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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 121 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

this one could go troll or dumbass, hard to tell

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 89 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Probably started as a troll and picked up by dumbasses. Like the Flat Earth Society.

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I wonder if the Finland conspiracy has any genuine believers yet...

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)
[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This kinda makes me feel old.

The version I heard I thought it was New Zealand... 😝

[–] Kraiden@kbin.earth 15 points 3 weeks ago

New Zealand doesn't exist. Show me New Zealand on a map

(this joke works because New Zealand is left off of a stupid number of maps)

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

But then where do the waffles come from? And the chocolates? And diamonds?

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

All those things come from Bielefeld !

You have been lied to your whole life !

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[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That sounds like something a Finn would say.

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

It's fucking impossible to know nowadays, it has even gone into "this is so crazy that it can't be a troll" territory. I'm at a loss of words almost daily from the level of idiocy and ignorance that infects every damn comment section everywhere. The bar for most stupid imaginable is racing lower and lower every damn second, and it's already WAY beyond what should be possible.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 64 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 68 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

First time I hear them being referred to as "Jesus people"

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago

Well I guess there was an implied comma but this works too I guess. 🤣

I have a coworker who insists that global warming is a hoax because plants give off oxygen, not carbon dioxide. Can't even get a foothold in that kind of stupid.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 57 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s particularly choice that the reader-added context uses simple.Wikipedia.org

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait, as far as I understand, this is a wikipedia page for severely Learning disabled people? Great, since I know a lot of idiots.

[–] GambaKufu@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

It's for children, people with learning difficulties, and/or people still learning English. https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_write_Simple_English_pages

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[–] _edge@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The reflection (scattering) of light can be seen on the picture they choose to make their point. Sure, the comment is correct that anything you can see scatters light otherwise you would not see it, but in the picture it is particular obvious where the light source is from the reflection on the rock.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 9 points 3 weeks ago

It's also a pretty dumb rock to use as an example. If the moon were that color it would be way brighter than it is currently. And with a rock as shiny as that you would clearly see a reflection of the sun as well.

In real life the moon is about as bright as dark asphalt and because of all the dust it is very dull as well. So a matt black paint would probably be closer to what the moon looks like. Still bright as hell compared to the nothingness that surrounds it. Our eyes are also very good at low light conditions, once we get used to the dark a little bit of light goes a long way. So we can even pick out shadows in the moonlight on earth. A brighter moon would be annoying I think, imagine having some nights that look like early evening on a sunny day. But if we evolved with it we would be used to it I guess.

Just like with flat earth the glowing moon theory fails to explain the phases of the moon or things like eclipses. And why the glow doesn't follow black body radiation, but instead perfectly follows the tell tale signs of reflected sunlight, Fraunhofer lines and all. And where the energy to generate that light would come from, making something glow as bright as the moon takes a lot of power. And why that power source selectively lights some parts some of the time. And where does the sunlight that hits the moon ends up, if it's not reflected.

I would think it's a troll, but these days you'd never know. Even if a troll for example claims vaccines cause autism for the grift, idiots still believe it.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (30 children)

Everything in the universe reflects light. Except black holes. Only things you cannot see do not reflect light.

[–] tweeks@feddit.nl 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And things in itself that are too small to see with even a microscope do not reflect light right? Light might interact there but will not reflect in the usual sense, it can however emit light though. As far as I understand that is.

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[–] enbyecho@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It only seems like rocks are brighter when you are dumber than a rock.

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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do they think all rocks glow?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, technically rocks do glow.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Technically everything glows.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 14 points 3 weeks ago

Surprisingly, this even applies to black holes (i.e. Hawking radiation).

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[–] Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

These people are walking among us. Worse - they sometimes breed.

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel for every child that has to find out their parents are fucking stupid.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Honestly, it sucks. I have never been able to take advice from either of my parents as an adult. Of course as a teen they seemed dumb to me, but even then I recognized that I was a teenager and that perception was typical for my age. But they never got any smarter. Frankly, the older I've grown, the more like children my parents seem to me. As a kid they always told me I was super smart. Now as an adult, do they listen to me if I try to correct their mistakes? They do not. They've been suckers for cons my whole life.

And no, I'm nowhere near as smart as they led me to think.

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[–] Kraiden@kbin.earth 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, don't worry. They're often too stupid to realise that themselves

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

While it's certainly possible for a person to be stupid, I find that very often it's more accurate to describe a person as ignorant. In this context, I don't mean that as an insult; I mean literal ignorance, as in the described person has not been exposed to relevant information, or possibly has been conditioned not to accept that information if it is provided.

It's anecdotal, but most stupid people I meet aren't stupid, just missing or unable to accept certain information. This especially applies to young people.

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[–] Darth_Reagan@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Intelligence is not stored in the balls

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Breathing is fake. You really don't have to breath. Don't accept this group delusion. Quit breathing. You can do it just keep trying to quit.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or better yet, get someone to help you quit.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The only time something doesn't reflect light is if it's painted in that special black that's even darker than vanta black, because that's what makes it so black; it absorbs all light instead of reflecting any.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 28 points 3 weeks ago

And even that reflects a teeny tiny bit of light.

[–] BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

A coating, which is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Absorbs 99.995% of visible light. Vanta: A mere 99.96%.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this person suggesting it's a star with well-defined edges?

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

From a distance, I thought this was going to be a 3D printed MST3K logo.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

NO! You can see things because light hits it, not becuz it reflects it STOOPIT ^\s

[–] oo1@lemmings.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

radioactive cheese

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 9 points 3 weeks ago

I LOVE that they attached a picture. 🙃

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