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charlottan posted:
they invented a new science called "dont
let the balloon hit the floor" scientests are being very careful and bapping that thing before it can fall jumping over the couch and shit
charlottan replied:
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hexoskeleton commented:
dramatic oversimplification of the field... each scientest can only hit it once and holding it isn’t allowed. and sometimes the floor is even lava. so the problem is a lot more complex than most laypeople might think
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that series is clearly scifi. in real world frolickology, holding the balloon or letting it come to rest in any way is instant death. it is a cool what-if scenario but it's not hard scifi