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What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de⁩ to ⁨xkcd@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uj10jGq2O8o

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  • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Die.

    *checks video*

    Die very quickly.

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    • TomMasz@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You, the pitcher, catcher, umpire, both teams, everyone in the ballpark, and most of the people in the city.

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  • railwhale@lemmy.nz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The batter would be eligible to move to first base.

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  • _NetNomad@fedia.io ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    to think all the money and effort we've wasted trying to create fusion in a lab when what we really needed was a really, really, really good pitcher

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  • Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You’d miss.

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    • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Arguably you don’t, considering your matter will likely undergo a fusion reaction with what could nominally be called the ball, you and the ball will make a form of contact

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      • remon@ani.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        So … hit by pitch?

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  • thatonecoder@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nuke

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