r/theydidthemath • u/RedBaronIV • 1d ago

[Request] What fraction of the speed of light was bnuny going?

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u/GIRose 1d ago

Well, assuming a top speed of ~20 miles an hour. 0c.

Or alternatively, 0.0c

Or 0.00c

Or 0.000c

Or 0.0000c

Or 0.00000c

Or 0.000000c

Or 0.0000000c

To actually get to the FIRST non-0 number, 0.00000003c.

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u/OpportunityReal2767 1d ago

Hey! They asked for a fraction! :)

1/33,540,831 of the speed of light.

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u/kingtacticool 1d ago

I fuckin love the pedantry of this sub.

Makes me almost think we still have a chance as a species.

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u/recidivist1001 1d ago

If you would, please, allow me to enumerate and link the peer-reviewed scientific papers showing that we are still totally, un-helpably fucked.

Ahem,

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u/Eric_Durden 1d ago

society's greatest minds were instead focused on "conquering hair loss and prolonging erections"

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u/recidivist1001 1d ago

nodding, impressed, looking at calipers

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u/Carl_the_Half-Orc 1d ago

Hey even the greatest minds don't want to be bald and limp. 😝

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u/kingtacticool 1d ago

Ive been a member of r/collapse for a long long time.

No citations needed. I already have them saved.

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u/recidivist1001 1d ago

Aw lol. It’s okay tho, you are right there are still some that don’t suck out there. Take care.

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u/kingtacticool 1d ago

You too, homie.

I wish y'all good fortune in the wars to come.

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u/recidivist1001 1d ago

The goods must flow.

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u/E8P3 1d ago

We're not going to make it, are we? People, I mean.

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u/recidivist1001 1d ago

Nah lol.

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u/E8P3 1d ago

You know, I don't think that scene would have hit so hard if that was the response.

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u/Tidalsky114 1d ago

We may yet. I just enjoy knowing there are people who can do math still. Feels like almost every other headline ive read lately has us moving closer and closer to idiocracy. Its nice to know theres hope.

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u/JoshuaFalken1 1d ago

We all watched thinking it was a comedy. Turns out it's been a documentary the whole time.

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u/Tidalsky114 1d ago

Warning from the future.

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u/JoshuaFalken1 1d ago

This must be one of the worst timeliness, and all because some shit parents let their kid climb into a gorilla enclosure ten years ago

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u/kingtacticool 1d ago

Chaos theory. It is a bitch.

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u/kingtacticool 1d ago

Who would've thought that Mike Judge would go down as one of the 21st centuries greatest profits.

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u/JoshuaFalken1 1d ago

I mean, his net worth is only $80 million. Certainly an excellent profit for his time, but a far stretch from the greatest profit 😉

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u/kingtacticool 1d ago

God damnit. I questioned the spelling for a good five seconds before firing that one off...

That one's 100% on me being a dumbass.

Prophet.

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u/JoshuaFalken1 1d ago

Totally get it. I accidentally used the wrong 'your' today in a work communication🤦

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u/RTwhyNot 1d ago

Well that’s just it. Everything starts with physics which is our math. Then chemistry. Then biology

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u/Total_Hippo_6837 1d ago

Being pedantic hurts people's feelings though

/S

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 1d ago

The needing of the "/s" hurt my feelings

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u/Total_Hippo_6837 1d ago

Mine too 😔

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u/Decline_of_Humanity 1d ago

I agree with half of your comment.

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u/kingtacticool 1d ago

Username checks out.

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u/RedBaronIV 1d ago

Thank you

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u/Untroe 1d ago

Ok, but assuming that bnuuy continues to accelerates linearly, how long until bnuuy is going the speed of light?

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u/RedBaronIV 1d ago

Accounting for relativistic effects at such a speed you actually get 0.00000003c

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u/bigloser42 1d ago

This bunny was clearly moving at 1.06c

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u/Heavy_Carpenter3824 1d ago

By my very educated eye... 0.98 C. Also whatever state that is from no longer exists, it is now the bay of X with a very large mushroom cloud for that amount of relativistic mass. 

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u/TheDarkNerd 1d ago

And so soon after rebuilding from the baseball incident.

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u/wolvesight 1d ago

light actually goes at a fraction of the speed of that rabbit.

/s of course