Nathan Oakley tried to destroy my video ...

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  • A vocal Flat Earther attempted to pull apart my video about the moon observations in his usual manner ... it doesn't go well for him
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  • @LifeWithMatthew
    @LifeWithMatthew ปีที่แล้ว +1251

    I always find it telling when one side of an argument provides maths and formulas and experiments that you can easily reproduce with consistent outcomes, and the other side shouts "nuh-uh" and calls you an idiot.

    • @katashley1031
      @katashley1031 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      Name calling and tantrums versus math and very easy to follow geometry.

    • @VestigialHead
      @VestigialHead ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Nathan uses a good mix of brashionality and lowjeck in his cyantithik eggsplaneashuns.

    • @crushlogic
      @crushlogic ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ​@@VestigialHead I honestly was going to translate this to English for the first 30 seconds I tried to read it...😜😂

    • @VestigialHead
      @VestigialHead ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@crushlogic It is written in Nathanese. Might be hard to find a translator that is competent in this rare dialect. :)

    • @carrier6517
      @carrier6517 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@VestigialHead absolutely love the intelligence behind both comments

  • @rachieooooh1899
    @rachieooooh1899 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Sadly, Oakley knows exactly what he's doing - he's milking money out of people too dim to realise the con he's pulling.

    • @ShizukuSeiji
      @ShizukuSeiji ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To be fair if there are people giving that oaf money then more fool them, they deserve to be a little poorer.

    • @lexmachina8961
      @lexmachina8961 ปีที่แล้ว

      The guy is literally a clown since his job is to play stupid for a living.
      It's not even an insult, it's just what he does.

    • @Jehannum2000
      @Jehannum2000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oakley's and others' scam is quite clever. Choose a group that have misplaced incredulity and fleece them out of everything.

    • @arctic_haze
      @arctic_haze ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ShizukuSeiji This is called a stupidity tax.

    • @jocec3283
      @jocec3283 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arctic_haze "Nathan's stupidity tax" ??
      Love it...
      Looks like some poor morrons are paying high interest over his channel...

  • @Dreadzilla
    @Dreadzilla 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Omg that Nathan guy is a complete ass! Good on you, Dave, for keeping your cool when refuting his BS. I get so angry with people at his level of idiocy. Your method is much more effective 😅

  • @BarryAllen-jl8og
    @BarryAllen-jl8og 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love the theory that gravity doesn't exist but the flat earth is miraculously moving perfectly upward to create perfect downforce😂😂😂

    • @dudeatos
      @dudeatos 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Not just moving upward - *accelerating* upward, meaning there is no speed of light and infinite acceleration is possible. These people are beyond out of touch with reality.

    • @Espartanica
      @Espartanica 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@dudeatosMaybe they think the flat earth is constantly spinning around a point like the blade of a giant fan? Like the universe is a giant bucket being spun around by God for fun

  • @ribbles1699
    @ribbles1699 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    As a new viewer, I really appreciate the level of detail you provide when debunking flat earth claims. It leaves no room for dispute, while also being educational. This in contrast to some other channels who spend most of their time scoffing, with only a few words of explanation. You're sort of a milder version of Professor Dave, who I find highly entertaining, but his arrogant mean streak isn't ideal.

    • @TheVeganFinalBoss
      @TheVeganFinalBoss ปีที่แล้ว

      leaves no room for dispute, if you live parasocially through youtubers and lack the ability to think critically about his 'debunk'
      want examples or can you re-watch and point his fallacious reasoning out so i don't have to?

    • @ribbles1699
      @ribbles1699 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheVeganFinalBoss Maybe I should "research" by watching flat earth videos. The ones that spend all their time mocking science because they have no model that explains seasons, or eclipses, or travel times in the southern hemisphere, or the moon appearing inverted in the northern and southern hemispheres, or the opposite motion of the stars at each pole. Have you replaced general relativity with your own math yet?
      You've got nothing.

    • @maanmoti
      @maanmoti ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@planedecoded go ahead and try to point out where he's wrong. Show evidence too.

    • @TheVeganFinalBoss
      @TheVeganFinalBoss ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ribbles1699 top physicists admit relativity doesn't work by 95%.. do you want quotes?
      "The ones that spend all their time mocking science because they have no model that explains seasons, or eclipses, or travel times in the southern hemisphere" you mean reification fallacies
      it appears you only have reification fallacies and no evidence.

    • @TheVeganFinalBoss
      @TheVeganFinalBoss ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maanmoti 11:04 he's talking about using lasers to find out the distance to the moon.
      the laser is supposedly travelling through a vacuum that's adjacent to a pressurized system, without a solid physical barrier separating the two (violating the second law of thermodynamics), therefore he is reifying the moons distance.
      perhaps the moon is bouncing off the solid firmament that NASA admit exists and have mapped out with high altitude nuclear testing? could that be what it is 'bouncing' off of instead of the light in the sky that we can't verify it's shape/size/solidity
      there.. can you provide any specific rebuttal or not?

  • @markboots_
    @markboots_ ปีที่แล้ว +5450

    I'm glad flat earthers exist. Thanks to them, people like you create videos that help me understand the physics of our globe even better.

    • @TazorNissen
      @TazorNissen ปีที่แล้ว +292

      Exactly. This is like getting a free science class every week. I love the debunkers because I learn stuff (and it is entertaining).

    • @KennyEaton603
      @KennyEaton603 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Nathan isn’t a flat earther. He’s a conman.

    • @ShizukuSeiji
      @ShizukuSeiji ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KennyEaton603 He might be. He's also a foul-mouthed idiot.

    • @mrjoe332
      @mrjoe332 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      He is forced to explain things in a way even the dumbest person could understand. Which is great because I'm not very smart

    • @SamanthaLaurier
      @SamanthaLaurier ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Agreed. This man, who apparently is primarily a phtography youtuber, has taught me more than my astronomy professor

  • @USSWisconsin
    @USSWisconsin ปีที่แล้ว +439

    You know you've won when their best defense is to insult you

    • @bloomsux69
      @bloomsux69 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      *every flat earther has left the chat*

    • @mantis3dfx
      @mantis3dfx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Yep. Exactly. Ad hominem is not a valid argument, and happens when there is no argument - either legitimate or otherwise - left to respond with.n lol.

    • @Stephencassidy-j3t
      @Stephencassidy-j3t 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yep , anytime a ask a flatearther a few questions they eventually come to the point where they are coming to smash me!😂😂😂😊

    • @FernandoGonzalez-hq9ei
      @FernandoGonzalez-hq9ei 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Stephencassidy-j3twithout picking sides. Flat earthers make better arguments.
      The only explanation people like u give is "it's a globe cuz NASA"
      Or "everyone knows it's round, you're dumb for thinking otherwise"
      If u have an open mind at the very least you will realize u knew less than u thought u did if u actually try to prove them wrong and not just try to mock some strawman argument

    • @Stephencassidy-j3t
      @Stephencassidy-j3t 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @FernandoGonzalez-hq9ei I've asked flat earthers questions I know they can't explain on the flat earth theory, but all I get is insults and iam stupid.

  • @lrdlvlbeats1538
    @lrdlvlbeats1538 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    What baffles me most about flat earthers is how complicated their explanations for everything are. If the earth was in fact flat, it would be so blatantly obvious to see that it wouldn't need that much explanation.

    • @wookiee_beard
      @wookiee_beard 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      i always like the 800 year old theories from some buried civilization they found in a childrens books but of course the "world powers" covered it all up 🤣

    • @diarmuidkuhle8181
      @diarmuidkuhle8181 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@wookiee_beard The entire concept of 'as time went on, humanity gathered more knowledge' seems to pass these people by.

    • @weareone7315
      @weareone7315 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wonder if these comment are fake bots? Like it’s gotten this bad that so many are waking up they create fake accounts to leave fake comments. You do know it’s the earth is not a globe anymore? This is trippy😮. Director of nasa in charge of Apollo mission put it in his tombstone. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

  • @Ian_sothejokeworks
    @Ian_sothejokeworks ปีที่แล้ว +698

    The fact that he's so rage filled and indignant, while also being comically wrong? That makes it art.

    • @Henglaar
      @Henglaar ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Respectfully differ: crap on a canvas has been CALLED art, but it's still just crap on a canvas. So, unless Nathan was a performer demonstrating what flat Earthers are like, it's not performance art. It's a man crapping on a canvas, and calling himself, and his "work" brilliant.

    • @Noooiiiissseee
      @Noooiiiissseee ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@HenglaarCrap on a canvas absolutely can be art, as long as someone thinks it is. Art is subjective.
      This Nathan guy is a moron though for sure.

    • @mallninja9805
      @mallninja9805 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I saw a word game some years ago, it said "Create a new word by changing one letter from an existing word, and give your new word a definition." Someone submitted "Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an asshole"
      Seems applicable to Mr. Oakley.

    • @SpaceDad42
      @SpaceDad42 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It’s a sham for clicks.

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mallninja9805 Can I use that? Would come in handy some days.

