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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: SR ACF on December 22, 2021, 08:19:36 AM
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Not sure who wrote the Soty article, doesn't say online, but it's painful to read in its mixture of prosaic dickaroundswingerey (read it and you'll see what I mean), occasional departures from basic coherence (jumping wildly through timelines in the first few paragraphs) and cultural ignorance (calling Prosecco a cheap beverage). One interesting/shocking part however is the author blatantly calling out Blake Carpenter as a flat earther and subsequently making an argument how that's completely okay. Maybe this is yesterday's news to the forum or it's accepted as a valid opinion in the US by now, but to me it's fucking wild. Both the fact and the author's defense.
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Kill him.
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Prosecco is a cheap bev... its like $6-7 for a bottle.
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Get fucked who gives a shit
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As long as he continues putting out quality footage I couldn't care less
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The only thing he validated was that it’s ok to be friends with someone that has different opinions than you. Burnett seems to have it figured out out and I love how he just thinks it’s funny rather than getting mad. He’s from Florida for fucks sake.
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Not sure who wrote the Soty article, doesn't say online, but it's painful to read in its mixture of prosaic dickaroundswingerey (read it and you'll see what I mean), occasional departures from basic coherence (jumping wildly through timelines in the first few paragraphs) and cultural ignorance (calling Prosecco a cheap beverage). One interesting/shocking part however is the author blatantly calling out Blake Carpenter as a flat earther and subsequently making an argument how that's completely okay. Maybe this is yesterday's news to the forum or it's accepted as a valid opinion in the US by now, but to me it's fucking wild. Both the fact and the author's defense.
The author is listed in the first photo on the page. It’s Michael Burnett. Hard to validate anything you say when that little bit stumped you
Check out this damning quote re: Blake
“ And second: it’s okay to disagree and you don’t have to be a dick about it. In that spirit, I can tell you that Blake is a total sweetheart; generous and fun to be around. I’d travel with him anywhere. That doesn’t mean we have to agree on everything, even the general dynamics of the solar system.”
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yeah the article was weird. but as you see from the responses here, there's zero interest in taking a critical approach to skate media.
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amazed how some clowns adopt their morals from glorified stuntman still after all these years
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Dude whose made a career skating bump to bars thinks the earth is flat.
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I have a uncle who inspired me to skate when I was a little kid. I thought he was the coolest dude. I live like a mile away from him and there’s a skatepark two blocks from his house. But I almost never skate with him because he believes so much weird shit and it’s exhausting trying to constantly change the subject to something that isn’t fucking stupid. Like believing the earth is flat. If Burnett can deal with it he’s a saint. I can’t. It’s just so lame.
I wouldn’t care at all what people believed but here in the USA the GOP is hoovering up all the delusional weirdos into one party that’s bent on ending our democracy and giving everyone and their mother Covid-19. In 2021 it feels like a luxury to say “it’s ok if people are stupid.” I can’t really get behind that. But who fucking knows
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Prosecco is €8 in Tescos. Nearly a litre of 11.5% fizzy wine, gets ya goin
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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.
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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.
Wow, finally a solid post in this thread.
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flat earth is low i.q. expanding earth is high i.q.
(https://i.ibb.co/J3qcS94/unnamed.jpg)
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he is from Florida , he never had a chance
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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.
and blake carpenter is an influential person???
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skill on a skateboard does not equate to intelligence
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a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth shattering
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I had a friend post a "see its flat" picture from one of the space stations. You could literally draw a line on the photo and see the curve. You could literally not have drawn the line and still seen the curve.
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a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth flat tering
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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.
and blake carpenter is an influential person???
for real...if there's a kid out there who is basing his beliefs off of the influence of Blake Carpenter, then that kid never had a chance to begin with.
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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.
Bingo. There are plenty of worthy things to speculate and debate about within our society, concrete facts can't be one of those things if a society is going to continue functioning correctly. People are choosing to argue against facts now because apparently to a lot of them "the facts" and "the Man" have become synonymous.
Blake's no Rodgers or Irving but I'm sure there are plenty of young/gullible/ignorant people that do value his opinion simply because of his perceived fame. This world in general has a huge problem with "celebrity" worship, I think we all know that at this point.
Im not saying these people shouldn't be allowed to hold opinions but they sure as hell oughtta keep them to themselves. If you do have some wack-ass takes and want to share them then I also believe you deserve to be told just how wrong you are and you deserve to be, endlessly, hopefully until common sense prevails.
Not really impressed with Burnett's glossing over of it either; it's about getting along with sponsors and getting content for the mag homie, be honest or don't bring it up.
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Black Carpenter Is A Flat Earther And Micheal Burnett Loves Him
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cancel him
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let's all pool together and give him a scientific american subscription for xmas
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my biggest take away was curren saying like, oh thats my ex on that billboard in slovania
thats some player shit.
