis and conveniently all four of his parachutes and rocket fail? Man, it takes a lot of faith in coincidences to deny a flat earth.

/Dr. Shades.


Sadly, I bet that's exactly what the flat-earth crowd is saying.
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That the Jews did it?

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Re: Mike Hughes: RIP on this flat planet

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:That the Jews did it?

- Doc


Nope. For flat-earthers, the puppet master is NASA.
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Re: Mike Hughes: RIP on this flat planet

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Res Ipsa wrote:Nope. For flat-earthers, the puppet master is NASA.

And the Masons and the Illuminati, according to many of them.
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Re: Mike Hughes: RIP on this flat planet

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EAllusion wrote:He's on the cusp of being able to confirm or deny the flat earth hypothesis and conveniently all four of his parachutes and rocket fail? Man, it takes a lot of faith in coincidences to deny a flat earth.

/Dr. Shades.

That was completely unfair. Leave me out of this.
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Re: Mike Hughes: RIP on this flat planet

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Res Ipsa wrote:
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:That the Jews did it?

- Doc


Nope. For flat-earthers, the puppet master is NASA.

Some Gallup polls have found as many as 10% of Americans think the moon landing was faked.
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