  • @JohnnyD_cm
    @JohnnyD_cm ปีที่แล้ว +718

    If Nathan Oakley is so adamant that a sextant can only work on a flat earth, give him one, set him out to sea and tell him to work it out for himself. With any luck, you'd never hear from him again.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      In all honesty, with the apparent lack of cognitive faculties in Nathan, a lawyer could very well argue this counts as manslaughter. So this probably isn't a great idea.

    • @thetrevor861
      @thetrevor861 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@angelmendez-rivera351 Orright, but let's be honest here - it WOULD be funny, right ?

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@thetrevor861 ...yeah, it certainly would be hilarious

    • @samuela-aegisdottir
      @samuela-aegisdottir ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That is a perfect idea. Being on that ship, he could happily play with celestial navigation for the rest of his life:-)

    • @samuela-aegisdottir
      @samuela-aegisdottir ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@angelmendez-rivera351 Not being able to distinguish between a joke and a real proposal is a jokeslaghter. Also not a great idea 🙂

  • @Chlorate299
    @Chlorate299 ปีที่แล้ว +1009

    Nathan Oakley is one of those people I struggle to listen to, he's angry, offensive, and amazingly confident in his ignorance. Very much the definition of a stupid person's idea of a smart person.

    • @richardpark3054
      @richardpark3054 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr Oakley is filled with the confidence and surety borne of ignorance.

    • @manuelgonzalez-wy2bn
      @manuelgonzalez-wy2bn ปีที่แล้ว +72

      How is posible to reason with a flatearther ?their vision limit is the horizon,that’s all…..

    • @carrier6517
      @carrier6517 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I would agree with you Nathan on that. Sad that some people have to resort to bad mouthing and degrading others just to prove their point. In the eyes of an intelligent person who uses their common sense it can be very frustrating to see someone under use theirs.

    • @Vidyadude
      @Vidyadude ปีที่แล้ว +58

      This is a common trait among flat earthers and conspiracy theorists.

    • @rolandodacion7093
      @rolandodacion7093 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Flat earth is WRONG

  • @alexsrouji1116
    @alexsrouji1116 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Arguing with flat earthers is like playing chess with a pigeon. They shit all over the board, knock down all the pieces and claim they won. The pigeon is probably more intelligent than the flat earther. Probably has more charm too

    • @wellesmorgado4797
      @wellesmorgado4797 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      And sounds better too.

    • @joerichardson4325
      @joerichardson4325 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm using this description from now on...and I'm probably gonna act like I just came up with it on the fly/off the cuff! So, I formally thank you here because you won't be getting the credit when I use it!
      Thanks again, and take care!

    • @hungryburger1170
      @hungryburger1170 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I lost to a pigeon in chess after teaching it how to play chess. A flat earther would bring connect 4 pieces to a game of chess.

    • @blu3d3vil97
      @blu3d3vil97 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      dunno about pigeons intellect but at least their aim is good, have seen them headshot people from 10 stories high with a bird shit
      crows on the other hand would require 1000 flat earthers per crow to give it even a little bit of a challenge in intellect

    • @theinsanityoftheworld3640
      @theinsanityoftheworld3640 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I’ve seen this exact same comment on a different flat earth debunk video, idk if it’s the same person or one copied the other or if they both just thought the same thing.

  • @eagflc
    @eagflc ปีที่แล้ว +1196

    Let's be honest, those of us that aren't clinically brain dead, we're really here for the dog now.

    • @cfehunter
      @cfehunter ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Well the dog and the comedy. I have to give the flat earthers credit, they're entertaining to laugh at.

    • @haverjamarosi680
      @haverjamarosi680 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      speak for yoursefl!
      I'm here cos it's facinating how dumb people's mind works, and i want to hear there argument, but i cannot bare flat earth videos bythemselfs for more than 5 minutes without phisical pain.
      He is like a guide to stupidity for me (and i dont like dogs)

    • @ghosttyphoon790
      @ghosttyphoon790 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I agree

    • @Laryon720
      @Laryon720 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@haverjamarosi680 im at that point, i cant finish the video its making me angry that people can be so stupid

    • @haverjamarosi680
      @haverjamarosi680 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@quintisalive no, why?

  • @michaelfallen1564
    @michaelfallen1564 ปีที่แล้ว +1977

    If you ever feel like an idiot, just remember, there are grown men who believe the earth is flat

    • @rdizzy1
      @rdizzy1 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      I also think of the people that think that rockets can't work in space because they think they require something to "push off" against, rather than simply throwing mass out the back causing movement opposite to that mass.

    • @gregorteply9034
      @gregorteply9034 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He makes money on it, almost $2000 per year.

    • @VivaCatatumbo973
      @VivaCatatumbo973 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Much like 13:49 where writers of this video who dont know the differance between Colombia and Columbia

    • @marianmatus6020
      @marianmatus6020 ปีที่แล้ว

      And there are also grown men that believe the airplane can fly through steel beams on wtc, remember that!

    • @dracolique
      @dracolique ปีที่แล้ว +118

      Yes, because apparently making a typo is the same level of idiocy as being a Flerfer, lol.

  • @lookatmyroflcopter
    @lookatmyroflcopter ปีที่แล้ว +448

    I did a lesson with my second graders in a bilingual school and told them there are people like Jokely here... their response was hilarious. They laughed for a good 10 minutes before I could start the lesson properly. They came up with many good points of why they are wrong before going through my points... which shows that 7/ 8 year-olds are smarter than flat earthers...

    • @DaveMcKeegan
      @DaveMcKeegan  ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Glad to hear there is hope for future generations 😁

    • @lookatmyroflcopter
      @lookatmyroflcopter ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @DaveMcKeegan always, and it is good to teach them to critically analyse things but to challenge absolute rubbish and call it out.
      I was so proud of them when they were pointing out some points! First was the boats going over the horizon. Another kid said I can't see the Burj Khalifa so how is it flat. Best lesson I've ever had the pleasure of teaching!

    • @dwrdwlsn5
      @dwrdwlsn5 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Funny thing? All vegetables and some rocks are too.

    • @joyfulzero853
      @joyfulzero853 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Flerfers just go on digging that hole they are in. "The moon rolls across the sky"

    • @blu3d3vil97
      @blu3d3vil97 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@joyfulzero853 "the flat earth society has members all around the globe"
      Thanks bob

  • @ocelottv6549
    @ocelottv6549 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    "Everything that proves flat Earth wrong is a CGI"
    - Flat-Earthers

    • @MyopicPowerhouse
      @MyopicPowerhouse 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or government propaganda
      Or its "flawed logic" because they're just too !@#$ing stupid to understand it

    • @game_projections
      @game_projections 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      at this point flerfs (idk what flerf stands for) think they living in the matrix lol

    • @JubioHDX
      @JubioHDX 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @rojections i assume it stands for a mispronunciation for flat earth (flat earf -> flerf) as a way to make fun of how stupid they are. But i dont actually know if thats true thats just what i assume🤷🏽‍♂. If they call themselves that then it probably means something else since with how smart they desperately want to seem it makes me think theyd never call themselves dumb, but i dont know any flat earthers irl (because why would i subject myself to such stupidity and headaches) so cant confirm or deny what they call themselves officially

    • @game_projections
      @game_projections 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JubioHDX ok thanks!

    • @blu3d3vil97
      @blu3d3vil97 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JubioHDX yep that's exactly what it is
      a dumb down version of flat earther to point out how stupid they are
      flerfs from flatardia whom themselves claim they have members all aross the globe

  • @headcrab980
    @headcrab980 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    I actually got Nathan to "mind his language" when I told him my son likes watching his content. He kindly obliged and I was very surprised. Then I told him we both find it hilarious that an 8 year old was smarter than him😂

    • @paulp1450
      @paulp1450 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Haaaaaate to say it, but gotta give him credit for at least that...

    • @headcrab980
      @headcrab980 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      @@paulp1450 I guess. Doesn't make up for his vile behaviour most of the time though

    • @paulp1450
      @paulp1450 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@headcrab980 Well, yes. ✔

    • @MyrKnof
      @MyrKnof ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@headcrab980 what he teaches is despicable imo. He is literally the counter argument to free speech, and it pains me to great extent. He is purposely making people dumber to feel empowered and make money.

    • @headcrab980
      @headcrab980 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@MyrKnof I reckon he knows the earth isn't flat as well. I bet his parents are so proud

  • @Andrew-wv7qp
    @Andrew-wv7qp ปีที่แล้ว +328

    Someone needs to tell Nathan that repeating someone's point in an incredulous voice is not a counter argument.

    • @therealzilch
      @therealzilch ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It's the best argument they've got.

    • @borisp9163
      @borisp9163 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats straight outa kindergarden stuff but I bet even in kindergarden kids would be able understand more then this lunatic

    • @ericadams3428
      @ericadams3428 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      On that subject, "An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a definite proposition... A contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says."
      "No, it's not...”

    • @archmage7813
      @archmage7813 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or just shouting we've debunked it

    • @peekster0
      @peekster0 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Its called the Dunning Kruger effect. Also known as The Nathan Oakley Syndrome.