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If you think blake carpenter's stance on whether the earth is flat has any weight whatsoever on society or a single person's wellbeing then you may be dumber than he is
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If you think blake carpenter's stance on whether the earth is flat has any weight whatsoever on society or a single person's wellbeing then you may be dumber than he is
if you claim to know something that's impossible for you to know then you (that's you homie!) are definitely even dumber than that.
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I'm smarter than I look.
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If you think blake carpenter's stance on whether the earth is flat has any weight whatsoever on society or a single person's wellbeing then you may be dumber than he is
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this just opened up a new can of worms for the entire Vans family.
Vans employees are fighting against vaccine mandates, claiming "I thought we were family".
LOL, now Lizzie, Paul Fart (no surprise), Mikey Taylor (no surprise), Dave Swift, JLay
all support this movement....
You can add Chris Wimer, Shuriken Shannon, Bobby Puleo, Alphonzo Rawls, and Richard Mulder. Was disappointed to see Blake Carpenter and Jeron Wilson liking the anti-vaccine movement comments as well.
"The sauce"...yikes
It ain't about the flat earth stuff either; Burnett probably brought that up because it seems so benign, so laugh-offable comparatively. If these nuts share one belief they share them all though, definitely drinking the same kool-aid; social media's bias conformation if anything, and that reinforcement can come from sources great and small.
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Dude whose made a career skating bump to bars thinks the earth is flat.
lmao would gnar if I could
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1. BC is not an influential person
2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump
3. Nor do they care
If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead
This is just more smear campaign nonsense
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If you think blake carpenter's stance on whether the earth is flat has any weight whatsoever on society or a single person's wellbeing then you may be dumber than he is
You should throw him off the edge.
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these nuts
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a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth shattering
almost like a flat dinner plate shattering on the ground :-X ;)
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1. BC is not an influential person
2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump
3. Nor do they care
If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead
This is just more smear campaign nonsense
This is a flawed take.
No flat earther on their own is influential, yet hundreds of thousands of people think the earth is flat and the number is probably increasing.
Communities of fringe fuckwit ideological beliefs don't form up and grow the same way they did 30 years ago. If ten thousand people read the article, 500 of them might be Carp fans, out of these 500 maybe 20 are on the fence about flat earth and out of these 20, maybe 10 will end up being influenced and start watching flat earth content and maybe 5 of those will turn into actual flat earthers.
Repeat this process for every non-influential flat earther on earth through their social media publications and oh my what a shocker, there is a flat earth convention downtown, where do these mouthbreathers all come from?
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I'm looking forward to all the new crazy theories about to emerge with the new Matrix coming out. Wake up Sheeple.
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let people believe whatever the fuck they want
fucking whiner
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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.
and blake carpenter is an influential person???
Of course he's not to you or me or in the bigger picture, but I'd bet there are kids who look up to him (especially little Floridians). Idk, I think iin skating, it's best to call this shit out when it's someone popular enough to be invited on a well covered skate trip. As a culture, we make too much out of pro's personalities to give harmful shit like this the ok. Sucks because this guy seemed to have a good head on his shoulders from what I'd seen, but that's how it goes sometimes. It's the ones you'd least expect that end up believing wild stuff.
Edit: to clarify, I think shit like this is harmful when placed within our current climate crisis. You can't be a flat earther and believe in climate change, right?
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im trying so hard to care about this but I just don't
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Breaking news: A professional skateboarder turns out to be dumber than expected, disappoints people who have a brain.
half of UWTB these days
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if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
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Not surprised, he is from Florida
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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.
To be honest, if you are taking educational advice from someone because they are good at skateboarding you are doomed to begin with.
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Imagine Einstein opening a topic saying "that influential person believes in Jesus." Lets cancel him.
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
Yeah, it goes from a quirky belief into insanity quite quickly.
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Remember when that rocket guy Wile E. Coyote'd himself into the desert?
Simpler times, better times.
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a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth shattering flattening
fixed it for ya
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I believe the world is spherical and I honestly can't shut up about it. Damn this cursed rabbit hole that is science.
This shit is all down to trust nowadays and it's sad that so many people really can't even trust the basics anymore.
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if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars
If you have some time to watch an excellent explanation answering this exact question here it is :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfhYyTuT44
If not, the cliffs are that basically certain types of people will just gravitate towards fringe conspiracy shit, often in a form of escalation that can result in harm or distress for their friends and families and themselves.
In the bluntest and most simplistic way possible, 9/11 truthing leads to chemtrails leads to Flat Earth leads to Qanon leads to antivax leads to a road trip to the capitol on Jan 6.
Obviously not everyone will travel down that path, but there is enough of a problem that tens of thousands of people will break into the capitol.
