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Water mountains (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
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[–] Mongostein 71 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago

They're talking about the horizon.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

have you people never seen an ocean? when you see ships go far enough out you see them disappear behind the curvature of the earth, you'll see masts of sailboats sticking up and the like.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Not just the ocean. There are lakes large enough of this effect to happen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, I have never been to the beach or seen the ocean.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If you ever get the opportunity to, highly recommend going to see it. It's probably my favorite thing on earth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You mean your favorite thing in ocean /s

[–] Mongostein 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

No, us prairie people don’t think about the ocean that often, but yes I’ve seen that. A wave just seems more mountain-like than the horizon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

what do prairie people think about

[–] Mongostein 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I dunno. Grass ‘n shit. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Mongostein 3 points 2 years ago

It sure is there bud. Think the rain’ll help it grow?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Mongostein 2 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

"Are the mountains flat?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

None of what they say makes sense when you string any two parts of it together, so trying to figure out which thing is more mountain-like is giving them credit they're not really due.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When a ship gets far away and you only see the top half, it's behind a flat Earth water mountain.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

What's he not getting?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] Mongostein 1 points 2 years ago

I should watch this again. Great movie.