Flat Earth

by **Liberion Realms** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:10 pm

We're a nation that has colonized nearly a hundred planets. We don't think they're flat, we know they're round.

As for Earth, well, it's not round or flat. (OOC: In our timeline, Earth got smashed into lots and lots of little pieces.)

by **New Lyrane** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:10 am

No idea about Earth.

Our planet is round. This has been common knowledge for twenty, twenty-five centuries.

by **Ruskarkand** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:19 am

Every Dragonkinian here knows the earth is round, they know this because they have seen it from the sky for themselves, it's unavoidable logic for the Dragonkin.
Nope, 0% of our people think the Earth is flat.

by **Rumbria** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:19 am

Swilatia wrote:...believe? No, pretty much all Swilatians know that the earth is round (spherical, whatever). We actually find it a bit difficult to believe that there are still people in the world who believe in such things as a flat earth... but then again, there are still people in the world who are creationists.

Substitute 'Swilatians' For 'Rumbrians' and, well, this post is pretty much 100% accurate.

by **The Grand Millian** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:22 am

Avarge Millian response if you tell them the Earth is flat.
"Flat Earth that is a good one"

by **Victorious Decepticons** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:41 pm

Since the only way Decepticons get to Earth is from space, we all know that it's an oblate spheroid. Anyone who perceives it as flat knows enough to immediately go back to Cybertron and get new visual processing circuitry.

by **Pittsborough** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:43 pm

What type of backwards people are you?! The world is round. Anyone stupid enough to believe otherwise should be euthanised for the good of the gene pool.

by **Unilisia** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:46 pm

The Earth is not flat. Unilisian's are not dull-minded.

by **Casta Nal** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:50 pm

We are a space age nation so duh it is round. Origin is what we call it.

by **The Matriarchians** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:51 pm

Nobody in my nation believes that the earth is flat.

by **Gandoor** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:03 pm

The citizens of Gandoor know the Earth is round.

by **Oceanic Vakiadia** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:08 pm

The Vakiadian education system is capable of stamping out such idiotic beliefs before they happen.

by **Al Fayum** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:20 pm

Everyone in Al Fayum believes the earth is flat.

by **Volnotova** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:39 pm

"What the heck is an Earth?"

by **Nohn** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:40 pm

You can sail around it, fly around it, put satellites spinning around it, stand on the flipping moon and see its shape...

Yeah, I'd say almost everyone on Nohn, be they human or syth, believes that Earth is round

by **The Drone Empire** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:55 pm

"Well, I've seen Worlds Become Flat for a Matter Of seconds, Before Imploding"- SAIDE

Most Drones don't need to know the World is Sphericle. They just need to know where the resources are. But they do know anyway. And Common Calculations by Sattelites Support this.

We are still Trying to Create a Flat, Artificial World However. So Far to no use, as it Usualy Frisbees itsel into its Orbiting Sun.

by **Volnotova** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:12 pm

The Drone Empire wrote:"Well, I've seen Worlds Become Flat for a Matter Of seconds, Before Imploding"- SAIDE

Most Drones don't need to know the World is Sphericle. They just need to know where the resources are. But they do know anyway. And Common Calculations by Sattelites Support this.

We are still Trying to Create a Flat, Artificial World However. So Far to no use, as it Usualy Frisbees itsel into its Orbiting Sun.

But comrade, they make such for such fine anti-planetary weapons!

by **The Drone Empire** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:19 pm

Volnotova wrote:
The Drone Empire wrote:"Well, I've seen Worlds Become Flat for a Matter Of seconds, Before Imploding"- SAIDE

Most Drones don't need to know the World is Sphericle. They just need to know where the resources are. But they do know anyway. And Common Calculations by Sattelites Support this.

We are still Trying to Create a Flat, Artificial World However. So Far to no use, as it Usualy Frisbees itsel into its Orbiting Sun.

But comrade, they make such for such fine anti-planetary weapons!

Yes, But We could Always use More Large Fortress Worlds as our Shelter incase of an Invasion.

by **The Anglo-Saxon Empire** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:21 pm

What is this flat of which you speak? The whole idea of something with no depth perplexes us.

by **Zyrox** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:23 pm

Of course the Earth is round! Like any good pizza!

by **Dagnia** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:34 pm

We know that Earth as well as our own planet is round.

by **Icarianna** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:36 pm

Of course the Earth is round! Like any good pizza!

We live on a giant pizza? Well THAT explains why some people eat dirt. Icarianna has just been enlightened and would appreciate a way to stuff a slice of earth into an oven for reheating.

by **Chocolate Chiponia** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:43 pm

This planet is most definitely round and edible in parts.

by **Syvorji** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:44 pm

Sphere, obviously. We however have plenty of people thinking it is flat, with the largest of these organizations being the Westboro Baptist Church.

Signed,
Amji Kei

by **Amazing Athiests** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:49 pm

The Earth is neither flat nor perfectly round.

"The shape of the Earth is actually an oblate spheroid – a sphere with a bulge around the equator. The Earth is bulged at its equator because it’s rapidly rotating on its axis. The centripetal force of the rotation causes the regions at the equator to bulge outward. And it actually makes a pretty big difference. The diameter of the Earth, measured across the equator is 43 km more than when you measure the diameter of the Earth from pole to pole.

This bulge has some interesting implications. For example, it means that the point on Earth furthest from the center isn’t actually Mount Everest, but Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador. Only because Chimborazo is closer to the Earth’s equator.

So how smooth is the Earth. When billiard balls are manufactured, they aim for a tolerance of 0.22%. The Earth has a tolerance of 0.17%, so it’s actually smoother than a billiard ball. If you could hold the Earth in your hands, it would feel smoother than a billiard ball." Universetoday.com

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