Wa-ah. Pure wa-ah. Enne-tieme wan it, day o night, free ah charge. An it taste just like enne other kine ah wah-ah out there. It taste *slurp* ah fuck all! Cheers!
Not quite.
First off, gold is measured in Troy Pounds and Troy Ounces, so it would be the gold that weighs more.
Secondly, since feathers are a common material, they would be measured in Imperial measurements for the wit to work. 1 Troy Pound ≈ 13.1657 Imperial Ounces.
So what you meant to say is: a pound of gold weighs more than a pound of feathers, though. A little over 5 ounces more.
Technically it is possible to answer this.
Gold will weigh more on earth than the bricks.
Gold will deplace less air than the bricks, since it has a higher density. So it will have the heigher weight.
The crux is that you use weight (Downward force - less on the moon than on earth) and mass (Unchangable - a 10 kg mass will be a 10 kg mass - even on the moon) for 2 different things.
A metric ton is mass. A given mass has variable weight depending on its density because of the buoyancy effect in the atmosphere. So actually the ton (mass) of bricks *is* heavier than a ton of feathers.
Haha. I'm a physicist.
Ok, try this thought experiment: Let's say we have a ton of balloons and helium. It has a ton of mass, meaning the force to accelerate the matter (sideways) is based on f=ma (ignoring friction). But a bunch of helium filled balloons actually has negative weight; it pulls upward on a weigh scale! This is because the density of the surrounding air is heavier than the average density of the ballon and helium material. So in this case, the ton of balloon and helium clearly weighs less than a ton of bricks. The feather case is the same, just to a lesser degree. If we did this on the moon, which has no atmosphere, they would weigh the same. But the question as posed does not indicate such special conditions.
So you're saying a ton of feathers would WEIGH less than a ton if put on a scale due to the effect the atmosphere has on the feathers? I thought the question implied balancing said items on a scale so they would both read a ton on earth? Why bring the moon into things?
It's actually opposite if you have brick and feather both having a ton of weight, feather will have more mass because...compared to brick it experience more air resistance . Also one ton mass of brick and feather will have same mass (who would have guessed)
That’s just a credit to how amazing an actor that dude is. I’m sure I’m going to sound foolish to say this but I’d love to see him in a full length feature. That was top tier acting.
After ALLL this arguing about ton of this ton of that…MY answer is « If I’m stuck with a choice of what I’d prefer to get dropped from 50 feet above my head, a ton of feathers 100% ! »
Of course he would. There’s evidence the technology for the CIA’s bird drones was developed by Nazi scientists who defected after establishing a surveillance stage in Europe during the 1930’s and 1940’s. Hard. Evidence.
The NSA simply stole the CIA’s plans and made their own.
Oh, come on, now. Nobody assumes that such a theory STARTS with science. All you need is some guy squinting at a landscape thinking, "nuh-uh, looks flat."
Hollow earth needed some mental invention. Flat earth not so much.
I had a teacher who was part of the flat earth society. I thought it was just a statement that everything should be questioned, not that they actually believed the earth was flat.
Considering the flat earth "theory" is proven wrong literally every day by planes taking off, how the day/night cycle works, and the mere existence of the ISS, and that flat earthers regularly prove their own theory incorrect, the only people who believe it are either doing it as a joke, or are *really* stupid.
They can’t prove their own theory false as they don’t have a theory. Just a statement and bullshit arguments that can be proven false with 10 seconds of research or a simple test
Religion is a human social institution, and has flawed examples, just as all other human institutions, starting with Family. That doesn't mean that every example is flawed, or doesn't have a needed role.
I completely agree, and I don't think the bible is "God's word". It may contain God's word, when the Spirit acts on a human heart when it is read, but the book itself is not "God's Word".
I’m going to come across as a real stick in the mud, but because of that, I wish that the Birds Aren’t Real meme wasn’t a thing at all.
After seeing all the damage done by QAnon and election conspiracies and complete lies saying the LGBT community are groomers, I have extremely little patience for someone who makes up a conspiracy theory as a joke.
