• mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day 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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      1 day 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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        18 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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      24 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”