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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Amazing how intact the back half is given, you know, explosive decompression.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Actually this is the opposite of explosive decompression.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Implosive compression.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Yes, but we required the answer in the form of a question. So, no points for you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

When a car crashes head first into a brick wall, the rear bumper is usually salvageable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I think the rear portion was more solid, so just not as many hollow portions to collapse.