thearchangel: (excuse the fuck outta you???)
Garrus Vakarian ([personal profile] thearchangel) wrote in [community profile] kaisou2026-03-05 09:34 am

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WHO: Garrus & All
WHERE: Libra
WHEN: Early March
WHAT: Internet happened
WARNINGS: n/a


Okay, what the hell is “flat earth theory”?

This isn’t serious. There aren’t actually humans who think their planet is flat. You have space exploration - more or less.

This has to be some kind of joke.



Right?
drewthetower: (Still A Stupid Young Adult)

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[personal profile] drewthetower 2026-03-05 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
unfortunately it is not a joke

sometimes science education fails people

and we have the internet

so they congregate
paraselenic: (44)

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[personal profile] paraselenic 2026-03-05 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I am sure this is nothing new to you. Humans are a rather suspicious species by nature.

When one lacks education, they fear what they do not know, and try to explain it in ways they can understand.

Then, they convince themselves that is the truth.
fightbydawn: (☼ 046)

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[personal profile] fightbydawn 2026-03-05 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[You know.......]

i've seen flat worlds before.

[It was a book. Books are flat, right??]

i don't think this is one of them, but i haven't seen it from space, myself.
Edited (uncapitalizing my i's is important okay) 2026-03-05 17:50 (UTC)
hexcrafter: (the day i met you)

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[personal profile] hexcrafter 2026-03-05 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
you would be amazed what comes from stupid people who think they're smart
lanternae: (4)

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[personal profile] lanternae 2026-03-05 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I have lived quite a long time. In fact, I have seen when that theory was the prevailing one among Europe, only for it to fall out of favor once more evidence came forward of a globe, as well as the concept of space beyond, where the moon sits.

Then again, many older civilizations had found the existence of planets. It is hard to see what the pattern is aside from spirituality.

If their deity created everything, and 'space' was not part of 'everything', then it does not exist.
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jackdawvision: (oh there's a mountain that)

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[personal profile] jackdawvision 2026-03-05 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...I am older than this country has been independent and I can tell you that if you told the flat earth theory to anyone on Nassau back in 1721, you would be laughed out of the tavern and robbed of all your worldly goods.

But unfortunately: yes, there's people who believe, despite all evidence to the contrary, that the Earth is flat. Wonder what they think happens to someone should they sail off the edge.
droptheious: (This time I'm better)

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[personal profile] droptheious 2026-03-05 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Something touted by people with zero brain cells. Don't even entertain them, nothing they say will be even slightly normal.
earthborn: (it worked for han solo)

[personal profile] earthborn 2026-03-05 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
You know how they say I'm stubborn? Trust me, I'm mild compared to some people.

It is amazing how stupid people can get.
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[personal profile] paraselenic 2026-03-06 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
They will say the image is doctored.

Even worse, there are some select few that think that the Moon Landing of 1969 was faked just so that the United States would be the first to do it. They have strongly argued that it was filmed in a NASA facility.

So even photographic and video proof is not enough to convince.
hexcrafter: (what emotion is it)

[personal profile] hexcrafter 2026-03-06 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
i know this, and you know this

do you know what happens when a group of people who don't know something get together

related question: have you ever listened to flocks of seagulls yelling at each other
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[personal profile] paraselenic 2026-03-06 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I will reiterate that this is only a very small group of people across the planet.

Surely the concept of a minuscule population of fanatics believing the most inane things is not foreign to your world, yes?

The only difference between them is what they believe.
Edited (I can't english I'm sorry) 2026-03-06 13:58 (UTC)
drewthetower: (You're So Dumb)

[personal profile] drewthetower 2026-03-06 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
photoshop

with photo editing software people who don't wanna believe shit won't believe shit
droptheious: (Didn't have much to say)

[personal profile] droptheious 2026-03-07 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
I know, Garrus. Believe me, I know. But these people are insane. Do you know some think the moon is a hologram? Despite knowledge of the moon going back millennia? There's no helping some people.
earthborn: (batton your hatches)

[personal profile] earthborn 2026-03-07 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
I know that, and you know that, and everybody who can do even basic math can do that.

But have you considered that if you go outside and look at the horizon, it looks kind of flat? Checkmate.

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