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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The bowling ball, because there are 9 other guys with me, we are all dressed in white, and we're standing in a triangular pattern because we are, in fact, bowling pins.

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

We get it you have friends, Geez!

I hope someone knocks this guy and their friends on their arses.

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 9 points 9 hours ago

Depends on the speed. If the bowling ball is moving slower than 10 kph and the marble is moving at ballistic speed of 1000 kph, I would take the bowling ball.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

They have the same momentum (the marble will kill you)

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 hours ago

This is what I assumed. Assuming its non-injurious, the marble will sting a lot more, on the other hand, I'd be under a bowling ball (or holding it.)

If its at a significantly injurious amount of momentum, there is no right answer.

[–] GreatRam@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

(The bowlingball will also kill you)

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 hours ago

A bowling ball imparted with the momentum from a slingshot won't even have the energy to stay air-borne.

The marble imparted with the momentum from a slingshot will fracture or even penetrate your skull.

Momentum is m*v. However, kinetic energy is (1/2)m*v^2, where the velocity is providing exponentially more to the equation.

[–] udon@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

What happens if you shoot them against each other with the same momentum?

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago

I'm not a Physicist but since they have the same momentum, the marble will have a higher velocity. Let us assume the bowling ball weighs 6000 gm and the marble weighs 20 gm (average weight), the velocity ratio of the marble to bowling ball is 300:1 (300 times faster).

If we assume that both of them are made of the same material, and you throw the bowling ball at 1 m/s, then the marble is launched at nearly Mach 1. I'm pretty sure it will create a neat hole in the bowling ball.

I could be very wrong as well.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

They shatter. And everyone in the vicinity dies by shrapnel.

[–] udon@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Would you rather get hit by bowling ball shrapnel or marble shrapnel?

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

How far am I from the collision?

I'll take a Taco

[–] udon@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Let me put this differently:

You're standing at a lever that can influence the direction of the shrapnel. If you do nothing, 5 people will get hit with bowling ball shrapnel and 1 person with marble shrapnel. If you pull the lever, 5 people will get hit with marble shrapnel and 1 person with bowling ball shrapnel.

What do you do?

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Push a fat man in front of the shrapnel.

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Don't pull lever, save game. Load game, Pull level.

Chaotic evil

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago

The bowling ball. Cause fuckem that's why

[–] renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Whichever is most likely to kill me at its velocity

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 hours ago

If they both have the minimum energy to kill you, the marble will probably do it faster.

[–] B312@lemmy.world 15 points 23 hours ago

Are you okay

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, you cold just shove the marbles down your throat, but failing that... I know what it's like to hope that someone pummels you to death with a bowling ball. I hope you don't genuinely feel that way, but if you do, there are people here - myself included - who would be happy to offer advice to try and not feel that way, or at least provide some temporary relief from that feeling.

And that goes to anyone else reading this who feels that way: no matter where you are in your head, there's a way out of the darkness. Take it from someone who's been there ❤️

[–] uberfreeza@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

i legitimately am not in a good emotional/mental place so i do appreciate that

[–] mikey@feddit.uk 1 points 7 hours ago

im proud of you!

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 22 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

What is the velocity of each one?

A slow moving bowling ball causes little to no damage.

A marble fired at around half the speed of light might do some damage.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

I choose to imagine they both have equal kinetic energy.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 22 hours ago

How far are you from the source?

A ways away, I'm not worried about the bowling ball, but that marble will fucking end you.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they're being launched by the same spring mechanism you're better off with the bowling ball than a little glass bullet.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Depends, how tight is the spring? At high velocity i'd guess a marble will penetrate the body, where at low velocity a marbel would be easier to stop

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 hours ago

I think that spring still leaves ambiguity. A very thick, powerful spring like that in an ejection seat could probably get the bowling ball airborne, but wouldn't actually impart anywhere near the same amount of energy on the marble.

A small elastic band like that used in a slingshot on the other hand would have difficulty getting the bowling ball to fly at all but could turn the marble into a bullet.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I think they’ll both be exactly the same difficulty to stop due to conservation of energy. If the spring used is the same for both the bowling ball and the marble, the bowling ball is going to be going much, much slower than the marble.

[–] mmddmm@lemm.ee 4 points 18 hours ago

If we pretend people are homogeneous, both will penetrate through the same amount of "meat". What means the bowling ball will carve something like a 0.1mm deep 30cm wide hole, while the marble will carve something like a 10cm deep 1cm wide hole.

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And a low velocity marble would translate to a bowling ball bumping into your toe, so I’m not sure what you think the advantage would be there

[–] subignition@fedia.io 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You've been hit by, You've been struck by, A smooth marble

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Marble ball? Just to keep the same syllable count?

[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I just add an 'a' to marble. Marable. It's a harmless include that has no special ulterior meanings.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Oh, good point. I didn't think about it that way. Agreed.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

glissando on the first syllable of 'marble' works great in my head!

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Agreed. As another commenter said, "mar-a-bel". Or at least that's how I interpreted their response.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] debil@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

By the blueberry with a surprised look on the left. Aim at my mouth please.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Both are moving just under Mach 1

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

Oh so the real question is: would you rather die by musket or cannon?

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Everything is moving at just under Mach 1 if your scale is from zero to lightspeed.

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[–] esc27@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Are the pictures to scale?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is the relative force and distance the same for each? Are they rolled at you?

The bowling ball has more friction so at the same force would be less when it reached you.

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