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Randall Munroe@xkcd.com |
Ocean Loop xkcd.com/2935
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Metastable
@tc-99m.bsky.social
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Time for the xkcd style breakdown of how much water you’d have to pump to make it possible.
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Michael Rader
@theoryof.games
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New Elon Musk megaproject just dropped.
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Crazy Cat Lady Abroad
@crazycatladyabroad.bsky.social
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And then rather than calculate the metacentric height of a cruise ship riding that loop, the machines decided that it was easier to simply exterminate humanity.
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Flux 🤍🩶💜🖤
@fluxandflow.bsky.social
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❤️
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Past perfect, future tense
@ppft.bsky.social
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For the longest time I thought this depicted a dredger.
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Head Engineer - Blinky Light Dept.
@cppilgram.bsky.social
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This looks like the thumbnail of another "What If" essay...
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Dan Lucas
@danlucas.bsky.social
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They’d let me do this Action Park!!!!
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Tricksy Belden
@tricksybelden.bsky.social
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Relevant to @billchilds.bsky.social new book. Action Park: The Boat!
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Rusty Hammer
@rustyhammer.bsky.social
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Wouldn’t be able to keep the fun loving pods of Cetacea out of it…
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Ace
@uaer.bsky.social
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it'd speed up the boat, why would they be mad
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Guy from place
@bxe123.bsky.social
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Would ride.
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SSÆternitatis
@ssaeternitatis.bsky.social
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this would work and be incredible
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Cat
@astrophic.bsky.social
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@purpliser.bsky.social ACTION PARK
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Rafe B.
@digitaldiscipline.bsky.social
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You're costing them a fortune in replacing spilled drinks.
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Boris
@bkarnikowski.bsky.social
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Just the logical next step after putting whole fun fairs on cruise ships.
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Andrew Wilson
@oddballpaladin.bsky.social
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I'm trying to imagine the power requirements ...
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mini d'nar
@drdnar.bsky.social
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This would make a neat What If?. I'm guessing this would cost over $10 billion but less than $100 billion.
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phylan
@phylan.bsky.social
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huge implicit accompanying What If? here
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mjc0961
@mjc0961.bsky.social
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At least Sonic the Hedgehog will enjoy it
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John
@neopifex.bsky.social
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So, this is going to be a What If?, right? Right?? I need to know how fast the water would have to be going, and how strong the loop would have to be! Don't leave us hanging, Randall!
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DoctorAtlantis.bsky.social
@doctoratlantis.bsky.social
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Literally saw this animated on One Piece last night.
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Seegras
@seegras.bsky.social
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I think it was meant to be in the horizontal. #Whirlpool
On a second thought, at that scale, that might be even more disturbing.
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Sam Waggoner
@diebesbeute.bsky.social
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SpinLaunch for cruise ships?
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Grieger
@grieger.bsky.social
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Maybe if you position a nice tsunami behind the ship...it would just smash into the ramp and sink...never mind...
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andwhyisit
@andwhyisit.bugsiteguardian.com
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Clearly it was because that exit angle was too steep. Shoddy work.
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@fluzbug.bsky.social
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That’s begging for a what if.
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Daremo Ten
@daremoten.bsky.social
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I think this is the start of a new What If book: Oops, All Randall Questions.
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Venat
@venat678.bsky.social
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Sonic game devs: Write that down write that down
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Wotan, From Texas
@wotantx.bsky.social
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Looks like something Royal would come up with for their butt ugly huge ships.
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@kthorazine.bsky.social
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The theoretical energy costs associated with running this make my head hurt, nevermind all of the other potential issues.
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SwampLizard
@swamplizard.bsky.social
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Leave it for the dolphins please
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Azy
@azyzy.bsky.social
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Gives Carnival Cruise a new meaning
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Rich Ebeling
@nefariousrich.bsky.social
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Action Park writ large
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@lordfim.bsky.social
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That's the last time I book a cruise with Hot Wheels!
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