“According to flat-Earth conspiracy theorists, this astronomical phenomenon — known as a total lunar eclipse — was actually a rare opportunity to catch a glimpse of a mysterious "shadow object" that orbits the sun and occasionally passes in front of the moon from our point of view here, on an allegedly pizza-shaped Earth.”

source: https://www.space.com/43086-flat-earthers-explain-lunar-eclipses.html

[–] adude007@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It’s not that I can’t workout how to make that work with some super massive object. It’s that it’s so ridiculous to do so that I won’t bother. All hail mysterious shadow object!

[–] NewEnglandRedshirt@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear it's where the Flying Spaghetti Monster lives.

[–] FaceDeer@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It's one of the meatballs, isn't it?

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