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The Flat Earth Society had members all around the globe! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] dwt@feddit.org 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oldie but Goldie.

Note that flat earth society are anti flat earthers.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

i went ahead and looked that up:
and no they are definitely pro flat earthers

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You are correct and wtf?

There is some confusion on this matter, and I want to clear it up.

According to the global world map, and even according to the Gleason map, London is clearly located much further north, while on my map they are at roughly the same latitude. How can both of these be possible?

First, let's diagnose the issue physically:

https://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=95701.0

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

that’s a rabbit hole i’m definitely staying away from… well except for: https://youtu.be/qJxW-nSsRlw

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they were taking the piss out of flat earthers by pretending to be one of them.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Isn't that how the flat earth movement started in the first place? Like, the guy who started it did so as a joke and then people took it seriously and it spread?