So now we’re in the earth getting this angle are we Danny? Burning in the firey hells of the molten iron core to acquire this lying angle.

Nathan Oakley, Flat Earth Debate 1894.

Ignorant (willfully or otherwise) of the geometry of celestial navigation, Nathan has to misrepresent it’s basis in fact and reach for a snappy soundbite instead.

Flerf comment of the day, including spelling and grammar:

Its a fac regardles of Nathan saying it, all measurments of Earth are flat and require earth to be flat [sic].

And the excellent response:

Flerf comment of the day:

you think u can measure an angle from a curved baseline, youre maths skills must be so amazing u think 2 + 2 = 5.

The rationale behind the flerf chant that “the earth measures flat” is that altitude angles (also known as elevation angles) of celestial objects used in celestial navigation require a flat baseline. They claim that this flat baseline is the surface of the earth.

Inevitably, any evidence showing the earth’s curvature is dismissed and ignored because of this claim. However, anyone with a rudimentary understanding knows this is false:

Flerf stupidity knows no bounds. A common claim is that if the earth were a sphere then we’d be using maps printed on curved paper, not flat paper. That they cling to this stupidity and present it as one of their chants shows the level of critical thinking among flat earthers.