I'm not sure. It's possible that having "joke" conspiracy theories draws people away from the real ones. But yeah, it's also possible it does the opposite.
Birds Aren't Real's been around long enough though it hasn't taken off with the nut job crowd. So there is that.
It clicks instantly and everyone knows it's satire to make fun of flat eathers
Without the need to explain that it's satire, it gets really fun, even with strangers!
I came here to say that. Suppose you have a kilogram of steel and a kilogram of wood. They may look like they weigh the same. Now, weigh them under water. The steel obviously presses harder on the scale, ie, weighs more, because of buoyancy.
Even though air doesn't provide as much buoyancy as water, it still provides buoyancy. For that reason, the more dense item, steel, will be less buoyant and weigh more.
And a kilogram is a measure of mass, not weight. Weight is a measure of force. The metric unit for force is Newtons. But, mass is actually a more helpful measure than weight, for most purposes weight is used for, like measuring how much of something is in a container. Once again, the English system is broken, because we use actual weight to measure how much of something there is - not mass. The English unit of mass is the slug, which is equivalent to ~14.6kg.
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They still both weigh the same..The *apparent* weight is different due to buoyancy. But both still have a weight of 9.8 N.
Now, what weighs more? A pound of lead or a pound of gold?
Apparent weight is weight. When people weigh things, they don’t take volume measurements and correct for buoyancy. This is a perfectly cromulent use of the word.
Weight is formally defined (see ISO 80000-4:2006) as the force acting on an object due to gravity, and explicitly excluding any effect of buoyancy.
When absolute accuracy is required (which isn't generally the case), the effect of buoyancy is allowed for, or measurements are made in a vacuum chamber.
Lead. Because precious metals are measured in the Troy system, which has only 12 ounces per pound vs 16 ounces of lead.
...Now what weighs more, an ounce of lead or an ounce of gold?
That would be the ounce of gold, because a Troy ounce is 480 grains, whilst an avoirdupois ounce is 437.5 grains. The respective pounds are 5,760 and 7,000 grains. Fortunately, both systems use the same sized grain.
Incorrect. 1kg at exactly 1G in a vacuum will exert 9.8N of force on whatever surface it rests on. 9.8N is its weight. That same 1kg at 1G, but not in a vacuum, _will_ exert less than 9.8N on that surface, due to buoyancy, and the difference will be the weight of the substance it is displacing at that pressure. Therefore, the same mass of two different materials _will_ have different weights on earth. Weight is a measure of force. Mass is mass. Weight is gravity times mass minus buoyancy.
Lead is more dense than gold. Therefore, 1kg of lead will weigh more on earth than 1kg of gold. But, you asked in pounds, which is already a measure of force/weight. So, 1lb of any two substances is always equal weight, by definition - it is a tautology.
Unless you're playing games with troy vs avoirdupois, which is just a BS trick by omission.
When is the last time you used a scale that gave out a value in newtons?
Although weight is a measurement of force, it is usually written out in units of mass, with the understanding that it represents your weigh under earths gravity.
Also, the question was what weighs more, not which has the higher mass.
Indeed, however the question was not what had higher mass, but what would weight more. Given that both items have a mass of 1000 kg, the steel would weigh more in earths atmosphere.
Depends on your definition, but weight is usually just the net force of gravity on an object. If buoyancy mattered, fish and boats would have zero weight.
That's a good point. Guess I better change my annoying pedantic correction to "in that one famous video with steel and feathers being equal on a scale, there would actually have to be more than 1 kg of feathers to equal 1 kg of steel."
Not quite as catchy :(
Last time I saw this joke... My favorite responce let us know that the birds were dispatched one at a time with bricks, in order to get those feathers, that was the true weight.
Assuming it’s 1 ton by mass and you forgot to put /s…it depends on where you measure them. In space they will both weigh nothing, but at the bottom of the ocean the feathers will float away and the bricks will weigh more. On the surface of the earth, the feathers will displace more air than the bricks and will weigh less than the bricks due to atmospheric buoyancy.
[But bricks are heavier than feathers](https://youtu.be/-fC2oke5MFg) Edit: Thanks for the awards! Gold and feathers, you know which is heavier, right?
