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I've trimmed your post to just the bit I'm interested in, sorry. I know I'm going to regret this, but. I watched a serious science program on BBC4 recently (I used catch-up, so it could have been ancient. It might have been "Inside the mind of Einstein", but I can't remember) and it made the case for gravity not existing. They tried to explain this position as (paraphrasing), It's not gravity, it's acceleration. To me, it sounds like someone is confusing cause and effect. In my world, gravity causes acceleration. In his world, acceleration causes us to infer gravity. Please don't ask me to explain it, it did my head in. The basis for his argument went like this. Imagine a box floating in space with a man inside it. The man cannot see out of the box (think of a traditional lift carriage) so he cannot tell if he is moving. He will not know if he is in a gravity field (falling at the same speed as the box) or not. Until the box begins to accelerate (let's say upward) . At this point, he will not know if he is in a gravity field or just a box accelerating upwards, because the effect on him would be the same (the floor pushing up on him). There is no way of telling the difference. I would suggest you think about it, but there aren't enough psychiatric beds available in the country to deal with the consequences. In other news, centrifugal force really doesn't exist. It is just Newton's first law of motion. Now, Newton I get. Einstein, on the other hand, is completely beyond me.

On a similar note, those who in coffee shops and sandwich bars who once they have placed their order look utterly shocked that they're being asked to pay, they then shuffle around in their pockets or bags for money. Oh come on, just get your money out and ready to pay.

Apples don't fall to earth. They stay put, but the Earth rushes up to meet it. (according to Brian Cox)

remember this.

No, Jesus was definitely fake. These days, conspiracy theories include every mass shooting in the last 5 years. All those kids at Sandy Hook were apparently actors and they're all still alive. The big one now is Pizzagate which still generate 40+ videos/day on YT. Flat Earth is making a big comeback, believe it or not. The old favourites are still hanging in: Rothschilds, Banking, Da Jooz, Clinton anything, Obama's birth certificate just got a new shot in the arm, 9/11 (goes without saying). I'm starting a new one about gravity. That Newton family has been holding us down for centuries.

Right! Lets cut through this Orwellian news speak. Rough sleepers = the homeless Alt-right = nazis Alt-facts =lies Economic plan post brexit = "WE'VE NOT GOT A FECKIN CLUE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING" Rebel fighters =just a murderous as isis and the Saud regime. Fit for work =we know you were buried /cremated before our decision, but that's no excuse.

I experienced a slight variation on this theme in my local Tesco once. I'd finished my shopping and made my way to one of the conveyor belt tills. It was quite busy and I started placing my stuff on the conveyor behind the divider thing that the people in front of me had put down to separate their shopping from everyone else's. It was then I noticed that they had two dividers placed on the belt with nothing between them. As the till assistant was about to finish with the customer in front of them, and they obviously had no shopping, I asked them what were they doing. They calmly explained that their daughter was shopping and they were saving her a place in the queue. For one of the first times in my life I was speechless. I then recovered from my dumbfoundedness and said "Don't be bloody stupid" and reached over to remove the dividers so my shopping would move to the till, just as their daughter arrived and placed a couple of items in between them. My anger and instant mood change was palpable. The till assistant had noticed all this and gave me a nice smile which I think was intended to calm me down. After the irritating threesome had left she said "If their daughter hadn't arrived just in time, I'd have done the same as you and served you next". I spent the rest of the day trying to get my head round what sort of people felt it was okay to do this?

Customers

taken on a phone. the phone did any fancy stuff. just scrolling through my gallery and thought it looked quite snazzy

People who block book meeting rooms and then don't turn up and use them.