this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
360 points (98.4% liked)

Memes

15928 readers
1781 users here now

Post memes here.

A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


Laittakaa meemejä tänne.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

That’s where things get weird. The tip won’t exceed the speed of light. You could have a section near you moving at the speed of light and the tip will also be moving at c, because c is the limit.

If you were on a train moving at 100mph, and threw a baseball at 50mph in the direction of travel, then the baseball is moving at 150mph. But if you were moving at c and threw that baseball it would not go faster than c.

but from the point of view of the guy throwing the ball, the ball will move away from me at c faster than me. but time experienced by all involved would be a mess

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago

In fact, everything would move very very rapidly away from the baseball hitting the first air molecule it touches (assuming you yourself have no mass in this scenario).