Comment on Fascism bad.

ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨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

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  • anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨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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    • Ack@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ 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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  • jaennaet@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨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”

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  • j4yc33@piefed.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Fun fact: Conservativism can be linked to lead and/or mercury exposure.

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