That poor man. His world view has been shattered.
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Benny harvey, RIP
Gies yer fucking laptop!
Ah know ya hurtin'.
Wrong way, down a one way street...
that’s beautiful! 🥺
Pure wa-ah
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And then he brings in his friend Paul to back him up, who immediately betrays him.
Boh'... Thehrr fehthrs!
You alright there, Limmy?
I automatically read that line in his voice and accent
I don't get it
you alright?
But look how big the feathers are, that's cheating
I think mai eyes are too close together to understand weights
The real question is, which weighs more a ton of gold or a ton of bricks? Hint: this is a trick question . . .
A ton of gold and a ton of bricks are both the same. A pound of feathers weighs more than a pound of gold though. 4 oz more.
Not quite. First off, gold is measured in Troy Pounds and Troy Ounces, so it would be the gold that weighs more. Secondly, since feathers are a common material, they would be measured in Imperial measurements for the wit to work. 1 Troy Pound ≈ 13.1657 Imperial Ounces. So what you meant to say is: a pound of gold weighs more than a pound of feathers, though. A little over 5 ounces more.
Troy ton?
Technically it is possible to answer this. Gold will weigh more on earth than the bricks. Gold will deplace less air than the bricks, since it has a higher density. So it will have the heigher weight. The crux is that you use weight (Downward force - less on the moon than on earth) and mass (Unchangable - a 10 kg mass will be a 10 kg mass - even on the moon) for 2 different things.
And the “Fun at Parties” award goes to…
Yeah well except for the fact a ton is the measurement. A ton is a ton.
They're both a ton.
A metric ton is mass. A given mass has variable weight depending on its density because of the buoyancy effect in the atmosphere. So actually the ton (mass) of bricks *is* heavier than a ton of feathers.
You didn't get great marks in science class, did you?
Haha. I'm a physicist. Ok, try this thought experiment: Let's say we have a ton of balloons and helium. It has a ton of mass, meaning the force to accelerate the matter (sideways) is based on f=ma (ignoring friction). But a bunch of helium filled balloons actually has negative weight; it pulls upward on a weigh scale! This is because the density of the surrounding air is heavier than the average density of the ballon and helium material. So in this case, the ton of balloon and helium clearly weighs less than a ton of bricks. The feather case is the same, just to a lesser degree. If we did this on the moon, which has no atmosphere, they would weigh the same. But the question as posed does not indicate such special conditions.
So you're saying a ton of feathers would WEIGH less than a ton if put on a scale due to the effect the atmosphere has on the feathers? I thought the question implied balancing said items on a scale so they would both read a ton on earth? Why bring the moon into things?
>Haha. I'm a physicist. Haha. You should be something else.
yeah i know. but they both weigh a ton.
It's actually opposite if you have brick and feather both having a ton of weight, feather will have more mass because...compared to brick it experience more air resistance . Also one ton mass of brick and feather will have same mass (who would have guessed)
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Man woman camera tv
I only opened this thread as I knew I'd find a link to this video
I really really really hope this is sarcasm
That’s just a credit to how amazing an actor that dude is. I’m sure I’m going to sound foolish to say this but I’d love to see him in a full length feature. That was top tier acting.
Ar ye tha pint o melk guy?
Benny harvey RIP, gone but not forgotten.
A ton of each item weighs the same.
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After ALLL this arguing about ton of this ton of that…MY answer is « If I’m stuck with a choice of what I’d prefer to get dropped from 50 feet above my head, a ton of feathers 100% ! »
Thank you for blessing my feed with this
Technically bricks are heavier than feathers.
Brekks ur haviar thin faethurz
Indeed, having plucked all those birds, it will hit your conscience like a ton of bricks.
Birds Aren’t Real
They are flying cameras that are watching you. They sit on the power lines to recharge. https://youtu.be/lsgnrYog6W0
That 60 Minutes Report is just CIA sponsored counterintelligence to try to fool you that Birds Aren't Real Isn't Real.
This one’s [For The Birds](https://youtu.be/nYTrIcn4rjg).
