Poll
Question:
Do you want to see Illinois is flat 2: The Flattening
Option 1: Yes, take my money now.
votes: 1
Option 2: No, what the hell is wrong with you?
votes: 0
Option 3: Only if it is made by Cra_sHit
votes: 0
Option 4: Only if it is made by a wrathful Entenmann’s driver.
votes: 1
Option 5: What do Denny’s and Illinois have in common?
votes: 0
Share your flat Illinois road media, ready, set, discuss!
I have never left the state of Illinois so I have to assume that my very limited range of experiences is normal and representative of what people experience in other states or countries... when actually my life is not normal; it's distinctly Illinoisan.
Actually, Illinois is probably the least flat state in the Union. I grew up in Chicago but I actually love southern Illinois because it's not flat. Want to see some examples of how not flat Illinois is?
I grew up driving roads like this: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6053915,-88.1771572,3a,75y,187.18h,91.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spELzgt1DY6lxAUDj9SOjVw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DpELzgt1DY6lxAUDj9SOjVw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D270.29248%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
And this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7680917,-88.6201188,3a,75y,93.4h,84.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjaCORC0xc5Rq0Yk59F6twg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DjaCORC0xc5Rq0Yk59F6twg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D359.17566%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
And this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7074947,-89.8249475,3a,75y,31.98h,84.12t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIXakuJf9jn_WNJn2B-5LsQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DIXakuJf9jn_WNJn2B-5LsQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D337.3568%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
That third one actually has a tree, so therefore it's basically the Himalayas.
My personal favorite Illinois highway, though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5661877,-107.2693895,3a,75y,280.33h,89.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDh2Sl1_mHjThXPCzRo4JOw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDh2Sl1_mHjThXPCzRo4JOw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D42.486275%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
It really is just amazing.
I'm not comfortable with your blanket statements about Illinois being flat, as only 98% of the state is flatter than a hardwood floor.
By the way, in case I didn't mention this, southern Illinois is not flat.
The opposing viewpoint needed a bump, discuss.
Technically no state is completely flat, every state has at least some minor elevation gain somewhere making them not flat.
Research flat earth.
Quote from: NE2 on September 09, 2021, 02:24:57 AM
Research flat earth.
Fine. Illinois is pretty darned flat, relatively.
Quote from: NE2 on September 09, 2021, 02:24:57 AM
Research flat earth.
I researched flat earth while eating jumbo shrimp inside a sanitary sewer, but all I came up with was military intelligence.
If you shrink down Illinois to the size of a pancake, the pancake still has more terrain variation. So Illinois is flatter than a pancake.
Of course, you can say the same thing about other states, but only Florida is flatter.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/science-several-us-states-led-by-florida-are-flatter-than-a-pancake/284348/
Quote from: US 89 on September 09, 2021, 08:21:26 AM
If you shrink down Illinois to the size of a pancake, the pancake still has more terrain variation. So Illinois is flatter than a pancake.
Of course, you can say the same thing about other states, but only Florida is flatter.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/science-several-us-states-led-by-florida-are-flatter-than-a-pancake/284348/
I'm to understand that the entire planet would meet the tolerance levels of a scaled up pool cue ball.
Quote from: formulanone on September 09, 2021, 07:15:42 AM
Quote from: NE2 on September 09, 2021, 02:24:57 AM
Research flat earth.
I researched flat earth while eating jumbo shrimp inside a sanitary sewer, but all I came up with was military intelligence.
So, you guys are saying that non-flat Illinois (I believe we called it dark Illinois in the "other" thread) beyond the Great Ice Wall?
Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 10:23:55 AM
Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. Read your first sentence again slowly.
Quote from: Rothman on September 09, 2021, 12:00:15 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 10:23:55 AM
Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. Read your first sentence again slowly.
Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 12:44:47 PM
Quote from: Rothman on September 09, 2021, 12:00:15 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 10:23:55 AM
Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. Read your first sentence again slowly.
Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.
Heh. Another sentence you need to read again slowly.
Quote from: Rothman on September 09, 2021, 03:19:20 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 12:44:47 PM
Quote from: Rothman on September 09, 2021, 12:00:15 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 10:23:55 AM
Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. Read your first sentence again slowly.
Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.
Heh. Another sentence you need to read again slowly.
I've learned that this is Rothman's favorite phrase. But what he's getting at is that sand dunes are not flat.
