Comment on xkcd #2844: Black Holes vs Regular Holes

randomaccount43543@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• PoastRotato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Falling into a black hole is almost always fatal.

  Almost??

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  • KISSmyOS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Happened to me last Tuesday and I’m still alive.
    But I admit I got lucky with the angle, and the cats.

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  • kometes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s entirely possible to live inside the event horizon. “Falling” is a problematic word.

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    • Teppic@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think you get spaghettified inside the event horizon?

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      • kometes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Only if the tidal forces are large enough. For a small black hole, the tidal forces will kill you before you reach the EH.

        See here for speculation on civilizations inside a massive black hole: academia.edu/…/Is_there_life_inside_black_holes

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