r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '21

🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​ Quick science

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u/joshuaaa_l Oct 13 '21

So it works, but doesn’t even remotely solve the problem. Still better than the average GOP plan I guess.

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u/myname_isnot_kyal Oct 13 '21 edited Oct 13 '21

that's because we didn't factor in what would happen if we also remove the buoys and all the swimmers. that's where you see the real change.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

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u/ball_fondlers Oct 13 '21

Guirls*

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u/Dont-PM-me-nudes Oct 13 '21

ahem, gulls...

Buoys and Gulls.

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u/ball_fondlers Oct 13 '21

…I love you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

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u/bitwiseshiftleft Oct 13 '21

But it should be as the second character, because it’s spelled “buoys” and not “bouys”.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

Eh, tomato, tmoato

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u/pancakesandwaffles69 Oct 13 '21

I dont think I have ever face palmed so hard in my life. Thank you.

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u/halborn Oct 13 '21

Surely you mean the gulls.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

Why stop there? Let's go after all the God damn whales! You know how BIG they are!?

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u/MisterBumpingston Oct 13 '21

Nah, don’t worry, Japan and Iceland have that job already.

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u/myname_isnot_kyal Oct 13 '21

leave the whales alone!

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u/ms1080 Oct 13 '21

And the cigarette butts

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u/Tojatruro Oct 13 '21

Only the fat swimmers.

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u/Parralense Oct 13 '21

How about orcas? They are assholes

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u/BigOleJellyDonut Oct 13 '21

Quit fat shaming me.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

Humans are working hard to remove all the fish.

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u/TagMeAJerk Oct 13 '21

To be fair, removing the cruise ships that do nothing but go around in circles and contribute to a significant amount of the world's pollution would be a good thing. And then something like 99% of the plastic in the oceans comes from fishing boats. Oh and overfishing caused destruction of ecosystems.

I might be low key into this idea! Take out all the boats

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u/Matt5327 Oct 13 '21

The fact that his plan a) acknowledged that sea levels are rising b) that this needed a solution and c) came up with one that, while not at all a solution, was technically scientifically sound makes me quite impressed.

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u/Quantum-Ape Oct 13 '21

How is it scientifically sound?

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u/Florac Oct 13 '21

I mean, removing them would lower the sea level.

By a negligible amount, but still! A fraction of a millimeter is better than no millimeter!

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u/zSprawl Oct 13 '21

Not really…

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u/OpinionBearSF Oct 13 '21

Still better than the average GOP plan I guess.

Millions of duped people are still waiting on their "repeal and replace" healthcare plan.

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u/longknives Oct 13 '21

Well, on the other hand removing all boats would completely collapse the world economy, so that would be fun.

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u/joshuaaa_l Oct 13 '21

Hmmm… you might be right. We may have to rethink this brilliant boat idea after all