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[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)

someone who believes in a flat earth is also more likely to believe in the geocentric order of planets rather than the heliocentric one.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If not geocentric, then egocentric.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Americentric

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I highly doubt they know what either of those mean, actually

[–] Duranie@literature.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

But they heard the word once and it sounds sciency, so they keep repeating it.

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

heliocentricism → the Sun is the center of the universe and all revolves around it

geocentrism → the Earth is the center of the universe and all revolves around it, including the sun

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

heliocentricism → the Sun is the center of the ~~universe~~ solar system and all revolves around it

That's what you meant to write...

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Then there was the day Elon Musk found a group that was even stupider than the people he normally hangs out with:

[–] uis@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

Achivement unlocked: Dumber than Musk

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

It's always amusing to me which observations these people won't ignore while they ignore other observations. Like how do they draw the line?

[–] Hyphlosion@donphan.social 3 points 2 months ago

Behold, the real reason why Elon launched a car into space.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Earth is the only flat planet AND the only one to have both liquid water and life. Checkmate, round-earth whackadoodles. /s

[–] cron@feddit.org 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you obviously can't have oceans on a round planet. The water would just flow away into space.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Europa gets a pass because of all the ice holding it.

[–] cron@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

Ice can be round of course, we know that from ice cream.

[–] kepix@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

wheres the turtle holding the whole thing

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] Zidane@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Someone add Pluto plez #neverforget

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Pluto is where the conspiracy gets really crazy, which is why astronomers are trying to cover up it's existence.

[–] afox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

My heart :(

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

This actually explains why our planet is the only one with life. The aliens keep slipping off theirs!

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How did the photographer get all the planets to pose like this?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How did AI get the planets to hold still for so long?

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

It's just a parody of the planets. They're all Al dressed up in different costumes.

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Ha! You think flat earthers believe we aren't the center of the universe?

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Imagine believing science enough to agree with scientists that Pluto isn't a planet, but not enough to believe Earth is round.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

All the evidence is there.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

Nonononononono! You got it wrong! The "sun" is just a giant heat lamp the government has been running ever since the beginning of time! The heat lamp moves while we stay stationary! /s

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is such a misconstrued scale meant to be derisive against flat earthers. The accurate representation is a circle with cloud shrouded ice damns along the edge of the planet.

It's still dumb but should be accurate to what they believe.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And the sun should be a little ball above the Earth. Exactly how high and how big is not sure.

[–] Contravariant@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You also shouldn't ask how it manages to light only half of an otherwise flat earth I suppose.

Best explanation I saw involved light curving. At which point you're just working with a spherical earth in a weird coordinate system.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Explanations for lunar and solar eclipses get silly too. Mercury and Venus passing in front of the sun is just ignored as it wouldn't fit between the Earth and the sun.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I thought Earth was Neapolitan style, but it was Chicago deep dish the whole time! If only I'd have known earlier!

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Mmm, fuckin tasty earth

chomp

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We can argue about this all day but we should probably find something better to do in the short time we have left before we crash into the sun according to this diagram

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

500my isn't enough to build a space society?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

The other planets and moons are flat too, bro. They just face us all the time. It's convenient like that.