• Davel23@fedia.io
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    73
    ·
    7 months ago

    Something I learned somewhat recently, Flat Earthers believe all other heavenly bodies are globular. It’s only Earth that is flat.

  • jaybone@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    48
    ·
    7 months ago

    At first I was like “shouldn’t the be flat Venus?” But then Venus is closer to the sun, so it must be above us. So this makes sense.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      20 days ago

      Wouldn’t the sun be down? That’s gotta be where all of the gravity is coming from. Right? Or is gravity magic secret government stuff?

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    34
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    7 months ago

    Tell flat-earthers that the earth is flat, but wrapped around so that when you leave one edge of the map you re-enter on the other side - like Pac Man but in every direction. And thus the flat earth only looks spherical but is in fact a hollow ball made from a flat sheet.

    Then watch to see if they switch to being hollow-earthers instead lol

    • Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      thats downright boring next to some of the models they come up with.

      there is a model with a hollow/torus earth,
      were the sun is on the inside, while we are on the outside.

      the sun dips up and down anlong the poles and leaves through the gigant holes in the arctic&antarctic (that nasa covers up)
      which causes the daylight cycle.

      and the sun moving throughout the sky is just an illusion caused by atmospheric lensing

        • Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          19 days ago

          flat earthers are only unified by the belief that the globe model is fake.

          they all pick and choose which models they like, based on what conspiracy theories they subscribe to, and what “evidence” they believe in.

          for example the model i described fits in well with hollow earth conspiracies like annunaki or lizzard people and “nasa hides the poles to cover up the truth”

          and when they are confronted with evidence that disproves one of their models its suddenly a strawman that no real flat earther believes in. and they pull out a different model that is entirely designed around addressing that one issue. (rinse and repeat if you disprove the next model)

    • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      7 months ago

      I think it is more of a tiling block system so as you move the edge of the map it the blocks detach from the far side and move in front of you before you reach the edge.

  • Fat Tony@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    7 months ago

    Are we just going to ignore this man can stand on water? Granted, if you’re a flat-earther, the sky is the limit to what you can believe.

    • Decoy321@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 months ago

      You get what you pay for, though. Not a lot of amenities. No in-unit washer/dryer, no pool, Internet is probably super slow, no central heating, BYO oxygen. Nice views though!

  • marcos@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    Falling flat.

    Anyway, is there a border or something there? All that water, and none splashes around.

  • Dr. Coomer@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    edit-2
    7 months ago

    Please. Send flat earthers to Mars so they can finally shut up about the earth being flat.

  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    7 months ago

    I think that the vast majority of people out there that say earth is flat are just part of some kind of paid-troll group to start shit with other people.

    What I mean is, I think the vast majority of flat-earthers don’t actually believe what they’re saying.