This is why turning a blind eye to influencers of fringe conspiracy shit CAN DEFINITELY have negative consequences in the long term, flat earth or other. If Carpenter does believe in a flat earth, there is a pretty good chance he believes in other ones as well. He is a tool and should not be in a position to influence anyone.
Just ask Lauren Wiltzke : https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-lauren-witzke-delaware-qanon-flat-earth-20200917-w6xeptfn65bqrj4tzv75oygnoa-story.html
Or Deftones guitar player Stephen Carpenter starting out with Flat earth and now full fledged antivaxx and covid denialism.
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Kill him.
HE'S A WITCH
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In the bluntest and most simplistic way possible, 9/11 truthing leads to chemtrails leads to Flat Earth leads to Qanon leads to antivax leads to a road trip to the capitol on Jan 6.
full NPR brain
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People should care that influential people believe in nonsense. This is how ignorance spreads and it harms us all. If you're too cool to see that then you're a part of the problem. For real.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but only if it’s yours right? It’s an endless arguement you will never win. Focus your energy on yourself and I promise you will care a lot less what conspiracy’s a some pro skater believes in. For real.
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this just opened up a new can of worms for the entire Vans family.
Vans employees are fighting against vaccine mandates, claiming "I thought we were family".
LOL, now Lizzie, Paul Fart (no surprise), Mikey Taylor (no surprise), Dave Swift, JLay
all support this movement....
You can add Chris Wimer, Shuriken Shannon, Bobby Puleo, Alphonzo Rawls, and Richard Mulder. Was disappointed to see Blake Carpenter and Jeron Wilson liking the anti-vaccine movement comments as well.
"The sauce"...yikes
From "their," perspective aren't you doing the same exact thing? Or no, because you believe your beliefs are the right ones?
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In the bluntest and most simplistic way possible, 9/11 truthing leads to chemtrails leads to Flat Earth leads to Qanon leads to antivax leads to a road trip to the capitol on Jan 6.
What’s the opposite of NPR brain? Kid Rock brain? Rather be a sustaining member, thanks.
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Must be a big Kyrie fan, Blake showed up at my local Early in the afternoon one day when there was about 6 people there is there and was a complete DOUCHE. Try to say Hey to him when he showed up didn't even respond his board shot out to me and I kicked it back try to compliment me didn't even respond. No. No headphones at the time no nothin just wouldn't even acknowledge me
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if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars
Well like I said... I don't believe you can be a flat earther and believe in climate science. One less person understanding/accepting the weight of that issue and you have your negative consequence right there.
It's just ridiculous this kind of willful ignorance exists still. And really, at the end of the day he does have more influence than your average dumbass, so it's worth at least commenting on. Blake Carpenter, if you're reading this you fucking somewhat-influential-in-a-growing-subculture dumbass... do better!
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shameful. If this was my son he wouldn’t be allowed home for Xmas
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if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars
Well like I said... I don't believe you can be a flat earther and believe in climate science. One less person understanding/accepting the weight of that issue and you have your negative consequence right there.
It's just ridiculous this kind of willful ignorance exists still. And really, at the end of the day he does have more influence than your average dumbass, so it's worth at least commenting on. Blake Carpenter, if you're reading this you fucking somewhat-influential-in-a-growing-subculture dumbass... do better!
Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
It's one thing if he's actively trying to persuade other people to his point of view, but how many people would have known about this if it wasn't brought up in that article?
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1. BC is not an influential person
2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump
3. Nor do they care
If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead
This is just more smear campaign nonsense
If you believe people who for whatever reason have tens of thousands of followers on social media are not influential in our modern society and not in a position to influence young fans on whatever kind of subject, you're not worth all if the further arguments made against your dumb shit on this thread.
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1. BC is not an influential person
2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump
3. Nor do they care
If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead
This is just more smear campaign nonsense
If you believe people who for whatever reason have tens of thousands of followers on social media are not influential in our modern society and not in a position to influence young fans on whatever kind of subject, you're not worth all if the further arguments made against your dumb shit on this thread.
Has he used that platform to espouse these theories or did we just find out about it in a blurb in an article in Thrasher about what a stupid belief he has (without going into any specifics)?
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Lol at thinking Prosecco is expensive.
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1. BC is not an influential person
2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump
3. Nor do they care
If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead
This is just more smear campaign nonsense
If you believe people who for whatever reason have tens of thousands of followers on social media are not influential in our modern society and not in a position to influence young fans on whatever kind of subject, you're not worth all if the further arguments made against your dumb shit on this thread.
He hasn't used social media to push any ideas or agenda on anyone.... Ever
The only reason we know about it is because you wanted some attention and created this thread
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1. BC is not an influential person
2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump
3. Nor do they care
If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead
This is just more smear campaign nonsense
If you believe people who for whatever reason have tens of thousands of followers on social media are not influential in our modern society and not in a position to influence young fans on whatever kind of subject, you're not worth all if the further arguments made against your dumb shit on this thread.
