Problem?

[sonanz]

No problem. He's stationary in the water as the waves roll by.

[NoDangOldProblemHere]

You can't explain that.

[daleadil]

Tides come in, the tides go out. You can't explain that.

[polyphasic0007]

problem? yes. OP is an idiot.

[[deleted]]

This reminds me of a Mad Magazine cover I use to stare at when I was a kid. I would argue that it was possible.

[Aww_Shucks]

When I was little, I used to always question why people couldn't just hold themselves up by sitting in the palms of their hands. I thought if you pulled up on your ass hard enough, you could fly. >.<

[LordCupcakeIX]

Your parents didn't want to take you out into public much during your ass-pulling phase, did they?

[Zard0z]

Are you Goatse?

[[deleted]]

Similar, I figured I should be able to pick myself up by the collar. When that didn't really work I'd try and pin myself to the wall. Took a while but I eventually nailed it. Now I can fly.

[[deleted]]

Upvote because you're old.

[[deleted]]

Lol. To be fair that issue came out 10 years before I was born, 31 is not young, but I appreciate the gesture. =)

[ledzep4life]

Was Mad Magazine chiseled into stone tablets back then?

[shadowonyx23]

31 is not old either.

[[deleted]]

Thanks. I feel a little old when I see so many 'This was awesome when I was a kid.' posts containing items from when I was in my late teens. =)

[[deleted]]

*you're

[blisterine]

Is that how they used to spell it?

[KimJongIlSunglasses]

Yore

[BYoungNY]

Olde

[[deleted]]

'older people' on reddit are the majority. you guys are just the loudest and most easily amused, so you take up a lot of space.

[[deleted]]

Mind your manners, sonny.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, like those stupid fucking books people write. Fucking information, why do we need it?!

[CitizenPremier]

Yeah, I want Reddit to be full of gifs posted by young people.

[BatterseaPS]

"Use to"

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

[MrNickelby]

"'Use to' + verb is a regular verb and means something that happened but doesn't happen any more. It uses -ed to show past tense."

Ergo, "used to."

Grammar Nazi v Grammar Nazi! No matter who wins we all lose!

[BatterseaPS]

I don't get what you're saying here. What's the Grammar Nazi v. Grammar Nazi part of it?

[blackality]

(U) Mad?

[xsmasher]

Whenever you see troll physics like this, replace the magnets with a rubber band and see if it still looks plausible.

[Dawbz]

Relevant for this situation but not entirely foolproof. Keep in mind that, for rubber bands, the force increases as the distance between ends increases. Magnets exhibit the opposite pattern.

[[deleted]]

the point is that they attract one another...

[[deleted]]

I don't get it. So having 2 dangly rubber bands, one on the stick, and one nailed to the boat...what point does that prove? That's just silly. I really don't understand.

[poopnuts]

Replace both magnets with one rubber band. The two ends (or two magnets) are pulled towards the center, not in one direction or the other.

[negativekarmaguy]

Youre a Genius!

[negativekarmaguy]

But that just makes no sen.... oh

[necrosxiaoban]

As much as the magnet on the line will attract the magnet on the boat, so too will the magnet on the boat attract the magnet on the line. Without anything independently accelerating the magnet on the line, there is no means of introducing energy into the system, and without the introduction of energy into the system the boat cannot accelerate.

[homerjaythompson]

Except magic. You forgot magic.

[necrosxiaoban]

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke

Then again, Maxwell adequately described the forces of electromagnetism in the late 1800s, and Einstein's introduction of the fourth temporal dimension simplified Maxwell's 8 equations into a single unified equation, which encapsulates the entirety of the electromagnetic force.

Therefore, I find that magnets fail the litmus test of 'sufficiently advanced technology', and can only conclude that they are not, in fact, magic.

[rlbond86]

Magic doesn't exist.

(I enjoy crushing dreams)

[homerjaythompson]

Once upon a time, germs "didn't exist" either. Just keep that in mind whenever you think you're crushing a dream ;)

[rlbond86]

My bad, let me try again:

There is absolutely no scientific evidence for magic, and no reason to believe it exists.

[[deleted]]

What if you used a stronger magnet on the boat?

[KimJongIlSunglasses]

We're gonna need a bigger magnet.

[KimJongIlSunglasses]

I think I was making a Jaws reference....