  • @maxknuckles13
    @maxknuckles13 ปีที่แล้ว +874

    When you're feeling like your intelligence needs an ego boost.. listening to a flat earther never fails

    • @rickkwitkoski1976
      @rickkwitkoski1976 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or ANY ONE denying ANY science!
      Like Apollo moon landings...
      GMOs are bad...
      9/11 was an inside job...
      CHEMtrails...
      ANTIvax...
      Young Earth creation...
      And so many more complete dumbass bits of crap!
      OH! Or listen to someone talking about some non-existent "energies" or similar crap too.

    • @LordDarkfinst
      @LordDarkfinst ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Good point, bruv.

    • @lisakuntzman7834
      @lisakuntzman7834 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow your so right my man

    • @yvindwestersund9720
      @yvindwestersund9720 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah it gives you the feeling that you're Abel to do anything
      Except explaining the earth to flatearthers
      Just saying 🇧🇻

    • @Onyvox
      @Onyvox ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@yvindwestersund9720 that hurt :O
      But good stab :D

  • @ThereIsNoSpoon678
    @ThereIsNoSpoon678 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    You could send these people into space and they would claim they were drugged, brainwashed, or hypnotized into seeing fake things.

    • @victorfinberg8595
      @victorfinberg8595 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah, flat earthers prefer to be brainwashed by internet fraudsters

    • @BadChess56
      @BadChess56 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ikr

    • @fels7005
      @fels7005 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      And I would believe they were, because they already sound like they've been drugged, brainwashed, or hypnotized !

    • @rus0004
      @rus0004 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      But then we could just leave them there.

    • @Yilmaz4
      @Yilmaz4 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      or just claim they saw the flat earth with all its glory lmfao

  • @BrianMelancon
    @BrianMelancon ปีที่แล้ว +125

    The dog added more intelligent commentary in this single video than any flerfer has in all their videos combined. The dog is also much cuter.

    • @judet2992
      @judet2992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂

  • @mrjoe332
    @mrjoe332 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    I'm completely convinced you could drive a flat earther to cape Canaveral, put them inside a rocket, take them into outer space, let them space walk.
    And they would in turn up and say that you drugged, hypnotized, put them in an hologram room or something else.

    • @Yehan-xt7cw
      @Yehan-xt7cw ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Which ofcourse would be correct.
      Right after seeing the globe earth, they'd wake up in a hospital having a terrible headache.
      That would be "proof" that they were drugged.
      What really happened.... they opened a windows to prove that:
      - the windows are really screens. And you can see the flat earth, icewall and dome.
      - there is no pressure gradient, so space-vacuum does not exist.
      ... and passed out 10 second later.

    • @venoltar
      @venoltar ปีที่แล้ว

      There are 2 types of flat earthers;
      A) A person who has been fooled into legitimately believing the Earth is flat. They would at least acknowledge there is cause for doubt after reaching the south pole or circling the earth, etc. They would also immediately be discredited and disowned by the flat earth community especially the Type B's following this.
      B) A con artist who knows exactly what they are doing and are using this platform for personal gain at the expense of all the type A's. They will actively reject any attempt to put them in a position where such a compromising situation could occur, or simply deny it all after the fact.
      I think we all know which type this guy is.

    • @victorfinberg8595
      @victorfinberg8595 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      your only mistake is putting the flat earther INSIDE the rocket

    • @JugglerOfWords
      @JugglerOfWords ปีที่แล้ว +36

      yes, and that's the thing with religious people, no evidence and exposure to reality can convince them they're wrong, so debating them is completely pointless....

    • @JoeBob79569
      @JoeBob79569 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yea, I've asked flatearthers on Quora this question, regarding space tourism in the future, and these were _exactly_ the excuses they pre-emptively put forward.
      But it would be a really interesting experiment to do, and to then ask them to open the shuttle door to put their money where their mouth is..

  • @MotoGoato
    @MotoGoato ปีที่แล้ว +1215

    lets be fair ... Nathan couldn't destroy a piece of wet cardboard let alone any globe proof

    • @Tsudico
      @Tsudico ปีที่แล้ว +45

      He failed against AI.

    • @OGNosefix
      @OGNosefix ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Nathan only destroys his and his followers' 🧠 brain cells

    • @pogan1983
      @pogan1983 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      What is faster than Chuck Norris' round-house kick in the head? It's Chuck Norris running away from Nathan Oakley.

    • @treborlindstamer1304
      @treborlindstamer1304 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Oh come on his destroys the flat earth every time he talks.

    • @ShizukuSeiji
      @ShizukuSeiji ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@OGNosefix "Nathan only destroys his and his followers' 🧠 brain cells"
      Watching this video he destroyed some of mine.
      "When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser" - not Socrates apparently but true nonetheless.

  • @SP3C5
    @SP3C5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    There’s no point in trying to debate Nathan. He knows the earth is a globe, he’s just a loud noise clinging onto his sheep for the money.

    • @gmonkman
      @gmonkman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      spot on

  • @mactallica9293
    @mactallica9293 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    The fact he doesn't understand how the moon staying the same size, in every country at any hour, destroys a local moon circling above you, is hilarious.

    • @ShizukuSeiji
      @ShizukuSeiji ปีที่แล้ว +70

      And the fact he won't say how far away he thinks it is, is a telling point.

    • @hansj5846
      @hansj5846 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      I believe he does understand it. He's not an idiot. But it's his livelihood to pedel the flat earth so he has no reason to admit that fact.

    • @andregon4366
      @andregon4366 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I'm pretty sure he understands, I'm pretty sure he also knows the earth isn't flat.
      He's just a conman.

    • @jameshall1300
      @jameshall1300 ปีที่แล้ว

      Flattards can't think in 3D. It's one of the primary reasons they end up him, yelling at everyone about buoyancy and such.

    • @andregon4366
      @andregon4366 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jameshall1300 You're the second comment that I get notified of that gets shadowbanned.
      I think the f word is banned.
      Try to copy paste your comment without it to see if it makes a difference.

  • @DaveQZ85
    @DaveQZ85 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    His rebuttal to Points 2 and 3: “Yeah, so what?”
    Whelp, with depth of knowledge like that, you’re screwed and he’s convinced me! 😂

    • @elheber
      @elheber ปีที่แล้ว +21

      "Checkmate! 'Apparent!' ...meaning the moon only APPEARS to stay the same size." -someone who vehemently insists you should only trust your eyes and nothing else.
      The lack of self awareness on such people is astounding.

    • @roscius6204
      @roscius6204 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, dang that's good.

    • @devononair
      @devononair ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's also a classic move to say "so what," and cut off the other video just before the speaker "explains what."

  • @TheHellis
    @TheHellis ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Dave, did you see the flat earther who tried to measure the sun's temperature with an IR thermometer?
    It's so funny.

    • @cygnustsp
      @cygnustsp ปีที่แล้ว

      Careful. That Mikey guy is legit mentally ill. Oakley knows he's lying, Mikey has swallowed the whole ridiculous thing and I don't know how ethical it would be to expose the poor guy. Then again, he does put himself out there...

    • @jquest99
      @jquest99 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your comment sounds like a joke because it seems ridiculous. But I know that there is a flat earther that dumb because I saw that video. 😅

    • @jameshall1300
      @jameshall1300 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      That one was absolutely hilarious. The amount of times he said "if I'm doing something wrong, someone tell me", and still didn't even glance at the specs or the instructions is just mind blowing. That's literally the first step to figuring out what a piece of kit can do, and how well it can do it.

    • @sitnspin1819
      @sitnspin1819 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They actually tried to do that??!?

    • @susancorbett8155
      @susancorbett8155 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@sitnspin1819 yep.

  • @111oooo
    @111oooo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Even your dog at the end is looking at you like "are these flat earthers for real?"

  • @ToadRoach
    @ToadRoach ปีที่แล้ว +702

    Nathan is the perfect example to prove the fact that not all humans can be considered intelligent life.

    • @sirgalah561
      @sirgalah561 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Let the aliens come and take all the flerfers away.. And as they're flying off they can look out a window and say, "Why from way up here cant I see Australia from the UK..."
      Shit!!! Its a ball after all..

    • @82Heniu82
      @82Heniu82 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He and other Nathan... I wonder what happened to him actually 😅, but to be honest I think he knows he talks rubbish but he need this grift to make money.

    • @ojonasar
      @ojonasar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sad but true.

    • @drrocketman7794
      @drrocketman7794 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Some people shouldn't ever handle anything more complicated or hazardous than a shovel.

    • @kingcharming1
      @kingcharming1 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Nathan is also the perfect example of why people don't want to discuss flat earth, as he is mainly scolding and malding.

  • @urbanspaceman7183
    @urbanspaceman7183 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    The only thing Nathan destroys is his own credibility, that thing that he never had any of anyway.

    • @ShizukuSeiji
      @ShizukuSeiji ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nathan is a great ambassador for the Flat Earth community. We should support him to the full.

    • @ExistenceUniversity
      @ExistenceUniversity ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Can't destroy what you don't have. So Nathan fails so hard he cannot even destroy his own credibility. This means Nathan can *only* succeed as he literally cannot go lower, and he some how fails at that too 😆

    • @thudthud5423
      @thudthud5423 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Nathan Oakley believes the Earth is flat like a snake oil salesman believes his snake oil tonic will cure the ills of his customers.

    • @Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith
      @Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thudthud5423 In defense of the Snake Oil Salesmen, some of them actually DID believe their claims. Granted, that just proves how dumb they were, but at least they were as honest as they could be.

