the field of frolickology is very vast
from nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone to science_memes@mander.xyz on 09 Jul 14:42
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/28659612

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charlottan posted:
they invented a new science called “dont let the balloon hit the floor” scientests are being very careful and bapping that thing before it can fall jumping over the couch and shit charlottan replied:
[screenshot of a tumblr comment] hexoskeleton commented:
dramatic oversimplification of the field… each scientest can only hit it once and holding it isn’t allowed. and sometimes the floor is even lava. so the problem is a lot more complex than most laypeople might think [end screenshot]

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TabbsTheBat@pawb.social on 09 Jul 14:45 next collapse

Has anyone else had the whole series of YouTube shorts about that recommended or is that just me?

nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 09 Jul 15:02 next collapse

the what

TabbsTheBat@pawb.social on 09 Jul 15:07 collapse

These :3

psx_crab@lemmy.zip on 09 Jul 16:09 collapse

Lmao i know it’s gonna be cheese parade

match@pawb.social on 10 Jul 02:54 collapse

that series is clearly scifi. in real world frolickology, holding the balloon or letting it come to rest in any way is instant death. it is a cool what-if scenario but it’s not hard scifi

Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de on 09 Jul 15:15 next collapse

The version my team invented was called “balloon ball” and the balloon had to touch a desk, wall, or cubical before it could be hit by a person again. But the important bit is that the balloon wasn’t entirely filled with air, it was partially filled with the propellant from a duster can. That made the “ball’s” path unpredictable.

There was also “balloon ball-ducken” in which there was a 2nd balloon inside the first balloon (and a sometimes a paperclip in the 2nd), but that sport was never quite ready for primetime.

SippyCup@feddit.nl on 09 Jul 16:31 collapse

Bullshit.

You’re not a scientist at all. I can spot an engineer a mile away and THIS GUY REEKS OF ENGINEER TO ME

Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de on 09 Jul 17:26 collapse

Yeah… I switched sides and became an engineer…

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca on 09 Jul 15:22 next collapse

… and they’re doing all this in a biolab with glass containers full of exotic bacteria, viruses and spores sitting on open counters and table tops.

OpenStars@piefed.social on 09 Jul 16:54 collapse

It just wouldn't be as much fun any other way:-).

jjjalljs@ttrpg.network on 09 Jul 20:51 next collapse

At family gatherings for holidays and birthdays inevitably someone would bop a balloon around, and this game would naturally emerge. Perhaps my family were secretly scientists.

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de on 10 Jul 00:39 collapse

*scientests

jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works on 09 Jul 21:06 next collapse

I believe the technical term for that is “Keepy Uppy.”

moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Jul 23:57 next collapse

balloon bop

dubyakay@lemmy.ca on 10 Jul 02:43 next collapse

Keepy uppy!

Etterra@discuss.online on 10 Jul 03:53 next collapse

Technically each scientist can hit the balloon more than once, just not in succession.

blarghly@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 04:57 collapse

This is the kind of nuance the layperson doesn’t typically understand.

JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org on 10 Jul 03:59 next collapse

Is this that whole immortality thing keep seeing?

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 05:14 collapse

Is keepupology under physics, engineering, mathematics, philosophy, sociology, or spoken Finnish?