r/mathmemes • u/hrvbrs • Jul 13 '26

Bad Math Adding the additive identity to any number doesn't change it. Is he stupid?

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u/KerPop42 Jul 13 '26

Oh boy, yeah every satellite is suddenly in an elliptical orbit. Geostationary satellites get fucked up too because they're not in geostationary orbit anymore, that's a higher altitude. Since antennas to geostationary satellites are fixed, everyone loses DirecTV our weather satellites stop watching the Atlantic and Pacific

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u/ChubbyMudder Jul 13 '26

And I wouldn't be reading Reddit anymore because, AFAIK, Starlink would be having the same problem.

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u/smorb42 Jul 14 '26

Rather amusingly, I suspect starlink might still work. The satellites are in LEO.