    • @phildavenport4150
      @phildavenport4150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith Easy to believe it if you don't hang round long enough to get negative feedback. Those salesmen were mostly traveling from town to gullible town.

  • @tjordulf
    @tjordulf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I'd love to 'debate' Nathan Oakley, but if he remotely spoke to me in that tone, I would have to show him a practical demonstration of flat nose theory!

    • @FryingWater
      @FryingWater 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hah, good one.

    • @gordmills1983
      @gordmills1983 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      All these types are the same… in reality nobody will listen to them so they hide behind a monitor where they can rant , rave , and insult with impunity. Deep down they know they are wrong, and not quite ‘right’ .

  • @wetbredloaf
    @wetbredloaf ปีที่แล้ว +325

    Nathan Oakley is one of those people that when you give a good argument, they won't acknowledge it and will ignore it and call you an idiot.

    • @suopo32
      @suopo32 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah tragic aint it

    • @Marinalin85
      @Marinalin85 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Flat earthers in a nutshell
      All of them insult when they don't understand something

    • @Sacrengard
      @Sacrengard ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Marinalin85 I have argued enough with them to know your statement is correct

    • @ajbs_alexo_713
      @ajbs_alexo_713 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      plus they wont try to understand it

    • @ferrarisarecool7
      @ferrarisarecool7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      He's the epitome of playing chess with a pigeon, who on the first move simply knocks all the pieces over, shits on the board and declares himself the winner

  • @Planarwalk
    @Planarwalk ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Ohey, I didn't expect to see myself in this video. I know exactly what Nathan will say if he goes over this video, he will mention how I said "we don't expect to see the geometric horizon," a few years ago while ignoring the fact that I said "we don't see geometry."
    Hence why I generally ignore Nathan now, unless someone else makes a video on him. If he's still flerfing about in 5 years, I can guarantee he'll bring up the same quote whenever I'm mentioned.

  • @TheLatinGQ
    @TheLatinGQ ปีที่แล้ว +109

    When dealing with flat earthers just remember, “it's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.” - Bill Murray

    • @littlejimmyboro
      @littlejimmyboro ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly this. You just can't win an argument with people like NO, even when you're completely right.

    • @Kratos-eg7ez
      @Kratos-eg7ez ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I have a better one! "Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. It'll knock over the pieces, shit on the board, then strut about like it's won anyways." I think this one fits perfectly for this dude! Actually, I'm giving him too much credit, the pigeon is wayy smarter than he is.

    • @Kratos-eg7ez
      @Kratos-eg7ez ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a better one! "Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. It'll knock over the pieces, shit on the board, then strut about like it's won anyways." I think this one fits perfectly for this dude! Actually, I'm giving him too much credit.. The pigeon is wayy smarter than he is. He's just an insufferable idiot

    • @Lord3nder
      @Lord3nder ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Kratos-eg7ez Even the pigeon knows the earth isn't flat

    • @leolen8029
      @leolen8029 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Kratos-eg7ezI was about to say, that wasn't fair the pigeon with a gps in its head.

  • @gregfox8132
    @gregfox8132 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    NASA could take Nathan in a rocket around the earth, then round the moon, land and return, Nathan would still not believe, and deny his own eyes, I suspect something else is going on with Nathan, some deep seated resentment or mental anguish guides Nathan through his life and beliefs, or he is just thick.

  • @Askjerry
    @Askjerry ปีที่แล้ว +358

    Nathan, I was in the Air Force... and when confronted by someone who refuses to accept proven information, methods, and processes over and over again, we have a simple expression, "You can't fix stupid."
    There is a difference between ignorant and stupid, and in this case, he most definitely fits the description of "Stupid" which the Oxford dictionary describes as, "Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense." In this case the latter. Sad but so.

    • @bastienfelix4605
      @bastienfelix4605 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Yeah I think that it isn’t worth the psychological pain to argue with these people because no matter what you say, they’ll always be looking for loopholes that don’t exist and spitting out the same stupid claims about “refraction” or random scientific lingo that they don’t understand.

    • @brianb7388
      @brianb7388 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think he's just dishonest and pushing a narrative for profit like Alex Jones. They don't care about science or facts because controversy is much more profitable than science or facts.

    • @katashley1031
      @katashley1031 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@bastienfelix4605 I've had flattards say that even if they were taken in a rocket to orbit the earth as proof, they'd assume the windows were showing programmed CG. Smh. I mean, that level of brainwashing can't be undone.

    • @GeneralBlorp
      @GeneralBlorp ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bastienfelix4605I would sincerely look into the incidence of depression among flat earthers, drug abuse histories, and mental illnesses. Many of them are likely absent some much needed attention / medicine, for much of their sad lives. 😢

    • @miraqen7801
      @miraqen7801 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      oof! right in the jugular!

  • @fairlyfunctional2236
    @fairlyfunctional2236 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    flat earthers make me feel much smarter than i really am and provide much needed comic relief. thanks guys.

  • @mdw1927
    @mdw1927 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    I don't know which is more depressing, Nathan and his innate stupidity or the people who give him money. Great video.

    • @robertcatuara5118
      @robertcatuara5118 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      He isn't stupid. He's a conman.

    • @robadams1645
      @robadams1645 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      His attitude and manners alone make me wonder how he has any supporters at all. I guess they're the type of person who kowtows to a bully because they think it give them some kind of reflected glory.
      All I have ever seen of this guy are short clips on debunking videos and that's irritating enough. I can't imagine listening to him for any period of time.

    • @briannewton3535
      @briannewton3535 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertcatuara5118 He is a conman who simply sounds stupid. He deffo had me fooled for a few years until Cat Earth exposed him with a short video "Nathan Oakley is lying to you."

    • @CoolName5383
      @CoolName5383 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertcatuara5118 A conman that gives other people free views money? What a nice guy.

    • @shegocrazy
      @shegocrazy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Judging by his pathetic following on YT he is not raking in much money.

  • @Echo_8054
    @Echo_8054 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    how to silence a flat earther
    -150 mm howitzer
    -thermonuclear bomb
    -mustard gas
    -bring up hull down naval ships
    -bring up gravity

    • @judet2992
      @judet2992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ayo what😂

    • @supremecaffeine2633
      @supremecaffeine2633 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@judet2992 Everything, or at least most, they mention requires the earth to be a globe to function effectively.

    • @judet2992
      @judet2992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@supremecaffeine2633 why does everyone think im a flat earther

    • @thomasbell7033
      @thomasbell7033 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@judet2992Okay, I'll bite. Why?

    • @judet2992
      @judet2992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thomasbell7033 I was asking rhetorically

  • @paulwoolcock6364
    @paulwoolcock6364 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    I REALLY appreciate how calm and sensible Dave stays in these videos ay.
    It always irritates me when someone on ANY side of an argument resorts to imitating their opponents voice in an overtly stupid sounding way. Not only does it make them appear childish, it also implies that they themselves think their opponents argument may sound valid if not for the silly dramatics.
    Excellent stuff, keen to see more, G'day from Tasmania, Australia 🇦🇺

    • @__-jt4tv
      @__-jt4tv ปีที่แล้ว +13

      In fairness, holding a large, floofy spaniel helps.
      But, yes. This is well delivered and informative, despite the hyperbole of Nathan.

    • @ShizukuSeiji
      @ShizukuSeiji ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@__-jt4tv thank god its a floofy spaniel and not a flerfy one.

    • @standardaussie
      @standardaussie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed, but he did do exactly that.
      12:59
      "APPEARS! APPARENT!"

    • @no-lifenoah7861
      @no-lifenoah7861 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Inb4 some random flerfer says you're a paid actor

    • @ivoryas1696
      @ivoryas1696 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@standardaussie
      I mean... yeah but, honestly, it's still better than what I normally see, tbh.
      And, tbh, it didn't really feel like mocking or mimicking as much as quoting, imo. Maybe that's just me though.

  • @CameronM47
    @CameronM47 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    My favourite rebuttal from Nathan had to be this gem, 6:53 "so what?" I think he got us guys, we can all go home he really convinced everyone of the flat earth argument there.

    • @spacebassist
      @spacebassist ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fucking gotem. Can't argue with that

    • @lego5745
      @lego5745 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “Ah shit, pack everything up boys, they finally found out.”

  • @thezenwizard
    @thezenwizard ปีที่แล้ว +182

    Good to see a well argued video full of real science, real observation, and genuine facts. Trying to fight stupid is a bit of an uphill struggle, but you keep it real, and you make sense. Good on you!

    • @jjevans1693
      @jjevans1693 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What real science, what real observations?

    • @torqzebrawoody
      @torqzebrawoody ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@jjevans1693 read a book.

    • @jaketzi8816
      @jaketzi8816 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@jjevans1693 There was science and real life observations. If you missed those, i suggest you go see an optician and then repeat elementary school.

    • @jjevans1693
      @jjevans1693 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@torqzebrawoody Go back to sheep.

