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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crude, yes. Fair, no.

Consider a balloon. Uninflated, make a mark on opposite sides, and then make a third mark right next to one of those. When you inflate that balloon, the two points on opposite sides of it become farther apart because of the stretching of the whole balloon, but the two marks right next to each other don't become nearly as far apart, because they are only experiencing "local" expansion.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I wanted to make a fart joke.

But I like your balloon explanation. That makes sense to me.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We must sometimes succumb to our basest instincts.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don’t you mean our basic stinks?

Ok I’ll stop.

[–] Beldarofremulak@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Fill the balloon with a fart

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 month ago

Just fill the balloon with farts.