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submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (14 children)

Followed shortly by ‘oh shit’ and ‘we dropped two weights’ then ‘guys, it’s getting kind of wet in here…’

Just kidding, mostly.

Serious question: how does a submarine know how much it weighs?

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Explosive decompression is almost instantaneous at that depth. They wouldn't have had a chance to even blink.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago

Implosive compression?

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