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ur dada so buff he falls significantly faster than g (mander.xyz)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Tap for spoilerThe bowling ball isn’t falling to the earth faster. The higher perceived acceleration is due to the earth falling toward the bowling ball.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

But what weighs more:

A ton of bowling balls or a ton of feathers? πŸ€”

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When you carry a ton of feathers, you also have to carry the weight of what you did to those poor birds...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

What about all the bowling cattle you had to castrate for those balls?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

That's a trick question. Feathers have lower density than bowling balls; a ton of feathers would have a larger volume compared to the same mass in bowling ball, thus the feathers are heavier

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why does a larger volume mean the feathers are heavier?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because big

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So a beach ball weights more than a bowling ball?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If they have the same mass, yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

If they have the same mass they weigh the same until you blow up the beach ball and are weighing the beach ball + the air inside.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You know, I'm not strong willed enough to keep going, but this comment thread is starting to remind me of this post

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Strong sharks are smooth energy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

nice chatgpt roleplay

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks, I ~~was trained by~~ learned from the best ~~Reddit comments~~

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Its a trick question because both weigh the same - a ton. The bag of feathers may take up more volume due to the lower density, but it'll still weigh the same as the bag of bowling balls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

but steal is heavier than feathers??