Comment on If I stood on a precision scale and farted, would I get lighter or heavier?

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olafurp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Couple of nuances with this that are not fully accounted for.

  1. Farting in a vacuum will make the scale go down because the fart has a non-zero mass.
  2. Direction of fart and speed of exiting will also affect the scale when farting against a base not connected to the scale such as a platform.

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