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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

What would happen to the population if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning?

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What would happen to the population if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning?

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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    Lots of death is the obvious answer.

    • Cawifre@lemmy.world
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      Often is, but the “how” varies.

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    We would all immediately and painfully be launched into space.

    Well… our corpses would be at least.

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    Well, everything shifts east at a ridiculous velocity.

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      Along a tangental line while still being affected by gravity… so the real question is what masses go into orbit

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