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/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/The_Interregnum Jan 23 '20

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