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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

xkcd #3132: Coastline Similarity

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xkcd #3132: Coastline Similarity

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xkcd #3132: Coastline Similarity

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Hey! A bunch of the early Cretaceous fossils on each coast seem to have been plagiarized, too!

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3132/

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  • frog@feddit.uk
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    When there was only one land mass, is there any scientific theories if that would change the rotation of the earth on its axis or around the sun?

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      It would not. The mass of the Earth doesn’t change, and angular momentum is conserved.

      • frog@feddit.uk
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        I was curious since mass would seem lopsided. I guess not enough. Thanks for answering.

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          My layman’s understanding is that the water mostly makes up for it, and that more wobble comes from the moon than any inconsistency in land-mass distribution

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    deleted by creator

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      But if you don’t read the explanation you don’t get to see the funny “citations needed” like

      Of course, coastlines are inanimate objects, and have no concept of plagiarism, let alone know how to perform it.[1]^


      1. citation needed ↩︎

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      You don’t remember the theory of Pangea and plate techtonics from school?

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        this bitch don’t know bout Pangaea

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        • ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world
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          Darth Plagueis perhaps?

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        • bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip
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          Ahhhhh gotcha, no worries :)

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      You’re right, you shouldn’t.

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      I didn’t get it either at first. If he had cut the word off at a different point?

      • SwimmingInTheeStars@lemmy.world
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        Because it wasn’t funny. I like XKCD but they can’t all be winners.

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        I don’t know how you could make it clearer than just leaving off the last letter.

        • Tier 1 Build-A-Bear 🧸@lemmy.world
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          They literally want it spelled out for them

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