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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If the earth is flat, how thick is it?

Are we walking across a massive dinner plate, or standing on the end of a bit of cosmic re-bar?

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Centrifugal force moves the Earth's mass outwards, so it's thick at the edges and thin in the middle.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Hmm; so like a Frisbee? Do we live on top with the edges curling down, or on the bottom with the edges curling up? Maybe more like a pizza with really thick crust?

Can you see the edges if you stand in the middle?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No to seeing the edges from the middle, I've been to Kansas and couldn't spot the edges.

As for the shape, my theory is more like a pizza with a thick crust. I haven't been able to verify though, NASA keeps rejecting my proposals for investigating further.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Kansas is the center of the world? Interesting. You learn new things every day.

Haven't been there myself, so I'll take your word on that one.

Thinking back, this hasn't really answered my original question: how thick is it?

It could be a disc, slowly getting wider and thinner. But it could be a long pole like object, growing fatter but shorter as it spins... Or anything in between.

I hope you and NASA can work out a way to get some photos. A good distanced shot should clear things up pretty quick, I'd think.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Hmm, sure sounds flat.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Sooo... pizza. Got it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

Wait, it rotates?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's at least as thick as humans have drilled down cause we can see that. Probably another layer of artificially pressurized lava under that.

Er, I mean I yam beliefer in globe earth fellow cuckold. Pray tell, where is the nearest shit-eating station so I may sate myself on our governments...truths?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What d'ya suppose is on the other side?