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[โ€“] thedudeabides@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Good thing no one risked boating before Archimedes invented bouyancy ๐Ÿ™

[โ€“] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I heard people used to just float around before Newton invented gravity.

But I'm not sure. I think that's just hot air.

That's brilliant

PS: English is not my first language so I had to confirm if "hot air" is an idiom

[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

I'd imagine people moved around using giant levers, his guess what?

[โ€“] yesman@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Boats float because of their shape, Archimedes is a bitch.

-Aristotle

[โ€“] ignotum@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Boats float because an ideal boat floats, Archimedes and Aristotle are both bitches

-Plato

[โ€“] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

But what floats your goat, if not magic??

[โ€“] thenextguy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

"I got my swim trunks. And my flippy floppies."

[โ€“] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)