Its easy to forget how big the E gets from the mc^2
powerscaling: barry bonds without a baseball bat vs 0.9c pitch
this is a hit by pitch, which would ultimately result in yet another walk for the batless barry bonds
We really do have an emote for everything…thank you for your service
It’s more me adding emotes immediately as I notice vacancies lol, I just got really into Jon Bois content recently and I did the bit and then looked for an emote-worthy screencap
Oh dang I didn’t know he started making vids. This is genuinely a good format for What Ifs. I used to read these back in the day and even sent him a few questions.
I can do that. I just haven’t yet. Consider yourself lucky that I haven’t wanted to do this yet
Little known fact: On April 2, 1931, 17-year-old Jackie Mitchell of the Chattanooga Lookouts struck out Babe Ruth with a baseball traveling at 86% of the speed of light. The ensuing fireball led to immense destruction, and Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided her contract as a result. No woman has been allowed to play baseball since.
Expanse spoilers
Like when Marco Inaros figured out he could just skip buying weapons and started hurling rocks at Earth, no need for a nuke.
Heinlein was the first writer to use the idea iirc (the moon is a harsh mistress)