What is the purpose of poor people?

[Red1966]

No. Don't be mad because you fell for the play on words too...

The Sun is the closest star.



Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?

All stars are suns. So "The Sun" [sic] doesn't refer to a specific star. It's named "Sol"

 

[Red1966]

The brick is more dense, meaning more mass per volume, than the feathers. You are more dense than both the brick and feathers combined.

The sun is the closest star, I don't even need to ask Google.

The sun is a star, a hot ball of gas and nuclear fusion.

Is there even anything to argue about here?

If anything I wanted to argue with Red, not you. Not much difference I suppose...

"If anything I wanted to argue with Red,"----exactly

 

[Harrekin]

"If anything I wanted to argue with Red,"----exactly

Would it be fair to say if you loaded two families into a rocket and sent them on a course for the sun that they died in a tragic yet entirely avoidable situation?

 

[Red1966]

Would it be fair to say if you loaded two families into a rocket and sent them on a course for the sun that they died in a tragic yet entirely avoidable situation?

Would it be fair to say anyone who mocks the death of children is a piece of shit?

 

[a senile fungus]

Are you seriously proposing we colonize the sun?

No, I'm pointing out your error in saying that the nearest star is "a minimum of 400years away." Wtf does that even mean? 400yrs as if that equates to distance? 400yrs till we have the tech to be able to reach the next nearest star? (Next nearest star to our Sun that is...) That it will takes 400yrs to reach at current technology levels? That you'll be leaving today and arriving there in 400 years?

All stars are suns. So "The Sun" [sic] doesn't refer to a specific star. It's named "Sol"

Stars are stars, ours is called a Sun because we have an affinity for naming stuff that is close to us, both physically and emotionally. Our closest star, giver of life and melter of ice, is named Sun.

If someone asked you where the nearest Sun was Red don't try telling me you'd still say its a minimum of 400yrs away.

"If anything I wanted to argue with Red,"----exactly

This is healthy and fun Red, we should do this more.

 

[Red1966]

No, I'm pointing out your error in saying that the nearest star is "a minimum of 400years away." Wtf does that even mean? 400yrs as if that equates to distance? 400yrs till we have the tech to be able to reach the next nearest star? (Next nearest star to our Sun that is...) That it will takes 400yrs to reach at current technology levels? That you'll be leaving today and arriving there in 400 years?



Stars are stars, ours is called a Sun because we have an affinity for naming stuff that is close to us, both physically and emotionally. Our closest star, giver of life and melter of ice, is named Sun.

If someone asked you where the nearest Sun was Red don't try telling me you'd still say its a minimum of 400yrs away.



This is healthy and fun Red, we should do this more.

So you think we will land a man on "Sol" (the ONLY name for our nearest sun in the English language) in less than 400 years? I predict we will never land a man on the sun.

 

[SmokeyDan]

You are missing the whole point entirely.

You're going on about cutting bricks and packaging feathers and how you would hold them and this and that. The question was which weighs more, not which is easier to hold and what kind of grip would you use. The point is that they weigh the same, and that the question is a trick; a play on words of sorts.

As for your analogy, it is horrible.

I was covering my bases.

If you put it on a scale, a pound of feathers and brick would weigh the same. They're both a pound after all.

But in the hand, the brick would feel heavier.


Anyway,

As to my analogy, it's spot on.

The only thing wrong with my analogy is scale. It would be difficult to get two houses far enough apart.

But sitting on the porch and asking about the nearest house, it would be your neighbors, not yours.

 

[a senile fungus]

I was covering my bases.

If you put it on a scale, a pound of feathers and brick would weigh the same. They're both a pound after all.

But in the hand, the brick would feel heavier.


Anyway,

As to my analogy, it's spot on.

The only thing wrong with my analogy is scale. It would be difficult to get two houses far enough apart.

But sitting on the porch and asking about the nearest house, it would be your neighbors, not yours.

Still, no.

The porch is affixed to the house. We are not on the sun.

I'm sitting in the middle of 30 acres right now, that's considered "country". The nearest house is the one on this very property, or, if asked another way, the nearest star is the one at the center of this very solar system.

If asked where the nearest building on next property over was (as in, not our solar system) I would point in the appropriate direction. But if you literally asked me a question, I would answer literally.

I guess people just aren't used to thinking of the sun as a star?


As to the 'in the hand' comparison... The only way to make an equal comparison between ease of holding in hand either a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks would be to hold them the same way, not have one in a bag and one not. If both in bags, they would both have the same amount of downward force acting upon your hand, and you would not be able to differentiate between the two as long as the bags were staying still and not swinging. But once swinging the bag, you would most likely be able to tell the difference based on the moment of inertia. Feel free to look that up...

 

[ErieR33FER]

A finger is strong enough, but a brick weighs a few pounds.

If you cut a one pound section off of it, it's shape would present the difficulty in holding it.

Of course it could be put in a bag just like the feathers.


This is the most retarded conversation I've had since grade school.

Feathers have to be in a bag. They'll fly away if not.

But bricks aren't usually in bags.

It's not about weight and strength. It's about shape and having to use multiple fingers to secure the brick.

Your retarded logic will not sway me.

You can pull bullshit outta ur ass all you want,but you started this debate lol.

The fact remains you seem to think a pound of brick is heavier than a pound of feathers, and when proven wrong you blabber about this balance bs.

Internets...