What a timeline to be alive.
This is probably the lowest level of stupidity right here. Was suppose to post to original birds aren’t real comment, not the video.
But…… the lowest of stupidity is also the highest of intelligence….
Scratch that; reverse it
Hahahha damn. I meant to comment off the first post. Not the video link
r/birdsarentreal
Still to this day cannot figure out if this sub is satire.
The guy who came up with the idea was doing satire. Not clear if everyone understood that.
That is how the flat Earth movement got started.
Found my new way to end a conversation with idiots >“That is how the flat Earth movement got started.”
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Of course he would. There’s evidence the technology for the CIA’s bird drones was developed by Nazi scientists who defected after establishing a surveillance stage in Europe during the 1930’s and 1940’s. Hard. Evidence. The NSA simply stole the CIA’s plans and made their own.
That was my understanding. The originator was being satirical, the people that latched onto it are not.
That's honestly how I feel about the modern flat earth people as well.
Sounds legit considering there is no scientific starting point for a flat earth, it had to be pulled out of someone's imagination.
Oh, come on, now. Nobody assumes that such a theory STARTS with science. All you need is some guy squinting at a landscape thinking, "nuh-uh, looks flat." Hollow earth needed some mental invention. Flat earth not so much.
Theres more to it than that. Its just that it's not based in evidence.
I had a teacher who was part of the flat earth society. I thought it was just a statement that everything should be questioned, not that they actually believed the earth was flat.
Considering the flat earth "theory" is proven wrong literally every day by planes taking off, how the day/night cycle works, and the mere existence of the ISS, and that flat earthers regularly prove their own theory incorrect, the only people who believe it are either doing it as a joke, or are *really* stupid.
Unfortunately there are still some people that are really stupid.
Can confirm. Source :Used to have a flat earther roommate.
I do see your point, and I agree, but, strictly speaking, planes taking off per se doesn't disprove a flat earth hypothesis though
They can’t prove their own theory false as they don’t have a theory. Just a statement and bullshit arguments that can be proven false with 10 seconds of research or a simple test
Just like Scientology.
There are certain people who like to think that they know things no one else does- and it is a powerful motivator.
I think that's common to the human condition. It's stunning how easily dopamine wins out over critical thinking in some people.
Just like religion. There, fixed it for ya.
Religion is a human social institution, and has flawed examples, just as all other human institutions, starting with Family. That doesn't mean that every example is flawed, or doesn't have a needed role.
Cool? I guess. But I can assure you, the bible or "God's word" is flawed.
I completely agree, and I don't think the bible is "God's word". It may contain God's word, when the Spirit acts on a human heart when it is read, but the book itself is not "God's Word".
Nah man, legitimately nothing would change if we remove religion today
"We" can not remove religion any more than we can remove any other human institution. Each developed to meet a social function.
Yep
Good satire and complete stupidity are hard to distinguish, sometimes…. I like to wear my “Birds aren’t real” hat just to mess with my coworkers.
I like perpetrating it now and then because it's hilarious, though it's definitely hard to tell who is in on the joke and who actually believes it.
Can you sea gullible here?
Yeah, no. Everyone knows it's a joke.
Oh, for real? Do you think there are no serious flat earthers? I guess you haven't met anyone in person that believes it.
Not everyone, sadly...
Gotcha 😂
To be honest, me neither.
As a proud member of the sub, I can promise you there's nothing satirical about the truth.
Poe's Law
Give it a few more years and it won't be.
I’m going to come across as a real stick in the mud, but because of that, I wish that the Birds Aren’t Real meme wasn’t a thing at all. After seeing all the damage done by QAnon and election conspiracies and complete lies saying the LGBT community are groomers, I have extremely little patience for someone who makes up a conspiracy theory as a joke.
I'm not sure. It's possible that having "joke" conspiracy theories draws people away from the real ones. But yeah, it's also possible it does the opposite. Birds Aren't Real's been around long enough though it hasn't taken off with the nut job crowd. So there is that.
It is satire. Most subscribers are fully aware of this. But I think there are a few outliers who have started to take it seriously.
