
| Anonymous #571413 9 months ago |
I wish I could interpret this through the mire of grammatical errors, but alas I cannot.
Although seeing as it's coming from someone with such a poor grasp on language, I wouldn't believe it anyway. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571418 9 months ago |
@571413 Not sure if troll or just hater. |
| Anonymous #571419 9 months ago |
Okay, I just read this more carefully against my better judgment and discovered that this person has an even poorer grasp on science.
Critical mass? Metabolism? This person is just throwing around sciencey buzz words in an attempt to sound credible. That's not to say he doesn't believe his own bullshit, just that we should avoid doing the same. |
| StinkomanFan #571422 9 months ago |
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED /poster was never seen again |
| Anonymous #571423 9 months ago |
I think the most important thing here is that the military actually named something Starfish Prime. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571438 9 months ago |
@571419 - Fact of the matter is. This actually happened. We need to focus on that more than just attacking the poster.
A critical mass is the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction. The critical mass of a fissionable material depends upon its nuclear properties (e.g. the nuclear fission cross-section), its density, its shape, its enrichment, its purity, its temperature and its surroundings. Seems to me that it is you who doesn't understand science. As for metabolism it seems to be more that the poster is stating that when the body moves faster it increases it's metabolism which converts energy at a higher rate. Which would explain the energy transformation. Which also means that you don't know what you are talking about. |
| Anonymous #571444 9 months ago |
It's an interesting theory anyways. |
| Kein #571447 9 months ago |
> ponychan --check
> crazy overanalysis --check
We all love the show but even I know where to draw the damn line. |
| Anonymous #571454 9 months ago |
Theseus you need to ignore those two. They are probably the same guy just trying to start a flame war. Anyone who knows anything about science knows these guys are talking out their arse. The guy is giving a theory and just because his grammar isn't spot on doesn't mean he doesn't have a point. Just ignore them man they are just useless trolls that have no place here. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571466 9 months ago |
@571454 Yeah you are probably right. He is a convincing person though.
@Kein Not overanalyzing so much as it is comparing real world stuff to MLP. *Shrugs* I don't know I just thought I would post this to see what other people thought of it. I think it's plausible. |
| Anonymous #571469 9 months ago |
@Theseus_Acumen
I think the most important part of your post there is the phrase "fissile material." Unless you're suggesting that Rainbow Dash is either made entirely of plutonium or somehow evolved to generate plutonium inside her body, this entire theory is moot. Also you copy-pasted that whole part from wikipedia. You also seem to confuse causality. Stating that metabolism increases when a body is moving faster is like saying that a cyclist starts pedaling faster when his bike starts going faster, apparently for no reason. AND EVEN IF this were somehow physically possible (that Rainbow Dash could generate nuclear energy of an intensity described in Starfish Prime, etc.), it would obliterate Rainbow Dash and everything within a 50-mile radius. Yeah. So... I don't see any way in which you could be right about this. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571486 9 months ago |
@571469 Who is the say that "Fissile Material" must be plutonium. We are dealing in a strange world where things are not so set in stone. Yes I copied and pasted that from Wiki, because it's quite easy. Not sure what you meant by stating that?
You are going on strange tangents with the metabolism. When you move faster you require more energy to do so. You need to convert that energy, and the metabolism kicks into gear to achieve this. Pretty simple process really. As for RBD being obliterated I can't say. There might be other things at work here, but then again we could always default to the "magic" principle. lol! |
| Anonymous #571489 9 months ago |
Now work on opening a portal to Equestria. Or at least holodecks. |
| Anonymous #571507 9 months ago |
@Theseus_Acumen
I would hope that it is perfectly obvious that I was using plutonium as an example of a fissile material, and that it would be equally improbable for an organic being to generate any other kind of fissile material. You quoting from wikipedia wouldn't be a problem except that you quoted the summary, which happened to contain nothing about your argument (i.e. how Rainbow Dash generates a critical mass of fissile material). Yes, it is clear to me that you understand metabolism. However, it is not clear to me how you propose to connect it to the creation of fissile material. Unless you believe that Rainbow Dash can convert energy into mass. Yes, all of this can be explained by "magic." But if you're going to fall back on the old "magic" theory anyway, why lean on this entire irrelevant theory at all? Isn't it easier to say that the sonic rainboom happens because "magic" than to say that the sonic rainboom happens because Rainbow Dash accelerates her metabolism enough to convert energy into mass (because "magic") and this creates a critical mass of fissile material that generates enough energy to create a 'rainbow effect' while somehow not obliterating everything within range of the heat dissipation (because "magic")? |
| Anonymous #571509 9 months ago |
Anon571469 Hey I know! Obama,is,president,of,the,united,states:of"America"-? Oh hey because that sentence is not grammatically correct that must mean it is wrong. AMIRITE? |
| Theseus_Acumen #571571 9 months ago |
@571507 I think I see the problem here. You are using our limited understanding of our world to analyze this. How can you say with certainty that organic beings are not able to generate fissile material? Perhaps in the pony world that is possible. The point of quoting the summary what to give a definition of critical mass. I intended for you to connect the dots yourself, but I apparently overestimated you.
