this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2024
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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Fuckin magnets

How do they work?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait til anon hears about launch loops or space elevators

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

How long does it take to go up the space elevator?

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Gyroscope effect. You ever do the experiment where you spin a bike tire really fast and then try to tilt it? Shit's nuts.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

That only causes part of the effect, most of it is the bike's steering countering the momentum of your fall.

You wouldn't be able to balance on a bike with just the wheel spinning, you're too heavy. That is why bikes on those indoor rollers allow the bike to move left and right a bit.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (4 children)

So biking is just falling with style?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm... Both things involve bicycles... Maybe they're just magic?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

My next DnD character will be a bicyclist

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Dynamic stability

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