The Flat Earth Society's Round-Trip Reality Check

The agony of holiday science conversations captured in four painful panels! The relative confidently questions why space photos lack stars (a common conspiracy talking point), while the exhausted scientist tries explaining light pollution. When the relative doubles down with "light isn't a physical thing, it can't cause pollution," you can practically feel the scientist's soul leaving their body. Light pollution is actually the excessive artificial light that drowns out celestial objects in our night sky. But the real issue here is the space photos conspiracy theory - NASA images often use exposure settings optimized for their main subject (like the Moon or spacewalking astronauts), making stars too dim to capture. The same reason you can't see stars in daylight photos! The desperate "Auntie please" is the universal cry of scientists everywhere who just wanted to enjoy their turkey in peace.

Someone skipped their physics classes! The commenter's "gotcha" question about planes reaching destinations despite Earth spinning faster is pure comedy gold. If Earth's rotation affected planes like that, we'd all be yeeting off into space at 1,000mph! 🚀 News flash: planes AND their passengers AND the air they fly through are ALL part of Earth's reference frame. It's like asking why you don't slam into the back wall when walking toward the front of a train - because you're already moving WITH the train! The facepalm is strong with this one. Next up: why don't birds get left behind when Earth spins? *maniacal scientist cackle*

When your grant application for "normal physics" gets rejected, so you rebrand as "interdimensional gravity leakage investigation." 😂 Nothing says "I need funding" quite like suggesting gravity is sneaking into our universe through some cosmic plumbing issue. Next up: "Is Dark Matter Actually Just Physics Playing Hide and Seek?" and "Quantum Entanglement or Long-Distance Relationship Between Particles?" String theory wasn't confusing enough, so now we need gravity with immigration problems. Someone call the Universal Border Patrol!

Behold! The ultimate flat-earther fantasy world where the Pyramids, Mordor's Eye Tower, and Lady Liberty all hang out like neighbors at a cosmic block party! This photoshopped skyline mashes famous landmarks from different continents into one impossible view—exactly what you'd expect if Earth were just a flat disc with monuments sprinkled around like decorations in a video game. It's basically what would happen if our planet's geography worked like The Sims and some celestial being just dragged and dropped landmarks wherever they felt like it! Next update: the Eiffel Tower right next to the Great Wall of China, because why not?

Breaking physics is apparently more concerning to the government than breaking into Area 51. The notation ε<0 refers to negative permittivity, which would allow for some truly bizarre electromagnetic phenomena like negative refraction and perfect lenses. Basically, you'd be running away with the ability to bend light in ways that violate conventional optics. The guards aren't chasing you because you trespassed—they're chasing you because you've stolen something that could collapse our understanding of physical limitations. Typical Monday in theoretical physics research.

The ultimate planetary rebellion! Earth is shown as a flat disc while all other planets are correctly depicted as spheres. This is basically Earth at the family reunion insisting "I'm not going through a phase, THIS IS WHO I AM!" Meanwhile, the Sun's just there like "Well, this is awkward" because one of its children decided to reject basic astronomical reality. Flat Earth believers are the cosmic teenagers of our solar system—refusing to accept what literally every other celestial body already knows!