xkcd #3220: Rotational Gravity

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I don't get it. The peak acceleration for passengers was WAY lower than in the giant-waterslide-loop-the-loop incident the other cruise line fired me for.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3220/

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Janx@piefed.social · 12 pts · 177d

Sad. A person ahead of their time...

NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world · -21 pts · 177d (6 replies)

Once "artificial gravity" was mentioned, I immediately placed this scene in a science fiction setting and I couldn't see what the joke was. The joke was that it's not a science fiction setting. It needs more clues to clarify that swap.

Deestan@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 177d

https://www.explainxkcd.com/ is an excellent resource when xkcd feels confusing

Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 177d (2 replies)

Here, this might help.

NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world · -14 pts · 177d (1 reply)

What you'll find is that rug will suddenly be pulled from under you and you'll realize the assumption you made was erroneous.

Joke's on you if I'm too dense for you to pull the rug out from under me.

But seriously, saying "cruise line" did not do enough to contradict the SF frame for me. Should have been something like "passenger ferry boat company", out something.

yarrage@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 177d

You gave it a try. You failed.

Move on.

Klear@quokk.au · 8 pts · 177d

The clarification is the punchline at the bottom.

Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 177d

once "artificial gravity" was mentioned, I immediately placed this in a science fiction setting

Ok, not sure why you would do that but that's on you buddy.