Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force - Which Wins?

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[acutepotato]

Minute physics: Immovable object vs unstoppable force - which wins?

Physics: yes

[gloweye]

The "pass through each other" has for a long time been my go-to explanation for this one. Nice to see other people also thought about that solution.

[equatix]

"love is strong"
"but a falling boulder coming at u is stronger"

[lordychen]

Aha! We are talking about GTA5 trains.

[idiotparis]

"What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immoveable object? Well according to Germany, the answer is just to go around."

-valefisk.


Why are y'all liking this comment lmfao

[kaiser]

I like the way he still goes by the layman's definition while still explaining what it's supposed to mean scientifically

[tencents]

Mountains and Love are the same,



Mind Blown.

[ZephyrDaCrow]

Sci fi movies explaining this:
So the quantum quantum of the quantum mean quantum divided by quantum equals quantum quantum quantum quantum.

[darkcomet]

Unstoppable force will pass thru the immovable object
That's physically impractical but it's already proven




GTA 5 train vs tree

[_AniWatch]

“Ain’t no mountain high enough, to keep me from love you baby”

[syrus]

if an unstopable force meets an immovable object you should call the ghost busters

[ronhowe]

I knew it! They looked at me like I was insane, but I was right the whole time!

[Metallion]

I think the universe would just get a blue screen of death.

[RetroWaveRider]

I can just imagine random present boxes floating around in space, colliding through planets and stars with nothing to stop it but itself

[hoodcate]

So.... Who wins?



Physics: *yesn't*

[GoAheadShaun]

This is equivalent to Saitama punching himself

[hyperbolicraider]

*“This is what happens when a Unstoppable Force, meets, an Immovable object. You truly are, incorruptible, aren’t you?”*
— Heath Ledger Joker

[OdysseyHome-Gaming]

Unmovable and unstoppable are basically the same thing if you think about it. To stay in place gotta move extremely fast since spacetime is always displacing you. So interaction is they repell eachother like magnets.

[Reality_is_bending]

Why don't we try out this experiment?Glue a Nokia phone on a wall and just throw yet another Nokia phone at it?

[jetixtheaverageotaku]

Gandalf: YOU SHALL NOT PAAASSS
Skyrim: FUS RO DAH