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In a world brimming with mysteries and marvels, one debate seems to spin on endlessly, much like the planet we inhabit. Is the Earth flat or round?

What we know for sure is that there’s a corner of the internet where the age-old question isn't just about whether the Earth is flat or round — it’s about who can craft the wittiest punchline. Here we are with a plethora of flat earth memes, those tidbits of digital humor that have us questioning how some people still believe the Earth isn't a sphere. Or better, an oblate spheroid.

Surprisingly, a slice of young adults have tickled statisticians with their responses to this cosmic query. A peek into the findings of a YouGovUS study reveals that a small yet baffling 4% of 18 to 24-year-olds believe we inhabit a frisbee-shaped planet. Ancient thinkers would be perplexed, to say the least, considering this debate should’ve been settled eons ago.

Yet here we are, witnessing a crew of believers in the flat Earth theory, armed with arguments that defy the gravitational pull of mainstream science. They’ve even established their own guild, the Flat Earth Society, complete with a trove of conspiracy theories where NASA often plays the villain in this anti-spherical saga.

For those who love a good roast, Bored Panda curated a collection of the best “Earth is flat” memes. Maybe humor is just the thing we needed to round out this flat debate. Don’t forget to upvote your favorites!

#1

Crazy Nature

Picture of all the planets

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    Say It Again

    Funny Facebook post about flat earth

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    Agnes
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to meet a flat-earther one day but it seems they're only on facebook :C

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    What is the Flat Earth Theory?

    The flat Earth theory is a concept that suggests the Earth isn't a globe, as science has long confirmed, but rather a flat, disc-shaped platform. Those who believe in this theory question the conventional understanding of Earth’s shape, challenging the idea that it is a sphere spinning in space.

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    According to this theory, the Earth’s surface is a flat expanse with the North Pole at the center and a supposed ice wall, which some believe to be Antarctica, forming the perimeter, preventing people from tumbling off the edge. This model declares that gravity is an illusion and objects don't curve along the Earth’s surface but instead move in a way that creates the illusion of gravity.

    #4

    Lunar Eclipse

    Moon with shadow of a turtle

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    Dian Ella Lillie
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, this should be higher than the other eclipse post! And vale Terry Pratchett, one of the most intelligent and funniest authors ever...

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    #5

    Flat Earthers Are Truly A Sad Group

    Funny Tweet about flat earth

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    #6

    Forbidden Image

    Funny meteor coming to flat earth

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    Miss Cris
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd prefer a hole, like a glat doughnut

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    Is the Flat Earth Theory Scientifically Supported?

    The short answer is no. The flat Earth theory isn't supported by any scientific community. Centuries of research and observation have consistently supported a spherical Earth model. From the way ships disappear over the horizon to the images and data gathered from space travel and satellites, the evidence for a round Earth is extensive and multifaceted.

    The theory, despite being debunked by centuries of scientific research and observation, carved out its own niche in the vast expanse of internet culture, sparking debates, discussions, and, of course, a whole universe of flat Earth memes.

    #7

    Star Shape

    Bright star in a red sky

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    Sillyist
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture must have been taken in China

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    #8

    Flatearthers

    Funny evidence picture that you're wrong

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    Nadine
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is exactly what these people do. The same happens with anti vaxxers and climate change deniers... *Sigh.*

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    #9

    Solar Eclipse

    Moon and a flat earth's shadow

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    Dian Ella Lillie
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I laughed so hard that I scared my cat and he fell of the table. I'm sorry, puss!

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    Why Do Some People Believe in the Flat Earth Theory?

    Belief in the flat Earth theory often stems from a deep-rooted skepticism of established authority and a preference for personal observation over scientific consensus. Flat-earthers often distrust governments, space agencies, and the scientific community, proposing that there is a coordinated effort to hide the truth of Earth’s shape.

    In fact, they argue that all the evidence we have of a round Earth — like satellite images and physics — is simply part of a vast conspiracy.

    #10

    Sorry To Bother You

    Police officer putting his hand on persons shoulder

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    #11

    Embrace The Curves

    Picture of earth in three different shapes

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    Dian Ella Lillie
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to know how gravity works on a flat world, and what's happening on the bottom side of the plate...

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    #12

    ...Mission Control?