    • @thezenwizard
      @thezenwizard ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@jjevans1693 ​ @JJ Evans If you can't see it, that's not my problem. What Dave does here is show you why what we observe - when we look at it properly (aka doing science) bears out the fact that the heliocentric globe model is correct, despite what Nathan might try and suggest. But like Torq suggests, keep an open mind and read a book. Brian Cox' '"Universal" does a good job of explaining why we know what we know.

  • @Steelmage99
    @Steelmage99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Not only is Nathan Oakley demonstrably wrong, he is also thoroughly unpleasant.
    There are people for whom the word "twat" seems to have been invented. I contend that Nathan Oakley is such a person.

    • @RayTheomo
      @RayTheomo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      God British insults are incredible😂

  • @Molloy244
    @Molloy244 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    The only thing Nathan ever destroyed was his own reputation.

    • @武田ユノ3.0
      @武田ユノ3.0 ปีที่แล้ว

      And the only thing he proved with his flat earth vids is his stupidity.

    • @Sacrengard
      @Sacrengard ปีที่แล้ว +12

      like all flat earthers hahaha

    • @NoName-cu4gr
      @NoName-cu4gr ปีที่แล้ว

      that and the brain cells of anyone daft enough to listen to the cretin.

    • @CryptoRoast_0
      @CryptoRoast_0 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      He also destroyed his marriage and his kids love for him.

    • @Molloy244
      @Molloy244 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@CryptoRoast_0now that is sad. It does help to explain why he is such an angry little man.

  • @Chris-mo9gt
    @Chris-mo9gt ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Whenever you feel inadequate just remember theres a group out there that when it debunks itself through it’s own experiments it attempts to debunk its debunking in order to debunk those that debunk their theories.

    • @Damaged262
      @Damaged262 ปีที่แล้ว

      I debunk that comment... my oceans and Great Lakes are all flat, like my girlfriend when I was 13. Funny, though, we both believed the Earth was a globe, like the one in our classroom back then, what horny idiots we were back in 1975, so silly to believe those fibbing teachers. Hell, I even believed putting my peeper in her underwear area would make a baby. Only “God” can do that, right?

    • @ticthak
      @ticthak ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bunk bunk debunk debunk WHOA-A-A-A.
      Sample and loop that sucker, someone'll use it for thei drum track for a killer rap!

    • @RicStorm616
      @RicStorm616 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah? Well they apparently debunked that 🤣

    • @yig_501
      @yig_501 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      lol never thought about it like this but its so damn spot on XD

  • @daytonagreg8765
    @daytonagreg8765 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I am gobsmacked. I used to think those guys were just trolling. They REALLY believe it.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's possible they have deficient or different brain structure.

    • @pretzelbomb6105
      @pretzelbomb6105 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@RideAcrossTheRiverThey are perfectly functional human beings, I’m afraid. Whether by dogma, narcissism, or sheer weight of misunderstanding they’re down a deep pit of lies and nonsense that’s difficult to escape and even harder to find happiness in.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@pretzelbomb6105 No, some of them perceive dimensions differently or not properly.

    • @briancarton1804
      @briancarton1804 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pretzelbomb6105 A lot of them are fundamentalist Christians and the bible describes a ' flat earth ' with the stars suspended in the firmament. You could explain the science to them dozens of times and dozens of ways and you are wasting your time.

    • @NeutralDrow
      @NeutralDrow ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I admit, before now, I'd never heard a flat earther so lost in their own headspace that the mere MENTION of spherical objects triggers a ragegasm.

  • @futatn
    @futatn ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Flat earthers are a perfect example of why being skeptical isn't a good thing when you are an idiot. Sadly, they're not better off believing everything someone tells them either.

    • @ixion025
      @ixion025 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "make your own research" ...
      ...
      ... with MY keyword pls...

    • @Cool-Vest
      @Cool-Vest 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It's not about being an idiot. They forgot step 2 of being a good skeptic: allow your understanding to evolve when presented with sufficient evidence. But they never do. They refuse to be anything other than correct, because they have it in their heads that everyone in the world is out to get them.

    • @sirgeremiah
      @sirgeremiah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If they were actually skeptical, they'd be skeptical of flat earth claims, and would be trying to debunk them (which is fairly easy). They aren't skeptical. They apparently (yep, there's that word again!) just like thinking they are smart, so glom onto ideas that they think they understand, never questioning them.

    • @user-vn1di4oq4w
      @user-vn1di4oq4w 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They fall for every psy-op. Next time u run into 1...ask them if they believe in the tartarian ancient mud flood theory. They will either not have heard of it yet or say yes...

  • @retrogamesrevived1189
    @retrogamesrevived1189 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    You know when someone has lost an argument when they start throwing insults 😂 I love how Dave just talks calmly and clearly explains everything making him the better man (by far). Well done Dave 👍

    • @grottenolm8514
      @grottenolm8514 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I am from Germany and we have a saying: „Insults are arguments of someone in the wrong“. Seems to be applicable here.

    • @simonspacek3670
      @simonspacek3670 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well... if you argue with somebody and they just refuse to accept anything, it is very tempting to just call them idiot. Or hit them with a big stick.

    • @phildavenport4150
      @phildavenport4150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@simonspacek3670 Particularly when they refuse to acknowledge the reality that is staring at them. You can't fix stupid. Best course of action is say what you think of their crass stupidity and cease communications. They aren't about to be educated anyway, whether you insult them or not, and when they compound the problem by insulting you into the bargain...

    • @Rkay421
      @Rkay421 ปีที่แล้ว

      I should remeber that’s the next time someone starts calling me a dumbass out of the gate when I make an observation (happens far too often)

  • @urbanstarship
    @urbanstarship ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I really appreciate this presentation style that avoids ridicule and actually tests the FE models and explains how they fail. It’s the the kind of style that’s more likely to persuade.

    • @avaggdu1
      @avaggdu1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Unfortunately, persuasion relies on a modicum of willingness to accept logic and facts. When you're dealing with the kind of mentality similar to (and sometimes hand-in-hand with) "God did it" there is no persuasion to be had. It's a lost cause for some, the rest will wake up by themselves given enough time so we may as well just laugh at them.

    • @nwunder
      @nwunder ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@avaggdu1 I disagree actually, waking up from something like this is incredibly embarrassing and sometimes people will double down rather than face the shame. It might be better to be as polite and objective as possible, even encouraging them to challenge their own beliefs. make it clear that changing mindset is a positive thing

    • @AbsurdityViewer
      @AbsurdityViewer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nwunder right!! we should also tell transgender people directly to their face that they are delusional and embrace the X and Y chromosomes of reality. people who believe in jabs and masks may take a little longer though. peace

    • @AbsurdityViewer
      @AbsurdityViewer ปีที่แล้ว

      @@avaggdu1 absolutely right!! lets laugh at everyone who does not see reality for what it actually is. Lets laugh at transgenders and feminists and socialists and pro jab/mask people. global warming idiots too hahahahahahaha this is great hahahaha...

    • @medes5597
      @medes5597 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@nwunderpeer reviewed studies into belief have shown that the vast majority of people will not change their beliefs when confronted in any argumentative style, and those that do will claim that whichever style that convinced them is the only style that could have done so
      For example if they were convinced by an aggressive style that made fun of their beliefs, they'll say they needed to be shocked and forced to confront this info
      If they're convinced by a calmly delivered, informative and friendly style, they'll claim that they needed that because they were too proud to admit they were wrong otherwise and so on.
      Theres no rhyme, reason, right or wrong. Studies have shown that no style is more likely to persuade, no style is more successful than another, and the method of delivery doesn't seem to many any difference. It's solely on the person hearing it. That's it.
      It's a harsh truth because it basically means all attempts to help them are pointless unless they happen to be in the right mood for it that day.

  • @DrVoodoo
    @DrVoodoo ปีที่แล้ว +79

    He tried and failed to destroy your video, but he absolutely demolished my braincells without even trying. :/

    • @ericadams3428
      @ericadams3428 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I muted the video and put subtitles on on his bits. Less painful

  • @FlowCharge
    @FlowCharge 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Arguing with flat-earthers is like playing chess with a pigeon because it doesn't matter how masterfully tutored you've been in the theory, how sound your thinking and strategy is, or how good you are at the game in general, the pigeon is always going to knock over the chess pieces, crap on the board and strut around like it won anyway.

    • @Loctorak
      @Loctorak 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Now there's a joke i haven't heard in a long time

  • @extremesis
    @extremesis ปีที่แล้ว +42

    If this your first encounter with Nathan Oakley? Nathan Oakley has a particular 'debate' style (using the term loosely). Make no claims (so can never be debunked), and attempt to debunk all opposing viewpoints with semantics, mis conceptions and outright lies. Welcome to a debate with Nathan Oakley.
    On a separate note, over the course of the month, there is a slight wobble that allows us to see about 59% of the moon's surface. if we can see more than half, and at all times the moon looks 'round' for all directions/perspectives, then it has to be a 3D sphere. It cannot be 'flat', it can ONLY be a sphere.

    • @cygnustsp
      @cygnustsp ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No joke, some flat earthers say that's just the plasma regenerating.

