Hopefully some of these flat earthers were CEOs? I mean to say “thoughts and prayers”.
But maybe we need a new cutsey saying “at least one CEO amongst them” or something.
This is actually an incredible story.
Dave McKeegan, a tremendous influencer in the flat earther world, was offered a free trip to Antarctica to see the sun circle the South Pole with his own eyes.
He agreed to go, and brought his own cameras to video the sun. He witnessed it, recorded it, and accepted it. He then posted the video and publicly admitted that he was wrong, and that the Earth is indeed round.
I have a lot of respect for the way he handled what I imagine to be very profound, and very public, cognitive dissonance.
Edit: Dave McKeegan was the name of the debunker who organized the expedition, not the influencer whose video I saw and admitted he was wrong. My mistake.
No, Dave McKeegan wasn’t the one who organised the expedition either. That was Will Duffy. Dave is just a debunker, photographer and one of the “globe earthers” who agreed to go as well.
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That story below is tragic. 12 restaurant workers killed in their dorm by fumes from a generator that was used while the power was out.
I saw that as well. Was there ever an explanation for why they kept the generator inside? I really hope there was a good reason.
The fact you don’t know something doesn’t make you stupid, it just means nobody has ever taught you about it.
Carbon monoxide isn’t something people can just inherently know.
Most likely because its cold enough there the generator would freeze if it was outside. Why they didn’t put itin a shed,I guess because money? E: still there should have been ducting for exhaust. Unless there was,and the wind shifted,and blew the exhaust back towards the building?
People underestimate how quickly Carbon Monoxide can overtake you and how little air there actually is indoors. I was helping someone with their car once time. It was winter and we were starting it to see if something was working. He kept starting it with the garage door closed and seemed annoyed when I would open the door to vent the exhaust. I’d rather be slightly cold than dead. Those people that use keorose or diesel heaters on their garages in the winter just sketches me out. I’m ready to ditch natural gas from my home altogether because I just don’t like the idea of it.
I went camping once with my dad and a few of his buddies when it was frigid cold outside. We piled 5 adult bodies into a camper, and they also left a Coleman gas lantern lit inside the camper all night for warmth.
I couldn’t sleep for two reasons:
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One of my dad’s buddies had horrible snoring, and
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I could feel myself choking on the stale air. I ventured outside every so often and would hold the camper door open for a few minutes (or until I would get yelled at). I don’t remember 100% but I think I had a persistent headache that night.
I’m still convinced we could have all died.
I’d become a flat eather for a free trip to antarctica …
A better question might be: “how many popular ski resorts are in Antarctica?”
