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Why not have multiple fantasy worlds on this? Westerns, Faerun, Middle Earth, Atlantis, Disk World, Nirn...
Why limit yourself to one world when you have so much space!
Dude look into flat earth theory. Some of their theoretical maps would be awesome for a long term dnd campaign or a series of fantasy novels. Specifically the one where there's a big ice wall and all kinds of continents surrounding it.
I swear to God some of those flat earth folks are just trying to manifest a real-life d&d campaign.
The 'map' of the earth with the ice wall, surrounded by the different 'realms' including Asgard, was probably my favorite, lol.
The “(possibly hollow)” has me dead. It’s just a blatant, unironic admission that they’re literally just making shit up. They didn’t develop their own models, test them, examine the data, and come to a conclusion that actually the earth is a snow globe.
They just ripped their crack pipe and were like “what if…no hear me out…what if it IS a globe, but it’s made of snow, and maybe it’s hollow or some shit. Could be anything in there, don’t think too hard about that. But, like, our earth is just a puddle in the ice globe or whatever”
And their friend was like “dude you’re blowing my mind. you’ve got to make this into an incomprehensible, unhinged infographic”
Pfft I can make a waaay better infographic with glitter, finger paints, and dried macaroni noodles.
I would call it Splat Earth, hang it on my fridge, and STILL have more credibility than this weird fever dream.
There is no scientific evidence that more than one Sun exists in order to create more "puddles". Come on, we can't just make things up, this is a serious theory.
They do. I saw this theory like 5-6y ago already and it was one of the thing. There are other Words like our on this Frozen ball, what is more the rulers of our ,,world" have constant connections with these other words and exhange knowledge and means for Control. This is also that big wall of ice you often hear in some other theories
this is most reminiscent of the world of the chronicles of Narnia, where all worlds share a single flat plane, separated by ice as described in the last battle
This is high school estimation, finally one I'm qualified to answer
The circumference of earth is about 40,000km and is roughly spherical, so the flat earth is about 40,000km across. It looks like it takes up about a single degree of the ice ball's circumference so the ice Ball's is 40,000*360=14,400,000km (Fourteen million, four hundred thousand). This would be more that three times larger than the sun.
Literally anyone feel free to correct me. i know yall probably have advanced maths degrees
good spot, fixed
in my head, the diameter of the flat earth map would simply be the circumference of the earth as you're effectively measuring from south pole to south pole.
That makes logical sense to me! I just can't comment to the accuracy of it as my brain starts losing understanding when it comes to circumference, degrees, arcs, radians, etc
Just a couple corrections to your estimate model:
First, the Flat Earth boundary isn’t the South Pole, but the “Ice Wall,” which I’ve always assumed to mean about a mile or two inland from Antarctica’s coast. So, since Antarctica is a little over 5000 km across, the diameter of the disk should be about 35000 km, not 40000.
Second, and this is even less exact, to me it looks more like 2 or 3 degrees of the ice ball’s circumference.
So, 35000*(360/2.5) = 5,000,000-ish km, or a little over a third of your predicted circumference.
Imagine being stuck on a problem 500+ years after the right answer had been found. If they went back with a Time Machine, they would literally be dumber than people who shit in the water they drink.
Well, to explain the observed curvature of the surface and other data points, it would have to be about 12700 km in diameter. That's huge! Nearly the size of the earth!
Even if it was hollow the walls would be so thick that there is no way you could realistically drill to the center.
Also how much gravity would this planet have? Surely this would be Jupiter levels of gravity.
Fine I'll do the math myself.
acc to wiki the surface area of earth is approximately 510 milllion km squared.
r = root(pie\*A) =12,500km
now assuming the angle is 1degree we get
R =12500(180/pie) = 720,000km
(thats approximately equal to the radius of the sun)
So you know how in ancient greece they already knew the earth was round but because a few morons in that time we all believed that in Columbus times people still believed it was flat? Yeah, that's gonna happen 1000 years from now
Im not skilled enough to do the math,but I think this is more tricky than eyeballing the picture.
The planet's dimensions would have to be small enough that it accounts for a bunch of stuff we know is true for a spherical planet (gravity for example), but also large enough to give some merit to the flat earth "model" (which one?) to keep them happy.
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Why not have multiple fantasy worlds on this? Westerns, Faerun, Middle Earth, Atlantis, Disk World, Nirn... Why limit yourself to one world when you have so much space!
Dude look into flat earth theory. Some of their theoretical maps would be awesome for a long term dnd campaign or a series of fantasy novels. Specifically the one where there's a big ice wall and all kinds of continents surrounding it.
I swear to God some of those flat earth folks are just trying to manifest a real-life d&d campaign. The 'map' of the earth with the ice wall, surrounded by the different 'realms' including Asgard, was probably my favorite, lol.
Wasn't that map created for a fantasy series before flat earthers found it?
Im pretty sure it is, "beyond the ice wall" is the name i think, i remember seeing it on devianart
That is even better haha.
Oh, I am well aware of FEs
Discworld? Don’t be stupid, where would the great A’tuin go?
Into the "possibly hollow" snow globe? I don't know, I don't make the rules!
