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The vast majority of the sky is actually below our feet. amirite?

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Now define "below"

baddThotss avatar baddThots Yeah You Are +10Reply

I guess OP assumes that "the sky" is defined as the atmosphere. Which it isn't, really. If that were true, the Moon would not be in the sky.

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Seriously, just imagining this gave me major vertigo :/

Sewcrazy4catss avatar Sewcrazy4cats Yeah You Are +8Reply

don't look up

rotersscap1982s avatar rotersscap1982 Yeah You Are +8Reply

This is frying my head

I don't get it

Some-Noname-idks avatar Some-Noname-idk Yeah You Are +6Reply
@Some-Noname-idk I don't get it

Before I answer, do you think earth is flat or round?

@Some-Noname-idk I don't get it

That's because you are a lawyer

sharmaji1301s avatar sharmaji1301 Yeah You Are +4Reply
@sharmaji1301 That's because you are a lawyer

objection, your honour. calls for speculation

@Openeyes Objection hearsay

I'd be happy to redact. It's in plaintiffs 10... 106 no 104, i think it's 104-a OBJECTION you honour may we approach?

Actually we cannot tell how much of the sky is in each direction so we can only assume that there is an equal amount of sky in each direction.

Nice one

"Vast majority" means much more than half; 51% or something doesn't cut it. The sky is more or less bisected by the horizon.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're just wrong.

88080808088s avatar 88080808088 Yeah You Are +6Reply

This is brilliant, and I need to know the actual ratio. I know it's about calculating the area of a circle segment but I don't really know how to do it

There is no "sky" though.

sharmaji1301s avatar sharmaji1301 Yeah You Are +5Reply
@sharmaji1301 There is no "sky" though.

there sure is. i've seen it with my own eyes

SnooStoriess avatar SnooStories Yeah You Are +8Reply
@SnooStories there sure is. i've seen it with my own eyes

The thing we call "the sky" is just space within our atmosphere. It's not different from the rest of space.

Isn't it all sky?

If you mean to think about the column of sky directly above and directly below you there is about the same infinite amount of sky

I hate you for this, but yes. Note it only applies to sky as the universe would be the same in any direction.

Damn that's trippy

Effectlive97s avatar Effectlive97 Yeah You Are +4Reply

Well, because the Earth is shaped like a donut, the amount of sky below us depends on where we live.

The visible universe extends equally in all directions, so it's equidistant.

It's 50/50 if you're a flat earther.

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I remember the simpler times. Sky is up. Syndrome is down. Roller chair go round and round

MetalDevils avatar MetalDevil Yeah You Are +7Reply

This is the best one I've seen so far!

Well done, that made me think for a second.

I'm suddenly very conscious of all that sky beneath me. Did I mention I'm not a fan of heights

Vast majority=50%?

Or do you mean our atmosphere?

@Manualham Vast majority=50%? Or do you mean our atmosphere?

Think he means since the world is round, most of the 'sky' in the atmosphere is below us if you made a perfectly straight line below your feet.

browndog888s avatar browndog888 Yeah You Are +3Reply
@browndog888 Think he means since the world is round, most of the 'sky' in the atmosphere is below us if you made a perfectly...

That would only be roughly six extra feet compared to what's above you. I wouldn't call that a vast majority.

@freq432 That would only be roughly six extra feet compared to what's above you. I wouldn't call that a vast majority.

If you make a straight line at your feet vertically at the ground, you'll technically have "all" the earth and the sky/atmosphere that covers the rest below your feet. That should be a solid 75% at least I recon.

@browndog888 Think he means since the world is round, most of the 'sky' in the atmosphere is below us if you made a perfectly...

If I mention the "night sky" that includes distant stars. If you mean atmosphere, say "atmosphere."

@Manualham Vast majority=50%? Or do you mean our atmosphere?

Idk how much of the earth you think you see on the horizon from your cone of vision, but you are able to see a lot less than 50% of the sky from any one point on the earth...

I... don't like this.

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