c/xkcd · by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de · 316dWhat if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uj10jGq2O8o66 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 316d
Die.
*checks video*
Die very quickly.
TomMasz@piefed.social · 8 pts · 316d
You, the pitcher, catcher, umpire, both teams, everyone in the ballpark, and most of the people in the city.
railwhale@lemmy.nz · 10 pts · 316d
The batter would be eligible to move to first base.
_NetNomad@fedia.io · 6 pts · 316d
to think all the money and effort we've wasted trying to create fusion in a lab when what we really needed was a really, really, really good pitcher
Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 316d
You'd miss.
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 316d
Arguably you don't, considering your matter will likely undergo a fusion reaction with what could nominally be called the ball, you and the ball will make a form of contact
remon@ani.social · 5 pts · 316d
So ... hit by pitch?
makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d
That is indeed what Randal concludes in the video
thatonecoder@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 316d
Nuke