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[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago

I mean, sure, but that'd be like saying I'm pulling the earth towards me when I jump.

You don't have to jump, you're already doing it. Some of us more than others... *Looks in mirror and hangs head

[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Isn't that canceled out by the pushing you do when you start to jump?

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but then I pull it back as I'm falling.

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

If you have ever done a handstand then you have lifted over your head the weight that the entire mass of the earth has in your own gravitational field.

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