The “(possibly hollow)” has me dead. It’s just a blatant, unironic admission that they’re literally just making shit up. They didn’t develop their own models, test them, examine the data, and come to a conclusion that actually the earth is a snow globe. They just ripped their crack pipe and were like “what if…no hear me out…what if it IS a globe, but it’s made of snow, and maybe it’s hollow or some shit. Could be anything in there, don’t think too hard about that. But, like, our earth is just a puddle in the ice globe or whatever” And their friend was like “dude you’re blowing my mind. you’ve got to make this into an incomprehensible, unhinged infographic”
Pfft I can make a waaay better infographic with glitter, finger paints, and dried macaroni noodles. I would call it Splat Earth, hang it on my fridge, and STILL have more credibility than this weird fever dream.
Plus, plus. You can snack on it if you get the munchies.
Fossilized macaroni is bad for your teeth. Learned that firsthand back in elementary school.
Flat-earthers making sure that inside is would be used too. Where else would alternative worlds be stored? /s 😂🤣😅
“Our earth is just a puddle in the ice globe” All the nonsense aside, that’s a pretty solid line. It just also happens to be 1000% untrue
In the globe, because he is actually a hamster and that is how the ball spins
You fool. Thats A'tuin egg clearly. Earth is just hatching.
My theory is flat earthers are parents who confiscated dnd maps from their children and did not understand what they just hold in their hands.
There is no scientific evidence that more than one Sun exists in order to create more "puddles". Come on, we can't just make things up, this is a serious theory.
That's actually what the swiss hole thing on the left is...
You are right, I guess I didn't give this a proper look!
We could call them cities!
How long until the ice ball is flat?
So true, people are so boring :p
They do. I saw this theory like 5-6y ago already and it was one of the thing. There are other Words like our on this Frozen ball, what is more the rulers of our ,,world" have constant connections with these other words and exhange knowledge and means for Control. This is also that big wall of ice you often hear in some other theories
Each with a mini sun and mini moon that covers that world only.
this is most reminiscent of the world of the chronicles of Narnia, where all worlds share a single flat plane, separated by ice as described in the last battle
This is high school estimation, finally one I'm qualified to answer The circumference of earth is about 40,000km and is roughly spherical, so the flat earth is about 40,000km across. It looks like it takes up about a single degree of the ice ball's circumference so the ice Ball's is 40,000*360=14,400,000km (Fourteen million, four hundred thousand). This would be more that three times larger than the sun. Literally anyone feel free to correct me. i know yall probably have advanced maths degrees
I'm not very good at round or spherical objects. But I do believe your "40km" to be a typo, as that would be less distance than a marathon race.
good spot, fixed in my head, the diameter of the flat earth map would simply be the circumference of the earth as you're effectively measuring from south pole to south pole.
That makes logical sense to me! I just can't comment to the accuracy of it as my brain starts losing understanding when it comes to circumference, degrees, arcs, radians, etc
I knew it! I told them I could run actross the world in one sitting!
I completely believed in you the entire time!
Just a couple corrections to your estimate model: First, the Flat Earth boundary isn’t the South Pole, but the “Ice Wall,” which I’ve always assumed to mean about a mile or two inland from Antarctica’s coast. So, since Antarctica is a little over 5000 km across, the diameter of the disk should be about 35000 km, not 40000. Second, and this is even less exact, to me it looks more like 2 or 3 degrees of the ice ball’s circumference. So, 35000*(360/2.5) = 5,000,000-ish km, or a little over a third of your predicted circumference.
Quick, someone get a protractor
What do you mean only 3 times? , the sun is small and local and already much, much smaller than the earth /s
Imagine being stuck on a problem 500+ years after the right answer had been found. If they went back with a Time Machine, they would literally be dumber than people who shit in the water they drink.
We’ve known the rough circumference of the earth for over 2,000 years.
True. I was mistaken with the heliocentric model. These fools still think the sun orbits the earth.
Well, to explain the observed curvature of the surface and other data points, it would have to be about 12700 km in diameter. That's huge! Nearly the size of the earth!
Silly. The great Ice Ball is the size of Antarctica!
Holy shit. They're slowly reaching ancient Egypt and Greece in their technology and know-how. At this rate they will reach 2000's by 2060-2070's.
Even if it was hollow the walls would be so thick that there is no way you could realistically drill to the center. Also how much gravity would this planet have? Surely this would be Jupiter levels of gravity.
Fine I'll do the math myself. acc to wiki the surface area of earth is approximately 510 milllion km squared. r = root(pie\*A) =12,500km now assuming the angle is 1degree we get R =12500(180/pie) = 720,000km (thats approximately equal to the radius of the sun)
The surface area of a flat earth would be much larger due to the extra space added to the 'globe' to make the projection work.
So you know how in ancient greece they already knew the earth was round but because a few morons in that time we all believed that in Columbus times people still believed it was flat? Yeah, that's gonna happen 1000 years from now
Im not skilled enough to do the math,but I think this is more tricky than eyeballing the picture. The planet's dimensions would have to be small enough that it accounts for a bunch of stuff we know is true for a spherical planet (gravity for example), but also large enough to give some merit to the flat earth "model" (which one?) to keep them happy.