I Failed My General Relativity Class

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I Failed My General Relativity Class

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The meme shows a beautiful physics train wreck in action! It starts with legitimate general relativity concepts (geodesics being the paths objects follow in curved spacetime) but then derails spectacularly into flat Earth nonsense.

The character begins by correctly explaining that geodesics are straight lines in spacetime and that objects follow these paths. He even correctly notes that objects moving fast enough can orbit a planet. But then comes the hilarious logical collapse - suddenly claiming Earth's surface is a straight line and therefore the Earth must be flat!

It's like watching someone solve a complex equation perfectly until the very last step where they divide by zero and proudly declare "therefore, unicorns exist!" Einstein would be facepalming so hard right now.

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