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TheWorstPoster
03/10/20 1:26:09 AM
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It's not like photons were heavy to begin with
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Lokarin
03/10/20 2:37:05 AM
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It's an indo-european word blended from Licht (white) and Lux (light), as well as leoht/liht/lihtan (to light)

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Weirdly not a Greek word, which uses "phos" for light, as in phosporescence

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shadowsword87
03/10/20 2:41:15 AM
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Lok, you gotta remember that the base level of what english is is first and foremost indo-european, so extremely basic things are based in that.
For example, Ox is an indo-european word, and you can see it show up very similarly in more or less every european language.

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TheWorstPoster
03/10/20 6:23:02 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
Lok, you gotta remember that the base level of what english is is first and foremost indo-european, so extremely basic things are based in that.
For example, Ox is an indo-european word, and you can see it show up very similarly in more or less every european language.

So why don't they call matter "heavy" then?
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ParanoidObsessive
03/10/20 6:40:18 PM
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God damn it Lok. Stop being a pedantic smart ass before I can show up to be a pedantic smart ass.
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dancer62
03/10/20 8:00:04 PM
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Light in comparison with dark. We know that dark is heavier than light, because it settles in corners, in cracks, under things, and, of course, in caves and at the bottom of the ocean. Dark is also slower than light, if you watch closely when turning off a lamp or lightbulb, you can see the dark moving in to replace the light.

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captpackrat
03/10/20 10:06:45 PM
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I remember when I was a kid I had a Dr. Seuss book that said something like, "If there are flashlights for when its dark, are there flashdarks for when its light?" and I remember that I really wanted a flashdark after that.

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TheWorstPoster
03/10/20 10:08:02 PM
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captpackrat posted...
I remember when I was a kid I had a Dr. Seuss book that say something like, "If there are flashlights for when its dark, are there flashdarks for when its light?" and I remember that I really wanted a flashdark after that.

Found it

https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-flashdark/
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dancer62
03/11/20 12:56:56 AM
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You might read the Bell Labs article about how "lightbulbs" are actually "dark-suckers".

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shadowsword87
03/11/20 3:51:14 PM
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Brown is just dark orange.

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Revelation34
03/11/20 3:56:43 PM
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dancer62 posted...
You might read the Bell Labs article about how "lightbulbs" are actually "dark-suckers".


Kinky.
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TheWorstPoster
03/11/20 4:39:19 PM
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shadowsword87 posted...
Brown is just dark orange.
Then it makes absolutely everyone who hates on Trump a racist
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