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FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to videos@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years ago

What if you threw a baseball at nearly light speed? [tldw: its like a nuke]

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What if you threw a baseball at nearly light speed? [tldw: its like a nuke]

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  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netBanned
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    Its easy to forget how big the E gets from the mc^2

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    powerscaling: barry bonds without a baseball bat vs 0.9c pitch

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      this is a hit by pitch, which would ultimately result in yet another walk for the batless barry bonds bois-presentation

      • AernaLingus [any]@hexbear.net
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        We really do have an emote for everything…thank you for your service rat-salute-2

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          It’s more me adding emotes immediately as I notice vacancies lol, I just got really into Jon Bois content recently and I did the bit and then looked for an emote-worthy screencap

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    Oh dang I didn’t know he started making vids. This is genuinely a good format for What Ifs. I used to read these back in the day and even sent him a few questions.

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    I can do that. I just haven’t yet. Consider yourself lucky that I haven’t wanted to do this yet

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    Little known fact: On April 2, 1931, 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell of the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth with a baseball traveling at 86% of the speed of light. The ensuing fireball led to immense destruction, and Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided her contract as a result. No woman has been allowed to play baseball since.

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    Expanse spoilers

    Like when Marco Inaros figured out he could just skip buying weapons and started hurling rocks at Earth, no need for a nuke.


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      Heinlein was the first writer to use the idea iirc (the moon is a harsh mistress)

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