i guess lunar eclipse got an update too..

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• polysexualstick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If Great A’Tuin was real I believe by now it would have been annoyed enough to throw us all off

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• mercano@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Does Discworld have nutters who insist the world is spherical?

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  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, the Omnians. They’re a scathing critique of dogmatic hierarchical religions in general and Christianity in particular. The zenith of their folly is depicted in Small Gods, where it’s revealed that not a single one among them except for one lowly initiate actually believes in their god anymore, having replaced him instead with blind obedience to their rituals and the bureaucracy of the church itself. The Discworld being what it is, their god is very much real but has been diminished to inhabiting the body of an ordinary tortise and is unable to communicate with anyone except his sole remaining believer.

    One of their ironclad declarations is that the Disc is spherical, a notion that they are quite willing to torture people to death over questioning. Of course as we all know, the truth is the opposite.

    And yet, the turtle moves.

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    • Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Small Gods is also a great introduction to Terry Pratchett, I highly recommend it to all!

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    • frank@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Man, Terry Pratchett’s writing is so damn funny

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• zikzak025@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  FWIW though, that would only make sense if the moon was on the horizon. If the moon is directly overhead or close enough, it’d still get mostly shaded.

  If it was at like a 45° angle, though, the shadow would look pretty oblong if the earth was truly flat.

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• smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Screw this, I’m going to live on the turtle.

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• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The turtle moves!

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• lengau@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But what’s the turtle on?

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  • Metostopholes@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Space drugs.

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Canonically it’s on horni

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  • olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The turtle A’Tuin swims through space, it doesn’t need to stand on anything unlike the world and the elephants.

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• JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  See the TURTLE of Enormous Girth
  On his shell he holds the Earth.
  His thought is slow, but always kind.
  He holds us all within his mind.
  On his back all vows are made;
  He sees the truth but mayn’t aid.
  He loves the land and loves the sea,
  And even loves a child like me.

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• Smackyroon@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I KNEW THERE WAS A SPACE TURTLE

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• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The great A’Tuin if you look closely there should be a wizard and a tourist emerging just to the left.

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• percent@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  TIL that some people (similar to flat-earthers, I suppose) think that the moon is bowl-shaped

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• arctanthrope@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  took me a second to realize it wasn’t a weird old-timey sea plane

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• LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ha. There’s no such thing as.

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• AffineConnection@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A lunar eclipse is when the moon turns black and explodes, releasing a poisonous gas, killing all of humanity.

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