• 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
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    502 months ago

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

    • @DudeImMacGyver
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      62 months ago

      Can you explain this one to my ignorant ass? What’s the joke?

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
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        192 months 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.

        • @DudeImMacGyver
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          32 months 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.

        • @DudeImMacGyver
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          22 months 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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    382 months 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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      62 months ago

      This joke is for people who think they are smarter than people who troll the real flat eathers.

  • @DannyBoy
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    312 months 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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      82 months 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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      72 months 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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      42 months 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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        12 months 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months 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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    202 months 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      72 months 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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      12 months 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    52 months 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

  • 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