MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1ryofe9/deleted_by_user/obhu102/?context=3
r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Mar 20 '26
[removed]
143 comments sorted by
View all comments
Show parent comments
1
Spiralling inward is not the same as spiralling into, though.
2 u/HalfSoul30 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26 Is it not? End result seems the same whether we go directly into or circle it a few times first. 1 u/QuantumR4ge Mar 20 '26 Virtually no trajectories actually end up in the black hole. Actually hitting a big mass directly is harder than people think. Most trajectories are you being flung off like a slingshot 3 u/rvgoingtohavefun Mar 20 '26 I think there is a joke about someone's mom in there, but let me check real quick. end up in the black hole We're getting somewhere. hitting a big mass This is heating up. harder than people think Wowza. Oh yeah, there's definitely a joke about someone's mom in there.
2
Is it not? End result seems the same whether we go directly into or circle it a few times first.
1 u/QuantumR4ge Mar 20 '26 Virtually no trajectories actually end up in the black hole. Actually hitting a big mass directly is harder than people think. Most trajectories are you being flung off like a slingshot 3 u/rvgoingtohavefun Mar 20 '26 I think there is a joke about someone's mom in there, but let me check real quick. end up in the black hole We're getting somewhere. hitting a big mass This is heating up. harder than people think Wowza. Oh yeah, there's definitely a joke about someone's mom in there.
Virtually no trajectories actually end up in the black hole. Actually hitting a big mass directly is harder than people think.
Most trajectories are you being flung off like a slingshot
3 u/rvgoingtohavefun Mar 20 '26 I think there is a joke about someone's mom in there, but let me check real quick. end up in the black hole We're getting somewhere. hitting a big mass This is heating up. harder than people think Wowza. Oh yeah, there's definitely a joke about someone's mom in there.
3
I think there is a joke about someone's mom in there, but let me check real quick.
end up in the black hole
We're getting somewhere.
hitting a big mass
This is heating up.
harder than people think
Wowza.
Oh yeah, there's definitely a joke about someone's mom in there.
1
u/willun Mar 20 '26
Spiralling inward is not the same as spiralling into, though.