Has he used that platform to espouse these theories or did we just find out about it in a blurb in an article in Thrasher about what a stupid belief he has (without going into any specifics)?
Exactly this
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
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I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
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1. BC is not an influential person
2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump
3. Nor do they care
If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead
This is just more smear campaign nonsense
If you believe people who for whatever reason have tens of thousands of followers on social media are not influential in our modern society and not in a position to influence young fans on whatever kind of subject, you're not worth all if the further arguments made against your dumb shit on this thread.
He hasn't used social media to push any ideas or agenda on anyone.... Ever
The only reason we know about it is because you wanted some attention and created this thread
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1. BC is not an influential person
2. No one knows what he thinks about flat earth or anything outside of this whacky dump
3. Nor do they care
If you think his opinion on anything is influencing anybody, you are in fact brain dead
This is just more smear campaign nonsense
If you believe people who for whatever reason have tens of thousands of followers on social media are not influential in our modern society and not in a position to influence young fans on whatever kind of subject, you're not worth all if the further arguments made against your dumb shit on this thread.
Has he used that platform to espouse these theories or did we just find out about it in a blurb in an article in Thrasher about what a stupid belief he has (without going into any specifics)?
Exactly this
Shut up Blake simp moron
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I think the bigger issue here is Burnetts argument in a thrasher article promoting a lenient stance towards such incredible stupidity after a Trump presidency and capitol riots. Maybe the thread should be renamed to Thrasher of democratic thinking or something like that. Suggestions welcome
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In the bluntest and most simplistic way possible, 9/11 truthing leads to chemtrails leads to Flat Earth leads to Qanon leads to antivax leads to a road trip to the capitol on Jan 6.
very American response,
opposite wouldn't be different propaganda it would be no propaganda.
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if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars
Well like I said... I don't believe you can be a flat earther and believe in climate science. One less person understanding/accepting the weight of that issue and you have your negative consequence right there.
It's just ridiculous this kind of willful ignorance exists still. And really, at the end of the day he does have more influence than your average dumbass, so it's worth at least commenting on. Blake Carpenter, if you're reading this you fucking somewhat-influential-in-a-growing-subculture dumbass... do better!
Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
It's one thing if he's actively trying to persuade other people to his point of view, but how many people would have known about this if it wasn't brought up in that article?
I would never deny someone their right to believe whatever it is they choose to believe... that being said, there are social consequences of having ridiculous or harmful beliefs like being made fun of or shamed by the greater population. You can call someone stupid and harmful while respecting their right to be stupid and harmful.
That he has not used social to spread flat earth theory (to my knowledge) is a good thing, and I haven't even read the Thrasher article that was reportedly so blase about him being a flat earther. This kind of science denying stupidity (and supposed acceptance of it on Thrasher's part) in particular disappoints me and I admittedly overreact to it. Plus I really liked this guy when I was younger and his cosmic vomit parts came out, so I was extra bummed to find out he's a huge idiot.
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
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“Negligent stance towards idiocy” Maybe you should be more concerned with thrasher and skateboarding in general idealizing for decades the lifestyle of dropping out of high school in order to cram into the tum yeto van to tour the Midwest and drinking enough beer by 22 to compliment the slams in erasing what ever previous schooling you did attend.
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
“Negligent stance towards idiocy” Maybe you should be more concerned with thrasher and skateboarding in general idealizing for decades the lifestyle of dropping out of high school in order to cram into the tum yeto van to tour the Midwest and drinking enough beer by 22 to compliment the slams in erasing what ever previous schooling you did attend.
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Yeah good point
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
“Negligent stance towards idiocy” Maybe you should be more concerned with thrasher and skateboarding in general idealizing for decades the lifestyle of dropping out of high school in order to cram into the tum yeto van to tour the Midwest and drinking enough beer by 22 to compliment the slams in erasing what ever previous schooling you did attend.
Yeah good point
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Look I agree with you in the broader sense, I just wouldn’t look to skateboarding or it’s media for any hopes of critical thinking or accountability.
Everything that happens from Danny Way to Andy Roy to Yonnie is treated as an anecdote (or just something that happened) rather than have an opinion positive or negative about it. This at least had a thin sliver of judgment that it’s a stupid world view and I’ll take the crumbs I can get sometimes.
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Burnett and Thrasher make bank off skaters being dumb. It’s damn near celebrated. Keep em dumb butt chugging and hell riding. To be fair it’s less painful to read then when they have a stab at being intellectual. Learning Blake is a flat earther is just about as embarrassing as scrolling through Sucio’s old books he’d read instagram account tho I find the flat earth shit to be infinitely more offensive to common sense.
