Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Potato]

not like it's your fault for issuing an ultimatum which you miscalculated

"yes Jennifer your brother probably likes trump a little too much but he's also fun to be around, entertaining, generous, always ready to drop everything to help out...meanwhile at every family gathering you're chiming in at inappropriate times comparing the mashed potatoes to zionists"

That's the thing, right? They only see the brother as being some sort of extremist who annoys everyone. They think of themselves as pure and right and the brother as evil and annoying. The reality is much more likely the situation you described and that makes the decision about who to excommunicate very easy.

[kaleidoscopium]

Well it’s more the brother isn’t giving people weird ultimatums, only the sister is. So it’s easier to say nah to her instead of him because to any normal person an ultimatum like that, barring any extreme circumstances, isn’t appropriate for a family member to ask of you.

[Besticus Maximus]

I hate person X. The long winded story is, they have a different opinion about stuff and have the fucking AUDACITY to resist my preaching to them about the thing I just read about on reddit or twitter. I tried to rope others into it by emotionally blackmailing them and insinuating or outright stating that their character was in question unless they got the fuck in line, and now I'm cut off, living strange and on my third intravenous drug of the day.

Also I am right about all things politics, art and games and everything basically. Those fuckers are still sat downstairs going about things as usual and I'm sitting here crying into my Hatsune Miku LPs.

[Potato]

Siding with Taliban friend and Russian stooge Imran Khan.

That's a bold move if I have ever seen one.

Dude should have stuck to cricket.

[Eric Cartman]

Siding with Taliban friend and Russian stooge Imran Khan.

That's a bold move if I have ever seen one.

Typical gamer gater rhetoric attacking games journalists

[Hap Shaughnessy]

1705516751[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/nasas-mission-to-touch-the-sun.806307/?post=117723615#post-117723615

Fun fact: "flying into the sun" is not, in fact easy to do.

The sun's gravity is immense. And it spins. Objects approaching it are curved around it into an orbit. This is why planets around the sun do not fall into the sun eventually. Its gravity is strong enough to continually slingshot them around it forever.

All those science fiction movies where a ship, missile, probe, etc just aims at a star and dunks into it? According to NASA you would need to counteract 53,000 miles per hour of sideways motion to cruise directly into the sun.

So I’m curious, what did that user said wrong? 

(Not an expert, just genuinely curious)

The sun's gravity is immense. And it spins. Objects approaching it are curved around it into an orbit

That's not how that works.

the reason we have to counteract sideways motion is because we're starting from the earth which is spinning around the sun so we already have momentum

"all those science fiction movies" are often about a ship that's already been in space for plenty of time and presumably has full control over its speed and orientation, they may have started from an entirely different star system and would've shed any residual momentum long ago

it's not like you automatically gain the same sideways momentum the earth already has just by approaching it directly

Orbits just falling in style, your forward momentum (that would otherwise be escape velocity) is matched by your gravitational pull (that would otherwise be your descent into the gravitational pull) is an equilibrium state where they both cancel each other out, but its not like its the default occurence; a change either way and its being shot out, or dragged in.

[Shecky Fragbaum]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-there-any-better-feeling-than-cutting-off-a-toxic-emotionally-manipulative-person-from-your-life.806319/?post=117732255#post-117732255

We just did this with my wife's brother, who's an insane MAGA shithead chud. I'd been telling her to block him for years, and the final straw came when she made a fairly innocuous post about stricter gun control after yet another school shooting and he decided to chime in on her post by spending the next 2 days making multiple posts calling us and everyone who supported her post cucks, anti-american, libtards, etc all the usual MAGA insults.

THEN, he proceeded to text and message her on Facebook Messenger multiple times for the next TWO MONTHS. Eventually, it started being multiple times a day and she finally had enough. Told him off and blocked him. Then texted her entire family and essentially told them "it's him or me from now on for all family gatherings", and the family has chosen him. They've taken her off the family text chains and are continuing to host gatherings with him and not telling my wife. THAT'S the part that sucks. My wife feels like she's lost her entire family cause of her shitass brother.

 

When keeping it Twitter goes wrong.

Just the regular seasonal reminder to abandon your entire support system and surrender fully to the cult. I especially appreciate this addendum:

Yes and you should especially do it to people who you are related to. No exceptions.

