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the field of frolickology is very vast (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by nicknonya to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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charlottan posted:
they invented a new science called "dont let the balloon hit the floor" scientests are being very careful and bapping that thing before it can fall jumping over the couch and shit

charlottan replied:
[screenshot of a tumblr comment] hexoskeleton commented:
dramatic oversimplification of the field... each scientest can only hit it once and holding it isn’t allowed. and sometimes the floor is even lava. so the problem is a lot more complex than most laypeople might think [end screenshot]

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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The version my team invented was called "balloon ball" and the balloon had to touch a desk, wall, or cubical before it could be hit by a person again. But the important bit is that the balloon wasn't entirely filled with air, it was partially filled with the propellant from a duster can. That made the "ball's" path unpredictable.

There was also "balloon ball-ducken" in which there was a 2nd balloon inside the first balloon (and a sometimes a paperclip in the 2nd), but that sport was never quite ready for primetime.

[-] SippyCup@feddit.nl 27 points 3 months ago

Bullshit.

You're not a scientist at all. I can spot an engineer a mile away and THIS GUY REEKS OF ENGINEER TO ME

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 months ago

Yeah... I switched sides and became an engineer...

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago

... and they're doing all this in a biolab with glass containers full of exotic bacteria, viruses and spores sitting on open counters and table tops.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago

It just wouldn't be as much fun any other way:-).

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 10 points 3 months ago

Has anyone else had the whole series of YouTube shorts about that recommended or is that just me?

[-] nicknonya 5 points 3 months ago

the what

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago

These :3

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Lmao i know it's gonna be cheese parade

[-] match@pawb.social 3 points 3 months ago

that series is clearly scifi. in real world frolickology, holding the balloon or letting it come to rest in any way is instant death. it is a cool what-if scenario but it's not hard scifi

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

I believe the technical term for that is "Keepy Uppy."

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

Keepy uppy!

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Is keepupology under physics, engineering, mathematics, philosophy, sociology, or spoken Finnish?

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 months ago

At family gatherings for holidays and birthdays inevitably someone would bop a balloon around, and this game would naturally emerge. Perhaps my family were secretly scientists.