chrisjpainter Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Lloyd90 said: I don’t admire him. Just like I don’t admire other morons who get themselves killed doing stupid things. What’s admirable about it? Quite. On almost every level, he's failed as a member of his species: He's trying to prove something that's wrong, because he won't listen to people who know better. He then built something so badly that it literally blew up in his face and killed him. The only thing you can say is at least he didn't kill anyone else. His friends and family will go on about how he died doing something he loved, but I bet if they were honest, they'd rather have him around to love and share life with than him blowing up doing what he loved. I love a good nutter as much as the next person, but wiping yourself out trying to prove a myth is pretty stupid. 2 minutes ago, strimmer_13 said: He done evolution a favour. Darwin Award coming his way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 Gordon Bennett! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said: Quite. On almost every level, he's failed as a member of his species: He's trying to prove something that's wrong, because he won't listen to people who know better. He then built something so badly that it literally blew up in his face and killed him. The only thing you can say is at least he didn't kill anyone else. His friends and family will go on about how he died doing something he loved, but I bet if they were honest, they'd rather have him around to love and share life with than him blowing up doing what he loved. I love a good nutter as much as the next person, but wiping yourself out trying to prove a myth is pretty stupid. Darwin Award coming his way. Flat earth aside, I don’t think he intended to kill himself, the return parachute malfunctioned on take off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 just looked him up jumping a stretch limo building a rocket he’s definitely not a sheep eccentric rules go that man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, old'un said: Flat earth aside, I don’t think he intended to kill himself, the return parachute malfunctioned on take off. Rocket science, like brain surgery, is probably best left to the professionals. Accidents happen, of course, but you don't have to increase their chances of being fatal! No reserve shoot? No ejector seat? He was a gonna in the first second of his launch when the shoot failed. no ability to abort and glide, just 'oh dear, well that's me dead then.' And got to nowhere near the height he'd need to prove himself wrong. 1 minute ago, clangerman said: just looked him up jumping a stretch limo building a rocket he’s definitely not a sheep eccentric rules go that man Not any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 minute ago, chrisjpainter said: Rocket science, like brain surgery, is probably best left to the professionals. Accidents happen, of course, but you don't have to increase their chances of being fatal! No reserve shoot? No ejector seat? He was a gonna in the first second of his launch when the shoot failed. no ability to abort and glide, just 'oh dear, well that's me dead then.' And got to nowhere near the height he'd need to prove himself wrong. Not any more. Risk taker, mad yes, bit like the early pioneers of aviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, old'un said: Risk taker, mad yes, bit like the early pioneers of aviation. There was a point to that. No one had said flight was physically impossible. Technically impossible for the day, maybe, but not physically impossible. I'd have some sympathy if he was trying to develop something revolutionary, something that would move civilisation forward, or explore something altogether new. But to ignore every single (real) scientist in the world, every airline company, every government, and almost every single one of the 7 billion people in the world and try and do something at which you'd failed several times before? That's just empty-headed. If he'd killed himself in his limo stunt, I'd have more sympathy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 minute ago, chrisjpainter said: There was a point to that. No one had said flight was physically impossible. Technically impossible for the day, maybe, but not physically impossible. I'd have some sympathy if he was trying to develop something revolutionary, something that would move civilisation forward, or explore something altogether new. But to ignore every single (real) scientist in the world, every airline company, every government, and almost every single one of the 7 billion people in the world and try and do something at which you'd failed several times before? That's just empty-headed. If he'd killed himself in his limo stunt, I'd have more sympathy. Hopefully he died happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, clangerman said: just looked him up jumping a stretch limo building a rocket he’s definitely not a sheep eccentric rules go that man Yes, go him! He showed all of us non-believers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Lloyd90 said: I don’t admire him. Just like I don’t admire other morons who get themselves killed doing stupid things. What’s admirable about it? Without people like him there would no movement forward when you look at people who have taken the challenge sometimes to be proven right sometimes to be wrong but with out belief that you have mankind will not move on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, The Heron said: Without people like him there would no movement forward when you look at people who have taken the challenge sometimes to be proven right sometimes to be wrong but with out belief that you have mankind will not move on Get off it Mankind will be better off without... move forward? More like move backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, The Heron said: Without people like him there would no movement forward when you look at people who have taken the challenge sometimes to be proven right sometimes to be wrong but with out belief that you have mankind will not move on But he didn’t seek to ‘move on’; he was trying to disprove something which had been proven beyond all doubt, and was common knowledge! Like Islandgun said; if he believed the earth was flat he could have just travelled to the edge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Lloyd90 said: Get off it Mankind will be better off without... move forward? More like move backwards. I have my opinion and you have yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, The Heron said: I have my opinion and you have yours Do you believe in a flat earth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 Strimmer although your english seems to be limited the point I was making was that however wrong you may think this man had his beliefs and stuck with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 1 minute ago, The Heron said: Strimmer although your english seems to be limited the point I was making was that however wrong you may think this man had his beliefs and stuck with it And look where it got him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 If I can quote Voltair I do not agree with what you say but I will defend your right to say what you want to the death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 It is somewhere between “He died doing what he loved best... poking bears with very short sticks” and “He died doing what he loved best... playing Russian roulette with a full cylinder” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, The Heron said: If I can quote Voltair I do not agree with what you say but I will defend your right to say what you want to the death. you can't. Voltaire never said that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumfelter Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said: you can't. Voltaire never said that. 😅😅😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob85 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) The thing I'm taking from this is it will only reinforce the stupidity of some of his followers and most of the rest of the tinfoil hat crowd. They will now be saying he was murdered to prevent the truth getting out. I wouldn't be surprised if it leaked out that he had a terminal illness and rather than suffer he decided to go out with a bang. Bet it made a heck of a bang on that flat bit of earth he rattled in to. Edited February 23, 2020 by Rob85 Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, The Heron said: Strimmer although your english seems to be limited the point I was making was that however wrong you may think this man had his beliefs and stuck with it Eah? I wasn't even in this discussion! Or part of it Edited February 23, 2020 by strimmer_13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmboy91 Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 12 minutes ago, strimmer_13 said: Eah? I wasn't even in this discussion! Or part of it That doesn't matter, as they say ' don't let the truth get in the way of a good story'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCat Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 The whole flat earth thing is just nuts. I simply cannot understand their rationale for it other than being a few sandwichs short of a picnic and liking a bit of a laugh. You don't have to go to any height to prove it's false, the sea will do. Boats in the distance don't just get smaller, they actually disappear over the horizon, something that cannot happen unless the earth was round. Why don't they accept this? Satellites, satellite imagery, people on the moon, space station going round the earth, Hubble telescope. The list is endless. To be fair to the guy though, a steam powered rocket is totally bonkers, at least he was creative and no one else got hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 1 hour ago, GingerCat said: The whole flat earth thing is just nuts. Satellites, satellite imagery, people on the moon, space station going round the earth, Hubble telescope. The list is endless. Proof if ever it was needed that it's all a massive conspiracy! . To be fair to the guy though, a steam powered rocket is totally bonkers, at least he was creative and no one else got hurt. Yep , he had a whale of a time , and only killed himself. Any man that will attempt to launch himself into space , with duct tape holding his helmet together , and using poundland walkie talkies, is a hero in my book 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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