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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]

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍English
    26•18 days 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.

  • IninewCrowEnglish
    15•18 days 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.

    • OpenStarsEnglish
      6•18 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]English
    9•18 days ago

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

  • LousyCornMuffinsEnglish
    4•17 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]English
    5•17 days 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.