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now imagine a dog with a propeller hat (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 55 points 7 months ago

I like this game. Imagine if all of the water vapor in a cloud condensed in an even distribution so that all of the rain fell at once.

[-] Localhorst86@feddit.de 44 points 7 months ago

"There's an xkcd for that"

https://what-if.xkcd.com/12/

[-] plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago

After explaining the destructive force of a single raindrop over a kilometer in diameter:

Fear reigns supreme as the world fears rain supreme

Poetry. True poetry.

[-] Localhorst86@feddit.de 6 points 7 months ago

I can only recommend Randall Munroe's books "what if", " how to" and "what if 2". They are really entertaining comedy.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Think explainer was great if you were in for that sort of thing.

[-] Localhorst86@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago

That one, I wasn't a big fan of. But maybe that's because I am not a native English speaker. Maybe its better for native speakers.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I could absolutely understand the difficulty of a non native English speaker in understanding the extreme amount of implication and nuance that book requires.

Using simpler words does not mean a smoother conveyance of information.

[-] nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 7 months ago

imagine that you're looking at the night sky and the stars blinked out all at once for just a second

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Since they're all so far away and so many different distances away, it would imply something very very very large and very very very fast passed between us and the closest stars. Probably aliens. That would be cool