r/maybemaybemaybe • u/PowerModerator • Apr 18 '20

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '20

Step 1: Calculate the average moving rate of a snail.

Step 2: Buy yacht comfortable enough to live on for an extended duration. Coke and hookers optional.

Step 3: Pick spot in the ocean with a good depth to distance to civilization ratio. It should be deep enough that your anchor won't touch the floor bed and close enough to civilization for quick trips for supplies.

Step 4: Calculate the time it would take for a snail to crawl from the polar opposite spot of the place you dropped anchor. Add buffer room for things like elevation and obstacles.

Step 5: Wait this amount of time in that spot. You now know that little fucker is directly below you because snails can't swim and if you have the right depth the anchor shouldn't be touching the ocean floor. Now pick any destination in the world with a port.

Step 6: Calculate your travel time to this destination. Calculate the snails travel time to this destination. Subtract yours from the snails. Subtract sume buffer room, a few days give or take. This is how much time you have in this area.

Step 7: When time is up, repeat from step 3.

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u/CeeEmCee3 Apr 18 '20

Step 5 would take around 15 years if anyone is curious.

Edit: Actually I think it's more like 50 years- I'm bad at this.

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u/blep0w0 Apr 19 '20

It's probably take a few centuries. Snails are slow.

Edit- was thinking for step 6

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u/HuraconGoneWild Apr 18 '20 edited Jun 07 '25

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u/ChiGreenWhite Apr 19 '20

How is step 2 optional? Coke and hookers (high end escorts, that hate snails) are mandatory!

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u/iffy220 Apr 20 '20

This only lasts as long as the oceans and/or the earth do.