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xkcd #2935: Ocean Loop (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I can't believe they wouldn't even let me hold a vote among the passengers about whether to try the loop.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Next try to calculate what it would actually mean to make that much water follow a path like that. My guess is, it’s going to get very spicy.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The xkcd explained brushes near it.

Many of the passengers would suffer extreme injuries from the changes of velocity (up to 230 mph based on a loop radius of 3 x ship length) and rotation (unlike rollercoasters, or even airplanes during simple take-off and landing, passengers aren't normally strapped down).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Can't you just tell them to hold on to something?