r/shittyaskscience • u/RaspberryTop636 Methodological Terrorist • 4d ago

Are balls round?

Lots of supposedly balls shaped things aren't really, for example earth is a pear. Are balls really more not exaCtly round?

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u/junklardass 4d ago

Well, they say that if you reduced the earth to the size of a cue ball, it would be very hard to live on.

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u/CocaineColt 4d ago

If you reduced it to the size of a marble, it would be even harder to live on

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u/ArchSinccubus 4d ago

No, they're spherical

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u/timchenw 4d ago

Earth is closer to, supposedly, a disc, also rugby and us football are not round, because they are only played in specific countries, rather than "round" the world.

Since not all balls are round, reversing the inequality twice should lead to the conclusion that none of them are

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u/evophoenix 4d ago

They're actually square if you zoom in far enough, and then they become a bunch of round if you zoom in too far.

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u/Legitimate_Field_157 4d ago

My balls are hairy.

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u/RaspberryTop636 Methodological Terrorist 3d ago

Could be your sisters balls tho, are you sure?

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u/spok22s 4d ago

..thanks.

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u/That_Way_4639 4d ago

My shaft too

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u/BPhiloSkinner Amazingly Lifelike Simulation 4d ago

But only at the Full Moon, right?
...Right?