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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Where's the math that accounts for splatter after the shitball makes impact with the wall? Will 800mm distance be enough to keep the dresser from getting shit all over it?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 13 points 15 hours ago
[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Just one spherical poo? Lucky

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 3 points 5 hours ago

Assume spherical poo in a vaccuum.

[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 22 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Have seen this IRL. The only part that's inaccurate is that the poop would be a single object rather than an area effect.

[–] 5parky@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

So a shitgun instead of a poostol.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 14 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Lmao. I'd only scrolled far enough to see the top half, paused and though to myself; "you could probably calculate how fast that shit was going, using the speed of gravity as a reference."

Then I scrolled to see it had already been done...

[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 10 points 20 hours ago (3 children)
[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 hours ago

Its vertical component, due to gravity

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 36 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Infinite poop. You sit on the toilet to poop, but the poop never stops coming out of your butt. You have to start flushing the toilet every two minutes to keep up. You try to pinch your butt closed but that makes your insides hurt. The poop accelerates. You call 911. The paramedics call for doctors. The doctors call for specialists. The story trends on Twitter. You turn down talk show appearances. Your septic tank fails. People form a cult. Your toilet is finished. Volunteers arrive with buckets and shovels. You are completely used to the smell. The poop accelerates. You are moved to a stepladder with a hole in the top step. The poop accelerates. The shovelers abandon the buckets and shovel directly out the window. The poop accelerates. A candlelight vigil forms around your house. One of the workers falls over and can't free himself. The poop accelerates. A priest knocks over the stepladder and tackles you out the window. You land in the pile. The poop accelerates. The force now propels you forward and upward. Vigil goers grab at your legs. The poop ignites from their candles. The Facebook live event hits 1 million viewers. The poop accelerates. You are 30 feet in the air. The fire engulfs the vigil and your house. 60 feet. The poop accelerates. The torrent underneath you is deafening. 5 million Facebook live viewers. You try to close up shop but your butthole disintegrated long ago. 120 feet up. Your house explodes. The poop accelerates. 1000 feet. You are now tracked on radar. You try to change your angle of ascent but you should have thought of that way earlier. The poop accelerates. 4,000 feet. NORAD upgrades to DEFCON 3. Concentric circles of fire engulf your city. The poop accelerates. You have broken the sound barrier. 30,000 feet. You no longer take in enough oxygen to sustain consciousness. 60,000 feet. CNN is reporting on all the world records you've broken. 200,000 feet. You are no longer alive. The poop accelerates. Your body disintegrates but your poop contrail remains. NASA can no longer track you. You break the light-speed barrier and we can no longer bear witness. The poop accelerates. Forever.

[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Oh. Well when you put it that way.

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

God, your response to them responding to your valid question with that silly-ass copypasta just made it way funnier! I badly needed that laugh you gave me. I genuinely thank you. :)

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 17 hours ago

Old copypasta. 🥲

[–] greyfox@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

They stick 9.81 in for acceleration, so that is presumably for gravity.

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago

2.5m/s is quite fast

[–] anarchoflandish@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 20 hours ago

Is 800mm an average distance from a dresser to a wall? Presumed you are changing baby from the front of the dresser, I reckon that makes sense.

I am currently shitting. Next time, maybe we see if velocity changes after 45 years?

[–] alykanas@slrpnk.net 2 points 20 hours ago

Was this experiment on the moon ?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago

Is this Blippi? Where’s the friend?