The correct answer is an unlucky sentient manhole cover, that incidentally was thinking “Oh no, not again”.
Love the HH reference, but you’re the second person to mention a manhole cover. What’s the story there?
If I recall correctly the fastest object ever was a manhole cover after an explosion. If it was sentient then it would be the fastest creature.
BRB, going to look up the incedent.
Edit: Here you goDuring the Pascal-B nuclear test of August 1957, a 900-kilogram (2,000 lb) iron lid was welded over the borehole to contain the nuclear blast, despite Brownlee predicting that it would not work. When Pascal-B was detonated, the blast went straight up the test shaft, launching the cap into the atmosphere at a speed of more than 66 km/s (41 mi/s; 240,000 km/h; 150,000 mph). The plate was never found. Scientists believe compression heating caused the cap to vaporize as it sped through the atmosphere.
A one ton iron vent cap (sewer plate) moved so fast it vaporized. Iron into gas, just add velocity in atmo. That’s so fucking cool.
No, it was clearly not cool, hence the vaporization.
Here you go! It’s a fun read.
the nuclear blast ended up having a yield 50,000 times greater than predicted
That’s what’s known in the industry as “an oopsie”. Almost at the “snafu” threshold over which it would be likely to cause a brouhaha.
It was within their safety factor of 50,001
I love how they get less happy the more pedantic they’re being XD
Their hair also slowly shifts upwards, as they charge their super Saiyan power
Plus it helps us realize that since they have more masculine haircuts they are even smarter, right?
Because it wouldn’t make sense for the initial female to look the same and still be a physicist, right?
Just pointing out that bias may also be affecting the cartoon too, even if not maliciously intended
I’m pretty sure it’s the same hair, just getting more and more disheveled (frizzy and standing on-end) using a simpler art style. Not different hair styles entirely
No, it’s shorter and more masculine… since more masculine people do hard science like physics while even a regular mom who is a little bit smart could learn biology. (I don’t think this.) I am just pointing it out, it probably wasn’t done with intentiinal sexism.
I be you’re really fun at parties.
And on lemmy
I’m fairly sure SMBC isn’t being misogynistic. They have no issue at all frequently featuring same-sex couples, fem-coded scientists and so on, as a perfectly normal part of the world. This is either you reading something into it, or a sheer coincidence.
It’s possible it’s a coincidence.
The idea that scientists, especially hard scientists, have a certain look is something many think… so despite literally everyone on lemmy downvoting me, i still think it’s important to notice when these things coincidentally happen or don’t coincidentally happen
However you are saying SMBC is very tolerant and unbiased and I believe you. I was’t saying it was sexism, I was just noticing it. But I understand the defensive reaction: if the comic creator is generally accepting of many people’s identitites then they are less likely to have done this with any sort of biased intent and the comic creator is probably cool and not prejudiced.
Therapist: what do you think the fastest animal is?
The water bears that are hanging out on the Parker Solar Probe.
Every physicist I met was in some way unhinged. One had delusions of grandeur, second couldn’t bare his feet in any circumstances, another one would pause lecture every ten minutes to go into his room from which indescribable sounds would come.
It’s probably the unbearable awareness of vastness of space that does a number on you. I wonder if they have any pills for that
Dried frog pills, probably. I’ve been told if you take one you can hallucinate that you’re sane, which is probably close enough for the average physicist.
Strong stuff indeed. I doubt there are many who could handle that ride
GNU Terry Pratchett
the cricket that rode the nuclear man hole cover
Philosopher: that depends on the situation.
Ship computer in Star Trek: “please specify search parameters.”
I figured a biologist would say Mantis Shrimp.
They’re not very fast, they just move their claws very fast
So, all creatures on earth, as seen from the center of the galaxy?
The humans in the satellite still win, in that case, about half of the time.
The rest of the time it’s probably one of the falcons.
As seen from the any point at the edge of the observable universe
Which edge? One where our local galaxy cluster is blueshifting towards or redshifting away from?
Akshully I’m pretty sure the edge of the observable universe is redshifted to infinity everywhere by definition
They would all be fast, but still only one will be the fastest.
If there were alien life, would this change the answer? since the question is “animal” and the kingdom of animals is a taxonomic classification of stuff on earth, I would assume the answer still remains the same
Or as seen from photons traveling away from us.
Philosopher: Fast at what?
My cat when I sneeze.
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Hedgehog. I know about all about youth culture and the “Sonic is a hedgehog” games.
Mantis shrimp.
