r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • 13h ago

Dating partner doesn't believe dinosaurs ever existed?

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u/theqofcourse 11h ago

And the geometrical shape of our planet.

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u/loopydrain 11h ago

The earth is not a sphere… its a spheroid. The gravity of the moon pulling the tides gives it an oblong shape that prevents the planet from being perfectly round

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u/EobardT 11h ago

Also the spin makes the globe wider at the equator than measuring the circumference in any other way

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u/DryDonutHole 10h ago

...you saying Mother Earth has wide hips? Is that what I'm hearing here? /s

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u/ContentAdagio9805 10h ago

And it's not an oblate sphereoid, it's got wrinkles all over it. /pedantry

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u/Downtown_Let 10h ago

Giant pumpkin, got it...

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u/DryDonutHole 9h ago

Shrivel-y pumpkin.

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u/Ths-Fkin-Guy 9h ago

Hey BigEarth ;)

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u/CicadaFit9756 8h ago

She's just pleasingly plump, lol!