Flat
Earthers have been out of the headlines lately, but don't worry, they're still
there, quietly choosing to ignore all scientific evidence that shows the Earth
is a globe and getting angry on social media. And so, to YouTube where a user
calling himself Flat Out Hero has offered $100,000 (which he absolutely
definitely has, of course) to anyone who could offer him proof that Earth isn't
flat.
The
video was captioned: "It's impossible, but don't tell the globetards that!
This is the final nail in the ball earth coffin, and I am happy to be the one
to hammer it in!!!" It also saw him call out fellow YouTuber Wolfie6020 as
he laid out the challenge.
So,
what is this challenge? Well, he requested that Wolfie use flight charts to
navigate a plane from Point A to Point B and from Point B to Point C, before
heading home, making sure that the exact same distance is flown between each
point and that only 90 degree turns are made.
Sounds
confusing AF to me, but Wolfie was keen. So keen, in fact, that he took on the
challenge. In a video he posted in October, titled This Flat Earther Owes Me
$100,000, he shared the flight path, which seemed to fit all the necessary
requirements of the challenge.
Seems
fair enough, right? Man sets challenge, other man completes challenge, surely
the $100,000 is as good as in his bank, yeah?
Well,
no. After explaining what he'd done, Wolfie asked Flat Out Hero if he had the
money ready, but he responded by saying that he hadn't intended the word
'chart' to be used as verb.
He
also added that he didn't want electronic charts to be used, prompting Wolfie
to upload another video showing that his flight paths could still be mapped on
paper.
After
seemingly looking over Wolfie's plans, Flat Out Hero admitted the YouTuber he
had managed to plot out the route, but that he didn't think it was possible to
fly it and, as such, wouldn't be paying out, because he didn't think it had
been successfully proven the Earth was round.
Naturally,
a bunch of people who have been watching this bizarre feud play out have
suggested that Flat Out Hero might not have the necessary cash to pay out. I
couldn't possibly comment on that - but I am happy to say, on the record, that
the Earth is round.