    Spaceship taking off from earth

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best solution, tad expensive though. I would have preferred using giant sling-shot!

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    Are Flat Earth Memes Meant to Be Taken Seriously?

    While these flat Earth memes are crafted with a spirit of fun, they brush against the broader themes of scientific literacy and critical thinking. They aren't to be held up as scientific evidence — memes are simply a way to lightheartedly engage with a topic that, for some, is a subject of genuine debate. Their humor comes from pointing out the sheer absurdity of denying the Earth’s roundness, making us chuckle and think at the same time.

    #13

    Undeniable Logic

    Lamp shines into earth

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    Kiki
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Flat-Earthers believe the sun revolves around the Earth.

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    #14

    Checkmate

    Cloud object coming from the sky

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    Dian Ella Lillie
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So that's why the planet rotates... It all makes sense now!

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    #15

    The Best Proof

    Old turtle With mud and grass on his shell

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    Where Can You Find Other Science-Related Jokes and Memes?

    For those who have enjoyed this round of flat Earth jokes up till now and crave more scientific wit, there’s good news. You can find a treasure trove of science-related humor right here on Bored Panda.

    We have curated a collection of science memes and jokes to tickle every science enthusiast’s funny bone and maybe even teach you a fun fact or two!

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    #16

    Flat Brain Society

    Brain and earth shape comparison

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    #17

    Flat Earth Memes

    Dress of the earth's map on a mannequin

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    Dian Ella Lillie
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgive me Bored Pandas, for I am about to sin... When the mannequin bends over, one can see the moon...

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    #18

    The Creation

    God talking to an ant

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    Are There Stories of Former Flat-Earthers?

    You bet there are! For a peek into these confessions and what eventually tipped the scales for these once flat-minded thinkers, Bored Panda has collected stories from former flat-earthers. These individuals, after a period of staunch belief in a flat Earth, have had their views reshaped (quite literally) to align with the spherical world view supported by science.

    Their stories often involve a critical moment of realization, sometimes through personal research, encounters with clear evidence, or conversations that opened eyes to a new perspective.

    #19

    The Pant Question

    Earth wearing blue pants

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    #20

    Flat Picture

    Map of the world

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    Angela Turrall
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well NZ, we’re in the wrong place but I guess at least they didn’t leave us off entirely like usual.

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    #21

    Flat Earth Logic

    Different shaped rainbow in a valley

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    Last Hurrah
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not a flat earther, but this argument has nothing to do with a curved Earth. It's an atmospheric phenomena.

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    #23

    Finding New Shapes

    Half cut earth globe

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would be horrified to live on the edge, rest everything is ok.

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    #24

    Future Isn't So Bright

    Funny drawn sign near the sea

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    Zanthe
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Truly. If the sea had a curve like that, Earth would be so small we wouldn't even fit...

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    Dian Ella Lillie
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I keep clicking on the Youtube link, but it doesn't work...

    Josh Coker
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i had a date with this woman....everything went really well, then she asked me- you know the earth is flat right? *record scratched* huh? so she goes on and on about this, i grabbed an egg and asked her if it was flat or round....OF COURSE IT'S ROUND. I SAID, NO IT'S FLAT. you can't see all sides of it at once!

    Amd
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called "sea level" not because it flat... But because it's the arbitrary distance set at zero meters. Any distance going above is higher sea level and anything below this set point is below sea level.

    Natalia Brown
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that sign is just crying out to be vandalised!

    Keley Babs
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm not gonna believe something that looks like a poster-board-and-marker-project for 2nd grade. Up your game, bro.

    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If only your dad has used protection that night, there would be one less one of you wandering on this beautiful planet!

    Magdalina777
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But...there's literally a proof of the opposite on that pic? The ship. You know. The ship that you stop seeing after...iirc that's 12 miles or so. And that's not because optics can't let you see further than 12 miles.....that's because it literally disappears after the curve. Lol. Anyways, I'm having a hard time believing this is serious XD

    Porto DaMartinica
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    makes me want to cry. good job flat trollers

    Coco!
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember there was a post about the sea horizon earlier in the month on bored panda. The guy said it was like a .12 curve? I have terrible memory

    Jose Baeyens
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    20 years from now people will start arguing that women shouldn't navigate on ships for they will cause calamities, or that you will go blind if you "please yourself" (a.k.a. slap the monkey, etc ...). It's a kind of regressive evolution or devolution.

    switchman82
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to believe that it is viral advertising

    BusLady
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wikipedia: Eric Dubay: Science Fiction Author.

