A series of large, printed banners proclaiming that the Earth is flat have appeared in the Meadows in Edinburgh. A photo of the banners - which have been hung on fencing by the Pavilion Cafe in the Meadows - was uploaded to social news site Reddit on 9 June.
It's since racked up nearly 60 comments from locals, who weren't impressed, to say the least. One of the top comments reads, "oh for f***s sake."
The largest banner says "WE HAVE BEEN TOLD LIES" in large red lettering, with a series of increasingly peculiar and factually inaccurate sentences underneath.
Here's the full text. Don't say we didn't warn you:
"WE HAVE BEEN TOLD LIES"
"We were told we live on a ball earth when we were infants. When we were young, impressionable and naive, before our critical thinking had developed. Don't you think that science should be demonstrable, repeatable and verifiable?
"Yet gravity holding vast oceans flowing round a ball has never been proven, all water has to be contained.
"The moon landings were a hoax. Images of earth are Photoshop. Neil Armstrong presented fake moon rock to the Dutch government. Passenger planes cannot fly level round a ball; planes continually flying level would shoot off into space.
"Pilots do not dip the aircraft to compensate for an alleged curvature of the earth. Earth's curvature is not visible; the horizon is always flat level no matter your height.
"Are your thoughts your own? Do you have a belief or a knowing? If you weren't told you live on a ball would you belief (sic) that you did?"
Unsurprisingly, the banners were met with a combination of disbelief and (very funny) jokes on Reddit.
One said: "Holy s**t, these chuckleheads have "big banner" money?"
A follow up comment referenced the spelling mistake: "...but not 'proof reader' money , apparently."
Someone else called the banner-maker a 'roaster', adding "Curvature's not hard to see at a high enough altitude: https://flatearth.ws/high-altitude-balloon "
This was our favourite comment, though:
"Flat Edinburgh, there are no hills. It's lies by the elites to make you buy cars and not use bicycles."
So there you have it everyone - Arthur's Seat is a myth. WAKE UP SHEEPLE.
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