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[-] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 22 points 4 months ago

I would have a hard time tossing a crumpled paper ball further than a good paper airplane would go.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Gotta crumple it as tightly as possible. A loose paper ball isn’t gonna go anywhere but a tight one will go far. It’s all about maximizing cross sectional density!

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

I won't my paper airplane competition several times in grade school. I was a G. It went way farther than a tightly balled up piece of paper.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

A good plane required mathematical precision, not fanciness. In theory they take about a minute to make. The son did not make a mathematically precise plane.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

That's what I was thinking. The most basic paper airplane, the kind that looks like a fighter jet, will cover a football stadium if thrown right.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I think the subtext is that the son spent 10 minutes making a piece of crap.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

Yeah, this guy hasn't seen many paper airplanes apparently

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