    Lynn Noyes
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Cause all curves have to be extreme. You can't have a very slight curve that is not easily visible to the human eye.

    Creep Reap
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist: the ruler they used was curved the slightest bit

    Neha Jawale-Bhorge
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haven’t these people ever seen a photograph of earth taken from ISS or from a voyager?

    Anon Y. Mous
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but they say they are false, or hoaxes.

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    Hayden Higa
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    have you seen anybody who thinks the earth is in the shape of a square? cause that is impossible

    Gavin Moon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    watched it read it listened to it... still waiting for the 200 pieces of proof

    Darryl O'Brien
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you look carefully it is curved in 3 directions.

    Darryl O'Brien
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you look carefully, it is curved in 3 directions.

    Grendahls x2
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Earth is 24,901 Miles Around, Meaning your are Looking at a Curvature Radius of about 0.2 Degrees

    Tyler Mueller
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't trust only YouTube Videos guys OMG. YouTubers aren't scientists except the ones who actually ARE. I will say it again ARE.

    Seth Estrada
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    just because u look at sea-level doesn't make the Earth FLAT

    Rich McInnis
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    6 years ago

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    WhiteFox
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1 proof the earth is round. GUARANTEED TO PROVE ALL NOT CLICKBAIT THE EARTH IS ROUND

    Noempsie Worgen
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coincidence that the drawing was done by a pre-schooler?

    Bindi Adams
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hold a tennis ball up to your eyes, gaze along the flat surface you see.....of course, tennis balls a flat!

    vilitza
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's on YouTube, it must be true! :D

    Joseph Brzezinski
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except they forget level just means equal distance from one point... so, in our case, the water is level with the center of the earth...

    Jon Chevalier
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    then why can't I see the other side, across the horizon.???

    Knut Nikolaisen
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    flat earthers, if you look out over the ocean and on the horision, is it flat or dose it curve??

    WhiteFox
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.popsci.com/10-ways-you-can-prove-earth-is-round its better than youtube.

    Cataclysmique Lalie
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i've watch part of the youtube video... so much wrong science!

    Taters Posts
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Earths sea has the smallest curve it is like .blah blah degrees of an angle

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    I love it, it's really funny and they know it, you are all being taken in as if it's serious!

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    #25

    Winning Match

    Nasa office workers cheering

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    #26

    Columbus Expedition

    Three pirate ships near the edge of the world

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    #28

    Brain Fixer

    Woman putting her nail through man's head

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am sure, even this wont fix the problem! You gotta open the head, take the brain out, put it in lava and then only the problem is solved.

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    #29

    Geography

    Teacher and students looking at the flat earth globe

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    #30

    If The Earth Is Flat

    Different shaped wifi logo

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    Hans
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must be part of the conspiracy. "they" did ir.

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    #31

    So, So Wrong

    Scientist sitting near a globe and holding a piece of paper

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    LOttawa
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He must be rolling in his grave... or he is lying flat.

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    #32

    Flat Earth Society

    SpongeBob SquarePants reading a paper and then burning it

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    Ladies and Gentlemen
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If sponge bob believes its flat, then its flat. No more questions.

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    #33

    Definite Proof

    Two shoes with different type of sole

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    #34

    Explanation Needed

    Minecraft gameplay

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    Avatarless Player
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it's flat, how can the sun and moon go around it?

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    #35

    Flat Earth Memes

    Two different type of texts in MS Paint

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    #36

    Where's The Curve?!

    beach and water full of people

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    #37

    Case Closed

    Alien spaceship and a earth in a trash can

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    BusLady
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Just keep flying, Honey! Don't stop!"

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    #38

    Flat Earth Memes

    Twi different shaped computer mouses

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    Norsman
    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The bastards, they proved it again - https://goo.gl/images/8DkreU

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    There you have it — our roundup of flat Earth humor! If a meme made you laugh, show some love to that upvote button and feel free to share the giggles across the globe!