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[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Then Einstein comes in and says everything is moving at a constant spacetime velocity, and that friction isn't a real force.

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Friction is real, it's the "force" of gravity that is an illusion.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

True, like any good physicist, which I am not, I skipped the explanation of physics world. I was trying to be more funny than clever.

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

Einstein was a bit of a bad boy

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Gravity, not friction!