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I think the bigger issue here is Burnetts argument in a thrasher article promoting a lenient stance towards such incredible stupidity after a Trump presidency and capitol riots. Maybe the thread should be renamed to Thrasher of democratic thinking or something like that. Suggestions welcome
democratic thinking involves alowing ideas that are opposite of your own..
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
“Negligent stance towards idiocy” Maybe you should be more concerned with thrasher and skateboarding in general idealizing for decades the lifestyle of dropping out of high school in order to cram into the tum yeto van to tour the Midwest and drinking enough beer by 22 to compliment the slams in erasing what ever previous schooling you did attend.
Yeah good point
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You talk about religion as if it’s any different than these other far fetched ideas. So people are allowed to think that some dude parted the Red Sea and another rose from the dead but aren’t allowed to believe in Lizard people or the world being flat? It’s all the same nonsense to me but I’m not going to waste any of my energy trying to prove to someone my facts should be their own. Everyone has their own truths and that’s how it should be.
It’s a lot easier to look around and point the finger at what everyone else believes and does than it is to better your own life. That’s the real problem.
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
“Negligent stance towards idiocy” Maybe you should be more concerned with thrasher and skateboarding in general idealizing for decades the lifestyle of dropping out of high school in order to cram into the tum yeto van to tour the Midwest and drinking enough beer by 22 to compliment the slams in erasing what ever previous schooling you did attend.
Yeah good point
You talk about religion as if it’s any different than these other far fetched ideas. So people are allowed to think that some dude parted the Red Sea and another rose from the dead but aren’t allowed to believe in Lizard people or the world being flat? It’s all the same nonsense to me but I’m not going to waste any of my energy trying to prove to someone my facts should be their own. Everyone has their own truths and that’s how it should be.
It’s a lot easier to look around and point the finger at what everyone else believes and does than it is to better your own life. That’s the real problem.
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Exactly
What good comes from playing thought police.
Religion or conspiracy theories. Everyone is free to think what they want, as long as they are not harming others, without prejudice. Or in this case snide thread's.
Honestly not having a go at you SRACF. I'm more just saying who cares. There's worse things happening. He can think what he likes.
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if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars
does it come with a short wheelbase (14')?
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Exactly
What good comes from playing thought police.
Religion or conspiracy theories. Everyone is free to think what they want, as long as they are not harming others, without prejudice. Or in this case snide thread's.
Honestly not having a go at you SRACF. I'm more just saying who cares. There's worse things happening. He can think what he likes.
We are sort of only a year away from conspiracy theories fueling an insurrection trying to overthrow a democratic election and chanting to hang the vice president. One lone conspiracy nut isn't a big deal. When they've bandied into a group of cult-like thinkers its dangerous for democracy.
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Sheesh this is dumb. It’s not flat or a globe or even expanding, the earth is hollow.
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In the bluntest and most simplistic way possible, 9/11 truthing leads to chemtrails leads to Flat Earth leads to Qanon leads to antivax leads to a road trip to the capitol on Jan 6.
opposite wouldn't be different propaganda it would be no propaganda.
Calling fact based journalism propaganda is a very authoritarian response. Your last name Duterte?
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I don't see the rationalization of "everyone has their own truths" either. If a religion's beliefs limit an individual's rights or threatens others health and safety then those beliefs must not be tolerated within a greater society in the interest of the greater good. Not saying that is true of our reality but it should be an ideal to aspire to. Supporting the anti-vax movement to me is akin to this in my opinion. We're not calling for his head, just saying "well that sucks" in different ways.
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Imagine getting this butthurt over something that doesn’t matter or impact your life…. Y’all need some fucking hobbies. Go skate.
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I think the bigger issue here is Burnetts argument in a thrasher article promoting a lenient stance towards such incredible stupidity after a Trump presidency and capitol riots. Maybe the thread should be renamed to Thrasher of democratic thinking or something like that. Suggestions welcome
democratic thinking involves alowing ideas that are opposite of your own..
No it doesn’t. Some ideas are toxic to democracy. It doesn’t mean we should reorder people’s brains but it does mean that people who care about democracy should be alarmed if others hold them.
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Imagine getting this butthurt over something that doesn’t matter or impact your life…. Y’all need some fucking hobbies. Go skate.
Imagine wasting time keeping up with a thread to judge the "butthurt" quotient of it's posts. A thread with no impact on your life (like every other thread here, most likely). Now it's your turn to go skate.
I am actually going skating now, but you didn't get me, promise, I was planning on it.
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Exactly
What good comes from playing thought police.
Religion or conspiracy theories. Everyone is free to think what they want, as long as they are not harming others, without prejudice. Or in this case snide thread's.
