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Beartracks

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1. There should be a simulation that shows...

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Sat Sep 15, 2018, 03:25 PM

Sep 2018

... what sunrise and sunset would look like to the residents of a planar planet. Pretty sure it would look different than what we observe.

By the way, do flat-earthers think we're all in the same side of a flat planet, or do they think "the eastern hemisphere" is on the flip side?

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If the Earth Was Flat [View all] Different Drummer Sep 2018 OP

There should be a simulation that shows... Beartracks Sep 2018 #1

I think they think that we're all on the same side of a flat planet. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2018 #3

Sunset and sunrise according to Flat-Earthers: DetlefK Sep 2018 #12

Wtf? Then how does it get back to the sunrise point? Beartracks Sep 2018 #15

... cats would have pushed everything off of it by now. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #2

Truth! Different Drummer Sep 2018 #4

There you go again with your "facts" and your "evidence". cos dem Sep 2018 #5

Cats would have knocked everything off by now underpants Sep 2018 #6

But the lamp isn't orbiting the Earth like the real Sun does. n/t sl8 Sep 2018 #7

"All we have to fear is sphere itself." * sl8 Sep 2018 #8

This is certainly an edgy subject Generic Brad Sep 2018 #9

It is, that! Different Drummer Sep 2018 #10

Oh boy, I've got stories to tell about Flat-Earthers. DetlefK Sep 2018 #11

Question: Just what, according to the flat-earthers... MissMillie Sep 2018 #17

Something something something controlling the population. DetlefK Sep 2018 #18

But, where does all the water go? earthshine Sep 2018 #13

There is a wall of ice on the edge. (That nobody has seen.) DetlefK Sep 2018 #19

Do they know the name of the God tasked with turning the light on and off? Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #14

The flat earth is more complex than the real one jmowreader Sep 2018 #16