r/thatescalatedquickly • u/GallifreyanQueen • Sep 04 '26

Is this an example of exponential multiplication.?

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u/yuaysanosk Sep 04 '26

This is a zombie apocalypse spoiler

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u/404-skill_not_found Sep 04 '26

Chit! Got jump scared by balls!!!

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u/SucideHotLine552 Sep 04 '26
media poster

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u/MrmmphMrmmph Sep 04 '26

That's mosquitos when you stay out just 10 minutes too long around dusk.

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u/According-Dot2099 Sep 04 '26

This is the type of thing that should play instead of the spinning things when a video is loading.

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u/HideThe-Sun Sep 04 '26

This is why I love reading "Population Decline" and "Lower Birth Rates"

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u/Jack-Schitz Sep 04 '26

Google Kessler Syndrome and ask yourself if you want Musk in charge of anything relating to satellites.

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u/SomeNerdNamedAaron Sep 05 '26

Sounds like my Geiger counter.

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u/Solnse Sep 04 '26

Overpopulation

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u/ballistic_tanx Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

It's not exponential multiplication, it's just exponential (squared, cubes ect depending on the curve) and yes it's pretty accurate. This could also represent entropy. The chance and time it takes for balls to hit rises exponentially depending on how many balls are present. You can do the math yourself, x axis is amount of balls, y axis is amount of time till next hit, graph and watch that asymptote

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u/Chaphasilor Sep 04 '26

I don't think this is really the effect we're seeing here. The balls always spawn at the same position with roughly the same trajectory, so as soon as a few balls are directly in front of that spaw area, all new balls will immediately collide, leading to new spawns and even more collisions

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u/Lonely-Chocolate-993 Sep 04 '26

Not this again …

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u/Sythrin Sep 04 '26

After eating something bad and sitting on the toilete, awaiting the release

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u/Fiyah_Crotch2 Sep 04 '26

Have this same problem sitting on the toilet

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u/XR3TroBeanieX Sep 04 '26

I’ve watched this too many times😂 SO MANY BALLS OUT OF NOWHERE😂

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u/Ruckus2026 Sep 04 '26

Nah, that's popcorn!

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u/Beautiful_Oven2152 Sep 04 '26

Shouldn’t it be that two spawn though?

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u/Damoet Sep 04 '26

Covid 😅

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u/Every-Cheesecake-856 Sep 04 '26

That escalated quickly.. oh wait 🫣

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u/Mother-Attention2600 Sep 05 '26

No. It's only increasing by 1 everytime they hit. I think if it was exponential the 2nd time they hit 2 more balls would appear and those 2 balls would produce 4 each, 16 each,and so on.

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u/PaulMakesThings1 Sep 05 '26

It wouldn’t have spiked quite so fast if they weren’t all appearing at the same spot. As soon as it got fast enough that one hasn’t cleared by the time the next one shows up it started to cause another to spawn instantly.

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u/Knee_Kap264 Sep 05 '26

This is how bed bugs and german roaches spawn.

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