Honestly not having a go at you SRACF. I'm more just saying who cares. There's worse things happening. He can think what he likes.
Agreed
Although it seems that isn't the case here. Blake had a conversation in private with someone about this issue. That person then put his thoughts on blast in a magazine sold all over the world.
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i’ve known blake for like 16 years and have never heard him spout some shit like this. he was probably drunk and fucking around
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cult-like thinkers its dangerous for democracy.
cults grow from cultivators, who cultivates all these cults? is democracy a cult? if your pushing an existing cult and not cultivating your own cult your doing it wrong.
all political cults are grown by government sanctioned cultivators. more clashes is more cult members and more cult participation.
blackmarket cults are best because they provide for the cultsoomer without added gov and state tax.
alot of you sound like government cult pushers. my cult cost 2k to join but will make you 10k immediate cashapp return. if anyone want to join lmk.
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Did blake carpenter graduate high school
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The dude is from Florida so that is all you need to know about his mental capacities. Got a mean frontside heel tho.
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Ask him where the ends of the earth are, then ask him how a flight on a plane can go from there to there. He’s a pro that’s been flown to and from many places, his world will crumble.
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yet another case study of why people should stay off social media. literally cigarettes for your brain fr.
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I think the bigger issue here is Burnetts argument in a thrasher article promoting a lenient stance towards such incredible stupidity after a Trump presidency and capitol riots. Maybe the thread should be renamed to Thrasher of democratic thinking or something like that. Suggestions welcome
democratic thinking involves alowing ideas that are opposite of your own..
flatearth is challenging the democracy of america.. okay
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We are sort of only a year away from conspiracy theories fueling an insurrection trying to overthrow a democratic election and chanting to hang the vice president. One long conspiracy nut isn't a big deal. When they've bandied into a group of cult-like thinkers its dangerous for democracy.
Exactly. Democracy is not synonymous to allowing all kinds of bullshit to dominate the public discourse. See Karl Popper on the limits of tolerance for the intellectual backbone.
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i’ve known blake for like 16 years and have never heard him spout some shit like this. he was probably drunk and fucking around
Lol if that's what happened
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I think the bigger issue here is Burnetts argument in a thrasher article promoting a lenient stance towards such incredible stupidity after a Trump presidency and capitol riots. Maybe the thread should be renamed to Thrasher of democratic thinking or something like that. Suggestions welcome
democratic thinking involves alowing ideas that are opposite of your own..
flatearth is challenging the democracy of america.. okay
Very clever dude pat yourself on the back
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
If we have some moral obligation to believe in empirically/scientifically established ideas then the likes of religion and even a large of amount of philosophy would need to be abolished, and by that point you pretty much end up with a country like China wherein your beliefs/attitudes are policed and anyone that goes against the grain is accordingly punished.
I don't know enough about Blake or Burnett to really know if this is what he does actually believe anyway and until I see something from Blake himself about being a flat-earther I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
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yet another case study of why people should stay off social media. literally cigarettes for your brain fr.
Dude yes. Instagram is a toxic place.
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Calling fact based journalism propaganda is a very authoritarian response. Your last name Duterte?
good place to start - https://fair.org/topic/npr/
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4 pages in and now the fate of democracy itself is at stake
you dudes are fried. IG has turned ur brains to mush
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4 pages in and now the fate of democracy itself is at stake
you dudes are fried. IG has turned ur brains to mush
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For some reason I always conflate Blake Carpenter with Clive Dixon and I have no idea why. Besides some real life scientist, who the fuck is Blake Carpenter?
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Maybe the thread should be renamed to Thrasher of democratic thinking or something like that. Suggestions welcome
The correct answer is: Blake Carpenter of Round Earth.
Would also accept the following, as per SLAP conventions, clearly outlined in the Terms & Conditions section of the User Agreement (that we ALL read & signed of on when we created our accounts): Blake Carpenter is a Flat Earther & Toy Machine loves him.
Thank you in advance for correcting your misstep.
Let’s all line up & do as we’re told.
For the team!
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yet another case study of why people should stay off social media. literally cigarettes for your brain fr.
I think cigarettes might be more literally cigarettes for your brain than social media is literally cigarettes for your brain. Anyway, Merry literal Christmas, ya filthy literal animals.
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If you're looking to pro skaters (who are largely educated about as well as your average high school dropout) for their scientific expertise then you're every bit as stupid as a flat earther.
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4 pages in and now the fate of democracy itself is at stake
you dudes are fried. IG has turned ur brains to mush
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https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXuAMGNghpZ/?utm_medium=copy_link
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I wonder the Earths shape plays into his skating. I bet a flat Earth has better pop.
