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xkcd #3294: Asteroid Mission

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Lander, this is Houston. There's been a request that you turn clipping back on and instead set the mass to 1kg. The theorists believe that will be pretty funny.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3294/

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can tell by the syntax that our reality simulation isn't a Bethesda product. Well that and the lack of random at collision doesn't regularly launch things across the sky.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

And robbing stores standing on someone's head never seems to work, either.