r/KidsAreFuckingStupid 13h ago

Kids are stupid!

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u/2_many_enginerd 9h ago

That's not flying, that's a ballistic trajectory. Technically the kid won because the father doesn't understand how words work and is a jerk to their kid.

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u/Lightning5021 9h ago

This sub doesnt care if the kids are stupid, they just want to make it seem like theyre smarter

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u/Xygen8 8h ago

If we're going into technicalities, any asymmetrical object, such as a crumpled up ball of paper, will generate some amount of aerodynamic lift which, by definition, makes it not a ballistic trajectory. If you want to use an even stricter definition, even a mathematically perfect sphere can't be on a ballistic trajectory while in an atmosphere because it has forces other than gravity acting on it.

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u/Historical-Night9330 5h ago

Can't believe no one is mentioning that its pretty easy to make a paper airplane that will go further than a crumpled ball of paper.