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lemmy.ca

This is like the kinda movie that starts with a planetary establishing shot and then you assume it takes place in a different planet, but the plot twist is just global warming and it was earth all along

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sh.itjust.works

The opening to waterworld was so fucking cool. Rest of the movie was pretty meh but dam that was a cool opening.

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illireply
lemm.ee

Waterworld was a damn cool movie overall. Last time I watched it as a kid though, but I keep the memory of a cool movie.

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illireply

Good to know! It's not that I knowingly avoided it to keep memories pristine, I just somehow never revisited it. But now I kinda feel like it

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samus12345reply
lemm.ee

Sea levels would rise 200 feet all over the world if we did.

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Plus they’d have to use turnwise and widdershins since every direction is north or south.

Wait… is Discworld Antarctica?

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lemmy.world

Great A'Tuin found Earth and thought it would be nice to go for a swim in the southern ocean.

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They can survive in the vacuum of space, so they'll be fine.

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AeronMelonreply
lemmy.world

Just that part of Earth.

Oh no, it’s not “flat Earth theory” it’s “flat tire Earth theory!”

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lemmy.world

Is that where Italy’s other boot has been? The Romans were looking everywhere for that!

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This is more like polarity shift Antarctica where sea level stays similar to current levels. Way back in college I used melted antarctica with sea level rise for an evolutionary biology seminar. And it is much less interesting.

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Still looks cool. You have one major land mass and some sizeable islands, so lots of opportunity for different cultures to emerge.

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