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the field of frolickology is very vast (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bullshit.

You're not a scientist at all. I can spot an engineer a mile away and THIS GUY REEKS OF ENGINEER TO ME

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Yeah... I switched sides and became an engineer...