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Which I choose to take out of context because incest is probably funnier than whatever this loon is on about

[PogiJones]

1705516751[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/nasas-mission-to-touch-the-sun.806307/?post=117723615#post-117723615

So I’m curious, what did that user said wrong? 

(Not an expert, just genuinely curious)

The sun's gravity is immense. And it spins. Objects approaching it are curved around it into an orbit

That's not how that works.

the reason we have to counteract sideways motion is because we're starting from the earth which is spinning around the sun so we already have momentum

"all those science fiction movies" are often about a ship that's already been in space for plenty of time and presumably has full control over its speed and orientation, they may have started from an entirely different star system and would've shed any residual momentum long ago

it's not like you automatically gain the same sideways momentum the earth already has just by approaching it directly

Orbits just falling in style, your forward momentum (that would otherwise be escape velocity) is matched by your gravitational pull (that would otherwise be your descent into the gravitational pull) is an equilibrium state where they both cancel each other out, but its not like its the default occurence; a change either way and its being shot out, or dragged in.

He's partially right, partially wrong, but his main point that if NASA wants to launch something into the sun it has to accelerate in the opposite direction of the Earth's orbit is correct. He is using some poorly worded justification, but you guys are being a bit nitpicky. Eric's post is just as poorly worded, as orbits pretty much are the norm, not some delicate balance. An infalling object that is moving faster than escape velocity (pretty much only infalling interstellar objects, of which we've only seen one natural one) will make a hyperbola around the sun then launch off. Anything slower will have an elliptical orbit. If that ellipse happens to pass through something like an atmosphere, then it will give up energy to the gas it's hitting and fall in. Otherwise, it will continue along its ellipse pretty much indefinitely. If you slow it down, it will make the ellipse more eccentric, but it doesn't just make it fall in unless you hit other things to give energy to. The goal of accelerating against the orbit of the earth isn't just to disrupt a balance and make it fall in, but rather, change the eccentricity of the ellipse such that it crosses paths with the sun's atmosphere/surface/etc. You can use hyperbolic slingshots off of other planets and whatnot to help you along, though, so it's not always just "go opposite". Yes, it's true that around extreme gravity wells like black holes, there are minimum stable orbits, and that's true for everything else, but they're very close. The vast, vast majority of orbital paths are either hyperbolas or ellipses.

As for why he's mentioning the strong gravity of the sun, it's because the elliptical orbits in a stronger gravity well move laterally much faster than the elliptical orbits in a weak gravity well. An apple orbiting an apple would have to move extremely slowly to achieve an elliptical orbit; otherwise, they make hyperbolas around each other and fly off.

And the "dragging things along because it spins" is his worst statement. It's true, but it's negligible around the sun. But a spinning black hole drags space around at a high enough speed that it actually has a huge impact on things orbiting close enough. But yeah, while technically that does happen with the sun, the effect is far too small to have any impact on anything. The reason all the planets move the way they do is because of the conservation of angular momentum, which you could say concentrated itself into the planets and sun as the gas it all formed from clumped together.

Point is, let him eat his moldy crackers.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I read it like he is attributing the sideways momentum to the force exerted by the spinning sun.

[BIONIC]

[PogiJones]

Yeah, that's why I said that is his worst statement, as it really does read like that. Everything else he said, though, is either correct or close enough to correct to be just poor word choice. That particular statement, though, is ironically technically true but by far his least correct statement as the effect is negligible.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I think you are giving it a very chartable read. It sounds to me like he fundamentally misunderstands how gravity and orbits work.

[Uncle]

[Venice]

Drunk, friendless loser, with no social life and no real life people to communicate with, posts 'her' latest cringefest thread on only website where people actually pay any attention to 'her':

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hey-you-tell-me-about-something-you-love.806523/

I'm mildly inebriated 🤫 and want to know what you all love.

Can be a person, a place, a hobby, an object, whatever. Just something that you love. I wanna hear about what you love. This is your space to gush about it no matter how obscure.

It's simple, just write a paragraph, even a short one, about something you love at the moment.

I'll demonstrate…

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

I love...

J K Rowling
Graham Linner
Ricky Gervais
Cyberpunk 2077
Hogwarts Legacy

[railGUN]

If I had an account there, I'd be like:

I love J.K. Rowling, her books make me feel so warm and fuzzy and bring back wonderful memories of my childhood. Gryffindor for life :peace_emoji :star_emoji

[kaleidoscopium]

I do love JK Rowling and Harry Potter. Without them I wouldn't have the love for literature that I have today.

