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Memes! A way of describing cultural information being shared. An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Because there's no consensus in monochromatic maps about whether the darker or lighter area should be land or sea, my brain gets momentarily confused every time and I just see a bunch of nonsense shapes until I can work out what is what.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] zout@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago
[–] isgleas@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

There are dozens of us. DOZENS!

[–] Kenny2999@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Connecting members of the flat earth society around the globe.

[–] SlothMama@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is almost assuredly satire

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I suspect you can get there even faster if you don't use the Mercator projection

[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well it's totally unnecessary to go above ground, let's go in a straight line through the earth, much shorter!

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

The line connecting any two points on the surface of the earth would take about 42 minutes to transit in free fall, ignoring air resistance and assuming perfectly spherical planet with uniform density.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Not everyone gets to geodesics in school.

[–] MajesticTechie@feddit.uk 4 points 6 months ago

Ignoring the obvious flaw in his "idea". It's funny he needed AI to draw a straight line 💀