TheAvarageNerd@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIf I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down16
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareIf I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier?TheAvarageNerd@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaredragon-donkey3374@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·2 days agoWhat if I did a massive power shit while standing on the scales? Would I watch my weight go down in real time as it squirts out?
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-22 days agoYes. And you may even see a temporary exaggerated decrease depending on the force it is expelled and direction aimed.
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoFor every action, there is an equal yet opposite reaction.
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoDoes that mean that for every inaction there is an equal and opposite overreaction?
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThe scale shits back in the shitter?
minus-squareBurninator05@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoSo you’re saying with a large enough, violent enough poop i could fly?
minus-squaredragon-donkey3374@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoWell I’d be aiming outwards so as to limit the amount of shit that lands on the scales to avoid skewing results.
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThank you. This is an essential consideration. Likewise, speaking scientifically, this kind of thing isn’t helpful:
What if I did a massive power shit while standing on the scales? Would I watch my weight go down in real time as it squirts out?
Blippy moment
Yes. And you may even see a temporary exaggerated decrease depending on the force it is expelled and direction aimed.
For every action, there is an equal yet opposite reaction.
Does that mean that for every inaction there is an equal and opposite overreaction?
Power shit thrust
The scale shits back in the shitter?
So you’re saying with a large enough, violent enough poop i could fly?
Well I’d be aiming outwards so as to limit the amount of shit that lands on the scales to avoid skewing results.
Thank you. This is an essential consideration. Likewise, speaking scientifically, this kind of thing isn’t helpful: