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A Lunar Eclipse that Flat-Earthers have never seen.
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pansypoo53219
(20,976 posts)RobinA
(9,893 posts)and I don't know if the moon is flat, but I do know it emits its own light. That was a jaw dropper for me, as if the whole thing isn't jaw dropping enough. The sun is actually quite close to earth. I can't really discuss it with her because it's this whole involved theory with a lot of components that our mandatory indoctrination (school, in flat earth speak) didn't tell us about, so it's like trying to argue in a foreign language. It goes along with guns, Trump, God, and hatred of government.
PJMcK
(22,035 posts)When we gaze out into space, we see that, in general, astral bodies form into spherical globes because the force of their gravity works evenly around the body. The larger the object, the more likely this globe-like structure will occur.
In the observable Universe, we haven't seen a structure like a flat Earth. Why would our planet be the other one like that?
Stupid people annoy me.
Cartoonist
(7,316 posts)They're just being pseudo obstinate. Like Pastafarians.
Aristus
(66,345 posts)I don't know any personally, but they seem like fun people. With flat-earthers, I just start looking for a window to throw them out of.
Cartoonist
(7,316 posts)I never have.
Aristus
(66,345 posts)I run into anti-vaxxers on a daily basis, though. Same frame of mind...
SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)Pastafarian Prayer
Our pasta, who art in a colander, draining be your noodles. Thy noodle come, Thy sauce be yum, on top some grated Parmesan. Give us this day, our garlic bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trample on our lawns. And lead us not into vegetarianism, but deliver us some pizza, for thine is the meatball, the noodle, and the sauce, forever and ever. Ramen.
Aristus
(66,345 posts)They busted out laughing...