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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Maybe jumping over the edge of the world could be really fun (jlai.lu)
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I just saw some joke/post about flat earthers menacing badly behaving people with taking them over the edge. But what if this was actually really fun? Essentially you'd be in freefall without having to use a rocket to go to space! You could also throw yourself out with everything that is needed to build a civilisation in space and live your fullest science fiction dreams without the hardships of actually reaching space.

This is ofc a big thought experiment based on the earth being flat, and there are many variables that can make the experience of jumping over the edge more or less fun. Maybe hitting the surface of the first turtle would hurt ("turtles all the way down" hypothesis), but then... maybe pating the cosmic turtle on the head is very fullfulling.

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Time actually runs backwards because the earth is accelerating "up"wards at 9.8 Meters Per second, which means it would only take 30,591,067.142857 seconds before Earth reaches the speed of light, which is about 354.0632771164 days.

Meaning, if Earth existed for more than a year, it's already traveling faster than the speed of light, which, according to Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, could only mean one thing:

Everything happening outside Earth's frame of reference is happeneing backwards.

Blackholes don't exist, they are light-bombs.

The big bang didn't happen, that was the end of the universe that we escaped from.

Earth is not flat, it's a TARDIS.

Checkmate, NASA!

c/EarthIsTARDIS

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago

I'm going to need you to flesh this out a little bit, then make a web 1.0 style site, complete with scrolling marqe, random fonts and sizes, and a lot of statements along the lines of "if you don't see the truth of this you are evil and should be thrown off the edge". Once that's in place I think we're good to launch your new conspiracy.