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Important astro-tuberological finding!

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Important astro-tuberological finding!

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Fries, countryfrymen, chipizens - I have an important announcement to make. As we all know, the current era of enlightenment and increasing understanding of the universe began once people of learning and conviction cast aside their fear of repression by forces of stagnation, and bravely spoke the truth of their findings - that the world upon which we live, is in fact not flat, but round.

Today, I bring you irrefutable proof of a new step forward in our understanding. The world we live upon is, indeed, not round.

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It is, in fact, potato. Rejoice! \o/
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that's a really gross lookin potato. i wouldn't eat it if i were you.
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Gonna need a pretty big pot to cook it in, though.
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this legitimately scares me for some reason

E: Okay, according to this article the graphical depiction shown is actually a 700000% representation of what's really there

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/obs ... ed-planet/

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Jayoshi wrote:this legitimately scares me for some reason

E: Okay, according to this article the graphical depiction shown is actually a 700000% representation of what's really there

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/obs ... ed-planet/

that makes me feel much better
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Looks more like a mouldy orange to me.
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Ivy wrote:if you look at the ceiling for 30 minutes straight without blinking, the word "gullible" will spell out due to your eyes being tired and seeing stars
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Jayoshi wrote:this legitimately scares me for some reason

E: Okay, according to this article the graphical depiction shown is actually a 700000% representation of what's really there

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/obs ... ed-planet/

that makes me feel much better
N-nooo! Nonsense! It is merely the old, calcified scientific circles trying to repress the march of progress! Earth is a potato, I tell you! It's the round earth society's lies! :shock:
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UnclePutte wrote:N-nooo! Nonsense! It is merely the old, calcified scientific circles trying to repress the march of progress! Earth is a potato, I tell you! It's the round earth society's lies! :shock:
Are you kidding me? The Earth is clearly not a pancake or dodgeball, but it isn't a potato either. It's a meatball in marinara sauce!
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Jayoshi wrote:
UnclePutte wrote:N-nooo! Nonsense! It is merely the old, calcified scientific circles trying to repress the march of progress! Earth is a potato, I tell you! It's the round earth society's lies! :shock:
Are you kidding me? The Earth is clearly not a pancake or dodgeball, but it isn't a potato either. It's a meatball in marinara sauce!
Oh, speaking of marinara, I saw one of these in the store the other day.

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Maybe some kind of compromise can be made here. A potato and beef frikadell in marinara sauce?
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UnclePutte wrote:Maybe some kind of compromise can be made here. A potato and beef frikadell in marinara sauce?
Ooooo, potato with beef is my favorite! that sounds like an excellent compromise :mrgreen:
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UnclePutte wrote:As we all know, the current era of enlightenment and increasing understanding of the universe began once people of learning and conviction cast aside their fear of repression by forces of stagnation, and bravely spoke the truth of their findings - that the world upon which we live, is in fact not flat, but round.
To be fair, there have been people who understood that the Earth was round since long before the Enlightenment; the Greeks understood this, for instance, and even people in the supposed "dark ages" (historians generally consider that term a misnomer for the medieval ages) as depicted in this mural from the period:
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Expanding on that, it is also worth noting that there's a distinction between sparse understanding amongst educated elites that the Earth was round, which as been such since the Greeks, and widespread commoner knowledge of basic astronomy, which didn't occur until sometime after the Enlightenment. All things considered, there are still people who reject the idea that the Earth is "round" but overall it was easy for people to accept; especially when compared to something controversial like the Earth NOT being the centre of the solar system.
UnclePutte wrote:Today, I bring you irrefutable proof of a new step forward in our understanding. The world we live upon is, indeed, not round.
t is, in fact, potato. Rejoice! \o/
Jayoshi wrote:E: Okay, according to this article the graphical depiction shown is actually a 700000% representation of what's really there
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/obs ... ed-planet/
that makes me feel much better
UnclePutte wrote:N-nooo! Nonsense! It is merely the old, calcified scientific circles trying to repress the march of progress! Earth is a potato, I tell you! It's the round earth society's lies!
Geoids aside, regarding the controversy surrounding its actual shape: I once got in a conversation with a physics teacher about properly defining the shape of the Earth: I shut down the conversation rather quickly by expressing my support for the adjective, "globular"; globular is a real (dictionary-defined) term which I think pretty much describes the Earth perfectly. :P
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