• 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
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    501 month ago

    Back when “The Flat Earth Society” was all about trolling and making an elaborate scientific joke and not hardcore extremist science deniers.

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
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        191 month ago

        The joke is the absurdity of a flat earth and making puns like “all around the globe” in that context and creating absurdist proof that the Earth is flat despite everyone knowing since kindergarten that it isn’t.

        But some people started taking it too seriously.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 month ago

          Oh, I guess I got that part but was expecting there to be a pun I didn’t get in the “read that again slowly” text.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 month ago

        Imagine claiming something as stupid as the flatness of Earth.

        The first group of people will try to prove that it’s round.

        The second group will be triggered by the explanations of the first group. They will try to prove that Earth is geoid.

        The third group will see how people who claim that Earth is round are being attacked.

        The fourth group of edgelords will pretend that they believe that Earth is flat.

        This ritual will continue until the myth of flat Earth is created. Isn’t it funny?

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          That part I guess I knew, but I was expecting a pun in the arrow text and thought I was missing something. Guess I was overthinking it.

  • @[email protected]
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    381 month ago

    There’s not much I miss about Reddit, but one of those things is a proper community to put jokes that have been run into the ground. The unnecessary arrow is one thing, but then the second reaction image really kill the otherwise mildly amusing joke.

  • @[email protected]
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    311 month ago

    Since I’ve seen this last time it’s gotten moldy and picked up a useless arrow and a useless reaction image.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 month ago

      It could still use some red circles for the rest of us non-geniuses. I look at this and see nothing.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 month ago

      I wouldn’t have gotten the joke otherwise, maybe add a red circle and a laughing minion next time to be extra clear.

    • Lem Jukes
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      41 month ago

      And comment, and attached image. This joke works with just the tweet but apparently we need to kill the frog like 8 different ways.

      • PrivateNoob
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        11 month ago

        Well it kinda feels like that I don’t need to think to understand the meme, since the required emotional response is over there as the facepalmers.

        I assume this meme is just a repost from OP. It’s a perfectly decent meme OP, dw we aren’t bashing you down.

    • @saltesc
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      21 month ago

      I thought it was “out slowly” but the arrow pointed out the stem, helping me realise the ‘o’ was actually a ‘b’.

  • Diplomjodler
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    201 month ago

    I’m just waiting for Elon Musk to come out as a flat earther. It’s about as absurd for the CEO of an EV company to support Trump as it would be for the CEO of a space company to believe in a flat earth.

    • @Stovetop
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      71 month ago

      He seems like the kind of person delusional enough to claim that he invented the portal that transports you from one end of the flat world to the other to explain why planes can cross the Pacific.

  • @[email protected]
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    51 month ago

    You know, I really think that without that arrow and the picture of people facepalming at the bottom, I wouldn’t have understood why this was funny

  • @copd
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    51 month ago

    Wait people think this is real?

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      Well I know my uncle thinks the world is flat but he is from a third world country. Not sure what’s up with the muricans.

    • @copd
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      11 month ago

      No shit, of course this is fabricated

  • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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    11 month ago
    The Flat Earth Society is meeting here today /
    Singing happy little lies /
    And the bright ship Humana is well on its way /
    With grave determination, /
    And no destination