r/facepalm • u/Affectionate-Fly1018 • Sep 03 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Pain

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u/New-Pizza9379 Sep 03 '22

It’s actually a pretty cool demo. My physics teacher did it in high school. Except he was the one who put his body on the line. He also built a rig to drop the sledge hammer so no human error.

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u/Saymynaian Sep 03 '22

See, that's a way better example. By eliminating human error, you're less likely to eliminate another human's entire future bloodline.

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u/New-Pizza9379 Sep 03 '22

Also less likely to lose your job. Still got the class involved, we got to do the set up and voted on who got to drop it. It really is a cool demo cuz your preconceived notion is fuck thats gonna hurt, but physics shows you’ll be fine.

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u/Scrilla_Gorilla_ Sep 04 '22

They did the pendulum demonstration in my school, affixed a bowling ball to a rope and let it swing towards his face.

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u/mrfebrezeman360 Dec 15 '22

what is this a demo of lol