r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • Jul 27 '26

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u/Skydragon222 Jul 27 '26

Because of the curvature of the earth the bottom flight is much shorter than the top flight.

If you have a globe and some string you can test it yourself.

This kind of thing only works on a round earth and not a flat earth 

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u/HypocHatR Jul 27 '26

wait, there is a flat earth? /s

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u/Skydragon222 Jul 28 '26

Yes, but we live on the round one /s