Blake Carpenter is a Flat Earther and Burnett loves him

[SR ACF]

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.

[Mouth]

Kill him.

[twic3]

Prosecco is a cheap bev... its like $6-7 for a bottle.

[RichardBarkley]

Get fucked who gives a shit

[Chatbot]

As long as he continues putting out quality footage I couldn't care less

[Mickey Knox]

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.

[Atiba Applebum]

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.”

[HyperBeam]

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.

[rawbertson.]

amazed how some clowns adopt their morals from glorified stuntman still after all these years

[Craig Lutzka]

Dude whose made a career skating bump to bars thinks the earth is flat.

[SatanicPanic]

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

[I.C. Weiner]

Prosecco is €8 in Tescos. Nearly a litre of 11.5% fizzy wine, gets ya goin

[L33Tg33k]

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.

[Eds_gallerist]

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.

[big900]

flat earth is low i.q. expanding earth is high i.q.

[Not_Bruce]

he is from Florida , he never had a chance

[urbneathme]

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???

[prettymatty]

skill on a skateboard does not equate to intelligence

[versacekid420]

a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth shattering

[Mike Oxwelling]

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.

[dallou]

a dude from florida makes a crazy comment……earth flat tering

[stevedave]

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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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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. 

[Mariatorresflores]

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.

[Watson]

Black Carpenter Is A Flat Earther And Micheal Burnett Loves Him

[conqueso]

cancel him

[ungzilla]

let's all pool together and give him a scientific american subscription for xmas

[lilboosie]

my biggest take away was curren saying like, oh thats my ex on that billboard in slovania


thats some player shit.

[muntcuscle]

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

[Mariatorresflores]

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.

[Cool Ceith]

I'm smarter than I look.