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[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 103 points 2 years ago (2 children)

but imagine how fuckin cool it would be if they were

[–] EllyEinhorn@feddit.de 33 points 2 years ago

It wood be really cool.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sadly it's the other way around. Tree stumps are nothing but small rock formations. How disappointing.

[–] kubica@kbin.social 78 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those giant trees had to be cut because the earth was risking turning upside down from the weight.

[–] RePsyche@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Flat Earth has entered the chat. :-D

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Considering the giant trees is part of flat earth yeah it was in here the whole time

[–] robotopera@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Giant earth theory is wild. I followed a guy on Reddit who had some absolutely insane videos "teaching" the subject. He also thought multiplication was a lie because if you do 5x5 by counting your fingers 5 times you still only have 5 fingers.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I'd say he's trolling but Terryology is apparently serious so anything goes, some people will gaslight themselves into anything.

Or maybe he's just amazing at the bit. He is an actor...

[–] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In every dumb movement you have the tucker carlsons that say shit they don't belive in, the trumps completely demented even lower iq and truly believe those things they say. And who ever the hell are the monkeys that whatch it.

[–] robotopera@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

If he was an actor he was performing for an insanely small audience. This guy was legit some of his videos were years old with less than 10 views.

[–] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But like... so what? What does this add to the flat earth "theory"? Like, okay there were really, really big trees once. Now what?

I know I'm looking for logic where it doesn't exist, but this really baffles me.

[–] robotopera@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I'll see if his YouTube channel is still up so you can get the crazy sauce straight from the tap. Be warned, it is difficult to find a cohesive thought let alone any logic.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, all natural phenomena including checks notes the one where someone cut down a tree with a saw

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Maybe someone cut down that mountain with a really big saw?

[–] Jode@midwest.social 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 2 years ago

Erdtree O Erdtree,

Erdtree O Erdtree

[–] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

my brother thinks mountains are fossilised giants.

not kidding

[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Bloody hell mate.. maybe he likes to rile you up? I mean, hopefully.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And so random...

Brainfuck of the day.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I had a friend that i guess I slowly drove away by always calling him on his bullshit and amongst the thousands of insane things he did and believed, he legitimately thought that there used to be giants roaming the Earth and he would argue this point intensely.

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you imagine the size of the chain saw!!?

[–] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Is a quasar not just a giant chain saw? Are spiral galaxies not just giant sawblades? It's giant trees all the way down, baby. Checkmate, Arborists.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wow does anyone know where that first picture comes from? That mountain range looks like someone just jammed a bunch of glass shards into the ground!

[–] Flokman@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that’s the Cerro Torre in Patagonia :D

[–] archaeoraptor@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like Cerro Torre. That specific image appears to be a mirrored version of a photo from an Outside article that features Cerro Torre.

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the link and an interesting article!

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago

Flat earth wasn't silly enough?

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

The line between creative worldbuilding and batshit insanity is surprisingly thin.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have three words if you love laughing at idiots like this: Mud. Fossil. University.

Enjoy.

[–] robotopera@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Holy shit that's a deep library. I'm going in

[–] davidalso@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's fun.

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

so better science than most of modern physics

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wow, that's awesome. I've been thinking a lot about the scale of the universe and how cyclical it is.

Take a scaled out view of our solar system and then compare it to a molecules composition (the atom or group of atoms surrounded by protons and neutrons) and the similarities are just uncanny.

Like this image, what's to say that we aren't just part of a molecule making up the chemical composition of something far larger than ourselves. An ant has no concept of the vast empty space between the United States and Europe, we know that is the case between solar systems but our actual understanding of our relationship in space is limited.

P.S. look at the patterns of discharge of electricity in wood/paper/stone and then look at the patterns of the Grand Canyon. They're the same! And the Grand Canyon is the only formation we have that exhibits this quality, which makes it extra interesting.

[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Take a scaled out view of our solar system and then compare it to a molecules composition (the atom or group of atoms surrounded by protons and neutrons) and the similarities are just uncanny.

Nah, the planetary model of the atom is outdated. The quantum model doesn't look very much like a solar system.

[–] sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The quantum model doesn't look very much like a solar system.

Not even a little bit, really. Quantum mechanics is in fact almost nothing like what school taught me.

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[–] DroneRights@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Mariner: why do all caves look the same?

Rutherford and Tendi: cause they're all formed by... SOLUBLE MINERALS!

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’m obviously not getting this one lol

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No need to overthink a meme, but here's my guess.

They're correlating the shapes of the objects, implying some causation.

There isn't.

Ahh okay, that makes more sense. Thanks!

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You could say that my formations have been rocked.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Just be happy that you don't get it. There are flat earthers out there who will say it unironically. Not sure if it's only flat earthers but I think so. It really is wild

[–] Batman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

My dataset says there is a one to one relationship between mountains and stumps (n=3). Infinite-Power.jpg.gif

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago

Plateaus are stumps of mountains.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Not pictured: Teldrassil

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