    • @theselectiveluddite
      @theselectiveluddite ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Look up "Stereoscope photos Moon". Photographers taking photos of the moon a few months apart makes use of the Moons Libration and gives a very 3D view (some better than others). If you have a VR head set (or similar) they work really well. If not, but you can cross your eyes well, then copy the image, crop and save the two halves separately, swap their positions and display side by side on a screen and cross your eyes. You will have two flat images flanking a beautiful 3D image in the middle :) The Moon looks like a ball stuck on a black background. :)

    • @chrisantoniou4366
      @chrisantoniou4366 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cygnustsp Or a hologram... 😆🌜

    • @ntdscherer
      @ntdscherer ปีที่แล้ว

      It changes shape, obvs! Why? Uh, magic or something?

    • @oldnelson4298
      @oldnelson4298 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wrong Globetard. The other 41% is a pyramid shape. Built by ancient aliens.

  • @brunomeral7885
    @brunomeral7885 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    The problem with Nathan is that he doesn't know when to shut his mouth.... which, to be honest in his case, is anytime and forever.

    • @jamesonrosen1773
      @jamesonrosen1773 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tbf thats a big problem for many people

    • @jameshall1300
      @jameshall1300 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The Mark Twain ( I think it was him anyway ) comes to mind: better to stay silent and be thought a fool, than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

    • @GETA-Greece
      @GETA-Greece ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He needs money soo he cant cuz he does not care if he is lying to people.He only cares for himself and money

    • @phildavenport4150
      @phildavenport4150 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jameshall1300 Abraham Lincoln, but a goodie nontheless.

  • @patrickmckeag3215
    @patrickmckeag3215 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Another great video Dave. Some advice for you from Mark Twain: “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

    • @66fitton
      @66fitton ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a good one!! True True!!

    • @S-L-J
      @S-L-J ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it is a good saying, true, yet it is a one of those that is falsely designated as Mark Twain's. infact, he said: "never argue with an idiot, onlookers wont be able to tell the difference". similar, but not the same.

    • @patrickmckeag3215
      @patrickmckeag3215 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@S-L-J I guess my google search results were wrong.

    • @duard8652
      @duard8652 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never play chess with a pidgeon. It will throw pieces down, shit on a board and fly off to brag about victory.

    • @Bob-of-Zoid
      @Bob-of-Zoid ปีที่แล้ว

      @@S-L-J He made like one a day for like 3 years straight or something, there are so many, so it's possible he said both! Heres one I pull out when someone talks shit, then challenges you, and can't even get past the first question, and you rip them a new one right there, end it with:
      It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt. - Mark Twain

  • @Julie18021
    @Julie18021 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I would like to give credit to Dave for patience watching this whole 1,5 h livestream of very obnoxious, angry person yelling picking at every single word he says in the video and heavily insulting him (as only few seconds of those clips could give me a headache)
    Then record a calm, valuable response video.
    I could only wish to stay like this in many life situations 👏🏻

    • @sandoumir4348
      @sandoumir4348 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When you dismiss all the insults and swearing and funny voices, it's really just a 3 and a half minute video, at best.
      Most of which is watching him trying to get his, no doubt mysteriously sticky, mouse cursor to do what he wants it to do.

    • @jjordan3864
      @jjordan3864 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Perfectly said Julie. It's probably possible in a situation like this to use ONLY the tone - and not even the content - to figure out which is correct: Dave using a patient, measured, calm tone and using reason without insult, versus somebody doing an angry insult-filled rant.

  • @justanaussie2822
    @justanaussie2822 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Nathan is the sort of guy that when he walks into a room and doesn’t see the idiot. He doesn’t realise it’s HIM.

    • @MarkMichalowski
      @MarkMichalowski ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Self-awareness is NOT their superpower, is it?

    • @the_eaglefan
      @the_eaglefan ปีที่แล้ว

      It's always him.

  • @robertabrahamsen9076
    @robertabrahamsen9076 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How does flat earth account for time zones? Moon phases? Different lengths between shadows on the Equator and Oslo? The different night skies between the northern and southern hemispheres? The midnight sun?

  • @pickles224
    @pickles224 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I find flat-earthers fascinating. Imagine convincing yourself that something is true to the point of simply dismissing everything that proves you wrong as just being fake.

    • @gregory_longjohns
      @gregory_longjohns 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      being a psychologist must be really fun in these times

  • @Captain-Obvious1
    @Captain-Obvious1 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    The fact he sounds so angry that he KNOWS his excuses can't work is what makes me laugh so much about Oakley.

    • @Spidouz
      @Spidouz ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He’s a narcissist and he will get angry to anything that goes against his belief….

    • @ivoryas1696
      @ivoryas1696 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Spidouz
      Honestly, I can't even remember the last time I saw someone who so consistently and extremely yells in response to opposition like that.

    • @arkayenro8225
      @arkayenro8225 ปีที่แล้ว

      in one of the videos he complains that dave never links back to his video so he doesnt make as much money off them - that appears to be his incentive. i doubt many of these alleged flat earthers actually believe in it and are just trying to get as much youtube money out of it as they can.

  • @ValleyRC
    @ValleyRC ปีที่แล้ว +138

    I'll never stop recounting the time I saw Oakley repeatedly goading prominent debunker Conspiracy Catz for being scared to answer him in the chat on one Oakley's live streams.
    "What's the matter, Catz? Scared?
    "Everyone can see how scared you are, Catz"
    "I'm glad everyone can see your true colours, finally!"
    After a while I began to grow suspicious and said "bet he blocked Catz before he started all that shit talking"
    Catz suddenly says "huh, is Nathan talking to me?!"
    My message was deleted and I was put in time out.

    • @mizquitl
      @mizquitl ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I wouldnt put it past his "debate forum" that 10thMan or any other of his lackeys mutes somebody mid discussion to silence their rebuttal.

    • @gdutfulkbhh7537
      @gdutfulkbhh7537 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Never debate pseudoscience. For the same reason you don’t try to negotiate with bacteria.

    • @coryv5679
      @coryv5679 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@mizquitl Yeah, he doesn't let you talk really. You start to make a point and he insantly insults you while telling you how wrong you are. He gives 0 evidence while making fun of you saying you are wrong. If you try and respond he will mute you till his rant is over. When he lets you "respond" he lets you say a couple words then mutes you to call you names again. He doesn't actually let people have a rebuttal because he just mutes you and calls you names.

    • @lobban2
      @lobban2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@coryv5679 That's insane... But on the other hand the only way he could come out on top xD

    • @whytboy5566
      @whytboy5566 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he did block him. i remeber that. ffaf

  • @patelk464
    @patelk464 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I doubt Nathan had ever used a telescope as it would immediately debunk his claims.

    • @Top-Code
      @Top-Code ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He doesn’t need one, he has his Nikon whatever it is! Completely the same as the JWST!

    • @markborder906
      @markborder906 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I doubt Nathan could work out which end of a telescope to look through.

    • @mathdesm9306
      @mathdesm9306 ปีที่แล้ว

      Implying Nathan can look through his own ass.

    • @patelk464
      @patelk464 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mathdesm9306 nah, he would have to stick his P800 up there to see if he can find any curve.

    • @phildavenport4150
      @phildavenport4150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He could always use a doorstop. Not sure he'd have any other use for it.

  • @SliceOfDog
    @SliceOfDog 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I found this video really hard to watch, because that flat earther was just far too obnoxious. It was unpleasant to sit through, even in short bursts and knowing that he was going to be debunked moments later.

  • @Aoi84
    @Aoi84 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Love when flat earthers are like "OMG we don't say that! That's not our model! That's dumb!". Like, you know y'all would alleviate a lot of that problem if we could just get a standard model which explains everything we observe, with detailed numbers, thanks.

    • @jjevans1693
      @jjevans1693 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only lies have a model that covers all the bases. Truth seekers are fine with some things being unknown, until they are proven to be fact.

    • @JohnSmith-ux3tt
      @JohnSmith-ux3tt ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@jjevans1693 Sounds good, but in the case of flat earth, they have no model, except for their own personal incredulity, and everything on flat earth is unknown. And, for some totally unknown reason, they seem proud of that.

    • @bewing77
      @bewing77 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That’s the entire problem; it isn’t possible to create a unified model that explains all observations where the earth is flat since, you know, it isn’t..

    • @Narses101
      @Narses101 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@jjevans1693 Yes, that's where you start generating predictions. "This model explains things we know and it says this thing we don't know should be X". If thing we don't know turns out to be X, it is a strong point in favour of the model. If it is Z, it means the model is wrong somehow.

    • @bewing77
      @bewing77 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@jjevans1693Regarding the shape of the earth however, we do have the facts we need to determine it and to create a model that predicts all observations. There’s no ongoing research into this since it’s a matter that have been settled since centuries. Actual astrophysics research is a couple of ballparks further ahead.

  • @Francois39
    @Francois39 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Once I was arguing with a flat earther that thought that there was no southern hemisphere. Needless to say as a New Zealander I was pretty confused. Apparently I was living in southern China.

    • @martinbaxter4783
      @martinbaxter4783 ปีที่แล้ว

      So... how was the cha siu bao?

    • @tornagawn
      @tornagawn ปีที่แล้ว

      @@martinbaxter4783 sweet as bro!

  • @jediknight1294
    @jediknight1294 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The problem is with flat earthers none of them agree on a model and so whenever we debate them they can sidestep this sort of proof where a number is needed.

