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[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 36 points 3 days ago

For those who aren't used to thinking in km/s, this equates to 61,200 km/hour.

[-] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 days ago

In freedom units that's fast as fuck

[-] mmddmm@lemm.ee 32 points 3 days ago
[-] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

Unfortunately, I don't live in the free world, I live in the "freedom" world. I have to convert km/h to as hell and km/s to as fuck.

[-] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

The Space World uses km/s

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

They forgot the (tm), i.e.; Freedom Units(tm)

[-] cram42@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

PepsiCo presents Freedom Units (TM)

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

It’s spelled Freedumb

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

If by “freedom units” you mean football fields, that would be roughly 109,361.33 ff/s.

[-] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

Most Americans could probably use metric easily if they just remember a meter is about 180 5.56 NATO rounds wide. A kilometer is 111,111 9mm rounds.

Easy.

Why did you use communist units?

Use the .223 Remington round, which is the civilian version (i.e. freedom variant) of the 5.56 NATO round, and is what's generally used in the AR15.

I'll allow the 9mm because it's used by the FBI and many police departments, but a true patriot would use the .40 round, which is about the same size, just a little shorter, a little stockier, a little heavier, and a bit more gunpowder. So 98425 .40 rounds wide is one km, or round to 100k.

Use imperial rounds, not communist metric rounds.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

109,361... that's fast AF, FFS!

[-] Condiment2085@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

How does that just happen to be your username

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

And if you're still confused by these units, it's moving about as fast as the NASDAQ.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Yeah, but that's moving TOWARDS earth, lol

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

In an uncontrolled re-entry

[-] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Should tell this to that “gravity is weak” post

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

or 1,433,255 football fields per baseball game

[-] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

Oh, sure, right now it's all about wanting to get out of here, but they'll come crawling back, looking for their creator so they can introduce their weird bald girlfriend.

[-] MakkaPakka@lemm.ee 16 points 3 days ago

The distances of both voyager probes from earth are actually decreasing at the moment due to Earth's position in its orbit around the sun. NASA link with their distances

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

They're still moving away, it's just that at the moment the earth is moving towards them.

[-] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

“Come back asshole”

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 3 days ago

"Oh, looks like my battery is low. Having troubling hearing you. Hello? Oh well, bye..."

[-] Tracaine@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I too wish to flee the earth at KMS speeds.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Living my dream.

[-] neuracnu 8 points 3 days ago

yeeted by science

[-] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Thanks Mr. Voyager! Have a nice travel!

[-] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Into that good night.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

into the abyss of nothingness

[-] LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Too bad I missed that ride

[-] Rokin@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Both of them!

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