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Title text: There are two rules on this ship: Never gaze back into the projection abyss, and never touch the red button labeled DYMAXION.

Did they peel the Earth like an orange?

ratammer wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:24 am Did they peel the Earth like an orange?

They switched the type of Map Projection, projecting a sphere (the earth) onto a plane. It is something with a fair number of cartoons from Randal.

I understood the joke. I was just wondering what physically happened.

They had more sails. Wasted energy flipping switch.