What would happen to the population if the Earth suddenly stopped spinning?

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• DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well, everything shifts east at a ridiculous velocity.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Along a tangental line while still being affected by gravity… so the real question is what masses go into orbit

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• IvyisAngy@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We would all immediately and painfully be launched into space.

  Well… our corpses would be at least.

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• RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lots of death is the obvious answer.

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  • Cawifre@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Often is, but the “how” varies.

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