Comment on xkcd #3135: Sea Level

200ok@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thats just the tilting from where the elephants shrug

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• warm@kbin.earth ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They'll just say the moon pulls the water around as it circles above the flat disc or something idk

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But the moon alone doesn’t orbit at the same rate as the tides

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  • frog@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “The earth tilts when the moon hits far end of earth during moonset and that’s why there is low tide. A high tide happens during moonrise when the moon drags it up slightly.”

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