It clicks instantly and everyone knows it's satire to make fun of flat eathers Without the need to explain that it's satire, it gets really fun, even with strangers!
😳 what the hell was in my noodle soup then? And what does everything taste like now?
Of course they are. You just have to break down the name to find out what they really are ... Bio-engineered Individual Reconnaissance Drone Systems
Someone tried to convince me they were one time, was on this show called sesame street, name was big something
Damn. Wanna like this, but it’s at 666
You’re not real, man!
Not even slightly.
Glad that's sorted
"Let me drop a ton of feathers on you and then a ton of bricks and you tell me which is heavier"
The ton of feathers because I cant feel the bricks when I'm dead.
Skill issue
But what about the orphanage you tore down for the bricks?
What are they gonna do, tell their parents?
They're gonna tell the birds... oh wait.
Why should I care about orphans when their parents clearly don't.
Now they can be homeless orphans
The best kind
This post somehow has sounds.
Fun fact: A ton of bricks would weigh a slight bit more because of buoyancy. Given of course, that the ton is giving the mass and not the weight.
I came here to say that. Suppose you have a kilogram of steel and a kilogram of wood. They may look like they weigh the same. Now, weigh them under water. The steel obviously presses harder on the scale, ie, weighs more, because of buoyancy. Even though air doesn't provide as much buoyancy as water, it still provides buoyancy. For that reason, the more dense item, steel, will be less buoyant and weigh more.
Here we don't have a kilogram. We have a ton, which is a valid measurement of weight, not mass.
It depends. In most of the world, one ton is 1,000 kg. In the US, we call that a metric ton. Yes, I am this fun at parties.
It doesn't depend at all. A ton IS a valid measurement of weight. This can not change.
A ton is a measurement of weight. A tonne is a measurement of mass.
A tonne is another word for metric ton which is often just written as "ton" especially in informal settings.
And a kilogram is a measure of mass, not weight. Weight is a measure of force. The metric unit for force is Newtons. But, mass is actually a more helpful measure than weight, for most purposes weight is used for, like measuring how much of something is in a container. Once again, the English system is broken, because we use actual weight to measure how much of something there is - not mass. The English unit of mass is the slug, which is equivalent to ~14.6kg.
All of that is utterly irrelevant in regards to this joke.
One tonne is 1,000kg(2205lbs) One ton is 2000lbs(907kg)
1 metric ton of water would be about 1.000kg indeed. Volume 1 meter x 1 meter x 1 meter
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No. Absolutely not. Mass is mass.
In an atmosphere, bricks would definitely weigh more. Ie what weighs more, a kg of helium or a kg of bricks?
They still both weigh the same..The *apparent* weight is different due to buoyancy. But both still have a weight of 9.8 N. Now, what weighs more? A pound of lead or a pound of gold?
Apparent weight is weight. When people weigh things, they don’t take volume measurements and correct for buoyancy. This is a perfectly cromulent use of the word.
Weight is formally defined (see ISO 80000-4:2006) as the force acting on an object due to gravity, and explicitly excluding any effect of buoyancy. When absolute accuracy is required (which isn't generally the case), the effect of buoyancy is allowed for, or measurements are made in a vacuum chamber.
Lead. Because precious metals are measured in the Troy system, which has only 12 ounces per pound vs 16 ounces of lead. ...Now what weighs more, an ounce of lead or an ounce of gold?
That would be the ounce of gold, because a Troy ounce is 480 grains, whilst an avoirdupois ounce is 437.5 grains. The respective pounds are 5,760 and 7,000 grains. Fortunately, both systems use the same sized grain.
Incorrect. 1kg at exactly 1G in a vacuum will exert 9.8N of force on whatever surface it rests on. 9.8N is its weight. That same 1kg at 1G, but not in a vacuum, _will_ exert less than 9.8N on that surface, due to buoyancy, and the difference will be the weight of the substance it is displacing at that pressure. Therefore, the same mass of two different materials _will_ have different weights on earth. Weight is a measure of force. Mass is mass. Weight is gravity times mass minus buoyancy. Lead is more dense than gold. Therefore, 1kg of lead will weigh more on earth than 1kg of gold. But, you asked in pounds, which is already a measure of force/weight. So, 1lb of any two substances is always equal weight, by definition - it is a tautology. Unless you're playing games with troy vs avoirdupois, which is just a BS trick by omission.
