The Forgotten Mystery of Inertia

Re:The Forgotten Mystery of Inertia by CydeWeys on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:45AM (#15491318)

The story is phrased in a way that is delicately subtle, and thus elides the mechanism whereby the drunk can change his rotation.

Here's a hint: It's relevant that the person is drunk. Another hint: Newton's third law.

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Re:The Forgotten Mystery of Inertia by madaxe_again on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:58AM (#15491442)

I call it my inbuilt vectoring urea reaction engine.

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Re:The Forgotten Mystery of Inertia by Simon_says on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @12:26PM (#15492267)

Since you're the only thing in this hypothetical universe, you better make sure your urea makes it to escape velocity (which shouldn't be hard), otherwise you'll make it rain.

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