[benji]

I would've stood with the military right now if they hadn't been such big stooges of the US. They literally and openly helped 'massive' opposition to out Imran Khan in a no confidence motion that somehow ended up having more than enough votes to kick him out after years of trying. Imran Khan deciding to stay neutral in the War between Russia and Ukraine was the thing that broke the camel's back. The military have completed the status of Pakistan as a banana state by delaying Elections endlessly due to the overwhelming Majority of Pakistan still Supporting Imran Khan's Party. They've been bullied and harrassed, taken away in illegal custody, their Election Symbol taken, etc.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/iran-launches-airstrikes-on-‘sunni-militant-bases’-in-pakistan.806190/?post=117739575#post-117734484

Since when has the Pakistani military needed US orders to oust and harass people it doesn't like?

[kaleidoscopium]

Hertz is selling their Model 3s on their website and I'm strongly considering that since the prices are better and since the cars are used, presumably the money doesn't go to Elon Musk. Do these cars qualify for the tax credit? Or do they have to be brand new for a customer to qualify?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/electric-vehicles-ot-ev-2-0.66480/page-123?post=117686220#post-117686220

[benji]

Do these cars qualify for the tax credit? Or do they have to be brand new for a customer to qualify?

[Uncle]

I love poetry, and a glass of scotch, and, of course, my friend Baxter here.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/arbys-offering-keychain-that-unlocks-access-to-unlimited-cheddar-sauce-cups-for-the-rest-of-2024.806493/

 

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/arbys-offering-keychain-that-unlocks-access-to-unlimited-cheddar-sauce-cups-for-the-rest-of-2024.806493/

This is some insane late stage-capitalism shit.

It's too bad I won't be around to read the history book that covers this stuff.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

Drunk, friendless loser, with no social life and no real life people to communicate with, posts 'her' latest cringefest thread on only website where people actually pay any attention to 'her':

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hey-you-tell-me-about-something-you-love.806523/

I'm mildly inebriated 🤫 and want to know what you all love.

Can be a person, a place, a hobby, an object, whatever. Just something that you love. I wanna hear about what you love. This is your space to gush about it no matter how obscure.

It's simple, just write a paragraph, even a short one, about something you love at the moment.

I'll demonstrate…

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

I love...

J K Rowling
Graham Linner
Ricky Gervais
Cyberpunk 2077
Hogwarts Legacy

"I love you all - except the dozens and dozens of people I file reports on for wrongthink!  "

https://www.resetera.com/threads/arbys-offering-keychain-that-unlocks-access-to-unlimited-cheddar-sauce-cups-for-the-rest-of-2024.806493/

This is some insane late stage-capitalism shit.

It's too bad I won't be around to read the history book that covers this stuff.

Is there a single person on that site that actually knows what capitalism is?

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

I love trans genocide and the Arby's keychain that unlocks access to unlimited cheddar cheese sauce for the rest of 2024.

[PogiJones]

I just wanna keep talking about the sun 

[benji]

I just wanna keep talking about the sun 

Sounds about light.

[Boredfrom]

Sincerely, thanks for the people that responded about the sun stuff. Legit was curious of why was wrong or right.

[Boredfrom]

Also, WWIII incoming:

I swear everyone on this site thinks about WWIII 24/7.

It's not like ingredients aren't there. The biggest ongoing war that Europe has seen since WW2, another huge regional power laying claims to what thy perceive theirs, NKs change in policy towards SK, economic downturn combined with rising right wing and borderline fascists across the western world, anti EU parties rising in Europe, rising isolationism, military spendings rising everywhere again.

The writing is on the wall and we long entered a phase were we need to actually put effort into course correction. That could be voting, but also spreading awareness.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

Let's talk about Uranus please

[benji]

It's not like ingredients aren't there. The biggest ongoing war that Europe has seen since WW2, another huge regional power laying claims to what thy perceive theirs, NKs change in policy towards SK, economic downturn combined with rising right wing and borderline fascists across the western world, anti EU parties rising in Europe, rising isolationism, military spendings rising everywhere again.

The writing is on the wall and we long entered a phase were we need to actually put effort into course correction. That could be voting, but also spreading awareness.

Uh, what are the two sides?