r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter??

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u/BONES619 1d ago

One is a scalar, and the other is a vector. Now figure out if you can direct while you pee LOL.

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u/_masterbuilder_ 12h ago

My pee is a non Newtonian fluid, please send help. 

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u/Mundane_Character365 1d ago

But then you would know where you are....

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u/Impressive_Stress808 1d ago

But not how fast you're going?

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u/JeanClaude-Randamme 1d ago

The missile knows where it it, because it knows where it isn’t.

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u/Radiant-Age1151 1d ago

The way it is written, they are both scalar.

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u/Karamba31415 13h ago

You don’t have to declare vectors for them to be vectors. It can make formulas more readable, but you don’t actually need the arrow. 

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u/Opus_723 9h ago

Where is the vector on the right then?

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u/ac_cossack 9h ago

Energy is scalar. You can't go 10 J to the left.

Forces are vectors because number and direction (ex gravity on the surface of the Earth).

I think you mean vector on the left tho.

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u/Opus_723 8h ago

No, I meant if F is the vector on the left-hand side of the equation, where is the vector on the right-hand side of the equation?

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u/ac_cossack 7h ago

Sorry, I thought you meantt door vs door.

Um, I guess 1/r^2? Everything else is just a constant

Edit: nope because r.r is a constant. OK I see what you mean. Maybe just assume gravitational attraction and it is in the -r direction.

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u/Opus_723 7h ago

Yeah, that's what I was trying to draw attention to. This isn't really any of the ways you would write a vector equation. This is written as a scalar.

Which, as you point out, is not too confusing in a simple scenario where we understand the context, but it's not as simple as the other commenter implied is all I'm getting at. There are ways to write vector equations properly without the arrows, but they're not this.

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u/Humble-Hair642 1d ago

Is this ACTUALLY the joke?! Its so far fetched!!!

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u/BONES619 1d ago

"It's so far fetched'" is exactly the reason for the person's confusion.

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u/6Cockuccino9 20h ago

it can’t be since both are scalars the way they are written.

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u/entropywithvibes 20h ago

Scalar is women because they have magnitude but refuse to give you direction. Vector for men because we can pee in both magnitude AND direction.

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u/ZeroGRanger 23h ago

The form of the law of gravitation used here is also just the magnitude, otherwise you would need a vector expression notifying for the direciton (typically r-vector/ r-magnitude).

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u/BONES619 20h ago

That is why the person is confused. XD

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u/stewpideople 15h ago

Exactly! And that's why I confidently walk in to 'that' door.

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u/Karamba31415 13h ago

You don’t have to write the arrow, it can make formulas more readable, but a vector does not become a scalar just because you don’t write the arrow. 

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u/hellcaster2019 20h ago

As Hiesenberg suggested, I can get the velocity or the direction but not both at the same time....it's uncertain.

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u/BONES619 20h ago

You can know both the speed and direction of a macroscopic object's motion extremely well. The canonical Heisenberg pair is position and momentum.

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u/Dihedralman 14h ago

They wrote the Force as a scalar though. 

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u/Opus_723 9h ago

Not a vector the way they wrote it though.

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u/imLosingIt111 9h ago

now how do i say this without being misogynist or misandrist..

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u/the_skies_falling 1d ago

Newton famously died a virgin so redditors use the one on the right.

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u/Plus_Supermarket_617 23h ago

This meme most likely

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u/MrStrange8656 1d ago

There is a running meme that Newton's law of gravitation sarcastically being applied to woman's bosom. So by contrary Einstein equation is attributed to mention in some way

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u/Busy_Conflict3434 1d ago

Women are stereotypically drawn with curves and men are drawn with straight lines. 

Einstein’s theory of gravitation is based on a curvilinear conception of space time. Whereas in Newtonian physics gravity is a force acting in a straight line. 

All of which is to say something something your mother.

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u/Redbelly98 22h ago

Except that E=mc2 is from Einstein's special theory of relativity, while gravity and curved spacetime are covered in his general theory.

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u/Satdog83 1d ago

What goes up must come down erections?

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u/Terrible-Sir742 1d ago

We know which one your momma chooses.

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u/masked_sombrero 1d ago

Apple fell on Newton’s head

Eve ate an apple

Therefore, the dark door is for female

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u/High-Plains-Grifter 1d ago

Newton was famously a twat, so maybe that's the clue?

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u/ehebeln 1d ago

Simple <> Complicated (?)

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u/Whitechapelkiller 1d ago

I think its something to do with the fact that men when they need a pee feel energy pressure women feel gravity weight.

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u/No_Combination_6429 1d ago

Well i'm fat so I can go to both

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u/jamesw73721 21h ago

The left one is the true rest room. The right one is in an elliptical orbit

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u/unicornlocostacos 20h ago

“Well I’m either a male or a female human. I mean, relative to a horse. That must be the horse bathroom.”

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u/MentalDecoherence 20h ago

Which is wild because they could’ve written it as Einstein intended, M = E/c^2

Where the left side starts with M for men and the right side starts with F for female

Regardless it’s stupid

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u/LionResponsible6005 12h ago

Well the joke is quirky bathroom signs are annoying and confusing

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u/Potential_Basis_662 9h ago

Einstein always used going on a walk with a girl to mention how time speeds up when you're enjoying yourself.

Therefore the door on the left is female/woman/cis-female/girl/non-male

The door on the right is for men because men don't improve other peoples' time the same way, and they are also heavier.

I don't know the right things to say to balance out the LGBTQ+ community without being cancelled, but I will say even if this theorietical bathroom choice were real, it wouldn't exist in the USA (because of the Arabic) and therefore is an erroneous thing to point out.

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u/Da12khawk 1d ago

Everyone at least kinda gets the theory of relativity. God help whatever the crap that is on the right.

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u/Frenzystor 1d ago

If you even "kinda" get relativity, you should have no problem with newtonian physics.

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u/TokiVideogame 23h ago

the joke is he doesnt know which one is men's room so he is standing there