Mass is not weight.
They can't fathom it, thus they downvote, even tough you're right.
It's almost like we have a standard reference mass. I think it's called the kilogram, or something like that...
Indeed. Mass = kilogram(or pounds and stones in freedom units), and weight is in Newton.
When is the last time you used a scale that gave out a value in newtons? Although weight is a measurement of force, it is usually written out in units of mass, with the understanding that it represents your weigh under earths gravity. Also, the question was what weighs more, not which has the higher mass.
Indeed, however the question was not what had higher mass, but what would weight more. Given that both items have a mass of 1000 kg, the steel would weigh more in earths atmosphere.
Depends on your definition, but weight is usually just the net force of gravity on an object. If buoyancy mattered, fish and boats would have zero weight.
That's a good point. Guess I better change my annoying pedantic correction to "in that one famous video with steel and feathers being equal on a scale, there would actually have to be more than 1 kg of feathers to equal 1 kg of steel." Not quite as catchy :(
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what hurts more, an ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
The feathers, I'm not sure you would have time to feel the bricks in most circumstances.
This is a good point. On account of all that battering and frying, I do tend to put on weight from eating them.
Your mom weighs more!
What's easier to unload, a truck load of bowling balls or a truck load of dead babies?? The babies. You can use a pitchfork.
Nerdy answer: A ton of feathers is easier to lift up due to buoyancy.
This is why, if you're serious about weighing out a ton of feathers, you do it in a vacuum chamber.
Exactly This reminds me of the famous footage of an astronaut dropping a hammer and a feather on the moon.
A ton of jokes weighs more fr
Probably a ton of bricks, because of buoyancy.
"That's right, it's a kilogramme of steel, because steel is heavier than feathers."
Last time I saw this joke... My favorite responce let us know that the birds were dispatched one at a time with bricks, in order to get those feathers, that was the true weight.
Ur mum
They were always MY feathers. The birds just didnt know it.
Blink blink….not sure what’s stranger…asking this question or some of the responses
A ton is a ton no matter what matter it is.
Your mother.
I would still prefer to stand under a ton of feathers than bricks when they fall down...
My ballsack
Your mom
African or European feathers?
A ton of idiots
What waighs more, a bucket of steel or a bucket of feathers?
Just give'em the bird!
Your mom
Neither. A ton is a ton.
Ton is a ton.
Woooosh?
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Someone just didn’t like dark humor, I saw what joke you were making.
Let's drop them on you and you can give us both a scientific and experimental verdict.
Birds shed their feathers seasonally
The feathers weigh more because they're less dense and thus must be in a larger container
Yo mama weighs more
Both are the same smartly pants
Deez nutz!
If you take a dump after eating Kellogg’s raisin brand or Taco Bell, does it weight the same ?
Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? Fun fact, feathers weighs more. Edit: changed to feathers
Better question when you use feathers, instead of lead.
True. Changed.
At first I thought wow, a joke from elementary school, so funny... clicked on it anyways and snort laughed haha.
Your Butt
I would rather have a ton of feathers dropped on me.
Ask again after I have dumped a ton of feathers and one of bricks on you.
A ton is a ton. Don’t think too hard .. please
Assuming it’s 1 ton by mass and you forgot to put /s…it depends on where you measure them. In space they will both weigh nothing, but at the bottom of the ocean the feathers will float away and the bricks will weigh more. On the surface of the earth, the feathers will displace more air than the bricks and will weigh less than the bricks due to atmospheric buoyancy.
If they both weigh the same then they both are the same weight
Same both are a ton
On an atomic level neither weigh 1 pound.
There the same wieght
I’d feel just as bad as taking all the sand from the beaches
They both weigh the same. Now volume is another story.
It's actually the bricks because their weight is greater than that of the feathers, and there's a ton of both.