    • @seeddub3536
      @seeddub3536 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They act like "We don't know", which is an honest and respectable answer for *some* things, is the appropriate answer for just about everything.

    • @jediknight1294
      @jediknight1294 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@seeddub3536 that and the disagreement benefits them because they can just do AN Oakley and go I don't claim X every time there debate

    • @SuperPickle15
      @SuperPickle15 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@seeddub3536 Flerfers: "We don't know what shape the earth is" Scientists: "here's 10 easily provable things that proves earth's sphere shape" Flerfers: "Like we said, we have no evidence for the shape of the earth"

    • @seeddub3536
      @seeddub3536 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SuperPickle15 Haha pretty much sums it up

    • @twizms7362
      @twizms7362 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@SuperPickle15 Yeah their only comebacks for all this proof are literally just "nuh uh"

  • @sonnimllegaard3636
    @sonnimllegaard3636 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Flat earthers fr are the best at disprooving a flat Earth 😂😂🤣🤣💀

  • @russrollins9978
    @russrollins9978 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Nathan calling someone dumb is a great example of projection.

    • @Supremax67
      @Supremax67 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      19:00 was a welcome distraction. Watch the dog's eyes and that ball.

    • @mksurpro7899
      @mksurpro7899 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nathan calling someone dumb is about his only argument, that and 'It's CGI'

  • @chrispitchforth621
    @chrispitchforth621 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Nathan doesn't want answers. He wants to scream at people.

    • @andygozzo72
      @andygozzo72 ปีที่แล้ว

      he needs prof. brian cox to give him a good slapping 😉

  • @frigidpt4
    @frigidpt4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Let's just say for someone who couldn't even convert meter to kilometer also tries to debunk the shape of the Earth.
    His word doesn't mean anything. Also, he isn't capable enough to tie his own shoelaces.
    Yeah I mean you Nathan Jokely.

    • @dohc22h
      @dohc22h ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Funny af.... My name is Joseph Oakley and I have Jokely tattooed on my back.... No bullshit. It was a childhood nickname. I am not related to Nathan Oakley..... i'm from Oregon USA

    • @frigidpt4
      @frigidpt4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you made my day sir

    • @jameshall1300
      @jameshall1300 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love that nickname for him 😂

  • @NightShinerStudio
    @NightShinerStudio 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nathan sounds like he's gonna cry the entire time

  • @Bloquednb
    @Bloquednb ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Having to resort to insults is just another way of saying i have no rational argument.

  • @RM_VFX
    @RM_VFX ปีที่แล้ว +90

    The people who say "do your own research" never want to try the experiments that would show them to be wrong.

    • @ntdscherer
      @ntdscherer ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And when they do, they have to pretend it didn't happen or make up a new excuse why they got that result.

    • @skullmanjay8497
      @skullmanjay8497 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ntdscherer Like Bob the Knob and his gyroscope mishap.

    • @ntdscherer
      @ntdscherer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@skullmanjay8497 That was amazing.

    • @Bob-of-Zoid
      @Bob-of-Zoid ปีที่แล้ว

      Because they have nothing to show themselves right! Nothing but trying to talk their fantasy into existence, not a single viable experiment yet!

    • @noneofyourbusiness7055
      @noneofyourbusiness7055 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or jeranism, whose vigorously announced Victoria Canal experiment (for the same documentary) confirmed the exact amount of curvature the globe model expects which he found "interesting" -- but is no longer referenced on his channel. Or jeranism, who personally proved the ISS is exactly where "they" say it is -- then deleted that video as well after presumably discovering how quick the people paying his bills are to call him a NASA shill based on the results of his experiments...

  • @WUNNALEVEN
    @WUNNALEVEN ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I can’t believe the shape of the Earth is still a debate in 2023😂😂

    • @dogwalker666
      @dogwalker666 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is no debate, We just point out how dumb the flurf cult are.

    • @thecraftycreeper3167
      @thecraftycreeper3167 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      there are people that believe in astrology in 2023 so flat earth is not too much of a stretch

    • @Atheistfromthemoon
      @Atheistfromthemoon ปีที่แล้ว

      Most flat earth people don’t actually believe what they say. They just do this to make money. The more they rant and huff and puff the more views they get. Yes some people believe those are the ones who pay these fools to be lied to they are not smart enough to understand the science.

    • @DD-gi6kx
      @DD-gi6kx ปีที่แล้ว

      its getting worse as time goes by, the average person has no idea the amount of science and engineering that goes into making a computer chip, cell phone, digital camera, internet, so many thing are dismissed as the flat moron says they don't make sense, but use product that work yet they don't understand the science

    • @dogwalker666
      @dogwalker666 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Atheistfromthemoon that's the high priests.

  • @trevorcorker929
    @trevorcorker929 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love how Nathan Oakley venomously spouts how he knows more than all the scientists in the world while knowing absolutely f*ck all about anything ! 😃😃😃😃

  • @mattstanford9673
    @mattstanford9673 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "Nathan Oakley tried to destroy my video."
    *Nathan Oakley hurt himself in his confusion.*

  • @melsmith245
    @melsmith245 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Nathan was that kid in school who just didn't get it, and frequently said, "I'm not stupid, yer stupid"!

    • @JohnSmith-ux3tt
      @JohnSmith-ux3tt ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Most of those kids grew up. Nathan didn't.

  • @gavinburr6213
    @gavinburr6213 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    It always blows my mind how indignant and angry they sound. How can you be that angry when they’re the ones misconstruing data

    • @5peciesunkn0wn
      @5peciesunkn0wn ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's because he's a grifter. He has to sound angry because otherwise his sheep might start thinking.

    • @brianb7388
      @brianb7388 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@5peciesunkn0wn ^this. he doesn't even believe what he's saying, he just wants to stir up shit and get more views from idiots. It's the same business model as Alex Jones.

    • @GeneralBlorp
      @GeneralBlorp ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@5peciesunkn0wnyup. When their broken logic gets exposed they will ALWAYS turn to ad hominem, mockery, or changing the subject to different questions that aren’t relevant to the ones you’ve just destroyed 😅

    • @CreestofOfficial
      @CreestofOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GeneralBlorp I, as a person I am, cannot stand conspiracy theories. But this... this looks almost like a f-ing religion
      Ima go to Africa where they have to worry bout food and not this crap

    • @no.life_5793
      @no.life_5793 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because in the absence of understanding, people will agree with whoever sounds more confident. Anger is the best substitute for confidence they have, and sadly, it works.

  • @gaylebaker8419
    @gaylebaker8419 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Nathan:
    "If you cannot answer someone's argument, do not panic. You can always call them names."--Oscar Wilde

  • @keberis265
    @keberis265 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Actually, he did manage to debunk you. The previous video was how to silence a flat Earther and he proved its impossible. They will always come with some new nonsense.

  • @ToxicTeemoOCE
    @ToxicTeemoOCE ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I asked a Flerf group, If the Earth is flat, how can the Sun can illuminate the Moon above my head, but not the ground beneath my feet.
    The Moon is self illuminating was their answer. A Moon reflecting the Suns light, destroys their model.

    • @judet2992
      @judet2992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      You assume they have a single model.

    • @game_projections
      @game_projections 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@judet2992 they have about 50 and not one of them works

    • @judet2992
      @judet2992 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@game_projections exactly

    • @cameronpritchett8300
      @cameronpritchett8300 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If it is self illuminating how do they explain the phases of the moon? Lights going out? Do they think there's someone up there changing out millions of light bulbs all year long?

    • @wintersresurrection9841
      @wintersresurrection9841 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cameronpritchett8300 Or some craters have very little shadows while others are mostly obscured by shadows, all at the same moment in time.

  • @od1401
    @od1401 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I absolutely love that context piece underneath all flat earth videos lol. It must drive them insane.

  • @kevinfancher3512
    @kevinfancher3512 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    One of the best compilations of simple flat earth debunks I've seen. Apparently, it appears, the refrain "flat earthers are even dumber than I thought" will live forever in my mind, consistently reaffirmed. Thanks.

  • @Spifflik
    @Spifflik ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Their are are hundreds If not thousands of channels out there which completely obliterate flat earth. Here are my top picks.
    1. Woolfie6020
    2. Professor Dave Explains
    3. Cool hard logic
    4. Reds Retoric
    5. Bob the science guy.
    6. Sciman Dan
    7. Conspiracy cats
    8. Fight the flat earth.
    9. Greater Sapien
    10. Mr Sensible
    With everything available on these channels it's staggering how anyone could be dumb enough to still invest in such catastrophic stupidity.

  • @Ruifulify
    @Ruifulify ปีที่แล้ว +12

    my face actually warmed up from secondhand embarrassment for nathan, my god.
    excellent work even though i only followed about half of what was said, i'm sure it'd be fully comprehensible to me if i took the time to look into each of those topics a little more deeply

  • @DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes
    @DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As soon as anyone starts with the “bonehead/idiot” etc talk, I think we can ignore them! Great video and channel. All these FE types are hilarious!

