Only one month ago Instagram users were hailing Kelly Slater, world’s greatest surfer etc, for his “best” and “most savage” online takedown, this time with a pithy comment on a reel of screaming woman chasing her Porsche convertible after presumably slipping it into neutral and taking the park brake off.
Slater, fifty-three, has long been the voice of reason in online debates and demonstrates no hesitation in spiking trolls with his his razor-sharp sword.
Who can forget these classics.
“Blood feud: Slater vs Flat Earthers!”
Earlier today, @scipopuniverse, a lightly followed account that claims to be “exploring the universe’s wildest theories” posted a video demonstrating Aristotle’s Wheel Paradox and concluding it proves human beings are living in the fabled matrix, a fake reality made by advanced computers or aliens.
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With commenters spellbound by the revelation, Kelly Slater quickly hosed down the idea of living inside the matrix.
“Science hasn’t explained it yet? The small one is using the circumference of the larger one when you put them together.”
“That’s not an explication,” replies a French reader.
Challenged, Slater explains: “The circumference on which it is rotating is a larger length. It’s just a circle doing a single rotation both on the same length now that they are attached and rolling as one. Not sure how to dumb it down any more.”
The response was instant and overwhelming in favour of the champ.
“Schooled by a legend.”
“You are most definitely right. This poset is meant to create rage, bait or people without critical thinking skills commenting on how they’re solved the mysteries of the universe.”
“When the GOAT retires but is still the GOAT in maths.”
“It has to be my boy Kelly Slater putting down the boat and spitting some facts. So many cool mysteries and people lose it with bullshit.”
“Another reason why Kelly Slater is my hero.”
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