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The jokes write themselves... (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2018
OP
"Members all around the disk" doesn't have quite the same snap to it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Feb 2018
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TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)1. Maybe they are a sarcasm/troll group...
brooklynite
(94,757 posts)2. Pretty substantial website...
marybourg
(12,639 posts)8. Yes they're a tongue-in-cheek group. nt
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,877 posts)3. "Members all around the disk" doesn't have quite the same snap to it.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)4. Both sides?
Top and bottom?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,877 posts)5. Well, that's the tricky part.
What is on the bottom? As far as I can tell, they claim everything is on one side of a flat disk. But there has to be something on the other side. So far nobody has dug down far enough to pop out on the bottom of the disk, so that's all terra incognita. Does anybody live there? Do they get any sun?
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)6. Time out for some fun:
struggle4progress
(118,374 posts)9. It's actually a one-sided flat surface
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)10. You beat me to it
How would time zones work. Eastern Standard Top Time and Eastern Standard Bottom Time?
JDC
(10,135 posts)7. As an FYI: their FAQ is batshit
Satellites don't really exist. They are "pseudolites" put there to fool us.
Also, the curvature of the earth, as seen from an airplane, is actually a trick of the window shape put there by the airlines to sell more tickets.
$12 membership included a pewter medallion. I'm surprised it's not a genuine Abe Lincoln copper medallion.