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Tap for spoilerThe bowling ball isn’t falling to the earth faster. The higher perceived acceleration is due to the earth falling toward the bowling ball.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 26 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

But what weighs more:

A ton of bowling balls or a ton of feathers? πŸ€”

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 64 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When you carry a ton of feathers, you also have to carry the weight of what you did to those poor birds...

What about all the bowling cattle you had to castrate for those balls?

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