Lots of death is the obvious answer.
What would happen to the population if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.world
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RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Cawifre@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Often is, but the “how” varies.
IvyisAngy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We would all immediately and painfully be launched into space.
Well… our corpses would be at least.
DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Well, everything shifts east at a ridiculous velocity.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Along a tangental line while still being affected by gravity… so the real question is what masses go into orbit