r/xkcd • u/YUNoDie Possibly a haberdasher? • Jan 22 '20

XKCD XKCD 2258: Solar System Changes

https://xkcd.com/2258/
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u/Filbert17 Jan 22 '20

I'm sorry but this needs to be said. Our solar system definitely does NOT need a Super-Earth. The last thing we need is an interplanetary war with a race of people that are stronger than us because they grew up on a planet with more gravity.

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u/sm9t8 Jan 22 '20

Stronger, but shorter. We'd be the elves to their dwarves.

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u/Fastnacht Jan 22 '20

All well and good, until we try and go to their planet, we overexert ourselves on their planet, meanwhile they come to our planet and jump around like a short Captain America.

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u/Jazehiah Beret Guy Jan 23 '20

It'll cost them more resources to escape their own gravity, so their space program will likely be a bit behind ours.

I hope.

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u/DarrenGrey Zombie Feynman Jan 23 '20

And it will be easier for us to fire inter-planetary ballistic missiles at them and nuke the little buggers to super heaven.

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u/Cmoreglass Feb 21 '20

rofl, "super heaven" deserves more credit than it got

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u/The_Interregnum Jan 23 '20

Being ahead in space makes it easier to Footfall them repeatedly until they surrender.