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reverendbonobo
If the Earth were shrunk to the size of a billiard ball, we would all fly off into space and die.
waheliod
lol.. y
reddit111987
learn what "recorded" means
sordatos
Ah yes, of course the Football field unit couldn't be missing from any American post about measuring things
Pontoons
It says Football Stadium. Seems fairly relatable to me.
MechaMarkimus
So we're just going to ignore 'human wingspan'? In #1
SlyeFox
I think people are more focused on the "recorded" part of the statement. Humans have been around a lot longer than recorded history.
JackYouMagnificentSoB
If my aunt had balls...
JackYouMagnificentSoB
...she'd be my uncle.
massdefect3
#5 is wrong. The people that ripped it off from https://what-if.xkcd.com/73/ don’t know that nine orders of magnitude means 1 billion times.
BenSpacey
Neither do you because it doesn’t? 9 magnitudes difference is a brightness difference of around ~4000 times
massdefect3
Well, in my experience one would say it is 9 magnitudes brighter if they meant stellar magnitude, and orders of magnitude if they mean 10^9.
massdefect3
But maybe not everyone follows that convention. You might be right that he meant apparent magnitude.
SeismicCoin
#6 also contradicts what ive heard before. i heard it was the "head of a pin" which is significantly smaller than a pea. dont know which >>>
SeismicCoin
is right, if either, but im gonna err on the side of "not siding with the infographic on imgur" for this one. #3 is suspect as well imo
astrogameguy
to be fair, most people don't know that order of magnitude is logarithmic where values are relative to previous values. regardless, gets 1/2
astrogameguy
the point across, right. a supernova is so bright, it's a moot point anyways. supernova that close would end all the problems lol 2/2
GodzillaBoomingMarketOfDiabetes
If you put a penis inside of a vagina without protection most of the time the female will get pregnant
ShutUpMeh
If "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, then every day would be Christmas
lovestars
if everyone farted at the same time, you would have one big stinky noise.
bradrob5294
Retarded
Muttons1337
These are simplified to the point of being so simple, these are confusing.
SpawnLegacy
I still didn't understand some of these
RealityIsOftenDisappointing
someone dumbed them down too far and they feel a little stupid now.
ParadeOfCrap
We have wings? WE HAVE WINGS?
RetiredLaserMan
If you lay out a persons blood veins, vessels, capillaries, etc., end to end... they will die.
yuyufan43
The people in Manhattan are pretty dense...
RealityIsOftenDisappointing
Yeah, but they have the best projects!
Longbowgun
I send gifts to friends in Pokemon Go.
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UncleSam1776
Added!
pjayz13
Me too, friend
RearadmiralButtStuff
Gonna call bullshit on #1 recorded History or wrotten history started 4th Millennium BCE
reanbean
The warren buffet one gets me. Like I agree we shouldn’t limit people’s wrath but like ... who can even spend that much.
reanbean
And I don’t know why he has to wait until he’s dead to give it away A lot of the world is hurting right now and these dick bags got billions
Averien
Let's say I have 1,000,000, and I'm getting a ROI on it of 15%. If I give away that $1M now, that's it-- it's gone. If I give away 1/
Averien
10% of that each year, then my wealth is increasing, but over time, I can give away substantially more than $1M. Buffet makes *bank*, 2/
Averien
but continues to try to give as much total away as possible. As he is a very smart investor, his RoI is probably higher than 15%-- he 3/
Averien
does more good over a longer period of time by giving away less, and by directing its use in a sustainable way, particularly by 4/
nmarkroberts
The COVID death rate in Colorado would be appalling
DuckyofDeath123
But for once, Trump would be able to claim it's not his fault and not be lying!
Imalwaysready
Human wing span?
RealityIsOftenDisappointing
I think he means after we break out of our chrysalis stage and join the hive mind? Understandable mistype.
beepboopbap01
Itisseventyalonghere
You really fell at the first hurdle. "Recorded" history IS "History". And it is but a FRACTION of the time humans have existed.
youcouldbedrinkingwholeifyouwantedto
I dont buy it. Has anyone set off a nuclear bomb in the eye to test its brightness? Checkmate atheists
andrewedf10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-HNYRIJZdg
andrewedf10
im sure some poor Japanese person did, or close enough ya know. or this guy who lived through two of them
onlyhalfghost
neither of those were hydrogen bombs, which is the type Randall Monroe specified in What-If #73 (ripped off incorrectly here)
Imalwaysready
Fun fact: Texas is so large, that you'd need a state the size of Texas to hold it all.
electricdiesel
Texas is small. Try the state of Western Australia.
SophieClockwise
13Alpha
Or a state half as large as Alaska.
RealityIsOftenDisappointing
Texas is an above average man's penis. He's insecure enough about it to wish it was way bigger but he's not exactly disappointing anyone IRL
Shamwowser
Fun fact, Idaho has the largest surface area of all states in the US
MrOatcake
+1 for the username alone!
yuyufan43
Have you heard the song played slowed down? It’s breathtaking
AssWaffle
#6 why is being on the 50 yard line relevant to its size?
