https://xkcd.com/2882/

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For decades I’ve been working off the accumulated rotation from one long afternoon on a merry-go-round when I was eight.

  • @MySkinIsFallingOff
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    11 year ago

    Whatever amount of people it’d take, the effect we’d make, would cancel at break.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I was going to say a similar thing, how are you going to get gone without canceling it out.

      But also if you walked away from the equator then walked until you were directly north/ south of your home before walking home, some effect would remain.

      • @MySkinIsFallingOff
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        11 year ago

        I don’t believe that to be correct, but I’m to stupid to refute you. So I’ll take it as facts. Thank you for enlightening me.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          It’s because your return journey is closer to the axis of the earth so your action has less torque.