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This is interesting to me if he actually believes the earth is flat, but is also NOT a Q-Anon wingnut. My guy Dan made a great albeit long ass video essay about how the flat earth movement was either assimilated into or subsumed by Q-Anon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfhYyTuT44
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I wonder the Earths shape plays into his skating. I bet a flat Earth has better pop.
All depends on the concave... too flat and the pop is killed, although you get more controlled flip tricks.
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If you think blake carpenter's stance on whether the earth is flat has any weight whatsoever on society or a single person's wellbeing then you may be dumber than he is
This……x1000
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yet another case study of why people should stay off social media. literally cigarettes for your brain fr.
I’m pretty sure that “cigarettes” are “cigarettes for your brain”.
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if any one of you can explain to me how believing the earth is a different shape has ANY direct negative consequences i will mail you 20 US dollars
does it come with a short wheelbase (14')?
Yeah flat earthers don’t know Earth is being manufactured by PS Stix now. Super steep with a deep concave, anything but flat.
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I honestly don’t recall him having a part in this video. Maybe we should redirect our questions to Jamie Foy and Carlos Iqui…
https://youtu.be/b0nki8vrAv8 (https://youtu.be/b0nki8vrAv8)
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Should’ve known ty evans was behind this shit
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yet another case study of why people should stay off social media. literally cigarettes for your brain fr.
I think cigarettes might be more literally cigarettes for your brain than social media is literally cigarettes for your brain. Anyway, Merry literal Christmas, ya filthy literal animals.
I didn’t REALLY shit my pants, I LITERALLY shit my pants
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This thread is annoying as shit to read while hungover lol. I actually feel myself getting dumber with every post. Merry xmas
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This thread is annoying as shit to read while hungover lol. I actually feel myself getting dumber with every post. Merry xmas
It’s one of these topics that makes me think there needs to be a “Beating a Dead Horse” sub-thread
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
I lived in a small town for a bit. Some 40 something dipshit came into the local cafe and started shouting, "I'm woke baby. I'm woke... the world is flat. I've been watching YouTube videos."
He went into some nonsense and I ended up asking him, "Why would the military, corporations, the schools, etc. all lie to us about the world being round?"
His response was, "They're trying to take our religion away from us."
I told him, to no avail, "You're Catholic. Your religion has no problem with the world being round and the sun being the centre of the solar system."
Dude ignored me and got the rest of the dipshits riled up about the world being flat; insanely stupid and aggravating.
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Earth is a trapezoid and literally no one is happy about it.
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Snake earth
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Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
It's because of predisposition and the subsequent escalation that can result. Past a certain point all you have to do is suggest a conspiracy with a low effort meme and they'll immediately believe it.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er5BHY5VkAEfiMv?format=jpg&name=large)
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I don’t promote anti-intellectual things but I will say this. I had a bit of a sabbatical from work and traveled within the US and Europe for a bit. When I came back, I was definitely fried. The constant stimulation and lack of normal routine or sense of purpose at times while behind the wheel of life. And just think, that’s the lifestyle that they are constantly living for years, not just a few months. We’d all be uncivilized.
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fuck yall im bangin reptilian gang 2022
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fuck yall im bangin reptilian gang 2022
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Blake Carpenter has entered the chat
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fuck yall im bangin reptilian gang 2022
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Read between the lines. He isn't a reptilian Blake carpenter is part of the secret fish person society
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
“Negligent stance towards idiocy” Maybe you should be more concerned with thrasher and skateboarding in general idealizing for decades the lifestyle of dropping out of high school in order to cram into the tum yeto van to tour the Midwest and drinking enough beer by 22 to compliment the slams in erasing what ever previous schooling you did attend.
Yeah good point
Look I agree with you in the broader sense, I just wouldn’t look to skateboarding or it’s media for any hopes of critical thinking or accountability.
Everything that happens from Danny Way to Andy Roy to Yonnie is treated as an anecdote (or just something that happened) rather than have an opinion positive or negative about it. This at least had a thin sliver of judgment that it’s a stupid world view and I’ll take the crumbs I can get sometimes.
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We shouldn't look to skate media as it is for critical thinking but couldn't we strive for it to be better instead of just saying "that's how it is"? When you have people on the nine club saying gravity doesn't exist and all the hosts can muster up in response is "well bro that's an interesting thought". Or when a skater fucking rapes someone and everyone just goes "Ah man he can't have done anything wrong he had such nice switch heels". Anti-intellectualism and lack of accountability is rife in skateboarding, it's a bummer to see, makes us all look like fucking idiots and is damaging to younger skaters. You only have to look at this place to see that skaters are full of intelligent and thoughtful discussion (for the most part). This celebration of idiocy should be phased out.