    • @Alblaka
      @Alblaka ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aye. If you have to resort to ad hominem, you're clearly scraping the barrel of what arguments are available to you :D

  • @MsMsmak
    @MsMsmak ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I'm always impressed by people who have the patience to entertain complete and utter idiocy like Nathan's. I salute you sir.

    • @headcrab980
      @headcrab980 ปีที่แล้ว

      I tried once, He's got a (normally rude) response for everything.

  • @cptmalcolmreynolds3623
    @cptmalcolmreynolds3623 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    nathan doesnt REALLY believe the earth is flat, he just likes to bolster his ego from having followers and liking to make word salad

    • @Soundbrigade
      @Soundbrigade ปีที่แล้ว +20

      … and the money that comes with that ….

    • @paulmadryga
      @paulmadryga ปีที่แล้ว +16

      N.O. is a hitherto-failed actor who has finally found his career-defining role: N.O., Flat-Earth Proponent Extraordinaire. He knows full well that what he's spewing is utter bullshit, but he's has gone so deep into the role that it has in effect become him, and he can't ever break character (because if he did, he'd see his revenue stream disappear within days). He is the Spock of the flat-earth community - the only difference being that Leonard Nimoy was able to get out of character (and, I'm willing to bet, pursued his craft with a degree of honesty and integrity that N.O. can't ever come close to matching).

    • @stephenandrusyszyn3444
      @stephenandrusyszyn3444 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You forgot that he likes to bully people.

    • @theultimatereductionist7592
      @theultimatereductionist7592 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulmadryga You ever heard of "No True Scotsman Fallacy" and "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck" or even just simply: nobody has telepathic powers to read others' minds? Then simple: Nathan is a flat-earther.

    • @GETA-Greece
      @GETA-Greece ปีที่แล้ว

      That is way worse. I mean if he was just dumb i get it he has problems butt he is dumb and takes advantage of others for money

  • @OneRedKraken
    @OneRedKraken ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I still to this day don't understand what's the actual end goal of a flat earther? There's nothing they are proposing, like a model, that makes better predictions or anything of the sort. If anything anytime they come up with some kind of model to explain a specific phenomenon. It just reveals even more problems that require even more unlikely explanations. Like how they try to explain seasons. A sun that controls it's revolution speed and size is somehow more plausible than a spinning globe earth?
    Trying to debate a flat earther is like playing a board game with that cousin of yours who starts making up rules on the spot to favor his particular situation. Special pleading all the way down.

    • @victorfinberg8595
      @victorfinberg8595 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      flat earth hoax is being pushed by a handful of fraudsters who have found a way to exploit and monetize socially disaffected ignoramuses

    • @wintersresurrection9841
      @wintersresurrection9841 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I asked one, one time, what the purpose is of convincing all of us that the world is round... "Power and control" was the response after a lot of ad hominems.
      My quite natural response was "What power and control do they get by me thinking the Earth is round versus thinking it is flat? What would I do differently knowing the world was flat?"
      Complete silence after that one...

    • @aaamogusthespiderever2566
      @aaamogusthespiderever2566 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s probably perhaps that they are scared of being alone in space. Afterall, Earth is the only planet we know of with life.

  • @bpa5721
    @bpa5721 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I mean, there's a reason Nathan never leaves his echo chamber.

  • @chrisantoniou4366
    @chrisantoniou4366 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A couple of observations about Nathan... He seems to think that as soon as you use the word "apparent", whatever you're discussing is somehow "only" apparant and therefore not real. What he doesn't get is that we describe things as they appear to us, but we don't confuse them with what they actually are... So, stars "appear" to traverse the sky but in reality it is the Earth which is rotating, the Moon appears to be a circle, but we can confirm (by your explanations and the fact we have actually BEEN there!) that it is in fact a sphere. What Nathan seeks to do is to immediately debunk anything that "appears" to us as an "apparition", therefore not real and therefore not evidence.
    The other observation about how you need "R" for the Earth if it is in fact a sphere (not to determine the distance to the Moon) and we don't have a definitive value for it because of the "black swan" (refraction changing the apparent distance to the horizon), therefore the Earth cannot be a sphere. All he has done is to provide evidence that the value of "R" changes IF we use the apparent (there's that word again) distance to the horizon to calculate it. Of course that's not the only way to calculate it, and the analogy I use is that Nathan is saying because we can't accurately measure the radius of an elephant's body for whatever reason, the elephant doesn't actually exist.
    Nathan is a nasty, violent, and foul mouthed bully, but above all he is a fool.

    • @Gr-Ra5
      @Gr-Ra5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nathan simply has a few meaningless catch-terms he shouts and then pretends he's done or said something somewhere that wins him the point.
      What he cant do is win a point of argument in front of anyone. Only the people who are thinkers can see that.

    • @chrisantoniou4366
      @chrisantoniou4366 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Gr-Ra5 Exactly. He makes up some meaningless catch phrases (no pressure without a physical container, black swan, curved adjacent, etc.) and uses them like an incantation to ward off those evil FACTS he is always being confronted with. 😂 If only people who are thinkers can see it, that would make it the whole of humanity except for the few flat Earthers and the even fewer followers Nathan has.

  • @ambienteterrazas
    @ambienteterrazas ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The good old cgi escape-goat never fails, if something does not add up just claim its cgi and don't bother to produce any evidence or anything, its cgi and call it a day...

  • @mhc706
    @mhc706 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Ok but are you SURE the moon isn’t just a good boy and someone is telling him “do a roll” every night?
    Yea I didn’t think so

  • @iximusic
    @iximusic ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Even putting all the overwhelming amount of scientific data we have aside...just *looking* at pictures of the moon you can tell it's spherical. It seems their entire premise for a flat earth model is based on observations we make with our eyes and "common sense" so it baffles me why they can't see the sphere.

    • @dysfunctional_vet
      @dysfunctional_vet 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      as a trained observer, and writing reports in a way to convey to the reader critical points first with all other points in supplemental annexes, i remember there were soldiers who just did not get the training. they could shoot an azimuth but could not articulate that information from a map to a report. they did not have the mental acuity to do the task. i think flat earth are missing that element everyone else has to see and understand the world around you.

  • @Zetimenvec
    @Zetimenvec ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm just waiting for flat earthers to discover non-euclidean space.

    • @Packhorse-bh8qn
      @Packhorse-bh8qn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't hold your breath!

  • @johnnypizarro5368
    @johnnypizarro5368 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Why don’t you get in a boat and keep going straight towards the oceans horizon and see what happens. If you see Thor flying over a rainbow bridge and a giant waterfall, you were right.

  • @listerofsmeg884
    @listerofsmeg884 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I like how Oakley happily dishes out ableist insults yet will be the first the scream 'adhominim attack!' whenever anyone pulls him up on his complete ignorance 🙄

  • @crushlogic
    @crushlogic ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Typically the more you yell, ridicule and call names the weaker the argument you have. (Cough into fist, Nathan)

    • @l0rf
      @l0rf ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is really infuriating to hear the guy start the video, listen to two sentences and then make ridiculous voices or claim debunk on things he provides no evidence for. There's no flat earth model, theory or even a hypothesis. There's people who failed basic science and now need to cling to this falsehood to avoid facing the fact that they have simply been wrong.

  • @reggiedixon2
    @reggiedixon2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Nathan Oakley is what you would get if you took the Red Dwarf character Arnold J Rimmer and subtracted the wit, charm, intelligence, humility and self-awareness. If he talks to people in real life like he does on his channel he would get slapped every time he went outside.

    • @juanausensi499
      @juanausensi499 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's why he doesn't go outside.

    • @reggiedixon2
      @reggiedixon2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@juanausensi499 Outside is probably all CGI anyhow

    • @alvin2021
      @alvin2021 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

    • @thearmouredpenguin7148
      @thearmouredpenguin7148 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      but in his imagination he's "Ace Rimmer".

    • @reggiedixon2
      @reggiedixon2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@thearmouredpenguin7148
      "In the decades that followed, Ace Rimmer searched countess realities and met thousands of different Arnold Rimmers. However he never encountered an Arnold Rimmer as deeply sad and worthless as Nathan Oakley Rimmer. His impossible search continues...
      RIMMER'S VOICE: It's Wednesday night; it's amateur flat earth mong night"

  • @fmo94jos8v3
    @fmo94jos8v3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saying "oh you need an R value which is debunked" is just as stupid as saying "you need a Pi value, Pi is debunked" lol 😹

  • @kellyd6195
    @kellyd6195 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Also, the microbes in a septic tank have a greater purpose in life and do a greater service than what Nathan Oakley has ever achieved.

    • @66fitton
      @66fitton ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣

    • @chrisantoniou4366
      @chrisantoniou4366 ปีที่แล้ว

      Specifically, they don't talk, or talk back, or make up lies, or bully people or hit children... in fact comparing septic tank microbes with Nathan Oakley, even favourably, is doing a disservice to the microbes.

    • @brocklindseth7278
      @brocklindseth7278 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can pump the shit OUT of a septic tank...

    • @allthingsbing1295
      @allthingsbing1295 ปีที่แล้ว

      Globe believers sure do like to hurl insults and call names.

    • @chrisantoniou4366
      @chrisantoniou4366 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@allthingsbing1295 Flat Earthers insult our intelligence and it isn't "name calling" if it's accurate!