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[–] 26 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

Because there's no consensus in monochromatic maps about whether the darker or lighter area should be land or sea, my brain gets momentarily confused every time and I just see a bunch of nonsense shapes until I can work out what is what.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Connecting members of the flat earth society around the globe.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I suspect you can get there even faster if you don't use the Mercator projection

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well it's totally unnecessary to go above ground, let's go in a straight line through the earth, much shorter!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The line connecting any two points on the surface of the earth would take about 42 minutes to transit in free fall, ignoring air resistance and assuming perfectly spherical planet with uniform density.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Not everyone gets to geodesics in school.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is almost assuredly satire

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Ignoring the obvious flaw in his "idea". It's funny he needed AI to draw a straight line 💀

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago
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