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Gotta wonder what kind of a desk could support a desktop globe that weighs as much as the Earth  
 
Gotta wonder what kind of a desk could support a desktop globe that weighs as much as the Earth  
 
--[[User:StumbleRunner|StumbleRunner]]
 
--[[User:StumbleRunner|StumbleRunner]]
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Is there a typo in the comic where 7/10" should be 7/20", i.e., 0.35" as later written? Or would a 7/10" Earth collapse into a black hole nonetheless?[[Special:Contributions/172.71.154.129|172.71.154.129]] 06:40, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

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Hello! First time i got to a comic first --172.69.176.76 06:17, 8 May 2025 (UTC) 104.23.175.202 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Well first of all remember to sign your comments :-). But congratz... --Kynde (talk) 05:42, 8 May 2025 (UTC)
Sorry.
I now realize that that was an extremely trollish thing to do. ٠ـ٠

I believe he indicates that a globe is made by making a copy of the Earth, and then compressing it until it fits on a desktop. Hence having the same mass and thus the same Schwarzschild radius as Earth. I have changed the explanation a bit because of this observation.--Kynde (talk) 05:42, 8 May 2025 (UTC)

Gotta wonder what kind of a desk could support a desktop globe that weighs as much as the Earth --StumbleRunner

Is there a typo in the comic where 7/10" should be 7/20", i.e., 0.35" as later written? Or would a 7/10" Earth collapse into a black hole nonetheless?172.71.154.129 06:40, 8 May 2025 (UTC)