RealityIsOftenDisappointing
because its the center of the freedom unit universe.
AeroEngineer
Because the 50 yard line is the center of an American football field.
CapitalNick
Middle.
delpharseven
In the same vein as #2: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
Dorsk84
That made my brain hurt. EAT THE RICH!
MysticSeven
The arguments presented on this website are shocking, but they felt flawed to me. It was jarring enough that I will research further though.
gnovice
I scrolled to the end. No Easter egg. Very interesting though.
Geodoge
I wish I read this first
Conser1
Net worth =/= liquid assets. At least 95% of his wealth is invested in Amazon and probably a few other companies.
delpharseven
Is it moral that 400 Americans own $2.96T of stuff, regardless of what that stuff is? Could they not convert 3.3% of that into cash to 1/
delpharseven
eradicate malaria? Beyond morality, there would be significant economic benefits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaria#Economic_impact 2/2
notashill
VivaToblerone
#5 who tf decided "nuclear blast pressed against your eyeball" was the best analogy?
ThatLoserTheFourth
I dunno, pretty sure everyone's familiar with that one. You're the odd one out here, bud
BigDaddysMeatWagon
It removes distance in calculating the light intensity. That's literally why.
IIBM
I liked it
tg2222222
An American probably
Grimmrog
who even can measure this?
RefurbishedArcReactor
Probably lifted from xkcd. https://what-if.xkcd.com/73/
dalaiyoda
I'm still puzzling over "wing span". Am I disabled and just never knew it?
ventureaaron42
You know, something everyone can relate too.
Blacktusk
It's very bright. Do not recommend.
Crispers5121
Can anyone relate to a supernova ?
ShiningForceMax
The same person who thinks someone else has been recording this planets history...
Imjusthereforthecomments
“A nuclear bomb” isn’t a measure of anything. It’s not even close.
pattyymac
All of these are a little bit "who the hell thinks like this??" I guess thats the point?
RhamnusiaThePaladin
I was like, "that's dark...and bright."
FallingStar7669
xkcd. I'm pretty sure whoever wrote this ripped it right out of his book, "Thing Explainer".
Shoelebubba
Also got it wrong. Says 9x brighter. Reality is that a supernova is brighter by 9 magnitudes.
whatsisname
I think you mean "What if" - https://what-if.xkcd.com/73/
pookieeatworld
Now I have more questions!
origina1crisp
Will Wheaton does the audiobook reading for Audible and it’s always a favorite of mine to go back to every in awhile
Shoelebubba
Probably energy release to distance ratio. Possibly.
PuckeredAnus
#1 who recorded history if not humans?
FormalDegree5
Came down to ask the same thing -- couldn't focus after this
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Doumdidoum
Reeeeeelaxxxxx... Breaaaaaaathe... Caress your taint gently...
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engineringfailure
Did even get to the second one because this pissed me off so much.
MyLittleVenus
Yep
StubbyJohnson
Same haha
Vyrro
Raspootin
Steve
meesterjohnson
What's up?
Raspootin
Steve is in charge of the history before
meesterjohnson
Ah, my name is Steve and I thought you were trying to get my attention. Carry on.
Raspootin
You must know the history from before then
TheOvy
Yeah, whoever created this doesn't know what recorded history is.
darxide
It's a very poor choice of words.
overzealot
The rocks.
wheresmybanana
Technically true
zxms
Yeah this album definitely has a rocky start to it.
Chpgmr
and ice
charlietrundlethegreat
Water rocks
sordatos
I read it like 5 times trying to understand wtf was going on
aodhanPiBandit
Smokinsalmon
Whiooooaaaaasa
onecowboytoo
Historians and scientists.
burtCoKain
It's still history, even if is not recorded.
HoneyBadgersAreBadAsses
Trees and their rings
XicoLarico
Yeah they mean time instead of history, classic mistake.
TheOvy
"Recorded' literally means someone was documenting it in writing. It shouldn't say recorded at all.
Frederf
Classic Doric or classic Ionic?
IIBM
if he was trying to say big bang the caption needs work
AsAHistorian
Actually, some historians have begun incorporating a Big History or Deep History approach to their work, looking at history that goes 1/2
AsAHistorian
back far beyond humans. It's not accepted by everyone as history, I'm personally not a fan, but they make the argument in favor of it. 2/2
binaryspike
lame
xmaneds
"duration of earth", 4.5 billion years, certainly not history.
pookieeatworld
And even with that, you have to go forward to 3.5 billion years ago to get to the point where the planet was habitable for microorganisms.
DuckyofDeath123
History is what the human race recorded. So "prehistoric" means "before there was history". Before we wrote shit down. Not when we existed.
xmaneds