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[-] intoner@lemm.ee 28 points 11 months ago

I honestly don't understand how people can think the Earth is flat in 2023. You can see it for yourself. Go to the coast of a sufficiently large body of water, and try holding a ruler up to the horizon.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 15 points 11 months ago

I think at this point, it's more a lifestyle and less a theoretical argument.

Yes, a flat earth doesn't stand up against science. But also, for most people it doesn't make a difference in their day-to-day life. So they have little to no incentive to ever tackle that notion.

[-] ilost7489@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

Clearly it's just big water mountains

[-] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

They alter all rulers to hide the flat earth!!!!

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

It not flat! It's concave! Flippin sheeple. Do your research!

/s

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I wish I had thought of this when I was growing up on the coast. How long would the ruler need to be to see the effect?

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

anyone who unironically says they believe in flat earth is a fed

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