 

[NLXSK1]

I sincerely hope he's joking, although I suspect he's seriously asserting that the sun is not the closest star to the Earth, and also that I have weak fingers.

I once had an argument with a girlfriend at the time and she assured me that the sun was not a star cause her dad told her so. We were both in high school at the time. Some people believe dumb shit...

 

[a senile fungus]

I once had an argument with a girlfriend at the time and she assured me that the sun was not a star cause her dad told her so. We were both in high school at the time. Some people believe dumb shit...

Like this?

All stars are suns. So "The Sun" [sic] doesn't refer to a specific star. It's named "Sol"

Sol as in based from Latin, not English. Used in its adjectival form in 'solar system' meaning about, or around the sun...

 

[ErieR33FER]

I once had an argument with a girlfriend at the time and she assured me that the sun was not a star cause her dad told her so. We were both in high school at the time. Some people believe dumb shit...

I've gotten in arguments with my ex gfs bro (my age) where he truly believes Korean people aren't Asian. And that basically only Chinese people are asian.

Ffs some parts of Russia are in Asia

 

[SmokeyDan]

Still, no.

The porch is affixed to the house. We are not on the sun.

I'm sitting in the middle of 30 acres right now, that's considered "country". The nearest house is the one on this very property, or, if asked another way, the nearest star is the one at the center of this very solar system.

If asked where the nearest building on next property over was (as in, not our solar system) I would point in the appropriate direction. But if you literally asked me a question, I would answer literally.

I guess people just aren't used to thinking of the sun as a star?


As to the 'in the hand' comparison... The only way to make an equal comparison between ease of holding in hand either a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks would be to hold them the same way, not have one in a bag and one not. If both in bags, they would both have the same amount of downward force acting upon your hand, and you would not be able to differentiate between the two as long as the bags were staying still and not swinging. But once swinging the bag, you would most likely be able to tell the difference based on the moment of inertia. Feel free to look that up...

The earth is likewise affixed to the sun via gravity.

We are also within the Sun's heliosphere.

Still, that is irrelevant. I did not put the porch in as a relevant factor. Fine, put them on the street while they walked together to check the mail.

The conversation would bring the same answer from the homeowner to his friend, the nearest house would not be given as his own.

I can't help but feel that anyone giving the answer to the question about the nearest star, or home, as the sun was just trying to be sarcastic.

That is not what the spirit of the question is referring to, and you know it.

 

[ErieR33FER]

The earth is likewise affixed to the sun via gravity.

We are also within the Sun's heliosphere.

Still, that is irrelevant. I did not put the porch in as a relevant factor. Fine, put them on the street while they walked together to check the mail.

The conversation would bring the same answer from the homeowner to his friend, the nearest house would not be given as his own.

I can't help but feel that anyone giving the answer to the question about the nearest star, or home, as the sun was just trying to be sarcastic.

That is not what the spirit of the question is referring to, and you know it.

Anytime I've heard reference to the closest star it's usually alpha centuri so yeah...

But!!!!

We all know the sun, is a Fucking star, so what's the closest star to the earth?

Our Sun, our star.

Argument over.

 

[SmokeyDan]

Your retarded logic will not sway me.

You can pull bullshit outta ur ass all you want,but you started this debate lol.

The fact remains you seem to think a pound of brick is heavier than a pound of feathers, and when proven wrong you blabber about this balance bs.

Internets...

In each reply I think I have said a pound is a pound.

The tie breaker, if one should be needed, would be which one feels heavier.

The brick would feel heavier.

 

[ErieR33FER]

In each reply I think I have said a pound is a pound.

The tie breaker, if one should be needed, would be which one feels heavier.

The brick would feel heavier.

That's up for interpretation, maybe we should do ascientific study. Mythbusters that shit.

 

[a senile fungus]

The earth is likewise affixed to the sun via gravity.

We are also within the Sun's heliosphere.

Still, that is irrelevant. I did not put the porch in as a relevant factor. Fine, put them on the street while they walked together to check the mail.

The conversation would bring the same answer from the homeowner to his friend, the nearest house would not be given as his own.

I can't help but feel that anyone giving the answer to the question about the nearest star, or home, as the sun was just trying to be sarcastic.

That is not what the spirit of the question is referring to, and you know it.

Have you ever been in the country? Seen open expanses of land with no homes whatsoever? The answer would be simple, just as the question was. Where is the nearest house. The country soul would point to the home within the shortest distance. When I lived in Northern Ohio if you had asked what the closest state capital was I would've answered Lansing, Michigan because its geographically closer, not because I wasn't counting Columbus, OH because we're within that state (heliosphere).

If I was standing outside my car and you asked about the nearest car, should I ignore my own car because I am the car owner?

I can't help but feel that anyone asking me, as they stand on my back porch, where is the nearest home, is also being sarcastic or trying to trick me. I would answer that question carefully, the same way that I would answer any question that I considered to be a trick.

 

[ErieR33FER]

Can we end this?

Unless Smokey Dan can prove that the sun, infact isn't a star, case closed lol.

 

[SmokeyDan]

The sun certainly is a star. We are within it.

We're in its version of our magnetic field.

We're certainly deep within it's gravity well.

Yes the sun is a star. Yes if you want to get technical about it alpha centari is further away.

But the sun is not contemplated by the question that is being asked.

 

[ErieR33FER]

Your one of those guys eh?
You win Smokey, the sun isn't the closest star...you are.