▲ 1059 ▼ Water mountains (lemmy.sdf.org) submitted 3 years ago* by seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org to c/memes@lemmy.ml 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 71 points 3 years ago (5 children) You mean a wave? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 59 points 3 years ago They're talking about the horizon. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 38 points 3 years ago (4 children) have you people never seen an ocean? when you see ships go far enough out you see them disappear behind the curvature of the earth, you'll see masts of sailboats sticking up and the like. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Tbird83ii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago Not just the ocean. There are lakes large enough of this effect to happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Enigma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) No, I have never been to the beach or seen the ocean. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zefiax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) If you ever get the opportunity to, highly recommend going to see it. It's probably my favorite thing on earth. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] itsmistermoon@feddit.cl 2 points 3 years ago You mean your favorite thing in ocean /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children) No, us prairie people don’t think about the ocean that often, but yes I’ve seen that. A wave just seems more mountain-like than the horizon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) what do prairie people think about permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) I dunno. Grass ‘n shit. 🤷🏻♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) "grass sure is grassy today" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago It sure is there bud. Think the rain’ll help it grow? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) grass? or Grass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 3 years ago "Are the mountains flat?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago None of what they say makes sense when you string any two parts of it together, so trying to figure out which thing is more mountain-like is giving them credit they're not really due. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hatandwatch@hexbear.net 0 points 3 years ago Pedantic much? Have you coasters ever seen a landboat? Everyone here has seen a sail disappear at the horizon of the great plains. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrSqueezles@lemm.ee 31 points 3 years ago (1 child) When a ship gets far away and you only see the top half, it's behind a flat Earth water mountain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rusky_900@reddthat.com 8 points 3 years ago What's he not getting? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 3 years ago No silly waves are on land. Have you ever heard of earth's largest wave? Wave Everest. A lot of people climb it every year. Sometimes they call them land waves to distinguish them further from water mountains. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hupf@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) https://youtu.be/4Hf_XkgE1d0?t=1m28s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 3 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/4Hf_XkgE1d0?t=1m28s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago I should watch this again. Great movie. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 59 points 3 years ago They're talking about the horizon. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 38 points 3 years ago (4 children) have you people never seen an ocean? when you see ships go far enough out you see them disappear behind the curvature of the earth, you'll see masts of sailboats sticking up and the like. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Tbird83ii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago Not just the ocean. There are lakes large enough of this effect to happen. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Enigma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) No, I have never been to the beach or seen the ocean. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zefiax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) If you ever get the opportunity to, highly recommend going to see it. It's probably my favorite thing on earth. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] itsmistermoon@feddit.cl 2 points 3 years ago You mean your favorite thing in ocean /s permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children) No, us prairie people don’t think about the ocean that often, but yes I’ve seen that. A wave just seems more mountain-like than the horizon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) what do prairie people think about permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) I dunno. Grass ‘n shit. 🤷🏻♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) "grass sure is grassy today" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago It sure is there bud. Think the rain’ll help it grow? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) grass? or Grass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 3 years ago "Are the mountains flat?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago None of what they say makes sense when you string any two parts of it together, so trying to figure out which thing is more mountain-like is giving them credit they're not really due. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hatandwatch@hexbear.net 0 points 3 years ago Pedantic much? Have you coasters ever seen a landboat? Everyone here has seen a sail disappear at the horizon of the great plains. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tbird83ii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 years ago Not just the ocean. There are lakes large enough of this effect to happen. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Enigma@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) No, I have never been to the beach or seen the ocean. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zefiax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) If you ever get the opportunity to, highly recommend going to see it. It's probably my favorite thing on earth. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] itsmistermoon@feddit.cl 2 points 3 years ago You mean your favorite thing in ocean /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zefiax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) If you ever get the opportunity to, highly recommend going to see it. It's probably my favorite thing on earth. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] itsmistermoon@feddit.cl 2 points 3 years ago You mean your favorite thing in ocean /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] itsmistermoon@feddit.cl 2 points 3 years ago You mean your favorite thing in ocean /s permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 years ago* (2 children) No, us prairie people don’t think about the ocean that often, but yes I’ve seen that. A wave just seems more mountain-like than the horizon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) what do prairie people think about permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) I dunno. Grass ‘n shit. 🤷🏻♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) "grass sure is grassy today" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago It sure is there bud. Think the rain’ll help it grow? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) grass? or Grass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 3 years ago "Are the mountains flat?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago None of what they say makes sense when you string any two parts of it together, so trying to figure out which thing is more mountain-like is giving them credit they're not really due. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) what do prairie people think about permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) I dunno. Grass ‘n shit. 🤷🏻♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) "grass sure is grassy today" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago It sure is there bud. Think the rain’ll help it grow? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) grass? or Grass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 3 years ago "Are the mountains flat?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) I dunno. Grass ‘n shit. 🤷🏻♂️ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bermuda@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) "grass sure is grassy today" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago It sure is there bud. Think the rain’ll help it grow? permalink fedilink source parent [–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) grass? or Grass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) "grass sure is grassy today" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago It sure is there bud. Think the rain’ll help it grow? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago It sure is there bud. Think the rain’ll help it grow? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) grass? or Grass? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 2 points 3 years ago "Are the mountains flat?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago None of what they say makes sense when you string any two parts of it together, so trying to figure out which thing is more mountain-like is giving them credit they're not really due. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hatandwatch@hexbear.net 0 points 3 years ago Pedantic much? Have you coasters ever seen a landboat? Everyone here has seen a sail disappear at the horizon of the great plains. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrSqueezles@lemm.ee 31 points 3 years ago (1 child) When a ship gets far away and you only see the top half, it's behind a flat Earth water mountain. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rusky_900@reddthat.com 8 points 3 years ago What's he not getting? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rusky_900@reddthat.com 8 points 3 years ago What's he not getting? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ComradeChairmanKGB@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 3 years ago No silly waves are on land. Have you ever heard of earth's largest wave? Wave Everest. A lot of people climb it every year. Sometimes they call them land waves to distinguish them further from water mountains. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hupf@feddit.de 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) https://youtu.be/4Hf_XkgE1d0?t=1m28s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 3 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/4Hf_XkgE1d0?t=1m28s Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago I should watch this again. Great movie. permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago I should watch this again. Great movie. permalink fedilink source parent
