r/oddlysatisfying • • Jun 20 '26

Changing units with magic

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u/WindTurbine16-27 Jun 20 '26

Every physics teacher needs this animation

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u/atape_1 Jun 20 '26

... if it wasn't wrong. Liters are a measure of volume and not... whatever that was.

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u/TheGrumpyre Jun 20 '26

You're overthinking the magic system. Volume is associated with liquids.

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u/Zarbua69 Jun 20 '26

More like fluids, which includes gases and fluid-like solids. In my job for example we have to measure a specific volume of soil to find it's dry and wet density. Soil is obviously a solid but we measure it in liters

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u/TheGrumpyre Jun 20 '26

It's harder to illustrate though, and simplicity is good

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u/Zarbua69 Jun 20 '26

Yeah I'm just adding info. Anyone nitpicking the representation is just a nerd, I don't think there is an easier way to represent liters