The base idea was that RBD can generate fissile material. The process I could not say, because I took it that the energy gained from magic was the source of that explosion. I don't want to delve too deeply into this in all honesty. Perhaps it's just an energetic explosion from the magic itself rather than needing an actual material to trigger a chain reaction as is the case with nuclear fission. The magic thing was more of a joke. It's hard to talk about something that I don't think anyone has a grasp of anyway. Let's use strange stuff to explain this. The way I made sense of this theory was that magic is an energy source. This magic may be present in particles of uranium in the soil all around Equestria. Let's say that the animals ingest this through eating stuff grown from the earth such as: fruits, vegetables, wheat, etc. Now let's say that ponies have a very simplistic makeup in that they have little or no organs. So in this way the radiation does not affect them as much as it would humans. I am thinking about cockroaches here. The reason why they are not affected by radiation is because of their simplistic internal system. So let's say that over the course of time ponies are able to harness this radiant energy. Converting nuclear energy into "magic". Chemical energy from the normal food for daily activities. In this way there would be known fissile material inside ponies. Assuming of course that they are able to convert uranium into plutonium. Unicorns or ponies with unicorn ancestry would have an organ that processes filters uranium 238 into plutonium. Maybe even down processing it to U235 which is also a common nuclear fission material. RBD would then have unicorn ancestry, and therefore have the organ necessary. I don't know about this though. What do you think? |
| Anonymous #571578 9 months ago |
Creating an explosion that looks like a nuke does not necessarily require actual fusile or fissile material.
Particularly if you are a rainbow pony with a known ability to create such effects. |
| Anonymous #571604 9 months ago |
@Theseus_Acumen
I can't believe it took me this long to realize how completely insane you are. Carry on, I have nothing to contribute to your world. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571619 9 months ago |
@571604 So you've finally realized that you can't refute this theory? Alright I can accept that, but I don't think you needed to throw around insults like a common troll. Either way it doesn't matter to me. I just like talking about this stuff, because it's fun for me. Intellectual people are able to think outside the box, and an average man just denies the existence of anything understand. I now know that you are just an average person. have a wonderful day. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571623 9 months ago |
anything they don't understand* |
| Anonymous #571629 9 months ago |
LOL the guy posting behind 571604 just PWNied LOL! |
| Nemns #571645 9 months ago |
FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC! |
| Anonymous #571651 9 months ago |
@Theseus_Acumen
You are not an intellectual. You think you are special, the one beacon of critical thought in an ignorant world of sheeple. On the few occasions when you venture out into the world, you look around at the ignorant masses, wanting so badly to shout at them "open your eyes!" But knowing that you'll be shouted down, because they simply don't understand. In other words, you are a teenager. Don't worry, you'll grow out of it. More and more you will realize that you don't know anything, that everyone is essentially the same, and the reason people are shouting you down is not because they are slaves to conformity or anti-intellectual brutes, but because your naivete reminds them of childhoods long lost. Have fun! |
| Nemns #571673 9 months ago |
^
*Clap . . . clap . . . clap . . .* |
| Theseus_Acumen #571674 9 months ago |
@571651 The funny part about that is while my assessment of you actually has real things backing it up. Your assessment of me is nothing more than common ignorant trolling behavior based on nothing but emotion. The mark of childish behavior. So you see you've just got done proving my original statement about you, and revealed yourself to be the same thing that your are descibing. That's pretty funny to me actually. If anything your statement says more about you than it does about me. That makes me smile. I guess it just goes to show that in your case Ad Hominem can actually be true. |
| Anonymous #571684 9 months ago |
Calling anonymous strangers on the Internet teenagers is so passe. Call them 40-year-old manchildren instead. It hits harder and you're more likely to be correct. |
| Anonymous #571689 9 months ago |
@684
I hope you are wrong. But my hope betrays a sinking realization that you might be right. |
| Anonymous #571690 9 months ago |
Nicely said Theseus. Another reason why I think trolls should need to register so they can't hide behind the anonymous tag. |
| Anonymous #571694 9 months ago |
I don't think people here understand what trolling is.
