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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

When I was in high school and found a Flat Earth Society chat room, which at that time was entirely just a joke like the "birds aren't real" thing. Going along with the joke I explained how earth could be flat the same way educational things describe gravity by showing space as a fabric and masses as weights dragging the sheet down.

If space is a fabric and it is "flat," and Earth is part of that fabric of space time, then it must also be flat. However, because it is like a sheet, maybe it's balled up so the flat sheet is making a round earth. 😏