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
A lot of conspiracy theory is routed in antisemitism. Why exactly I'm not sure
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damn this thread is depressing
first off who in the world cares about blake carpenter thinking it is flat? what actual real life difference does that make to anyone?
it s a quick laugh i get it, but goin on about this in all seriousness just seems pretty much as strange as the flat earth theory itself.
but also reading a lot of these comments i feel like i m a conservative club or something- where are the days of playing with fucked up thoughts just for the sake of it...
wasn t skateboarding one of the few places where it never mattered if you were bugged out? strange days for sure
For Some one who read the thread you didn't retain much information from it apparently.
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
As a jew working in a medical profession i love when people say shit like that, i wish i was in the know and had all that jew money they are talking about
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a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth flattening
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
Don't forget the Jewish space laser; having access to that thing would be pretty sweet as well.
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/036/412/spacelasercover.jpg)
https://www.vox.com/22256258/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theories
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Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
It's because of predisposition and the subsequent escalation that can result. Past a certain point all you have to do is suggest a conspiracy with a low effort meme and they'll immediately believe it.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er5BHY5VkAEfiMv?format=jpg&name=large)
Are these guys really a conspiracy though?
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a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth flattening
Have you seen his dad?
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
I lived in a small town for a bit. Some 40 something dipshit came into the local cafe and started shouting, "I'm woke baby. I'm woke... the world is flat. I've been watching YouTube videos."
He went into some nonsense and I ended up asking him, "Why would the military, corporations, the schools, etc. all lie to us about the world being round?"
His response was, "They're trying to take our religion away from us."
I told him, to no avail, "You're Catholic. Your religion has no problem with the world being round and the sun being the centre of the solar system."
Dude ignored me and got the rest of the dipshits riled up about the world being flat; insanely stupid and aggravating.
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Despite being an influential figure and the obvious observation that the earth is not flat, does he not have a right to believe otherwise?
I don't think there is or should be a right to believe otherwise on things that are scientifically and/or empirically proven beyond doubt, such as the shape of the earth, the non-existence of lizardpeople, the benefit of vaccines and gun control, etc.
It's different with things like life after death, extraterrestrial life or even capitalist vs socialist economies.
And maybe there's a worthy discussion to be had about where exactly to draw the line between those two things - facts vs theories.
But I don't think skating's most important media outlet should adopt this negligent stance towards idiocy in an age where idiots have stormed the capitol.
“Negligent stance towards idiocy” Maybe you should be more concerned with thrasher and skateboarding in general idealizing for decades the lifestyle of dropping out of high school in order to cram into the tum yeto van to tour the Midwest and drinking enough beer by 22 to compliment the slams in erasing what ever previous schooling you did attend.
Yeah good point
Look I agree with you in the broader sense, I just wouldn’t look to skateboarding or it’s media for any hopes of critical thinking or accountability.
Everything that happens from Danny Way to Andy Roy to Yonnie is treated as an anecdote (or just something that happened) rather than have an opinion positive or negative about it. This at least had a thin sliver of judgment that it’s a stupid world view and I’ll take the crumbs I can get sometimes.
We shouldn't look to skate media as it is for critical thinking but couldn't we strive for it to be better instead of just saying "that's how it is"? When you have people on the nine club saying gravity doesn't exist and all the hosts can muster up in response is "well bro that's an interesting thought". Or when a skater fucking rapes someone and everyone just goes "Ah man he can't have done anything wrong he had such nice switch heels". Anti-intellectualism and lack of accountability is rife in skateboarding, it's a bummer to see, makes us all look like fucking idiots and is damaging to younger skaters. You only have to look at this place to see that skaters are full of intelligent and thoughtful discussion (for the most part). This celebration of idiocy should be phased out.
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I wouldnt care If the flat earth society would solely think that the earth is flat and not round. The Problem about flat earthers ist that they believe in a world wide cospirancy, deny science and facts and most of the time are highly anti semitic.
Dude wtf is up that? ! I was talking to a fellow skater at the shop and he says he's a flat earther so im like screw it I'll indulge him see what he says and out of nowhere he starts blaming everything on Jewish folk! I was confused and disappointed in him since he seemed cool for so long
A lot of conspiracy theory is routed in antisemitism. Why exactly I'm not sure
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I fully agree with the whole “rape” incidents/accusations , that’s never OK and anyone who’s guilty of it should be exiled from skateboarding/life.
As far as looking to the slap message board for a guiding light into the skateboard community’s intelligence? Yes.. and No.. this place isn’t any different than twitter. Sure, there are intelligent people here, but there’s also a lot of close mindedness…I’m sure if someone doesn’t fully agree with the popular political and cultural views on this message board they are a “right wing nut job” correct? Also,, isn’t the skate community big on compassion for mental health issues? If so, you should be looking at skateboarders that believe in ridiculous theories like “the earth being flat” as a mental condition and that this person is in need of help and compassion..instead of making fun of them for having a warped view of reality. Or is that practice only for selective virtue signaling to make one feel good about themselves?