• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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    23 hours ago

    HA HA take that COMMIE you’re braver than me due to your genetic superiority! ^oh ^wait

    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      I didn’t have fascists scientifically proving that they’re cowards on my 2026 bingo card.

      It’s still just as funny as the flat Earthers that keep accidentally proving that the Earth is round

      • All Ice In Chains@lemmy.ml
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        19 hours ago

        It’s still just as funny as the flat Earthers that keep accidentally proving that the Earth is round

        Which is itself extra funny because I believe they both knew this and measured its circumference in ancient Egypt using two faraway towers, if I’m remembering that episode of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos correctly.

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          12 hours ago

          Eratosthenes, to within 10% of the modern value. They think, I don’t think they’re 100% on the exact size of his measurement unit. Stadia?

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        18 hours ago

        It’s still just as funny as the flat Earthers that keep accidentally proving that the Earth is round

        And somehow they never go “oh shit, maybe I should reevaluate my beliefs based on the evidence” – instead it’s “well the evidence must be wrong”