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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How pedantic do we get to be? Like, I’d be fine with flying because I could just hover a millimeter from the ground instead of standing, I would think

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My stepson asks all kinds of questions like this and highly scientific pedantry is my go-to move.

“Technically if you were invisible, your retinas would stop working, so I’d go with flight.”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Sometimes pedantry is beautiful

[–] Peppycito 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's like Arthur Dent's girlfriend Fenchurch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Just don't travel through hyperspace.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmm I think anything is fine really hah. I feel like it'd get weird never being able to touch the ground again, like I'd feel so detatched from things

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Technically, you can fly towards the ground while being upright(unless the feet are the sole thrusters), to get that feel, right?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Good point. If you fly feet forward towards the ground with an acceleration of 9,81 m/s2 it should feel pretty much like normal standing with gravity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Flyings fine as long as I have variable velocity.