Have you guys seen the latest goofy theory? Earth will lose gravity for 7 seconds.

[nobody 2,978]

"Losing" gravity, won't make you float up.  You would have to reverse gravity to have the earth repel you by some fraction to float up.  Newton's first law and all that shìt.  We will all just become weightless and sit there unless we jumped or something, so even though you guys won't be safely anchored in a bunker like me, you can just stay motionless. 

[cmh6476 1,185]

how does this play in?

 

What this means is that space and time are connected – if you move really fast through space, time slows down for you compared to someone who is moving slowly. This is why astronauts – who are moving very fast in space – age a tiny bit more slowly than people on Earth.

[posty 2,868]

3 hours ago, supermike80 said:

I mean if we did lose gravity for 7 seconds, 40 million dead seems kinda low doesn't it?

That was what I was kind of thinking...  Forty million out of eight billion?

[posty 2,868]

58 minutes ago, The Elevator Killer said:

Ewe!!!

seafoam knows that about Rosie from experience, obviously...

[The Elevator Killer 759]

5 minutes ago, nobody said:

"Losing" gravity, won't make you float up.  You would have to reverse gravity to have the earth repel you by some fraction to float up.  Newton's first law and all that shìt.  We will all just become weightless and sit there unless we jumped or something, so even though you guys won't be safely anchored in a bunker like me, you can just stay motionless. 

Like women you have sex with. 

[nobody 2,978]

Just now, The Elevator Killer said:

Like women you have sex with. 

I wish.  I'm much too ugly for anyone to touch.

[The Elevator Killer 759]

1 minute ago, posty said:

seafoam knows that about Rosie from experience, obviously...

Ewe! Ewe! Ewe! That does not make that image any better.

[The Elevator Killer 759]

1 minute ago, nobody said:

I wish.  I'm much too ugly for anyone to touch.

Seafoam with touch you. You have to be better looking than Rosie. 

 

[posty 2,868]

2 minutes ago, The Elevator Killer said:

Ewe! Ewe! Ewe! That does not make that image any better.

Sorry dude...  It had to come from their first-hand experience...

[HellToupee 2,378]

How far could you float up in 7 seconds?

[weepaws 3,482]

7 minutes ago, The Elevator Killer said:

Seafoam with touch you. You have to be better looking than Rosie. 

 

With touch you, Autism much. 

[Fnord 2,710]

Putting this on my calendar and taking a day of PTO.

If I'm gonna die that day, I sure as hell ain't gonna do it at work.

Which begs a question: if this DOES happen, where would you want to be, with who, and under the influence of which intoxicants? I couldn't handle the experience on acid, but maybe high on weed? Alcohol could be problematic, though you probably have bigger priorities than puking when you're 60 feet in the air about to plummet to your death.

[Nomad99 862]

Will this affect trash pickup???

[Engorgeous George 2,364]

24 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Putting this on my calendar and taking a day of PTO.

If I'm gonna die that day, I sure as hell ain't gonna do it at work.

Which begs a question: if this DOES happen, where would you want to be, with who, and under the influence of which intoxicants? I couldn't handle the experience on acid, but maybe high on weed? Alcohol could be problematic, though you probably have bigger priorities than puking when you're 60 feet in the air about to plummet to your death.

It just screams peyote.  Good time to be hot air ballooning with twins.

[supermike80 2,183]

27 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Putting this on my calendar and taking a day of PTO.

If I'm gonna die that day, I sure as hell ain't gonna do it at work.

Which begs a question: if this DOES happen, where would you want to be, with who, and under the influence of which intoxicants? I couldn't handle the experience on acid, but maybe high on weed? Alcohol could be problematic, though you probably have bigger priorities than puking when you're 60 feet in the air about to plummet to your death.

Skydiving.   And extra 7 seconds of free fall or float would be awesome

[frank 2,359]

49 minutes ago, nobody said:

"Losing" gravity, won't make you float up.  You would have to reverse gravity to have the earth repel you by some fraction to float up.  Newton's first law and all that shìt.  We will all just become weightless and sit there unless we jumped or something, so even though you guys won't be safely anchored in a bunker like me, you can just stay motionless. 

Well, except for the fact that the Earth is spinning.

[frank 2,359]

 

[BeenHereBefore 1,690]

59 minutes ago, The Elevator Killer said:

I'm getting a frying pan and hope for the best. 

Well you will be safe from any 22 bullets laying around.

[Hardcore troubadour 16,225]

Full disclosure: I fell for Y2K. 

[kutulu 1,727]

Can't wait

[joneo 562]

17 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

I'm going to try banging my woman at that time.  Banging on the ceiling and then boom you land on the bed.   Sounds fun. 

just say your mom's first name instead of trying to hide it with "woman"

[cmh6476 1,185]

23 minutes ago, joneo said:

just say your mom's first name instead of trying to hide it with "woman"

Whatevs i can still do this

[Tree of Knowledge 2,300]

Lizzo is probably p1ssed she went on Ozympic.  

[Sean Mooney 2,088]

A Venn Diagram of people who believe this will happen and people who espouse hard core right wing principles has a lot more overlap than people will want to think. 

 

That makes these dopes team MAGA

[Fnord 2,710]

14 hours ago, supermike80 said:

Skydiving.   And extra 7 seconds of free fall or float would be awesome

Brilliant! 

15 hours ago, Engorgeous George said:

It just screams peyote.  Good time to be hot air ballooning with twins.

Skydiving on peyote! Normally not an activity I'd condone, but given the circumstances this seems like an entertaining way to potentially spend one's last moments, or at least provide a good story to tell once we get done dealing with a couple billion people shuffling off the mortal coil simultaneously.

[supermike80 2,183]

Great time to make some guiness records.  

Longest ball thrown.  Longest tee shot.  Longest long jump...on and on

[Sean Mooney 2,088]

6 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Great time to make some guiness records.  

Longest ball thrown.  Longest tee shot.  Longest long jump...on and on

I'm not sure longest tee shot will work. If it just picks the ball up that won't help the distance.

But if it gives me a chance of going longer than 240 off the tee I'll take it

[supermike80 2,183]

6 minutes ago, Sean Mooney said:

I'm not sure longest tee shot will work. If it just picks the ball up that won't help the distance.

But if it gives me a chance of going longer than 240 off the tee I'll take it

Time it right, the second gravity goes away, smack that sucker.  it'll take off and not land for 7 seconds.   Would be awesome

[posty 2,868]

Looks like Snopes was asked about it...

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nasa-project-anchor-earth-gravity/