Flat Earthers Go To The Beach

I lifeguard for the city of Laguna Beach, just south of Los Angeles, when I am home from college during summer. I am chatting with a tourist who is asking about my job when they spot and point to Catalina Island, which is approximately twenty-two miles away.

Tourist: “Wow! Hawaii looks so big from here!”

Me: *Stifling my laughter.* “That’s just a local island. Hawaii is considerably further away.”

Tourist: “So Hawaii is behind that?”

Me: “Technically?”

The tourist thanks me for my time and I go to relieve my coworker.

Coworker: “What did they say that is making you laugh?”

I relay the story.

Coworker: “Yeah I spoke to them earlier. They’re from Arizona and they spotted the glare coming off the houses on Palos Verdes point—” *Approximately fifty miles north.* “—and they said, “Oh geez, look at all that snow on Alaska!” I laughed thinking they were joking, but based on what you just told me I am thinking otherwise.”