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Say hello to Bary (mander.xyz)

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean, sure, but that'd be like saying I'm pulling the earth towards me when I jump.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 year ago

You don't have to jump, you're already doing it. Some of us more than others... *Looks in mirror and hangs head

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[–] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Isn't that canceled out by the pushing you do when you start to jump?

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but then I pull it back as I'm falling.

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[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If you have ever done a handstand then you have lifted over your head the weight that the entire mass of the earth has in your own gravitational field.

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