A troll isn't someone who disagrees with you. A troll is someone who incites arguments purely for the sake of seeing a shitstorm. A troll doesn't stick around in the vain hope that someone will see how ridiculous their own argument is. That's what you call an optimist. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571695 9 months ago |
I was hoping for actual discussion, but there seems to be a lack of it here. Too bad there are so many trolls on this site. Either way I can wait until someone who has something to contribute to come along an add to this. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571716 9 months ago |
@571694 You are correct. However baseless name calling is a trait for trolling I think. The best trolls aren't the obvious ones, but rather people who make themselves appear as though they are there for good reasons. It's a subtle art made to incite flamewars through undermining the integrity of others. It's a slow process, but an effective one. |
| Theseus_Acumen #571724 9 months ago |
Anyways this has turned into something I hadn't intended. I'm going to go ahead and request that this will be deleted. Thanks to everyone for reading this. |
| Nemns #571775 9 months ago |
@Theseus_Acumen
This is not a "intellectual discussion" forum... It's an image board. An image board of ponies. :| |
| Nemns #571789 9 months ago |
... and on an image board, you only need to request something be deleted because it's a dupe or inappropriate or something like that, not because you don't like the comments beings made, or because someone put you in your place... |
| Theseus_Acumen #571861 9 months ago |
@Nemns I had seen other discussion images on here so that's why I decided to post it here.
The very fact of the matter is the anonymous that I was talking to was a close minded bigot. The very fact that I was able to counter every one of their statements with logic and reasoning refutes your stance that I was "put in my place". I watched as the anon degenerated into a name-calling troll. Just because I didn't agree with his stance. I think I now know what happened here. You are obviously the anonymous person posting vitriolic comments. Sorry to burst your bubble, friend. Though it was you who was put in your place. All the evidence for it is just right above us, and anyone can see that. Kinda funny how you had to resort to using alts in order to back yourself up. Either way, trolling, name-calling, insulting, isn't something that should be on Ponibooru. It was for that reason that I labeled it to be deleted. I'll leave that up to a moderators discretion. Not to a troll like yourself. |
| Nemns #571943 9 months ago |
@Theseus_Acumen
Lol... Wadn' me, brah. =| Get over yourself. |
| Theseus_Acumen #572193 9 months ago |
@Nemns Lol, seems to me that it you who are the one who needs to get over themselves. However, your weak attempt to further troll me has been noted. Quite frankly you need to grow up and stop attacking other people just because they have a different opinion than you. I'm serious, your petty insults are very immature and lack any semblance of what it means to keep decorum. Quite frankly I find it disturbing that you would so willingly degenerate yourself just to attack others.
Best part about this though is that I know that you aren't normal for this community. Most people here are open-minded, and don't debase others. I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but there are times when I enjoy letting them display just how immature they are. Kinda like what I'm doing with you. |
| Nemns #573323 9 months ago |
@Theseus_Acumen
What insults are you talking about? That anon wasn't me, dude... You take this shit way too seriously... You don't know me in person, I'm about as open-minded as the human race comes, I just don't like people rattling on and on about mindless internet arguments, especially ones about CARTOON PONY PHYSICS... If you really were such an intellectual, you would be above such things... |
| Theseus_Acumen #574300 9 months ago |
@Nemns It seems you don't have a grasp of what intelligence is. Obviously or you would not have said the things you have. Curiosity is the mother of intelligence. It asks questions where few would dare, because it is geared to understand. Understanding, open mindedness, and critical thinking are all signs of intelligence.
So just because you believe that these are mindless arguments doesn't mean they are. I discuss things like this because it is fun for me. It's an exercise in understanding, open-mindedness, and critical thinking. So you see you could not have been any more wrong than you are ;). Discussion is the forerunner to understanding. However the bane of every discussion is close-minded bigots like yourself. You've proved it again in your most recent post. Where you shown to be yet again the average man. I must say I absolutely enjoy exposing people like you. It's a very fun exercise. There is value in discussing these things. For the sake of doing so. Remember it was you who tried turning this into an argument, but I disciplined you back in line. At least you are now somewhat behaving yourself. I would advise that you keep doing that. |
| Nemns #574441 9 months ago |
@Theseus_Acumen
LAWDY LAWDY I HAVE SEEEEEEEEEN THE LIGHT! Do you get off on insulting people's intelligence just because they say things you don't like? I'lll admit I only scanned through your last little rant, and all I saw was snide little shots at my intelligence scattered throughout... Here, let me rub your dick a little more. Yeah, I'm a pretty average human being, I don't use pretty language to hide behind a facade of superior intelligence... I'm 25 and I live in a small town house just barely on the safe side of the train tracks, I work for a construction company, and I've been fighting a heavy opiate addiction for the last three years, so no-- I haven't made the most "intelligent" choices so far in my life... I'd still probably beat your ass at chess though... ;] Point is, I'm still a fairly happy person despite what you seem to perceive as a "lower intelligence" and all the stupid shit I've done, but you know what? I'm on this website for the same reason as you: I like My Little fucking Pony. It brings me a little joy. I'll leave it at that, and let you have the last word if you so wish. Stop being a pompous ass, and I wish you all the happiness in the world... |
| Anonymous #575304 9 months ago |
Wow Theseus is owning this troll. That trolls arse must be bleeding buckets of blood. Can anyone say Goosh Goosh. Seriously though Nemns probably isn't the same guy. Still cool to watch him rage. |