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Re:Could someone jump from the international space station a... by stcredzero on Thursday October 25, 2012 @09:06AM (#4697437)
There are a number of comments on that site that are eye roll worthy. There are even a few comments that show cluelessness about the magnitude and implications of orbital velocity.
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Re:Could someone jump from the international space station a... by Florin_Andrei on Thursday October 25, 2012 @01:01PM (#4698368)
You do realize that knowledge of these things is an attribute of a tiny minority?
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Re:Could someone jump from the international space station a... by WayneDB on Thursday October 25, 2012 @09:26AM (#4697520)
That's no reason to be condescending and rude. Not everybody knows about that stuff.
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Re:Could someone jump from the international space station a... by cstross on Thursday October 25, 2012 @12:14PM (#4698145)
Really?

It's stuff I was taught about in physics lessons at grammar school, circa age 15, back in the 1970s. Have things slipped so far?

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Re:Could someone jump from the international space station a... by dkokelley on Thursday October 25, 2012 @12:34PM (#4698225)
The way I see it, "rolls eyes" is a violation of

> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."

from the site guidelines. Granted, this was in reply to an article rather than another commenter, but I think the principle is the same.

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Re:Could someone jump from the international space station a... by slurgfest on Thursday October 25, 2012 @01:08PM (#4698406)
In the US, 15-year-olds are typically going to be in High School, not grammar school, and have a choice of classes. Not everyone takes physics.
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Re:Could someone jump from the international space station a... by stcredzero on Thursday October 25, 2012 @01:02PM (#4698377)
> Have things slipped so far?

Yes. :(

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