If you’re a bored FLAT-EARTHER who looks FANTASTIC in Columbia jackets, this is your golden ticket:
A new ad from Columbia Sportswear features CEO Tim Boyle challenging flat-Earthers. He says, “You guys claim there’s an end to the Earth? Well, just go snap a picture. Send it to us. And you get the assets of the company. All of it.”
Yeah. He claims they’ll give the whole company away, Willy Wonka-style, to anyone who can go to the “edge” of the “flat” Earth, and take a photo of it. And obviously, he won’t accept A.I. images.
The photo must be of “a visible, physical end to the planet Earth, [showing the] infinite sheer drop, abyssal void, and clouds cascading into infinity.”
For more clarification, they include a few things that are NOT the “edge of the Earth,” such as: “A clifftop in Seattle. A cul-de-sac in Kansas. Or your buddy Dave legally changing his name to ‘The Edge.'” (Like the dude in U2.)
For legal reasons, or out of cowardice, I guess, they don’t mention “Columbia Sportswear” in the prize.
In the fine print, it says “The company refers to ‘The Company, LLC’ with assets which are valued at $100,000.” (Which would NOT be all of Columbia.)
(Here’s the ad. It’s tongue-in-cheek, and a smart ad, since Tim advises the explorers of #ExpeditionImpossible to wear Columbia gear, because “you’ll need it.”)
(Of course, this goes against the typical conspiracy theorists’ playbook. Most flat-Earthers’ evidence is only REJECTING actual science, and things like satellite images and air and sea travel, without actually providing proof to the contrary. So, come on folks, have at it!)
