• spicystraw@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Gravity’s so powerful, it’s letting you win this round just to remind you who’s really in charge when you drop your phone

  • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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    This unlocked a song that has been buried in my mind for YEARS:

    Now some of you may think that gravity is strong Cuz when you fall Off your bicycle It don’t take long Until you hit the earth And you say, “Dang that hurt!”

    But if you think the force Is powerful You’re wrong

    You see, gravity It’s weaker than weak!

    And the reason why Is something many Scientists seek

    They think about dimensions We live in just three But maybe there are others That are too small to see

    It’s into these dimensions that gravity extends Which makes it seem weaker here on our end

    And these dimensions are rolled up, curled so tight That they don’t affect you in your day-to-day life

    But if you were as tiny as a graviton You could enter these dimensions and go wandering on And they’d find you…

    LHCb sees where the antimatter’s gone, ALICE looks at collisions of lead ions

    • Krelis_@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      If your dick overcomes the gravitational pull of the entire planet for more than four hours, seek medical attention

  • vane@lemmy.world
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    Now keep this hand raised for an hour. Who’s the bitch now ?

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    Overcome? The hand is clearly still under the effect of gravity as it is not flowing into the space. It just decelerates a tiny bit.

  • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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    As a kid I used to dream that I could levitate by sort of straining my muscles upward and lifting myself away from the ground. It would be pretty cool to do that IRL.

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      I used to contemplate jumping in the air, then quickly using my foot to spring upward off of my other leg/foot, and repeating that until I’ve reached a desired elevation.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    Nope. Gravity goes both ways. Actually it’s the curve of space time pushing you toward another mass. And you can only overcome because your mass is puny next to the earth.

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    I think this is a reprehensible attitude towards gravy.

    “Make gravy your bitch”; didn’t you ever enjoy a lovely meal with the savory sauce of gravy over biscuits or perhaps a meat of your choice?

    Terribly disrespectful!