Quote from: Rothman on September 09, 2021, 03:19:20 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 12:44:47 PM
Quote from: Rothman on September 09, 2021, 12:00:15 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 10:23:55 AM
Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. Read your first sentence again slowly.
Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.
Heh. Another sentence you need to read again slowly.
I think he's right. The statement "the earth is flat" refers specifically to whether or not it's a sphere. Terrain is so undeniable that it has never been legitimately called into question.
Quote from: webny99 on September 09, 2021, 03:28:55 PM
Quote from: Rothman on September 09, 2021, 03:19:20 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 12:44:47 PM
Quote from: Rothman on September 09, 2021, 12:00:15 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 10:23:55 AM
Even if the earth was flat Illinois would still not be completely flat. A pancake isn't completely flat either.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect. Read your first sentence again slowly.
Flat earthers don't believe that the whole earth is completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah, they just believe that it's not a sphere.
Heh. Another sentence you need to read again slowly.
I think he's right. The statement "the earth is flat" refers specifically to whether or not it's a sphere. Terrain is so undeniable that it has never been legitimately called into question.
It's being ignored by these statements.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 12:44:47 PM
completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah
Like
these (https://goo.gl/maps/pe6d4Q2F2agMe6xRA)? Those... are not flat. People go there to slide down them and drive their ATVs up and over the hills.
Quote from: US 89 on September 09, 2021, 04:55:09 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 12:44:47 PM
completely flat like the sand dunes in Utah
Like these (https://goo.gl/maps/pe6d4Q2F2agMe6xRA)? Those... are not flat. People go there to slide down them and drive their ATVs up and over the hills.
I think Roadgeekteen was saying the sand dunes
aren't flat, although it's a poorly worded sentence.
I meant the Salt Flats oops.
I saw pancakes and now I want pancakes :-P
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 09, 2021, 05:42:49 PM
I meant the Salt Flats oops.
An interesting mixup given the conversation.
Quote from: NE2 on September 09, 2021, 02:24:57 AM
Research flat earth.
lmfao that's EXACTLY what this thread needed.
Quote from: thspfc on August 12, 2021, 10:49:44 PM
My personal favorite Illinois highway, though:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5661877,-107.2693895,3a,75y,280.33h,89.71t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDh2Sl1_mHjThXPCzRo4JOw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDh2Sl1_mHjThXPCzRo4JOw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D42.486275%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
It really is just amazing.
OMG US6 IS A HIGHWAY IN ILLINOIS AND IT GOES THROUGH THIS DISTINCTLY UNFLAT TERRAIN! THEREFORE ILLINOIS IS NOT FLAT!@!1!11!1! CHECK OUT THIS PART OF US50 AS WELL! (https://goo.gl/maps/8euaw18PmzoYUJ2z5) OR WHAT ABOUT US40? (https://goo.gl/maps/sQvpWvpBJLmL8kEbA)
Quote from: ET21 on September 10, 2021, 09:44:28 AM
I saw pancakes and now I want pancakes :-P
You get Illinois instead
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 10, 2021, 12:19:04 PM
Quote from: ET21 on September 10, 2021, 09:44:28 AM
I saw pancakes and now I want pancakes :-P
You get Illinois instead
Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture.
If we can't have pancakes, what about waffles? Anyone want to argue their flatness or lack thereof?
Waffles are not flat. Illinois is flat.
This deceased equine has been beaten until it's flat.
L'Illinois est aussi plat qu'une crêpe.
Is Illinois a waffle?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 10, 2021, 02:10:58 PM
Is Illinois a waffle?
Well, here are the givens:
Quote from: Rothman on September 10, 2021, 01:24:15 PM
Illinois is flat.
Quote from: Rothman on September 10, 2021, 01:24:15 PM
Waffles are not flat.
Therefore, according to the
transitive property: Illinois is, in fact, not a waffle.
That said, research is ongoing to determine if northeast Illinois is a deep-dish pizza.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on September 10, 2021, 02:10:58 PM
Is Illinois a waffle?
No. Now, Nevada, on the other hand . . .
Illinois is flat.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 18, 2021, 10:26:15 PM
Illinois is flat.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
Thanks for having us. I think I've learned something today: Illinois
is flat.
Do we actually need two threads on this?
BTW I just saw US 20 by Galena and it's NOT FLAT. This closes the thread.