# Re: What would it be like walking around on a cube-shaped planet?

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**Created:** [August 30, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-what-would-it-be-like-walking-around-on-a-cube-shaped-planet/594617 "2011-08-30T12:57:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarkAJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@MarkAJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkAJA)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-what-would-it-be-like-walking-around-on-a-cube-shaped-planet/594617/1 "2011-08-30T12:57:46Z")

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This is a stupid question as we all know that the Earth is not a cube.  
The Earth is flat.

If the Earth was a PERFECT cube then there would be no hills or vales,  
so all sea water would cover the whole planed.  
There would be no streams so a no drinking water, no dry land so we would develop webbed feet.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-what-would-it-be-like-walking-around-on-a-cube-shaped-planet/594617/2 "2011-08-30T13:34:41Z")

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And so your question is …?

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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-what-would-it-be-like-walking-around-on-a-cube-shaped-planet/594617/3 "2011-08-30T22:09:07Z")

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> [@MarkAJA](#):
>
> This is a stupid question as we all know that the Earth is not a cube.  
> The Earth is flat.
> 
> If the Earth was a PERFECT cube then there would be no hills or vales,  
> so all sea water would cover the whole planed.  
> There would be no streams so a no drinking water, no dry land so we would develop webbed feet.

If the Earth were flat, why wouldn’t it _also_ have no hills or vales and no streams, no drinking water, and no dry land, so that we develop webbed feet?