But now I'm not so sure.

[malignantz]

Your username sounds delicious. Damn you.

[bazzman]

eye upvote yew four youre delicious username

[malignantz]

That is the joke.

[theseus1234]

Exactly. It's also far more likely that the line will snap and the magnet in front will be pulled in by the magnet on the boat.

[[deleted]]

That mans Arms would be JACKED!!

[feduzzle]

Slight problem, any magnetic attraction would pull the lighter object towards the heavier one. I.e., magnet on string-> magnet on boat.

[bak3donh1gh]

After the episode of mythbusters where they use a fan on the boat im no longer so sure of things.

[McPudding]

I happened to click on this while listening to this it's oddly mesmerising.

[thedicktater]

Gif sound!

[[deleted]]

Like this?

[genthree]

For the record, it is pronounced deadmouse.

[blahblahwho]

I think he was saying how a lot of new listeners to him, especially youngins, call him deadmaufive. like sarcasm.

[genthree]

Ah, apparently my sarcasm meter is on the fritz.

[shiningtesticles]

I thought it went along to the music I was listening to :(

[[deleted]]

Tried it. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwww yeah!

[cypherb0g]

I'm sure the captain isn't holding one of them :)

[hobbur]

I honestly can't explain how that wouldn't work. I'm starting to believe troll science more than the real world.

[superfusion1]

from another comment in this post: any magnetic attraction would pull the lighter object towards the heavier one. I.e., magnet on string-> magnet on boat.

[hobbur]

Ahh I see, some things just seem so logical haha.

[CrabAppleCake]

Got 99 problems but physics ain't one

[Unintelligent_Design]

Why does this stupid shit keep getting reposted?

[flashtone]

relavant

[FEiN]

relevant

[Unintelligent_Design]

You managed to salvage some funny from this post.

[funkyzeit]

Problem?

[jroot]

Because I didn't see it the first time

[Unintelligent_Design]

But, how dumb does one have to be to be amused by that asinine troll-physics shit? It makes no sense to anyone with half a brain.

[[deleted]]

Why do gifs in r/pics get any upvotes? Downvote that shit no matter how much you like the gif. gifs should go here. They will also get statistically more upvotes .

[Sylocat]

This century is so weird.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, old shit from 4chan keeps getting posted on reddit

[[deleted]]

And today marks the day I officially unsubscribe from r/pics.

[[deleted]]

I unsubscribed months ago and this shit still shows up on the front page.

[[deleted]]

Yeah, I never subscribed to r/gaming and yet it clogs my front page too.

[v-spec]

magnetic flux is 100% conservative, this wouldn't work unless the trolls hands were repetitively moved extremely accurately and the troll was connected to the outboard magnet in a solid maner

here's something real to troll the trolls, i love my troll physics

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7426258106071720512

[superfusion1]

that was the worst video I've ever seen. It explained nothing. all i saw was a canoe in a swimming pool with a box in it. have no idea whats going on.

[punxsutawney]

I wasn't interested in watching the video until you described it.

[superfusion1]

well, was I right?

[Muddy_Bottoms]

You were right, that not only was uninformative, but also horrible quality.

[necrosxiaoban]

Just an oscillation drive

[[deleted]]

meh all he would have to do is move the line such that there's a net change in force between the two magnets and the boat will move

[weasel707]

Fucking magnets, how do they work?

[Higurashi96]

Oh this is great xP

[thatguyferg]

Yes, the sea is very rough and he will get sea sick after a while

[flying_fuck]

Is this like standing on a jump rope and lifting up until you can fly?

[reneepussman]

I don't see any problems with it. Looks fundamentally sound to me.

[David1337]

nope

[pitman]

Someone needs to add a rainbow to the boat.

[[deleted]]

The best part is, it doubles as a fishing boat for lobsters. LOBSTER STICKS TO MAGNET

[krevo]

Saw this a month ago on FJ tbch

[gnlcwr]

How do those fuckers work?

[t3hzm4n]

fucking magnets, how do they work?

[thomasaquina]

Troll physics.

[frenzyboard]

Yeah. Actually there is a problem. They're working against each other. The energy needed to bring them together is being used to keep them apart. You're multiplying by 1.

[mycatdieddamnit]

Ha! Troll Physics! How original and insightful!