The terms 'sunset' and 'sunrise' enable flat earthers.

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Madbrad200@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

the only thing that enables flat earthers is their own lack of braincells

RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y

That and their distrust in the government. Seriously, they may lie to us, buy I don't think they would that reluctant on information. Plus, it's just stupid.

PeanutsHere@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

How should it be called instead?

useralreadyexists@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Good discussion. Earth up, Earth down?

PeanutsHere@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

That's really counter intuitive. Sunset and sunrise are more what it seems like to the eye in my opinion.

afraid_of_zombies2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

It's a thing about humanity. Sunrise on a heliocentric solar system looks the same as geocentric. And yet every single culture put us in the middle. It could have been 50-50 but instead we were all wrong together.

My point is that we see what we want. No, don't change the words to suit them.